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It Pays to Shop Around

I wanted a dinette set for my breakfast nook in the kitchen.  I kinda knew what I wanted – a tall-boy set with comfortable chairs.  For weeks I had been scouring the circular ads in the paper hoping something would catch my eye and also give me an idea of what items like that are costing these days.

About two weeks ago I started the search in the stores.  And lo and behold, I found “exactly” what I wanted at badcock Furniture, the first store I went to.  The sales lady told me I was “in luck” because the 5-piece set was on sale for $659 marked down from $800.  Eeeek.. it was a little more than I had expected but it was so exactly what I wanted.  What to do?  Thankfully, the smart economical side of me took over and I walked out knowing I needed to check out more stores for other deals.  But – it was just what I was looking for!

Over the next few days I hit more stores like Pier 1, Rooms To Go, American Signature and even tried Bed Bath and Beyond.  None of them had anything close to the perfect set I saw at Badcock.  Ugh -  I so didn’t want to spend that much money. 

On a whim, I stopped at one more store to see if there was anything else that would work.  I visited Kanes Furniture.  The salesman, Guido, led me around the store showing me all their dinette sets. They also had one that was really pretty but too big for the nook area. As we went upstairs to see the final sets he said, “I’ve only got one more to show you.” And wouldn’t you know – it was the identical set that was selling at Badcock.  Same manufacturer, same name. Only $160 cheaper for all 5 pieces!  How about that!! I found my perfect set at another store at a much better price. 

Ok, it actually doesn’t “pay” but it definitely saved me some dollars to shop around.