A Tale of Three Dining Rooms - Chapter 2

So as usual, when presented with three choices, we opted for choice number 4.

In the end we thought that this one was a little nicer, more our style, and a better deal. Plus, we can have most of it this week, which makes the party thing still possible - although still not a done deal. Guess we'll figure that out tomorrow.

Again, we're reminded that the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Making our last shuttle between stores, having already made up our mind to buy, M posited whether this was like buying a car - i.e. was there a deal to be made? So we figure what the hell and when we go back we'll tell the guy we're still torn between his set and another, that basically all things were equal and was there anything he could do to sweeten the deal. He tentatively asked what we had in mind and since we'd talked about it in the car I had ideas and asked if he could throw in the protection/service, or a set of pads, or if we could have the 9AM price at 8PM. The store was doing a "beat the clock" sale. Prices were 20% off from 9-noon, 10% off from noon-5, and 5% off from 5-close.

They gave us the 20%. This is sort of surprising for two reasons. First, I was expecting a counter of 10%, not the full 20 and would have agreed. And second, the extra 15% seemed to me to be the most expensive of the three things I asked for. But I didn't complain, and just like the truck, even if we actually got taken at least when we left the store we felt like we'd taken them a little. I actually felt a little dirty.

So, now we have a deadline for the home renovation parts of this project: pull up the carpet, tear down the shelves, hang the blinds, and paint. For Friday, when the new dining set arrives. More fun to come.