photo credit: alanwoo

Back in October, I posted about how I was able to get a deal on a rug for our living room.  Yesterday, I scored my final deal of the year on some dining room furniture.  The same day we found the rug, we finally decided on dining room furniture that we both liked (a miracle in and of itself).  However, the price was $7760 before tax or delivery.  That was much more than we wanted to spend and told the salesman as much.  Of course he told us there was a sale that day and the price would actually only be $6596.  15% off jut for asking, not bad.  But that was still more than we wanted to pay so we left without buying anything.

We did really like the furniture though so we debated what to do.  I decided to google the manufacturer and model of the furniture.  I found a store in North Carolina that carried that brand.  However, everything is made to order (meaning they don’t keep it in stock, they only order from the manufacturer once you place your order with them).  I called for the pricing and was quite pleased.  The same furniture would only cost $4086 plus $637 for delivery, so a total of  $4723.  We placed the order yesterday.  So we ended up saving 40% just by exercising delayed gratification.  The furniture should arrive in mid to late February which will give us plenty of time to paint before it arrives.

Anyone else find any year-end deals?