I've grabbed a few bargains recently, mostly thanks to the lovely Martin Lewis' MSE site. Vax have an annual sale that I've been waiting for, so in the last month I bought myself a top of the range Vax carpet washer for less than £150 and my daughter bought me a £100 steam mop, plus extra cloths and detergent all for under £50 in the same sale. Both had 'damaged' boxes supposedly and that's why they were so cheap.
My mother would walk a mile to save sixpence and I'm the same; I just don't understand why people will pay full price for things automatically when, with just a little bit of research and sometimes a lot of patience, the same items can be bought for a fraction of the price. I had a list earlier in the year of what I wanted to buy online for Christmas gifts and some 'back up' items in case the ones I wanted couldn't be got in the sale and I've managed to get everything I hoped for all at reduced prices. I won't go into debt, so I try to spread the cost as much as possible and I try to buy things when they're on sale or I use a discount code. There are a few things that I accept I will have to pay the full price for, but not many.