Tuesday, 1 January 2013

New Kitchen Helper

New year, new kitchen helper! A week before my flight back to jakarta on November, the mixer at home broke. Means, I can't bake anything which involves beating ingredients on high speed. Bunbun said, "lets get a sturdier (and bigger, obviously) machine as an investment". So we looked up a few options. We initially wanted a Breville scraper mixer, but everytime we contacted a second hand seller, they say the mixer has been sold. Afterwards, Bunbun stumbled upon a Tefal kitchen machine. Bunbun said this thing can do multiple things (indeed). It can be a mixer, blender, and a slicer. I thought that'spretty good. So, We searched on Ebay and in big supermarkets to compare price. The RRP was quite expensive. Even the manufacturer itself suggested RRP of $299. The cheapest that we can find for a new one was on Ebay for $280.


Alhmadulillah, my prayers to be able to bake again were heard (ok, this is lebay). I was browsing through Ebay one day and found an ad for a new Tefal kitchen machine (but it has been opened just for picture purpose). It was on auction with starting price of $149. I told Bunbun about it and told him that the auction will end in end of business day. Bunbun checked for the ad on his office computer but he said he couldn't find it. I was confused because I was clearly seeing it onmy iPad screen! So I sent him the link and a print screen of the ad again. He found it. Then he said, "That's odd... The seller is experienced but how come only you who can see the ad?" :-/ So then we negotiated on the maximum bid that we're going to do. By the end of the day, Bunbun said, "We got it. For $149 + shipping. I was the only bidder". Yeaaaayyy!!! We did it!! I'm always happy and very very satisfied when I am able to secure bargains. Another achievement for Dita the #bargainhunter!
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