Hick, the Bargaincutioner

Hick went to Lowe's on Monday to pick up everything he needs for the main bathroom of Bargain House. You might recall that it needed to be gutted and re-done. Even though people had been living in it, and Hick's buddy had said he would just clean it up, paint, and rent it, or list it for resale. 

Here's what the bathroom looked like when we bought it:

I would feel dirtier instead of cleaner, after a bath in that tub!

Anyhoo... Hick sent me a picture at 9:32 Tuesday morning, saying "Tub installed."

Only Hick would call that "installed." I would say it has been set in place. Then again, I'm not an unlicensed contractor, nor a bargain-finder.

Hick had gone to Lowe's on Sunday, with a list of what he wanted. He talked to a girl at the counter about his special Lowe's Pro credit card that he had gotten a while back. The one I didn't like, because it came as a separate bill, without any send-back stub, and was quite confusing. So Hick had stopped using that, in favor of the regular Lowe's card as he needed to pick things up.

"The guy who was helping me said I ought to go talk to the service desk, because I could get my discount on an order this much. So I did, and I can. It's a BIG discount. So from now on, I'll get my order ready so it's big enough for the discount."

"It's not going to be that weird bill, is it? It never shows where to send it, or what's been paid on the other card. Maybe you should just use the debit, or I'll give you a check."

"No, I have to use the other card to get the discount. But a few days later, I can go down and pay it in person with a check or debit, like I did the last time I went to get it straightened out. I'm down there all the time. It ain't no problem."

When it comes to that discount, Hick wasn't a-woofin', as my grandpa would say. He had 118 items! Tub, toilet, vanity, sink, medicine cabinet, plumbing supplies, fixtures. Everything! The bill was $2933.14. But because Hick got that discount for using his Lowe's Pro credit card, it only cost us $2317.23. That's a savings of $615.91.

Hick has a nose for bargains. I have a brain for keeping records of expenditures.