I guess the franchise does come into question. Believe it or not, the good deal I got was from Bankstown LOL.
So... JB HI FI in Bankstown Square said they'd sell me the tv for $2695. It took a little negotiating, but they decided to include free delivery on it.
I decided to go to TGG just to check them out. They said $2695 for the same TV. No big difference in price. They had no problem including delivery in it. Great. Obviously why go back to JB when these guys offered the delivery free. We asked him how much he can give it to us for if we buy it now. He had to check with the manager. He came back and said $2435. Ok... so they took another $60 off. Good. We'll take it. As he was entering it into the system, he put down $2300. I said mate... you made a mistake. He said no, because we didn't fart arse around with him, he gave us a further discount of $130. Sweet. Anyway... he entered it all in and then just before he submitted it, he saw I had a JB HI FI catalog. He whipped everything clear and started again... this time charging us $2190. I'm like... what gives??? He said because I showed him a competitors catalog, he was able to take a further $110 off. THEN on top of us, we wanted a sound bar. We saw one we liked. He gave us a newer, better one, for an even cheaper price than we saw. THEN, he gave us gold warranty meaning we get $60 every year for 5 years in TGG vouchers.
FMD they sold it to us alright LOL.