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I've got some very good discounts on tools from mitre10 by using their guarantee.
Bunnings usually have the same items (in my case DeWalt tools, but any international brand should work) for a few cents less: instant 15% discount. Occasionally the difference is several % before the price match.
It's worth exploiting it when you can: they're exploiting you anyways...
Did you compare across other places to buy to see if it was actually a good discount or was it just bringing it down to a similar price as elsewhere?
I once got a 15% discount on a premium insinkerator because bunnings had it for very slightly less. This was years ago, at time I thought I had got a great deal but now I'm starting to wonder if I should have looked online for other places and actually checked the going rate.
Powertools usually have pretty small profit margins and there are quite a few different shops you can get them at, so occasionally you can get a good deal if a retailer offers price beats. Especially if it's trade level brands, Makita, DeWalt, Hikoki, Milwaukee etc. A lot of the cheaper brands are exclusive so you can't actually compare them elsewhere, Ryobi and AEG for example are Bunnings only.
I've found that place makers tends to be a bit more expensive.
Most of the alternative local stores just don't keep the stock on hand or are advertising GST exclusive pricing for professionals.