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usually allow retail
purchasing.

The first stop 1s a Burnaby
toy wholesaler where tour
participants are issued
membership cars to be able to
purchase items at discount
rates. This outlet offers toys
of every type, as well as
Christmas decorations, wrap-
ping paper, rmbbon, and
stocking stuffers

On the first tour several
weeks ago Gannon says she
was apprehensive about the
reaction to the places she'd
chosen as shopping destina-
tions, but quickly realized she
had no worries.

“People went crazy.’ she
says im amazement When
they arrived at the first stop
the manager handed out gar-

bage bags to the shoppers.

**It was quite something to
see these ladies dragging the
yellow and black bags around
the store just stuffing them.
All the Christmas ornaments
were on for halt) price, and
we just cleaned them out.
There was nothing left but a
bare wall'’’ Gannon
guarantees, however, that the
store will be fully restocked
in time for future tours.

At the second. stop,
Wicker and Brass in south
Burnaby, even the bus driver
gol into the act , buying $150
worth of brass and asking
Gannon to make sure she re-
quested him as the driver on
the rest of her tours

Gannon admits she is ‘‘a
compulsive shopper who has
bargain shopped around the
world.” Her expertise on
jocal bargain spots increased

as she helped author Anne
Garber research the recently
published Vancouver Super
Shopper. With support from
Garber and her own hus-
band, Gannon took a leave
of absence from her hbranan
job at Bradshaw Elementary
School in Langley to start her
shopping tour company.

But) Gannon’s husband
wasn't always thrilled with
her bargain-hunting ways
They married within a month
of meeting and were im-
mediately confronted by their
different buying attitudes.

“He was the type who
went into Woodwards once a
year to buy underwear, socks
and shirts,’’ she says. ‘‘When
we went to buy furniture for
the house, | thought he was
going to leave me."’ Her new
spouse was aghast when she
started haggling with the fur-

niture salesman at a major
department store.

But her bargaining know-
how got them a $2,000 suite
for just $1,200. ‘*l think at
that point he decided he'd
probably keep me because he
saw | was economical,’’ she
laughs.

Gannon plans to continue
Deals on Wheels throughout
the year with other theme
tours such as a springtime
fashion tour, a home
decorating tour, and another

that focuses on children’s
needs.

The $25 fare for the
Christmas tour includes a

catered box tunch, which ts

on nerves and budget

leisurely eaten during the trip
from the North Shore shopp-
ing spots to the Vancouver
destinations, other
refreshments throughout the
day, and en-route giveaways.

“It’s réally a party at-
mosphere,’ says Gannon

Tours run each Saturday
until Christmas, with vanious
pick-up points throughout
the lower mainland. As well,
Gannon plans several week-
day trips, or will arrange
private tours for groups of up
to 35.

For more information con-
tact Deals on Wheels at
437-3944,

Diane
welcomes her

clients and friends
to visit her at ..

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