Wow... that sounds like wayyyyy too much effort...
But people often like games because of the hoops they have to jump through, not in spite of them.
Shopping is a game to many people. You can't "win" unless you get a lower price than other people.
For her, something at a low price point to begin with appears cheap, however you take that same item and slap a high MSRP on it with a 50% discount down to that same first price point... now we're talking!
I replied that I saved more than that by not buying the stuff in the first place.
She couldn't understand what I was talking about.