Bargain Hunter in PFS

[Homunculus23]

I want to make sure my understanding of the Bargain Hunter skill feat is correct.
In PFS Organized Play, I can make an Earned Income check with Diplomacy instead of being limited to Craft, Lore, and Performance.

I can also purchase gear by making a Diplomacy check to reduce the cost in addition to making Earned Income? For every item, such as if I want to by a +1 sword for 35 gp, make a BH check, the item is reduced to 31 gp and I also get the 4 gp as Earned Income.

I am not sure what else this feat can provide in PFS otherwise?

[medtec28]

my interpretation is that you can
1) Earn income using diplomacy instead of craft/lore/performance
or 2) Use it to decrease the cost of an item, to represent finding a discount, using the same earned income roll

additionally you get 2 extra GP if you start with the feat

[Nefreet]

Bargain Hunter wrote:

You can Earn Income using Diplomacy, spending your days hunting for bargains and reselling at a profit. You can also spend time specifically sniffing out a great bargain on an item; this works as if you were using Earn Income with Diplomacy, except instead of gaining money, you purchase the item at a discount equal to the money you would have gained, gaining the item for free if your earned income equals or exceeds its cost.

I can understand the confusion, but I am pretty sure that the word "also" simply means you can choose to do either or, not both.

So you can either Earn Income, or purchase an item at a discount.

Functionally, there's really no difference between the two. The main benefit is opening up Diplomacy for Earn Income.