Hi Emma and welcome to IIS!
Personally I would advise against buying a scope for someone else, at least withou talking to them first. Two of the scopes you mention (the Saxon F1149 EQ and the Celestron PowerSeeker 114EQ ) are Equatorially mounted reflectors with 4.5" apertures. Equatorial mounts are hard to use for beginners. The other one is Alt Az mounted I think but has an even smaller aperture.
If your friend is keen on observing a small Dobsonion with be easy to use and gives plenty of aperture. Bintel sell the 6" for $329 (see here
http://www.bintel.com.au/Telescopes/...oductview.aspx ) This may be a little more than you were hoping to spend, but in my view a dob is nearly always the best beginners scope.
Another idea is to pay for her to join a local astro society, many of these have loan scope schemes to get beginners started. The ASV in Victoria has 8" dobs for loan to new members for example.
Malcolm