| I have both Safari and FireFox set to default to my Downloads folder. For the .xls and .doc, if I don't change anything at the Choose to open window, and simply click OK (save to disk), it downloads to my Downloads folder, as I expected. If I click on the Open with Choose..., then I get a file browser that defaults to my Documents folder, so that's what I get with the .xls and .doc files. If I choose the .pdf in your sample, it simply opens the pdf in a browser window (actually using the QuickTime plug-in), and no choice to save anywhere. The only way I can save your .pdf file, is to right- or control-click the file, and choose Save Link as...
I'm not sure how my results fit in with your question, but that's what I get here.
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