Ok, this doesn’t seem like a serious topic, but I’m going to try to make it one.
Any of you guys shop at the local Dollar Store?
Today I was able to pick up 5 sweep brooms, 5 rubber made dust pans, 3 buckets, a bunch of sponges, 5 cheap mops, 2 large bottles of PineSol, 5 refill jugs of windex, and 5 spray bottles of kitchen/bath cleaner, a few coloring books and crayons for when people bring there kids to the office, and a few hand soaps for the shop bath, all for a buck a piece.
I went in to get some windex because the store was closest to where I was going, turns out we can save a considerable amount of money over buying supplies at the hardware or wally-world or even Costco/Sams.
I figure I saved about 80 bucks if I bought the stuff at the other places. Sure we didn’t need all of it TODAY, but it will all get used and lost over time.
When I told the wife we’re going to start shopping there for stuff weekly she just laughed at me….
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"Today I was able to pick up 5 sweep brooms, 5 rubber made dust pans, 3 buckets, a bunch of sponges, 5 cheap mops, 2 large bottles of PineSol, 5 refill jugs of windex, and 5 spray bottles of kitchen/bath cleaner..."
Is there something else to this story that you're not telling us?
Not that there's anything wrong with that...:).
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I have Transcended the need for Pants....oooohhhhmmmmmm......
You sure the Pine-Sol was Pine-Sol and not a waterered down wannabe?
No. I would never stoop that low. I send my shop guy. :-)
I am always looking for efficient ways to lower costs and frankly cleaning supplies as well as some other misc. stuff that we use on every truck is a lot cheaper there than anywhere else. I just don't like the TP. Got to have something soft at my age. DanT
I did pass on the TP and paper towels... Paper towels actually looked more expensive then what I've seen at the grocery stores when they're on sale and the TP looked like it would pass for 120 grit.
they started putting these in front of walmarts,i'm like what the heck how are they going to compete.thats how they kick there buns on price. only problem i have is seems like the cash regestar line moves at a snails pace.
i have hit the reading glass phase,i go in there and buy 10-20 pair of glasses at a time.1.00 pc who cares if i sit on them. larry
if a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?
R u playing 5 in lottery tonite?
if the lottery had to make it on my money they would be broke.i figure i'll save my dollars and eat breakfast tommorrow instaed. lol larry
if a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?
Nah, just seemed the like # to me.
I buy tons of stuff at the dollar stores and Big Lots, too. Some of the stuff is rejected from elsewhere with cause, but i got some 'disposable' paint brushes recently at Big Lots and i was so impressed i had to wash them out. And i *can* pay $3 for a drop cloth at Lowes, but i'd rather have a latte...
Real wimmen don't drink Latte.
They chew the grounds, sheesh.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
<<They chew the grounds, sheesh.>>I like the cup for fiber.
They have these really great big round tubs for somewhere around $5. They work well to mix texture in. Also big enough to cart a ton of stuff in and out.
We've bought tons of stuff there. The prices can be substantially cheaper, especially on cleaning stuff and junk that gets used up and worn out. Don't mind tossing something as much when it only costs $1 or 2. Lately, I've started going to the Dollar General Market too, where they sell food. Buy a prepackaged salad for $1.50 and the salad in the other grocery store is $3.39.
My helper has a fetish for Dollar Stores. He'll buy anything there, including sandpaper. I keep telling him that you have to look at what you're getting. I think he's learning a little. He bought a Walmart tool pouch about a week ago - it's already separating at a rivet. He loves the spraypaint for $1. He's repainted his truck three times in the last two months!
Don K.
EJG Homes Renovations - New Construction - Rentals
I bet that's one speacial looking truck he's got
I have a friend that worked at the Dollar Store years ago, when my kids were little. I'd take the kids in there, give 'em a buck or two, and they felt like they were really shopping.
What I did, though, I'd slip in where my friend behind the counter didn't see me - now, everything in the store was a dollar - but I'd hold something up, holler, Miss, how much is this ? She'd always get that almost pi$$ed off , almost impatient look, then shed realize it was me, got her again.
Good entertainment, and only a dollar !
Greg
OK, but you aren't allowed to complain that all the manufacturing jobs have gone to China.
So, going to WalMart, Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, Big box store, or the local lumber yard for cleaning supplies and misc. items will stop that?! I am all for the buy american deal but come on, none of this stuff that we are discussing here is made here anyway, no matter where you buy it. DanT
Unfortunately, you are right. And it won't change, as long as there is consumer demand, and continued disregard on the part of the Chinese.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071114/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutionyangtze
I wouldn't fret too much. At the rate our dollars are being deflated, the stuff from China will be too costly and our stuff will be cheap for them. They'll start sending our presses back here and the cycle will continue. FKA Blue (eyeddevil)
I don't. Globalization is a reality we're not going to change.
and the stuff I bought is made in China regardless of where I buy it
We've got a giant thrift store, called "Repairers of the Breach" (WTF?) that has amzing quantities of stuff - light fixtures, books, videos, computers, furniture, bikes, sporting equipment . . . all used and for pennies on the dollar - a super deal for a handy guy.
Definiitely my favorite store -
Forrest
I bought a pack of Reeses Pnut cups there.
They were older than I was.
Ain't been back since, but I see your point of buying consumables there.
here, want one? Just scrape off the white stuff, they be fine. kinda crumbly and dry inside, but thats what the 7-up is for.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"
Dollar General . We have a dollar store but its across the street from the super center.
General is across the street from where I live kinda.
They have a watered down super clean thats not too bad .
I bought 5 mops to clean walls . <sponge> They came apart and I took them all back but did the job .
For the most part I use them when I can because its not the money all together with the buy. Its the time in and out thats the saver. Im dead sure Im out in 5 minutes if I want to be . I use their stuff for the rentals all the time . They are super quick.
They dont however replace walmart so on planned trips I buy most everything there . I gas up there for a 3 cent discount and I buy my paint there for the rentals . I buy Super Clean there 5 gallons at a time .
Tim
You return used stuff to the dollar store? Doesn't that sort of negate the efficiency of picking it up there?
I got that from walmart .
You can return dirty diapers to walmart Ive been told which means they will take anything .
Actually the mops came apart .
Tim
I hope this carpenter gig pans out bec i'd have a short career on the Walmart Customer Service desk is someone pulled that. Returning mops...yeah, i can see that if you pay retail. I figure it's "buyer beware" by the time stuff gets to the dollar store bec it's probably there after having been found defective at the Walmart store it started at.
i'd have a short career on the Walmart Customer Service desk is someone pulled that.
They'd have to put the "BEWARE OF THE CSR. SHE'S VERY SARCASTIC" sign over your window.http://grantlogan.net/
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. - J. Handey
And the bulletproof glass. Used to lose a lot of customers before they put that in.
Used to lose a lot of customers before they put that in.
You gotta watch out for the richochets when you have BPG.http://grantlogan.net/
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. - J. Handey
It's difficult to return unused diapers to WalMart. My wife tried to take several bags or newborn size diapers back because our son was pretty big at birth and we had purchased way too many in advance.She had her receipt, the bags were obviously unopened, but she told me she still had a very tough time.
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
Ya'll are funny
Thats how much its changed over the years I guess .
Ya used to be able to whup yer kids at walmart else others were thinkin about it.
Now ya have to get dressed up to go there ?
Tim
Just don't buy anything you should ingest. Food, Candy, Toothpaste, etc. stay away from that stuff it is stale, old and substandard.
I couldn't help but chime in and reinforce your point about not buying any food or toiletries at those places. Anyone remember the recall of Chinese toothpaste and the poisoned pet food? The culture in China for some reason does not promote business ethics that approach what we enjoy in the West. The scary thing about the recalls is that they weren't trying to poison anyone, per se, they were using poisonous fillers to cheat inspectors and save money!
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Jon Blakemore
RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
LOL, best one today.
That is a classic! DanT
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