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Don't Buy in Bulk! Busting Down the Myths of Bargain Shopping and Coupon Clipping

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To save money at local stores or at a warehouse, the most useful tool knows how much something costs per unit. This is something most American's cannot do in their head or with given a calculator. Manufacturers make it that much difficult knowingly by quantifying various objects in faction numbers.

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We'd use coupons if they'd offer them for caviar, mineral water and cognac.

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I've been a longtime member of Costco, but we go there less and less. As for fresh produce - find a local farmers market...they're everywhere.

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The article misses out on some fundementals- a lot of them. A lot of supermarkets list the per ounce price which gives you some direct comparisons of comparable products. Unless you can really t

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To save money at local stores or at a warehouse, the most useful tool knows how much something costs per unit. This is something most American's cannot do in their head or with given a calculator. Manufacturers make it that much difficult knowingly by quantifying various objects in faction numbers.

Cheap is not better. Quality seems to elude Americans, hence the massive success of Crapmart.

I refuse to buy food from China, no matter how cheap it is.

According to the Internal Revenue Service, the 400 richest American households earned a total of $US138 billion, up from $US105 billion a year earlier. That's an average of $US345 million each, on which they paid a tax rate of just 16.6 per cent.

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Cheap is not better. Quality seems to elude Americans, hence the massive success of Crapmart.

I refuse to buy food from China, no matter how cheap it is.

Me too.

I am a crazy coupon person and I am as cheap as they come, but I won't buy garbage products. I like to get some stuff in bulk (napkins, toilet paper, garbage bags, etc), but I buy my produce from farmstands and my meat from a local butcher - inexpensive & fresh. You have to use it almost right away though but it is so worth it.

My fresh asparagus is steaming as we speak! :yes:

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I love Fresh and Easy.. I don't do all my shopping there but I do like getting most of my fruits and vegies from there..

did you know they are an subsidiary of Tesco?

Yeah, Tesco was losing money with this project the last I read, but hopefully they will stick with it. I like the fact that they do a lot of local produce, and the 98c specials that seem to be mostly fruit and veg that would normally be rejected for being too small.

Refusing to use the spellchick!

I have put you on ignore. No really, I have, but you are still ruining my enjoyment of this site. .

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Pinocchio Liberal   268

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I thought you hated welfare?

How the he!! is using coupons being on welfare? We take everything were not going to use and give it to a local food bank. Or do I need to say that in chimpanzee? oooooooooo ooooooo haaaaaa ooooooooo hhhha.

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Si, man. Also, "the public" can often (or usually) order on-line from wholesale suppliers. At my house, we're into our second box of 96 rolls of toilet paper (very high-quality stuff, too). The cost per roll was anywhere from a little to a lot lower than store prices, and we need not worry about running out of the product for some time.

A search for janitorial-supply wholesalers can lead to finding some bargains on all kinds of household products.

We call these "epidemic packs". One purchase like this, and you have plenty of backup... :rofl:

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i only buy ammo in bulk tongue_ss.gif

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Cheap is not better. Quality seems to elude Americans, hence the massive success of Crapmart.

I refuse to buy food from China, no matter how cheap it is.

OMG...Me too! I do shop at Wally World, though for stuff besides fresh meat/fish and fresh fruit and vegs....Not much choice here.

Anyway everything there is from China......Alaskan salmon...Alaskan!.....'produce of China' ....#######?

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Yeah, Tesco was losing money with this project the last I read, but hopefully they will stick with it. I like the fact that they do a lot of local produce, and the 98c specials that seem to be mostly fruit and veg that would normally be rejected for being too small.

yeah I love the 98 cent specials..

yeah I was reading that they had stopped opening new stores in 2008 but they started up again now...

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I buy vegetables and fruits from the Farmer's market and the rest of the things from the supermarket. I have a coupon organizer so I can manage all the coupons I have. I always buy just what we need. We eat healthy. You can find coupons for healthy stuffs also (dairy, brown rice,pasta etc.) It's also time consuming, you need to do some research but it's worth it.

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OMG...Me too! I do shop at Wally World, though for stuff besides fresh meat/fish and fresh fruit and vegs....Not much choice here.

Anyway everything there is from China......Alaskan salmon...Alaskan!.....'produce of China' ....#######?

Food from China? Maybe you're referring to pet food and non-food products but little of the overall food products are from China.

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I buy things that are a good deal even if I don't need them. I buy shoes that don't fit if they are on clearance, pants, etc. I buy electronics at Best Buy that have missing knobs and don't work properly as long as it's a really good deal. I buy the rotten fruit and vegetables at the supermarket and then throw them away, but I do save a lot of money.

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