Some Good Deals

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Some Good Deals
Topic Started: Oct 8 2016, 06:02 AM (630 Views)
Trotsky	Oct 8 2016, 06:02 AM Post #1
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	We took the bus up to ALDI's this morning and got some fair prices for a change: Carrots (for creamed carrot soup): 2 lbs for $.79 Sweet potatoes: 3 lbs for $1.29 Mushrooms, 1 pint: $.69 Brussels Sprouts : 1 lb. $2.49 (hooray) Half and Half 3 quarts at $1.99 each Celery (big): $.69 Gallon milk: $2.88 And about 50 other items, just enough to break my back getting into the bus. I just wish that wonderful store were next door instead of 2 miles away. Edited by Trotsky, Oct 8 2016, 06:04 AM.

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Trotsky	Jan 28 2017, 01:49 AM Post #16
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Delphi51 Jan 27 2017, 06:49 PM I bought 3 foot Fluorescent tubes with LEDs inside at $15 each. Waited for the real fluorescents o fail before installing the LED ones - and they didn't work! It seems the fluorescent tubes sold now are not as long lasting as before, and the fixtures more likely to fail as well. I hope the LED sellers get their acts together soon. Speaking of bargains, I found the fabulous Heel Tastic (for heel and finger cracks) on eBay for less than half of the price at Walmart. Shipped from China, have to wait a month or two. 3 foot fluorescents? Do you mean 4 foot? Anyhoo, when we moved in 2010, the bathroom bulbs (2 foot F20T12's) that may have been in since 1975 when the building was put up, flickered and went out and then back on, sometimes we had to toggle the switch a few times. So I bought 2 replacement bulbs. Not easy to find the short (2 foot) but fat (1.5 inch T12) 20 Watt fluorescents these days but I happened on them cheap in the Bronx, going to the zoo. But I did find them, and then I did what I should have done FIRST, I took an emery board to the old bulbs' contacts.< Yes, I am a cheapskate> So now 5 years later, the old bulbs are still working perfectly fine and the new ones are a pain in the ass to store in the kitchen cabinet. <Murphy's Law, right?> THanks for the tip Delph. I will not pay the dazzling price they want for the LED "tubes" unless I see them at Dollar Tree. laugh123 (I am still used to the old days of buying a 10 pack of 40 inch T12 Fluoredcents at Home Depot for $9.99...that a buck a bulb.) I hope you got your $15 or $30 for the bogus bulbs refunded. Heel and finger cracks? Is this an Arctic Circle thing and preposterously low home humidity? Have you tried Nivea Cr�me or some knock off? I get 5 years out of a jar of Nivea. Edited by Trotsky, Jan 28 2017, 02:07 AM.



Delphi51	Jan 28 2017, 02:37 PM Post #17
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	We have mostly 4 foot lights but two fancy 3 footers and a two footer. Big mistake; the shorter ones have expensive tubes and two of the three fixtures or ballasts have failed. I have a case of 4 foot T8 tubes - much better price. Alas I lost the receipt for the 3 foot LED tubes. I did spray the contacts with electrical cleaner but never tried sandpaper. Thanks for that tip. I also checked the wiring push in connectors. Heel cracks often occur when wearing boots, particularly rubber boots for mud and water. Cold and dry is also a contributor. I get cracked skin on fingers in cold when I take my gloves off to work on something. I've tried many things and found Heel Tastic the best by a considerable margin. $15 for 2 ounces at Walmart when they have it. It works best in prevention mode but works well for healing, too. It looks like a deodorant stick.



Shorty	Jan 28 2017, 06:36 PM Post #18
Red Star Member Posts: 2,301 Group: Member Member #1,150 Joined: February 12, 2015	Trotsky, buying something at the Dollar Store doesn't happen in Canada (or Alaska). $1.25 or 2 for $3. You get the picture.



Trotsky	Jan 29 2017, 01:34 AM Post #19
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Shorty Jan 28 2017, 06:36 PM Trotsky, buying something at the Dollar Store doesn't happen in Canada (or Alaska). $1.25 or 2 for $3. You get the picture. SHorty, Our Dollar Stores all did the same thing with prices sliding up, but then our local DEALS (1/2 mile) closed and was replaced by a DOLLAR TREE (the parent company) and all those $1.29 and $1.49 prices fell to a REAL DOLLAR. We are regularly getting delicious Pepperidge Farms breads (normally up to $3.49) day old at $1. Our 30 ounce bottles of automatic dishwasher gel is $1 and Bob is sure they will disappear so we have the green bottles jammed in every nook and cranny. Edited by Trotsky, Jan 29 2017, 01:38 AM.



Delphi51	Jan 30 2017, 05:45 PM Post #20
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	A miracle happened - yesterday I took the two dud LED tubes back to Home Depot and asked if I could return them without a receipt. The lady said, "sure, if you have the card you purchased them with." I did, and it took about 10 seconds for her to find the proof of purchase. Got my $41 back. Technology can be terrific! They had a $60 LED fixture light but it didn't look bright enough. There was a really bright one for $120. I think I'll wait a bit; I still have most of a case of fluorescent tubes to use up. Edited by Delphi51, Jan 30 2017, 05:45 PM.



Shorty	Jan 30 2017, 07:02 PM Post #21
Red Star Member Posts: 2,301 Group: Member Member #1,150 Joined: February 12, 2015	Trotsky, I love a good deal. For $1, my house would be littered those green detergent bottles too. Delphi, at times like that I really appreciate a store that will research my data (credit card).



Trotsky	Jan 31 2017, 01:21 AM Post #22
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Congratulations, Delphi. You must have walked out of the store on a cloud. $120 for a light bulb...YOI.



Delphi51	Jan 31 2017, 09:01 AM Post #23
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	I didn't buy the $120 light. I'm sure the Chinese will have some at a quarter of the price. I have already found a good deal on LED strips to convert fluorescent lights to LED sans ballast. A guy on an RV forum has photos of his conversion. Quote: The project is complete with results as follows. - total investment to convert all nine fixtures was around $32 (~$3.50 per fixture) - the original florescent fixtures used 9 watts of power, now converted to warm LED using less than half at 4.33 watts. - added an LED night light into each of the 9 fixtures - if not adding a night light, you can do this 9 fixture project quick and easy for only $12 ($1.33 per fixture http://forums.woodalls.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28506754.cfm Of course a 12 volt power supply would be needed in a house installation. Edited by Delphi51, Jan 31 2017, 09:11 AM.



Trotsky	Feb 1 2017, 01:27 AM Post #24
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Sounds like a lot of work Delphi. Hold out for the Chinese. <9 Watt Fluorescents? Sounds like good lighting for a closet...or a car.



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