Personally, I just like wandering around at a brick and mortar Walmart—smelling tires and playing random video games? Great precursor to buying a bunch of crayons inexplicably priced at 2 cents a pack.
Online - Amazon Resale, formerly known as Amazon Warehouse, which resells returns and box damaged items. Sometimes stuff is so stupid cheap I’ll buy them even if I don’t need them – like some AC2100 routers for 33 cents.
I’ll also check “Today’s Deals” at the category level. Sellers with aged inventory will sometimes just clear their items out for way below cost just so the Amazon storage fees don’t keep piling up.
Brick and mortar - when I need tools, Harbor Freight. They aren’t as cheap as they used to be, but overall quality has improved over the decades too, so the value is still there. They’re still cheaper than other places like Home Depot or Lowe’s, so there’s that too.
@narfcake I have exactly one tree and it dropped a huge branch on my house. Bought a Harbor Freight chainsaw to slice it all up. Exactly their place in the world.
Do I buy from Amacrap? Sadly yes. I’d rather not, but some things are difficult to find if you don’t live in a huge city I don’t do prime though. Waste of money imho. .
Given a choice of big box stores I do Target. Politics bothers me less, probably because it is not in my face and it’s also across the street basically. LOL
@jouest This is a big one, was a super target back when they did those. But it can get that way. I usually go at opening during the week if I have to go, so…
In all honesty, there are even a few food items I will buy there by choice if I am there. I like bagged salads, I am more likely to eat them. And my preferred one is Taylor Farms. Good and Gather might or might not be made bu them but has some good ones. Variety ya know. Other things I stay away from.
I like to touch and fee most of that which I buy. I mean TP is okay to order but I’m not buying food I cannot touch, had too many issues during Covid to go there again and i hear from picky foodies who stil do it and well, … not going there.
I have a folder full of bookmarks for specialized suppliers that I use at need, but I find myself doing a lot less mindless merch-foraging these days. I will admit to having found some good stuff on a certain four-letter-name-starts-with-T site in the relatively recent past, though.
Personally, I just like wandering around at a brick and mortar Walmart—smelling tires and playing random video games? Great precursor to buying a bunch of crayons inexplicably priced at 2 cents a pack.
@jouest I miss wandering around in K-Mart and Zayre.
Online - Amazon Resale, formerly known as Amazon Warehouse, which resells returns and box damaged items. Sometimes stuff is so stupid cheap I’ll buy them even if I don’t need them – like some AC2100 routers for 33 cents.
I’ll also check “Today’s Deals” at the category level. Sellers with aged inventory will sometimes just clear their items out for way below cost just so the Amazon storage fees don’t keep piling up.
Brick and mortar - when I need tools, Harbor Freight. They aren’t as cheap as they used to be, but overall quality has improved over the decades too, so the value is still there. They’re still cheaper than other places like Home Depot or Lowe’s, so there’s that too.
@narfcake I have exactly one tree and it dropped a huge branch on my house. Bought a Harbor Freight chainsaw to slice it all up. Exactly their place in the world.
Do I buy from Amacrap? Sadly yes. I’d rather not, but some things are difficult to find if you don’t live in a huge city I don’t do prime though. Waste of money imho. .
Given a choice of big box stores I do Target. Politics bothers me less, probably because it is not in my face and it’s also across the street basically. LOL
@Cerridwyn Does your Target have Black Friday style lines every single day to check out? Because that’s how mine is now.
@jouest This is a big one, was a super target back when they did those. But it can get that way. I usually go at opening during the week if I have to go, so…
In all honesty, there are even a few food items I will buy there by choice if I am there. I like bagged salads, I am more likely to eat them. And my preferred one is Taylor Farms. Good and Gather might or might not be made bu them but has some good ones. Variety ya know. Other things I stay away from.
I like to touch and fee most of that which I buy. I mean TP is okay to order but I’m not buying food I cannot touch, had too many issues during Covid to go there again and i hear from picky foodies who stil do it and well, … not going there.
I have a folder full of bookmarks for specialized suppliers that I use at need, but I find myself doing a lot less mindless merch-foraging these days. I will admit to having found some good stuff on a certain four-letter-name-starts-with-T site in the relatively recent past, though.