No, not The Warehouse, sometimes at your local supermarket.
At our local Countdown (and I'm sure at all other supermarkets) there is often a shopping trolley or a display stand filled with odds and ends that are marked 'discontinued' or 'reduced'.
The funny thing is that most people ignore these specials most likely out of embarrassment. They probably feel that it is like fossicking at the tip (which incidentally used to be a pasttime of mine when I was young). Admittedly when I 'fossick' through the shopping trolley I feel like a bag-lady and do get some odd looks from other shoppers. The rewards are worth it though as I have discovered some great bargains. Some examples are - E&E Black Pepper Shiraz, one of the world's great wines which normally sells for around $100, marked down to $49.95. It was at this price because the store couldn't sell it even at the already reduced price of $89.95 they had it at. I bought 7 bottles. The morons however decided to stick a big ugly red sticker on the back label (others had the sticker on the front label which doesn't come off without damaging the label. So much for brand building (Wine Guy comment). - Gillette razor blades at $11.95 (normally about $24). These had a bit of water damage on the packaging which you throw away anyway. I bought 8 of these. A rubber duck set (for the Godson - honest) for $3, normally $12.
My advice - don't be embarrassed, check it out.
10 comments:
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The The The Guy
Boes E&E Black Pepper Shiraz mix well with lemonade?
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The Guy Who Uses Six Full Stops After Every Word
Richard (of RBB), sometimes you are worse than Akish The Philistine!
Comeinyourpants
I bloody resent that!
Akish The Philistine
Didn't your grammar teacher tell you that 'does' is spelled with a 'd' not a 'b' ?
"Boes E&E Black Pepper Shiraz mix well with lemonade?"
I don't know. Ask The Wine Guy.
"Font size has been increased because some of the old codgers reading the posts have had trouble seeing the words."
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The guy that uses seven full stops after every word
Get some glasses you old codger , or... go to RRBB where the fonts are so fucking big you have to stand back from the computer at least 3 feet!
"Didn't your grammar teacher tell you that 'does' is spelled with a 'd' not a 'b' ?"
Actually, the word is 'spelt'.
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