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Title: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 11, 2019, 10:03:43 AM
Dried Oregano 500g      $2.97
Dried Mixed Herbs 500g   $4.59
Dried Basil 500g      $3.24
Ground Mustard Seeds 2kg   $9.99
Turmeric 500g              $4.01
Garam Masala 500g      $5.22
Ginger Powder 1kg      $6.88
Ground Coriander 1kg   $5.09
Ground Cumin 500g      $3.78
Black Eye Beans 2kg     $13.05
Dried Cranberries 1kg   $7.11
Shipping                 $20.06


The supermarkets give you piddly little amounts of herbs and spices and charge at ten times the rate.
I put teaspoons of garam masala, tumeric, ginger powder, cumin, curry powder in a stir fry tonight, worked pretty well.

I claim a victory.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Tank on July 11, 2019, 12:47:55 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 11, 2019, 10:03:43 AM
Dried Oregano 500g      $2.97
Dried Mixed Herbs 500g   $4.59
Dried Basil 500g      $3.24
Ground Mustard Seeds 2kg   $9.99
Turmeric 500g              $4.01
Garam Masala 500g      $5.22
Ginger Powder 1kg      $6.88
Ground Coriander 1kg   $5.09
Ground Cumin 500g      $3.78
Black Eye Beans 2kg     $13.05
Dried Cranberries 1kg   $7.11
Shipping                 $20.06


The supermarkets give you piddly little amounts of herbs and spices and charge at ten times the rate.
I put teaspoons of garam masala, tumeric, ginger powder, cumin, curry powder in a stir fry tonight, worked pretty well.

I claim a victory.

Well done. I have no basis for comparison for what the 'piddly little amounts' cost.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 11, 2019, 01:45:28 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 11, 2019, 12:47:55 PM
Well done. I have no basis for comparison for what the 'piddly little amounts' cost.

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/034487.jpg) $4.20

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/094627.jpg) $1.60

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/033287.jpg) $3.15

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/033982.jpg) $2.40
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: hermes2015 on July 11, 2019, 02:24:18 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 11, 2019, 01:45:28 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 11, 2019, 12:47:55 PM
Well done. I have no basis for comparison for what the 'piddly little amounts' cost.

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/034487.jpg) $4.20

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/094627.jpg) $1.60

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/033287.jpg) $3.15

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/033982.jpg) $2.40

Those prices seem a bit steep.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on July 11, 2019, 03:25:17 PM
(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/094635.jpg) 25g for $1.60

Quote from: hermes2015 on July 11, 2019, 02:24:18 PM
Those prices seem a bit steep.

Ye, I got a kilo for $5.09
Steep, but the purpose of sheep is to be shorn.



Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Tank on July 12, 2019, 06:30:10 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on July 11, 2019, 01:45:28 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 11, 2019, 12:47:55 PM
Well done. I have no basis for comparison for what the 'piddly little amounts' cost.

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/034487.jpg) $4.20

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/094627.jpg) $1.60

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/033287.jpg) $3.15

(https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/wowproductimages/medium/033982.jpg) $2.40

Wow! You have done well!
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: xSilverPhinx on July 13, 2019, 12:52:41 AM
All those interesting looking herbs and spices. :tellmemore: I just do what non-cooks do and just add some salt.

Much cheaper. I claim victory with my salt. :P
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on August 15, 2019, 02:30:51 PM
I can't decide between the blue and the red.
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00C2NJNX8 (https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00C2NJNX8)

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61tB1VcK7BL._SX522_.jpg)
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 15, 2019, 04:09:33 PM
What's the function?  Anyway, doesn't matter.  Blue.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: xSilverPhinx on August 18, 2019, 03:32:49 PM
Blue. Red looks like something a hotel concierge would wear.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: hermes2015 on August 18, 2019, 08:42:37 PM
On the other hand, you can never go wrong with gold lamé.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on August 29, 2019, 02:29:00 PM
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0875/3864/products/focalelear_10518_1024x1024.jpg?v=1551782495)

They were a thousand dollars off!
So now I need to get a better dac/headphone amp
and rejuvenated ears, put them on the list
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on August 29, 2019, 04:31:04 PM
Not sure anyone "needs" that.  Wants? Sure.  Would really like? Definitely.  Needs kinda overstates it, IMO.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on August 29, 2019, 04:49:49 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 29, 2019, 04:31:04 PM
Not sure anyone "needs" that.  Wants? Sure.  Would really like? Definitely.  Needs kinda overstates it, IMO.

No, I wasn't saying I needed that, I was saying now I've got that I need to spend more so I can properly utilise it.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on September 17, 2019, 11:45:17 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/I5I8l9x.jpg)

https://www.tomtop.com/p-rm12144.html?Warehouse=CN (https://www.tomtop.com/p-rm12144.html?Warehouse=CN)
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Tank on September 18, 2019, 11:27:23 AM
In the UK we are going through a little revolution in the supermarkets. The big three, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda are being seriously challenged by two new European chains Aldi and Lidl. Now I am retired and have the time and inclination I have been using these two shops and have been very pleased with the results. I went around Aldi just loading up the trolley with anything that caught my eye, including off-list stuff like a garden incinerator, and I'd mentally braced myself for a bill around 150GBp and at the till it was 71GBp!!! Very impressed so far.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Buddy on September 18, 2019, 02:20:55 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 18, 2019, 11:27:23 AM
In the UK we are going through a little revolution in the supermarkets. The big three, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda are being seriously challenged by two new European chains Aldi and Lidl. Now I am retired and have the time and inclination I have been using these two shops and have been very pleased with the results. I went around Aldi just loading up the trolley with anything that caught my eye, including off-list stuff like a garden incinerator, and I'd mentally braced myself for a bill around 150GBp and at the till it was 71GBp!!! Very impressed so far.

Aldi is the best. When I was in charge of groceries, I could feed myself and my ex for 35USD a week.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 07, 2019, 05:50:18 AM
They added a "self check-out service" in a local supermarket where the customers themselves scan and pay for the products. It was very easy to use and saved a lot of time while buying some groceries today. The future is very practical, it seems.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Red_Cloud on October 07, 2019, 12:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 07, 2019, 05:50:18 AM
They added a "self check-out service" in a local supermarket where the customers themselves scan and pay for the products. It was very easy to use and saved a lot of time while buying some groceries today. The future is very practical, it seems.

Ah! Yes SP! . . ."self check-out service"  We have them here in the UK  and my wife and two daughters use them.  When I accompany them to a supermarket I am usually relegated to pushing the trolley and staying close to them. I have sometimes got lost. I might be distracted by something I see in another isle, and off I wander. It annoys them quite a lot! The other thing I do which also annoys them is when I pick something from a shelf — for example a packet of pasta shapes  or a pack of chorizo. "What you doing?" they say "We have three packs of both items at home!" They are quickly put back on the shelf.
I am sometimes let out on my own, once I have been checked. Like "Have you got your teeth in? Have you got your hearing aides in? is your zip done up? I have to have a written list if there are more than three items I have to get. Oh yes! I also have to write down my card pin number on the palm of my hand.
I did once conclude a successful transaction at the ."self check-out service", but that was a  while ago, I doubt I could do it now!
My dear adorable wife will tell friends and relatives that I should not be let out on my own. :query:
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Tank on October 07, 2019, 12:20:02 PM
Quote from: Red_Cloud on October 07, 2019, 12:01:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 07, 2019, 05:50:18 AM
They added a "self check-out service" in a local supermarket where the customers themselves scan and pay for the products. It was very easy to use and saved a lot of time while buying some groceries today. The future is very practical, it seems.

Ah! Yes SP! . . ."self check-out service"  We have them here in the UK  and my wife and two daughters use them.  When I accompany them to a supermarket I am usually relegated to pushing the trolley and staying close to them. I have sometimes got lost. I might be distracted by something I see in another isle, and off I wander. It annoys them quite a lot! The other thing I do which also annoys them is when I pick something from a shelf — for example a packet of pasta shapes  or a pack of chorizo. "What you doing?" they say "We have three packs of both items at home!" They are quickly put back on the shelf.
I am sometimes let out on my own, once I have been checked. Like "Have you got your teeth in? Have you got your hearing aides in? is your zip done up? I have to have a written list if there are more than three items I have to get. Oh yes! I also have to write down my card pin number on the palm of my hand.
I did once conclude a successful transaction at the ."self check-out service", but that was a  while ago, I doubt I could do it now!
My dear adorable wife will tell friends and relatives that I should not be let out on my own. :query:

Don't fib, you didn't get lost, you ran off!!!

I love the self-scan option where you take a barcode reader with you as you shop. You can zap the items and pop them into you shopping bag in your trolley and then download the scanner contents at the checkout, pay and leave.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Red_Cloud on October 07, 2019, 12:45:01 PM
Quote from: Tank on October 07, 2019, 12:20:02 PM
Don't fib, you didn't get lost, you ran off!!!

Oh dear! . . . I think I've been sussed! :puppysnicker:
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Red_Cloud on October 07, 2019, 02:07:06 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 18, 2019, 11:27:23 AM
In the UK we are going through a little revolution in the supermarkets. The big three, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda are being seriously challenged by two new European chains Aldi and Lidl. Now I am retired and have the time and inclination I have been using these two shops and have been very pleased with the results. I went around Aldi just loading up the trolley with anything that caught my eye, including off-list stuff like a garden incinerator, and I'd mentally braced myself for a bill around 150GBp and at the till it was 71GBp!!! Very impressed so far.

Yes! . . . Aldi do have items you wouldn't expect to find in your usual supermarket. About 4 or 5 years ago I bought a  Wolf Air Compressor to enable me to spray my 1/8th. scale models. I cant now remember what price I paid for it but it was much less than eBay and the like. I told a few of my friends, but Aldi had sold them all. They never repeated this offer as far as I know.  :shrug:

https://www.ebay.com/c/1712703706 (https://www.ebay.com/c/1712703706)
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 08, 2019, 02:17:57 AM
Quote from: Tank on October 07, 2019, 12:20:02 PM
Don't fib, you didn't get lost, you ran off!!!

Ha! :lol:

It reminds me of when my mother and grandmother go shopping together. You might as well bring a tent and amenities along with you because it's a really long campaign!
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 12, 2019, 05:21:21 AM
No this can't go in the what did you buy thread, it's much too intrepid.
Ha ha! I have had success buying something from China.  :)

(https://i.imgur.com/XJ90UPs.jpg)

Ye that blue one did the job but this looks like a proper one.

(https://i.imgur.com/xbD2WyE.jpg)

Hmmffff, giving in to conformity, tsk tsk tsk.

Well I could make a lens hood out of the blue one, I haven't had any success getting one of those for it.
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 21, 2019, 05:37:47 AM
Once again my latest purchase just can't be contained by the "what's the last thing you bought?" thread, it's much too intrepid.

Problem: My penguin kayak (Pinky) needed replacement as it had been reduced to a slither of pink plastic slag.
Could have gone north three hours and got a longer faster lighter kevlar boat but the option was lost due to hesitation.

Option (2) another penguin 3.5 hours south and I had to go to Sydney anyway to have my traitorous eye looked at.  Much cyber communication to tie down a time when boat can be got.  Gboard had a meltdown so Google Maps became tricky to use but I got there.  Interesting place but I didn't look around much.

$A700 with a storage rack, good fibre glass shaft paddle and an old life jacket, 25% of new price.
My newer improved white penguin (Whitey) which fits better and has a more elegant penguin pic is home safe, another victory.

(https://i.imgur.com/07CXAR7.jpg)

https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.5225176,151.359929,14.75z (https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.5225176,151.359929,14.75z)

This is close, the south side of Broken bay.


Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Inertialmass on December 21, 2019, 06:23:57 AM

Quote from: Buddy on September 18, 2019, 02:20:55 PM
Aldi is the best. When I was in charge of groceries, I could feed myself and my ex for 35USD a week.

Maybe that explains exactly why your ex is???

I did not say that.  I don't know Buddy and I'm newish to the forum and I should always be nice to these good folks.  I did not say that.

Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Bad Penny II on December 21, 2019, 01:07:36 PM
Quote from: Inertialmass on December 21, 2019, 06:23:57 AM

Quote from: Buddy on September 18, 2019, 02:20:55 PM
Aldi is the best. When I was in charge of groceries, I could feed myself and my ex for 35USD a week.

Maybe that explains exactly why your ex is???

No not exactly, I think she tired of dicks.

I think I could feed two for "35USD a week"
I could scale up though, give me $50 and...
Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: Inertialmass on December 21, 2019, 03:08:13 PM
I guess I'd honestly never thought to try summing the weekly or monthly food budget.

In four hours my wife and I will be leaving for a favorite little restaurant in rural Pennsylvania.  The all-you-can-eat soup 'n' salad bar is $7.95, but most lunches start ~$10.00.  With drinks and tip we usually spend ~$30 for the two of us on just this one meal.

On a side note, I'm never really much a believer in gloom-and-doom predictions but just before the socalled Millennium Meltdown, in 1999, I figured what the heck and bought eight twenty-five pound sacks of rice and put it inside extra double plastic sacks, in turn stored inside metal tin cans.  Just in case the computers seized up.  We just finished eating the last of our Millennium Rice a few years ago.

Then I bought us a supply of some Trump Rice.  Just in case.

Title: Re: Intrepid Adventures In Commerce (Shopping)
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 21, 2019, 03:27:21 PM
Quote from: Inertialmass on December 21, 2019, 03:08:13 PM
I guess I'd honestly never thought to try summing the weekly or monthly food budget.

In four hours my wife and I will be leaving for a favorite little restaurant in rural Pennsylvania.  The all-you-can-eat soup 'n' salad bar is $7.95, but most lunches start ~$10.00.  With drinks and tip we usually spend ~$30 for the two of us on just this one meal.

$30 for two to have lunch is a lot! I spend less than that buying a months' worth of tickets for the university restaurant (around 50 US cents a weekday for two meals --  lunch and dinner). There isn't much variety and dinner is usually leftovers from lunch but I can't complain. :) Who can complain when a meal is practically free? ;D