How cheap are you?
Quote: EvenBobIf he finds
a Starbucks cup in the trash or in their car
they get a two hour rant fest.
Wow, I got in a big fight with my wife the other day because she bought Slim Fast and not the generic one we usually get. Probably cost us an extra $3. In retrospect the fight wasn't worth it. I screwed up big and actually apologized the next day.
Quote: westgawolfI've never tasted another ketchup better than Heinz.
Bizarre. Depends on what you're eating it with, IMO.
Hunts is better on potatoes - potato chips, french fries, tater tots, hash browns and the like.
I find Red Gold very good on eggs and ground beef. I prefer the texture/consistency and flavor over Heinz in these applications.
Heinz seems to be good with dairy - particularly cottage cheese.
Heinz is a reasonable all-around ketchup, if you're not going to go to the trouble of getting out a different ketchup depending on what you're eating it with. This is not the case with some others, which are really better suited for only one application.
Quote: zoobrewSince I can buy a bottle of black velvet at $.40 oz. they still have almost a 400% mark up. Cheap people should never pay to drink in public.
At .40 an once, that's about $13 a liter. A
shot is 1.5 oz, so they sell a 1 liter bottle
for $33. That is not a 400% mark up.
I bought liter bottles of bourbon for $3
wholesale and sold them for $33. That's
an 1100% mark up. He's only getting a
250% markup.
Quote: Dieter
Heinz is a reasonable all-around ketchup, if you're not going to go to the trouble of getting out a different ketchup depending on what you're eating it with. This is not the case with some others, which are really better suited for only one application.
I once saw some different kinds of ketchup, gourmet kinds. Other than that, the other brands just don't cut it to me. Hunts is way too acidic for me. Once had a store brand was more like soup. Just say Heinz!
Quote: AZDuffmanI once saw some different kinds of ketchup, gourmet kinds.
Fancy, dijon ketchup...
like it. 6 tablespoons (not a lot) has 23
grams of sugar and 28 grams of carb.
I haven't had any since I gave up sugar
in 1973.
Quote: EvenBobAt .40 an once, that's about $13 a liter. A
shot is 1.5 oz, so they sell a 1 liter bottle
for $33. That is not a 400% mark up.
I bought liter bottles of bourbon for $3
wholesale and sold them for $33. That's
an 1100% mark up. He's only getting a
250% markup.
She makes up for it in volume. She knows her customers pretty well. We're a bunch of hardcore booze hounds.
Quote: EvenBob$10 is a good tip for a male bartender;
women bartenders make far more in
tips then the men do.
I'll take a good stud male bartender everytime. He puts the girls in the seats. I take his rejects.
I brownbag my lunch to work from purchases from discount grocers (mostly it's .99 TV dinners, pudding cup, yogurt cup, fruit cup sort of thing). I would never waste $4 on Starbucks, but do spend the extra for Brown Cow yogurts. I do grab extra sauce packets and S&P at fast food places to take 'em camping, which I do all summer. I do clip coupons from Sunday paper, which pays for the paper itself.
I hate/refuse to pay someone else for something I can do myself, like bellhop or barber. $6 beer at the bar or a $12 burger...no way! I can't tell the difference between Heinz and Walmart brand ketchup personally. Never set up a taste test. I do get the better cuts of bacon though, and better toilet paper. The bottom-shelf products for both are crap IMO.
I don't mind splurging for something I will use, and will enjoy. I've been wanting to buy a second car lately, something small, sporty and fast. Today I saw a private-party sale of a 1999 Mercedes Benz SLK230 with 135,000 miles, and the price was $7000. I thought it was a good price till I checked Blue Book for my area, which told me fair price was more like $3700. wow, no deal then. It only has 180hp anyway.
$7k too high for for this 16-year-old car?? (not actual car shown)
Quote: zippyboyI can't tell the difference between Heinz and Walmart brand ketchup personally.
They're the same thing, probably. All
'store brand' foods are made by large
national companies. Consumer Reports
did a taste test a couple years ago
and found there was no difference
between Walmart ketchup and mustard,
and Heinz. Walmart mayo was the same
as Hellmans.
I worked in a cookie factory 45 years ago
and we put the same cookies in packages
for Keebler, Nabisco, Sunshine, at least
10 well known national brands.
They probably are not the same thing. I dont mess around buying mustard either. Its french or I will wait to buy even if it means doing without.Quote: EvenBobThey're the same thing, probably. All
'store brand' foods are made by large
national companies. Consumer Reports
did a taste test a couple years ago
and found there was no difference
between Walmart ketchup and mustard,
and Heinz. Walmart mayo was the same
as Hellmans.
I worked in a cookie factory 45 years ago
and we put the same cookies in packages
for Keebler, Nabisco, Sunshine, at least
10 well known national brands.
Quote: mdhThey probably are not the same thing. .
All store brands are made by known
brands. Heinz packages more off
brand ketchup than any other because
they are the biggest.
Quote: EvenBobAll store brands are made by known
brands. Heinz packages more off
brand ketchup than any other because
they are the biggest.
Same goes for virtually all store brands. Canned corn or green beans, beanie-weenies, soup, toilet paper, sandwich meat, whatever it is, it's prolly made by the big companies to get rid of extra inventory. Walmart does NOT have some company called Great Value out there making everything that bears the Great Value name. There's no possible way that would happen. It's the same quality, for less money.
Quote: MoosetonIn the spirit of cheapo one-upsmanship, I'll raise a 95%(close estimate) wardrobe given by friends&family back in my single, broke, and drunk days.
Wardrobe no. I don't have the patience to do the thrift store thing there as I don't buy a lot of clothes. But how about furniture? Bedroom 100% and living room 50% donated by various family. Couch and such only cost was the U-Haul and the Advil store brand after for my back. Nice leather stuff that my buddy could not believe someone upgraded from. I gave him the chair for his unit upstairs because I just don't have the room in my small, cheap-o place! My coffee table is starting to get worn such that I may try to make a rustic looking one from pallets. I have seen some designs online, they look good and you get to feel manly after. Or I just keep it a few more years.
Quote: zippyboySame goes for virtually all store brands. Canned corn or green beans, beanie-weenies, soup, toilet paper, sandwich meat, whatever it is, it's prolly made by the big companies to get rid of extra inventory..
No, it's half their business or more. We made
far more cookies for other companies than
we did for our own. People have no idea
that when you buy Heinz or Campbells
you're paying for their advertising budget.
Some store brands are not very good, but
the big name store brands are usually every
bit as good as the known brands. Consumer
Reports did taste tests on 57 store brands
and 33 were as good or better than the known
brands.
Quote: AZDuffmanBut how about furniture?
*mucks cards
Ya got me there.
Quote: zoobrewJust because the factory makes the same product for store and brand name, doesn't necessary mean they are the same quality. .
Yes. But the major store brands like Safeway, Walmart,
Kroger, IGA, Vons, Sams Club, and so on, are just the
same or close. The really off brands do get cheaper
ingredients.
I've actually seen someone eating off a discarded room service tray. They were drunk out of their mind though, so it didn't really have to do with saving money.
Quote: VenthusIf you're not particularly a fashionable sort, getting clothes online works pretty well. I get stacks of black/khaki slacks whenever they go on sale online. Bog generic, but it's tough to argue with reasonably durable and comfortable 10$ pants.
We buy all of our kids clothes online. Even places like kohls will have end of season 75% off so we will buy for next year.
Quote: EvenBobYes. But the major store brands like Safeway, Walmart,
Kroger, IGA, Vons, Sams Club, and so on, are just the
same or close. The really off brands do get cheaper
ingredients.
It is going to depend on the item. Canned corn is pretty much hard to differentiate. But ketchup can and does have a recipe. Heinz might make private label runs, but they will not be the same recipe. Most likely they have a few private label recipes they offer.
I saw some kind of cold medicine once where it was stamped on the package that the outfit did not make private label products at all.
kohls can have good deals and the oftentimes have fashionable clothing even on the discount rack for $5. I got multiple pairs of nice jeans for $7(actually free see below)Quote: GWAEWe buy all of our kids clothes online. Even places like kohls will have end of season 75% off so we will buy for next year.
Look for stickers on the newspaper they oftentimes have $10 off of any purchase. At one time they messed up and were refunding the difference if you bought something under $10. They were even letting you use 2 per person if you made 2 separate transactions and you could go to different cashiers. You could do it everyday.
You could accidentally lose your respite and get a full refund on a gift card +$20 if you used 2 coupons. times that by multiple cashiers if you dared.
Quote: AZDuffmanIt is going to depend on the item. Canned corn is pretty much hard to differentiate. But ketchup can and does have a recipe. Heinz might make private label runs, but they will not be the same recipe. Most likely they have a few private label recipes they offer.
I saw some kind of cold medicine once where it was stamped on the package that the outfit did not make private label products at all.
Okay, I can agree that Heinz would want to protect their recipe, so they might not make the identical ketchup that sells for only 99 cents/bottle at Big Lots.
But cold medicine? Looking at the back tells you name brand and store brand contain the same active ingredients virtually every time. You can spend $7 for Afrin, or $2 for generic Nasal-Ease, both have the same .05% oxymetazoline hydrochloride, so why spend more?
Quote: zippyboyOkay, I can agree that Heinz would want to protect their recipe, so they might not make the identical ketchup that sells for only 99 cents/bottle at Big Lots.
But cold medicine? Looking at the back tells you name brand and store brand contain the same active ingredients virtually every time. You can spend $7 for Afrin, or $2 for generic Nasal-Ease, both have the same .05% oxymetazoline hydrochloride, so why spend more?
Oh, I agree on the medicine. The active ingredient is the key. I'm just saying what was stamped on the box.
Not all manufacturers will do private labels as it is a lower margin business and if the factory is already running at capacity the ROI might not be there. More and more grocery chains do their own bread and not from a name baker.
bottled, non preserved item.
Quote: AxelWolfkohls can have good deals and the oftentimes have fashionable clothing even on the discount rack for $5. I got multiple pairs of nice jeans for $7(actually free see below)
Look for stickers on the newspaper they oftentimes have $10 off of any purchase. At one time they messed up and were refunding the difference if you bought something under $10. They were even letting you use 2 per person if you made 2 separate transactions and you could go to different cashiers. You could do it everyday.
You could accidentally lose your respite and get a full refund on a gift card +$20 if you used 2 coupons. times that by multiple cashiers if you dared.
I wish I had Steve Jobs money so I can wear the same thing everyday. Seriously I hate having to pick out a wardrobe. I wore the same jeans for 10 years once until it started having holes and coming apart. If I can find somewhere online where I can buy 10 pairs of jeans for $50 I'd be all over it. Same for socks, IDGAF what type they are as long as they cover my feet.
Quote: djatcIf I can find somewhere online where I can buy 10 pairs of jeans for $50 I'd be all over it. Same for socks, IDGAF what type they are as long as they cover my feet.
Says a man with no woman in his life.
It's all our dream to wear the same
clothes every day, and not have someone
say 'you're not wearing THAT again, are
you?'
Didn't Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke wear the
same outfit for 25 years? And John Wayne?
Quote: djatcI wish I had Steve Jobs money so I can wear the same thing everyday. Seriously I hate having to pick out a wardrobe. I wore the same jeans for 10 years once until it started having holes and coming apart. If I can find somewhere online where I can buy 10 pairs of jeans for $50 I'd be all over it. Same for socks, IDGAF what type they are as long as they cover my feet.
What amazes me is when you look at a house built before the late 1960s. Closet space is just not there, 1/10 what a modern house has. As to myself, I try to get more than a day from pants almost all the time and if I work from home I will just wear it all more than a day. I mean, doing office work you don't need to wash after one wearing. People used to do more of this. But look at closets today, filled with everything.
Quote: AZDuffmanWhat amazes me is when you look at a house built before the late 1960s. Closet space is just not there,.
The house I live in was built in 1854, there
were 2 closets. One off the dining room,
and one off the hallway upstairs, very
small. In those days moths were a huge
problem and people kept their clothes
in trunks and dressers where they could
use moth balls. They had no need to hang
anything up. There were no closets in any
of the bedrooms here, they had to be
installed. The closet off the dining room was
not a closet when the house was built, it
was the pantry. It was turned into a closet
later. Today it's a pantry again. So the whole
house had one small closet.
That's because he's wearing the same crappie clothing every day.Quote: EvenBobSays a man with no woman in his life.
eventually there's always some desperate chick out there that may not care, but one shouldn't wonder why they can't get a date.
Quote: EvenBobSo the whole
house had one small closet.
Ironically my small place had a mid-sized closet that I made smaller so as to change the doorway from the bathroom from the kitchen to the bedroom and in the process adding kitchen cabinets and killing closet space. Yeah, my place is s-m-all.
Quote: djatcSame for socks, IDGAF what type they are as long as they cover my feet.
Oh my goodness.
Just bought a big pack of socks. Was shocked to discover that they'd gone up in price by 50% since the previous time I bought them, just a few years ago.
I wear jeans for two weeks easy, unless they're noticeably dirty for some identifiable reason. Shirts two-three days (not in a row of course). I sit at a desk at work, no sweat. I use my bath towel all week and wash everything on Sundays. Bath towel just takes clean water off me, so it's never really dirty anyway.
Oh and there is also gambling out there, or at least that's what I've heard.
Quote: EvenBobSays a man with no woman in his life.
It's all our dream to wear the same
clothes every day, and not have someone
say 'you're not wearing THAT again, are
you?'
Didn't Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke wear the
same outfit for 25 years? And John Wayne?
Very FUNNY!!! LMAO!!! Looked perfectly fine when I got out of bed!! I mumbled under my breath:) LOL and Yes to your second comment.
JZ
Quote: zippyboyI use my bath towel all week and wash everything on Sundays. Bath towel just takes clean water off me, so it's never really dirty anyway.
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Quote: JohnnyQPart of the appeal of Vegas to me is that you can get a very nice hotel for a reasonable price for a nice vacation, a better "deal" than you can find practically anywhere else.
Oh and there is also gambling out there, or at least that's what I've heard.
I completely agree. Living in a place like Chicago, I can get a 5 star hotel room for under $200 a night, if I were to do that in downtown Chicago, it would cost about $600 a night plus about $40-$50 more to park my car.
Quote: Gabes22I completely agree. Living in a place like Chicago, I can get a 5 star hotel room for under $200 a night, if I were to do that in downtown Chicago, it would cost about $600 a night plus about $40-$50 more to park my car.
THIS
2 bedroom suites, $500 resort credits, and a limo to come pick you up at the airport for FREE?
(disclaimer: not free but you know what I mean. As long as your expected loss is less then the stuff you were going to get anyway, it's a good deal.)
Quote: zippyboyOMG...you brought that up from 20 years ago? lol ain't the Interwebz wonderful?
It's funny because all men know if you
don't wash bath towels they become
stiff as boards and and bend like a
sheet of paper. lol
Cheese: want to know the secret to keeping it from getting moldy? Never, ever store it in a zip lock Baggie. The key is to store it with no air. Take the cheese and wrap it in Saran Wrap tightly leaving no air--lasts five times as long.
Don't wash your clothes so often. Nothing wears them out as much as washing. Obviously, if they're dirty, wash them.
Pet peve: Why is it so popular for men to buy their pants so that four extra inches of fabric bunches up above the shoe? The style seems to be that it isn't cool unless it bunches 4 extra inches in length and the cuff is wearing away from scrapping the ground. My theory is it is just so anathema to have geeky too-short pants that the style now is to over compensate with bunches of extra fabric. And it seems like the poorer a person is the more bunchier the pants.
When bell bottoms fell out of fashion about 1982 nobody wore them anymore. I remember seeing a video by Prince in about 1988. He was still wearing them. I remember thinking how bold he was to make a new video and still be wearing them. Then, of course, they returned with a vengeance.
And when did the style start to wear your shirt untucked in, and wear a sweater over it so that the shirt sticks out the bottom?
Do you remember the style back in about 1980? Girls would buy new name-brand athletic shoes. Then walk around with the laces untied--just flapping around. They looked so cool for about one day. Then the laces would look dirty and they couldn't wear them anymore. Another style for young girls was to wear pull-overs where the sleeves were so long that their hands didn't stick out of the ends. This style still prevales for young men and women, but in the updated version about half the hand is visible. 22 year-old guy playing poker, wearing a hoodie, where just his fingers stick out the end of the sleeve. Who raised these people?
Quote: zippyboyOMG...you brought that up from 20 years ago? lol ain't the Interwebz wonderful?
Oh geez. I looked at the date and thought that was from 10 years ago. I remember seeing that one in the newspaper. -_-
Quote: GreasyjohnAnother style for young girls was to wear pull-overs where the sleeves were so long that their hands didn't stick out of the ends. This style still prevales for young men and women, but in the updated version about half the hand is visible. 22 year-old guy playing poker, wearing a hoodie, where just his fingers stick out the end of the sleeve. Who raised these people?
I do that with an at-home-lounging-around sweater. Found a few Armani sweaters for 5$ once. With the smallest being XXL. Beautiful fabric. Too bad they're so large, you could use it as a boat cover.
Best girls style ever = Low rise jeans and a belly shirt.Quote: GreasyjohnBeen reading this thread and wanted to make a coupe points. For years I've been keeping my bread in the freezer. When I need a slice or two it goes straight from the freezer to the toaster. After weeks it tastes wonderful.
Cheese: want to know the secret to keeping it from getting moldy? Never, ever store it in a zip lock Baggie. The key is to store it with no air. Take the cheese and wrap it in Saran Wrap tightly leaving no air--lasts five times as long.
Don't wash your clothes so often. Nothing wears them out as much as washing. Obviously, if they're dirty, wash them.
Pet peve: Why is it so popular for men to buy their pants so that four extra inches of fabric bunches up above the shoe? The style seems to be that it isn't cool unless it bunches 4 extra inches in length and the cuff is wearing away from scrapping the ground. My theory is it is just so anathema to have geeky too-short pants that the style now is to over compensate with bunches of extra fabric. And it seems like the poorer a person is the more bunchier the pants.
When bell bottoms fell out of fashion about 1982 nobody wore them anymore. I remember seeing a video by Prince in about 1988. He was still wearing them. I remember thinking how bold he was to make a new video and still be wearing them. Then, of course, they returned with a vengeance.
And when did the style start to wear your shirt untucked in, and wear a sweater over it so that the shirt sticks out the bottom?
Do you remember the style back in about 1980? Girls would buy new name-brand athletic shoes. Then walk around with the laces untied--just flapping around. They looked so cool for about one day. Then the laces would look dirty and they couldn't wear them anymore. Another style for young girls was to wear pull-overs where the sleeves were so long that their hands didn't stick out of the ends. This style still prevales for young men and women, but in the updated version about half the hand is visible. 22 year-old guy playing poker, wearing a hoodie, where just his fingers stick out the end of the sleeve. Who raised these people?
Quote: AZDuffmanI try to get more than a day from pants almost all the time
ONE DAY? you mean you wash your pants after a couple of days? Mr Clean!
Quote: zippyboyI wear jeans for two weeks easy
same here, assuming I don't spill food on them. If it wasn't for farting no telling how long you could go!
Quote: Greasyjohn
Pet peve: Why is it so popular for men to buy their pants so that four extra inches of fabric bunches up above the shoe? The style seems to be that it isn't cool unless it bunches 4 extra inches in length and the cuff is wearing away from scrapping the ground. My theory is it is just so anathema to have geeky too-short pants that the style now is to over compensate with bunches of extra fabric. And it seems like the poorer a person is the more bunchier the pants.
And when did the style start to wear your shirt untucked in, and wear a sweater over it so that the shirt sticks out the bottom?
I wear 34x30 and they bunch up. Can't find them any shorter then that. I wish they sold 34x29 or even 34x28 but no go and I'm not going to have them all fixed at the store.
Obviously the second style with the untucked shirt so you can hide a biscuit under the shirt if you need to solve an altercation about the guy that stepped on your air jordans.
