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False Economy :-(
False Economy :-(
I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
$5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
$8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added‹and I don't
get a box or carton to store the filled jars in.
No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
I believe I've just shifted my buying habits to what they were‹new jars
from Fleet Farm. Incidentally, the *sale* price on a case of regular
half pint jars was $6.49 (against the regular $6.99 price). Not the
sale it used to be. Another sign of the times, I guess.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: * w w w .jamlady.eboard . com
I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
$5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
$8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added‹and I don't
get a box or carton to store the filled jars in.
No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
I believe I've just shifted my buying habits to what they were‹new jars
from Fleet Farm. Incidentally, the *sale* price on a case of regular
half pint jars was $6.49 (against the regular $6.99 price). Not the
sale it used to be. Another sign of the times, I guess.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: * w w w .jamlady.eboard . com
Re: False Economy :-(
"Melba's Jammin'" <barbschaller@earthlink . net > wrote in message
news:barbschaller-FD3CA6.15165802072008@news.iphouse . com ...
> I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
> each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
> $5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
> $8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added > get a box or
> carton to store the filled jars in.
>
> No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
Hurry MS, you've only got 5 hours left on the auction to solve that leetle
problem!
* tinyurl . com /6mu97o
KW
"Melba's Jammin'" <barbschaller@earthlink . net > wrote in message
news:barbschaller-FD3CA6.15165802072008@news.iphouse . com ...
> I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
> each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
> $5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
> $8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added > get a box or
> carton to store the filled jars in.
>
> No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
Hurry MS, you've only got 5 hours left on the auction to solve that leetle
problem!
* tinyurl . com /6mu97o
KW
Re: False Economy :-(
In article <8a4de$486bdff5$a22755e5$19414@ALLTEL . net >,
"KW" <keith warrennospam@alltel . net > wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbschaller@earthlink . net > wrote in message
> news:barbschaller-FD3CA6.15165802072008@news.iphouse . com ...
> > I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
> > each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
> > $5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
> > $8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added > get a box or
> > carton to store the filled jars in.
> >
> > No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
>
> Hurry MS, you've only got 5 hours left on the auction to solve that leetle
> problem!
>
> * tinyurl . com /6mu97o
>
> KW
LOL! Right now they're at $4 -- and shipping is $6+. I'll pass, thanks.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: * w w w .jamlady.eboard . com
In article <8a4de$486bdff5$a22755e5$19414@ALLTEL . net >,
"KW" <keith warrennospam@alltel . net > wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbschaller@earthlink . net > wrote in message
> news:barbschaller-FD3CA6.15165802072008@news.iphouse . com ...
> > I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
> > each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
> > $5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
> > $8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added > get a box or
> > carton to store the filled jars in.
> >
> > No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
>
> Hurry MS, you've only got 5 hours left on the auction to solve that leetle
> problem!
>
> * tinyurl . com /6mu97o
>
> KW
LOL! Right now they're at $4 -- and shipping is $6+. I'll pass, thanks.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: * w w w .jamlady.eboard . com
Re: False Economy :-(
In article <8a4de$486bdff5$a22755e5$19414@ALLTEL . net >,
"KW" <keith warrennospam@alltel . net > wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbschaller@earthlink . net > wrote in message
> news:barbschaller-FD3CA6.15165802072008@news.iphouse . com ...
> > I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
> > each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
> > $5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
> > $8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added > get a box or
> > carton to store the filled jars in.
> >
> > No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
>
> Hurry MS, you've only got 5 hours left on the auction to solve that leetle
> problem!
>
> * tinyurl . com /6mu97o
>
> KW
ROFL! Somebody paid $16.50 for the lot, plus $6 for shipping. Not me.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: * w w w .jamlady.eboard . com
In article <8a4de$486bdff5$a22755e5$19414@ALLTEL . net >,
"KW" <keith warrennospam@alltel . net > wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbschaller@earthlink . net > wrote in message
> news:barbschaller-FD3CA6.15165802072008@news.iphouse . com ...
> > I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
> > each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
> > $5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
> > $8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added > get a box or
> > carton to store the filled jars in.
> >
> > No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
>
> Hurry MS, you've only got 5 hours left on the auction to solve that leetle
> problem!
>
> * tinyurl . com /6mu97o
>
> KW
ROFL! Somebody paid $16.50 for the lot, plus $6 for shipping. Not me.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: * w w w .jamlady.eboard . com
Re: False Economy :-(
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article <8a4de$486bdff5$a22755e5$19414@ALLTEL . net >,
> "KW" <keith warrennospam@alltel . net > wrote:
>
>> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbschaller@earthlink . net > wrote in message
>> news:barbschaller-FD3CA6.15165802072008@news.iphouse . com ...
>>> I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
>>> each thinking I'm getting a deal.
>>>But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12.
>>> No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
>> Hurry MS, you've only got 5 hours left on the auction to solve that leetle
>> problem!
>>
>> * tinyurl . com /6mu97o
>>
>> KW
>
>
> ROFL! Somebody paid $16.50 for the lot, plus $6 for shipping. Not me.
You can laugh NOW, but someday those may be priceless antiques. FWIW,
I'm paying $.27 at the Goodwill store and I make sure the ones I buy
have rings.
We're making apricot jam this year from our own trees, provided we can
scare off the squirrels. Man, Sure-Jel is expensive these days!
gloria p
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article <8a4de$486bdff5$a22755e5$19414@ALLTEL . net >,
> "KW" <keith warrennospam@alltel . net > wrote:
>
>> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbschaller@earthlink . net > wrote in message
>> news:barbschaller-FD3CA6.15165802072008@news.iphouse . com ...
>>> I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
>>> each thinking I'm getting a deal.
>>>But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12.
>>> No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
>> Hurry MS, you've only got 5 hours left on the auction to solve that leetle
>> problem!
>>
>> * tinyurl . com /6mu97o
>>
>> KW
>
>
> ROFL! Somebody paid $16.50 for the lot, plus $6 for shipping. Not me.
You can laugh NOW, but someday those may be priceless antiques. FWIW,
I'm paying $.27 at the Goodwill store and I make sure the ones I buy
have rings.
We're making apricot jam this year from our own trees, provided we can
scare off the squirrels. Man, Sure-Jel is expensive these days!
gloria p
Re: False Economy :-(
In article <N4ednUghc9jbofHVnZ2dnUVZ j6dnZ2d@comcast . com >,
Gloria P <gpuester@comcast . net > wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > ROFL! Somebody paid $16.50 for the lot, plus $6 for shipping. Not me.
> You can laugh NOW, but someday those may be priceless antiques.
I'll weep then. :-)
> FWIW, I'm paying $.27 at the Goodwill store and I make sure the ones
> I buy have rings.
I'll have to check the Salvation Army store near me. I've heard they're
less expensive than the other place.
>
> We're making apricot jam this year from our own trees, provided we can
> scare off the squirrels. Man, Sure-Jel is expensive these days!
Yum!!
>
> gloria p
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: * w w w .jamlady.eboard . com
In article <N4ednUghc9jbofHVnZ2dnUVZ j6dnZ2d@comcast . com >,
Gloria P <gpuester@comcast . net > wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > ROFL! Somebody paid $16.50 for the lot, plus $6 for shipping. Not me.
> You can laugh NOW, but someday those may be priceless antiques.
I'll weep then. :-)
> FWIW, I'm paying $.27 at the Goodwill store and I make sure the ones
> I buy have rings.
I'll have to check the Salvation Army store near me. I've heard they're
less expensive than the other place.
>
> We're making apricot jam this year from our own trees, provided we can
> scare off the squirrels. Man, Sure-Jel is expensive these days!
Yum!!
>
> gloria p
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: * w w w .jamlady.eboard . com
Re: False Economy :-(
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
> each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
> $5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
> $8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added‹and I don't
> get a box or carton to store the filled jars in.
>
> No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
I figured you wouldn't. Our descendants eat most of our canned goods and
they know they had better return jars and lids or Big Daddy gets upset.
>
> I believe I've just shifted my buying habits to what they were‹new jars
> from Fleet Farm. Incidentally, the *sale* price on a case of regular
> half pint jars was $6.49 (against the regular $6.99 price). Not the
> sale it used to be. Another sign of the times, I guess.
We were in the local Big Lots the other day and all they had were cases
of quart jars. No longer in a box, looks like a beer tray with the jars
shrink wrapped to it. Makes you want to cry. I'm hanging on to my old
boxes, they may soon become collectors items and I can sell them on eBay.
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> I've been picking up 1/2 pint jars at a nearby thrift shop for 40 cents
> each thinking I'm getting a deal. With state and local tax, that's
> $5.11 for 12. But they need lids and rings. That's $3.12. That's
> $8.23. A case of new jars costs me $7.44 with taxes added‹and I don't
> get a box or carton to store the filled jars in.
>
> No, Jorge, I *don't* have a bunch of rings laying around.
I figured you wouldn't. Our descendants eat most of our canned goods and
they know they had better return jars and lids or Big Daddy gets upset.
>
> I believe I've just shifted my buying habits to what they were‹new jars
> from Fleet Farm. Incidentally, the *sale* price on a case of regular
> half pint jars was $6.49 (against the regular $6.99 price). Not the
> sale it used to be. Another sign of the times, I guess.
We were in the local Big Lots the other day and all they had were cases
of quart jars. No longer in a box, looks like a beer tray with the jars
shrink wrapped to it. Makes you want to cry. I'm hanging on to my old
boxes, they may soon become collectors items and I can sell them on eBay.
