-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-03-19  05:46 <=-

 >  JM> I used to shop there quite often.  (They have since moved across
 >  JM> the river into Ohio due to lower taxes, etc)
 > A little harder to bike over there, eh...?  

 JM> I think the bike makers have done something to the bikes.  I recall
 JM> years ago I would think nothing* of going on 20 mile bike ride.  Now
 JM> its a different story.

[chuckle]

 JM> (*I was telling that to a friend once who replied "I don't think
 JM> much of it either".
 
Hmmm... meanings can twist ever so slightly there... <G>

 > Yeah... that sort of place, you just need to know how to tell if
 > something is any good... and what the going price for the identical
 > item is elsewhere

 JM> One has to be a careful shopper.

Always.  

 JM> I find online shopping really great since I can compare prices at
 JM> different places and have a general idea if the price is worth it.

The updated version of letting your fingers do the walking... 

 JM> I once temped at a large regional discount store. 
 JM> One time a guy was asked to leave who was writing down prices of
 JM> certain items he was comparing prices with to other places.  That
 JM> wasn't allowed.  You could have a list of prices but not write down
 JM> theirs. This place is long gone now.

They probably lost more than they gained by that policy.... 

 JM> I do most all my grocery shopping at Aldi's.  I'll be in another
 JM> grocery store to pick up an item or two Aldi's doesn't sell and look
 JM> at the items on the shelf thinking, "Aldi's has that for such an amount
 JM> less". 

One can get that way with a store one shops at regularly... 

ttyl       neb

... Every crowd has a silver lining - PT Barnum

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)