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- inactive, on 04/20/2009, -1/+21$1...$4...$10...$55. $55 Trix Cereal sold to the gentlemen with the long white ears!
- bixby1, on 04/19/2009, -0/+20Plus, it's a great way to spice up a Cheetos purchase
- JAGUART, on 04/20/2009, -0/+8They're always biddin' on me Lucky Charms!
- northwatuppa, on 04/20/2009, -1/+7fta: Scouring the supermarket for all the items on your list is not much fun.
Um, yeah, but going through a bidding process for every item on your grocery list certainly has to be more energy and time consuming than pushing a cart around a supermarket. And then what, you need two bottles of ketchup, so you have to wait around and bid for it?
Something is weird about this picture. - fury420, on 04/20/2009, -0/+5"Sure, you can bid on frozen chicken pot pie over the eBay, but that's a pretty lonely endeavor."
the ebay eh? - Ineedmorelemons, on 04/19/2009, -0/+5Dude, who else is thinking "I wonder how cheap I could get beer?"
- sirbeta, on 04/20/2009, -0/+5It's too bad he doesn't have any milk to go with his cereal...
- Barackalypse, on 04/20/2009, -0/+3This is a very bad development for consumers looking to maximize their savings:
1) These auctioneers don't take coupons, so smart shoppers who usually shop on double coupon days lose the extra savings (on clearance items it is not uncommon for a doubled coupon to make the item free or very nearly so).
2) You lose out on credit card rewards. My card offers 3% cash back on grocery store purchases, assuming these auctioneers even take credit cards, you'll be earning a reduced rate (probably 1%) on purchases there.
3) Auctions destroy consumer marginal utility. A store normally has to try and strike a balance between shelf space, inventory carrying costs, expiration date, and price. This works in the consumers favor. An auction mitigates those issues to a large extent and then forces consumers to bid the prices up against each other, rather than taking advantage of the retailer putting other factors ahead of price and resulting in a very good deal for the shopper. - mlock2k, on 04/20/2009, -2/+4So would that mean they would take food stamps?
- sockpuppets, on 04/20/2009, -0/+2The koo koo for cocoa puffs bird was thrown out early on.
- RAAFStupot, on 04/20/2009, -0/+2It's on the internets.
- Elranzer, on 04/20/2009, -0/+2Nobody uses American Express.
- fury420, on 04/20/2009, -1/+3ugh, credit card rewards are the stupidest idea imaginable... really it should be the reverse, since merchants have to pay a percentage on every dollar they receive via a credit card transaction, it would make sense for merchants to either offer a discount for cash, or charge the percentage up-front for credit card purchases
but of course we all know VISA and Mastercard sure wouldn't like that. Plus, people likely would be a bit annoyed to hear that American Express charges a larger percentage than either VISA or M/C. Not to mention the fact that they hold onto the cash for several weeks before depositing it into the merchant's account, far longer than VISA or M/C takes to process - TheUngod, on 04/20/2009, -0/+2Ross Perot eats Trix?
- inactive, on 04/20/2009, -0/+2SPAM!
- Barackalypse, on 04/20/2009, -0/+2Well, it isn't the reverse, most places don't give you a discount for paying cash, so you may as well save whatever money you can by using your credit card and gain the extended warranty and 90 day theft protection most offer. Also, from a merchant's point of view cash carries several drawbacks, including additional labor to count and reconcile registers and deposit the money, employees miscounting change, and robbers or employees stealing (I'm going to assume that losses to credit card fraud in store aren't significantly different than losses to counterfeit currency).
- inactive, on 04/20/2009, -0/+2Christopher Guest should totally make a movie about the Grocery Auction scene.
- ChromaVita, on 04/20/2009, -1/+2Hey, if you give a Moose a Muffin...
Anyone with me on this? Scholastic book fairs FTW. - Atario, on 05/09/2009, -0/+1HAM TASTED DELICIOUS! WOULD BID AGAIN AAAAAAAAAAA++++++++++++
- bcassner, on 04/20/2009, -0/+1Their already is an auction here in Pennsylavia where I live. They have auctioned of Tasty Cakes, bathroom tissue, pasta and other non-perishable items.
- Frostek, on 04/21/2009, -0/+1"Tasty Cakes"? - with a name like that I doubt they're good.
- fury420, on 04/20/2009, -1/+1yeah, i guess my perspective is not that of the average merchant these days, what with selling large big ticket items that would not make sense to be given a credit card extended warranty or theft protection on
the 1.5-4% credit card vendor's fee really is only a big issue when items cost thousands of dollars, and the difference between a customer paying by cash/cheque/debt/bank card and paying via credit card ends up costing the merchant hundreds of dollars more
plus, nothing is more annoying than having 25 grand being held by AmEx for weeks at a time for no apparent reason, when their competition is 10x faster at depositing the money.... - hoobied, on 04/21/2009, -1/+1I lol'd.
- JJthebird, on 05/13/2009, -0/+0Theres one in Tampa Fl as well I went their last week and got 24 pack of quality Double rolled TP for $5.
A case of 24 $2 chocolate bars for $3, salad dressing for .50..............
Great buys about %50 off of Sams club prices. Although some things went for more then retail. - baiwushi, on 04/23/2009, -0/+0Do you accept PayPal? lol
- Kaegro, on 04/20/2009, -3/+2How much does the World suck when someone is auctioning food...in the U.S.! The "World" leader is quickly becoming a 3rd world country. How fast is that trend going to grow? By the year 2015 They'll be selling grocery lists ( not the list itself, but the items on pre-made lists ) on ebay.
"Mommy, I'm hungry. "
"I know dear, but the auction ends tonight at midnight. If we win i promiss we'll have something for dinner in 2 days by UPS" - inactive, on 04/20/2009, -1/+0White people melodrama bidding on junk food,why bother
Just go to the 99 cent store , local swap-meet or follow a poor (insert race) person around ,they know the deals - inactive, on 04/20/2009, -2/+1Sometimes i think some people are just addicted to bidding, ebay is a bit like that. In a way it is like gambling lol.. Who would of thought though, canned ham of all things.. :)
http://www.buyers-web.com - TheUngod, on 04/20/2009, -2/+1Dude, who feels the need to write "dude" in their post bra? Are you writing to Digg, the collective "dude?"
- antime1, on 04/20/2009, -1/+0Actually AMEX used to be the elite credit card company for rich folks. Then they started giving cards to everybody. Now all those people defaulted. Hence the AMEX stock has dropped off a cliff over the past year (50% at least)
Ken Chenault, the AMEX CEO, still got his multi million dollar bonus though. Keep up the good work you incompetent boob. - inactive, on 04/20/2009, -2/+1Yeah whatever.
- Toonamipod, on 04/20/2009, -2/+1Hey, if you're still desperate for new revenue streams there, auctioneers, you know what would be a good thing to sell? Crack!
/NormMacDonald - techdever, on 04/20/2009, -2/+1Bacon! Bacon! Bacon!
- sockpuppets, on 04/20/2009, -3/+1Om nom nom nom
- jgubbe, on 04/20/2009, -3/+1I want to fry up some bacon after I smoke these two joints this very fine morning in Seattle!
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