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Post-Holiday Shopping

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  • 02-15-2018, 06:48 PM
    Ax01
    Post-Holiday Shopping
    what are your post-holiday shopping tricks, tips, finds and haul?

    so yesterday was Valentines Day and i expected all the unsold stuff esp. the candy to be discounted and available today. after lunch i went the next block over to the RiteAide drugstore and i was on the hunt of Lindor's strawberry white chocolates but did not find any! this is crazy!

    :O

    this is the scene:

    Empty shelves and Empty Aisles!
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/7GIlknn.jpg
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/mgdKGVl.jpg


    plenty o' cards tho!
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/FbI8FrM.jpg

    ok i found these bins near the front!
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/SfUzQab.jpg

    but i did find some nice stuff. this is my haul. i spent like $6 on a peanut butter cup heart box, 2 heart-shaped peeps and a Valentines card.
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/cX1MyV2.jpg

    i'm thinking i need to hit the stores the first thing in the morning next time (but i was running late). the same thing happens to me after Halloween! :mad: i'm even thinking of hitting a few stores on the way home to see their availability.

    anyway what are your post-holiday tips, tricks and purchases? anything good? anything big?
  • 02-15-2018, 06:54 PM
    AbsoluteApril
    Remember when stores used to have all the candy and goodies for 50% off the day after the holiday? Pepperidge farm remembers.
    That used to be one of my favorite things to do, go stock up after all the major holidays.
    I haven't seen anything like that in over 5 years.
    Stores either pull it all back to resell later or it's getting shipped back to distributors and written off as a loss (I speculate).
    Ahh the good ol' days

    I don't think going in the morning will make any difference. Most just don't do those sales any longer.
  • 02-16-2018, 12:02 AM
    zina10
    All I can say...

    When I have unwrapped chocolate easter bunnies a couple of years ago, the chocolate shape looked suspiciously like a chocolate Santa Claus..I think they re-use what they can re-use :rofl:
  • 02-16-2018, 05:20 PM
    Ax01
    Re: Post-Holiday Shopping
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril View Post
    Remember when stores used to have all the candy and goodies for 50% off the day after the holiday? Pepperidge farm remembers.
    That used to be one of my favorite things to do, go stock up after all the major holidays.
    I haven't seen anything like that in over 5 years.
    Stores either pull it all back to resell later or it's getting shipped back to distributors and written off as a loss (I speculate).
    Ahh the good ol' days

    I don't think going in the morning will make any difference. Most just don't do those sales any longer.

    what do they do w/ the candy back at the distributors?...

    oh...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by zina10 View Post
    All I can say...

    When I have unwrapped chocolate easter bunnies a couple of years ago, the chocolate shape looked suspiciously like a chocolate Santa Claus..I think they re-use what they can re-use :rofl:

    hmmm now that i think of it, my St. Patty's day snake candies look suspiciously like candy canes.
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