Adventures in shopping, southern Illinois edition

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 11/24/2017 at 23:41 • Filed to: None

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After picking up a nifty $20 computer (Asus eee somethingoranother) I stopped at a Walmart in the middle of nowhere. After shopping at Costco and Target over the last couple of days it was slightly different experience:

1) Automatic flusher on the urinal not working and no manual override. It felt like an old truck stop with the smell and the flies

2) Some guy talking about a friend’s ‘61 Mustang. Inline 6 with a racing cam, good for 217 MPH. I was about to bust out in laughter but decided to leave the area before embarrassing myself. So many things with this vehicle description, and I had to stop myself from butting in and making corrections.

3) Found a 12V LED bulb in the clearance section. Multiple pieces, some priced at $4 and some at $1.50. I used the price scanner (with a beeper so loud my ears were ringing) and it came up as $2. I grabbed the two that were marked $1.50, and when I checked out they rang up as $1. Different computer systems? Why would the price be different?

4) Tried to grab a $5 32GB USB stick. I thought I found them in the electronics section but they were locked up. A clerk thought that those weren’t the ones on sale; there wasn’t a SKU in the flyer so it was hard to tell. She went to ask a co-worker for help and they told her they were actually by the entry to the store in the grocery department. Huh? I reluctantly went over there, and of course they weren’t there. When I came back I spoke to someone even more clueless. He pointed to an area where the Black Friday merchandise was, but wouldn’t assist me to find what I was looking for. I asked if I was on my own at this point and he did say that yeah, I was. He’s got a great future working a customer service phone line somewhere.

5) I did find some cool Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars. Those will be shared in a later post.

Well, the prices are relatively cheap, but you get what you pay for...

Urambo Tauro > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/25/2017 at 00:23

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they were actually by the entry to the store in the grocery department.

Ugh, I hate it when they do that. I get that they’re trying to attract customers shopping in other sections, but at least keep half of your stock in the correct department. Is that too much to ask?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/25/2017 at 05:28

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fun times.

:)

Grindintosecond > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/25/2017 at 09:03

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I no longer walmart unless its school supplies or umm..school supplies. I find nothing meeting the needs of what anyone looks for, just something cheap that gets you by until you can save up for a real version of it later.

shop-teacher > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/25/2017 at 09:37

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Every time I go to Walmart, I regret it.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > shop-teacher 11/25/2017 at 10:37

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Same here. I feel so dirty afterwards...

horizonsofkhaos > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/25/2017 at 11:28

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As an Outer Banks resident I’m obligated to inform you that Biscuits and Porn is awesome if you enjoy a very greasy, completely unhealthy but totally delicious breakfast biscuit. If they weren’t done with serving breakfast right now I’d probably jump in the car now and go.

shop-teacher > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/25/2017 at 11:48

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It always takes so long to check out, it’s never worth the pittance that I saved.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > horizonsofkhaos 11/25/2017 at 12:42

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You lucky guy. I love a good biscuit and wish I had a source for that classic heart-clogger. Everything I’ve tried so far is just a pale imitation of a proper biscuit.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > shop-teacher 11/25/2017 at 12:46

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They do often have the lowest price on a number of items, but we’re talking pennies. Technically they’re correct on that claim, but the negatives so far outweigh the miniscule savings that I’m willing to spend a tad more to feel more comfortable and support better companies.

shop-teacher > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/25/2017 at 13:59

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Exactly.

12and35 > horizonsofkhaos 11/26/2017 at 03:14

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Couldn’t agree with you more. Was a NC resident for a long time and Biscuits and Porn was a necessity after a night of drinking while visiting Nags Head.

horizonsofkhaos > 12and35 11/26/2017 at 12:08

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While I don’t drink, I’ve definitely made a few 5:30am pilgrimages to the ol Porno Biscuit as the DD for some buddies after their long nights of drinking.