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I've got you beat at about $1.65 for the same amount of gum. Assuming the sticks or pieces are the same size, that is.
I get Extra Winterfresh gum at Sam's Club. 15 sticks per pack, 10 packs in a box. That's 150 sticks of gum. $6.88. That comes out to about 4.5 cents per stick.
I believe your Trident gum is 36 pieces per super-pack. At $2.00, that's 5.5 cents per stick.
In other words, you're spending $5.50 for 100 pieces of gum and I'm spending $4.50!
I'm only doing all this because you lectured me about dark and milk chocolate. I don't like dark chocolate, and I'll eat milk chocolate (with almonds and toffee) by the truckload, thank you.
@ChesterPDexter wrote:I've got you beat at about $1.65 for the same amount of gum. Assuming the sticks or pieces are the same size, that is.
I get Extra Winterfresh gum at Sam's Club. 15 sticks per pack, 10 packs in a box. That's 150 sticks of gum. $6.88. That comes out to about 4.5 cents per stick.
I believe your Trident gum is 36 pieces per super-pack. At $2.00, that's 5.5 cents per stick. Yes
In other words, you're spending $5.50 for 100 pieces of gum and I'm spending $4.50!
I'm only doing all this because you lectured me about dark and milk chocolate. I don't like dark chocolate, and I'll eat milk chocolate (with almonds and toffee) by the truckload, thank you.
LOL. Publix overprice everything. I hardly go to Walmart.
@wollepopolle wrote:More often than not, the phrase "a pack of gum" comes up on myfico. I wonder why that is. Haha! Do Americans love gum so much? Since I am an immigrant from Europe, I do not fancy gum so much. I love comestibles. Things that you can finally swallow after you chewed them thoroughly.
What else could you buy to keep your credit card active other than the ubiquitous pack of gum?
My suggestion: a bar of chocolate
Any other no-gum infinitesimally small purchase amount credit card chargers? What's your chewing gum surrogate? Or am upsetting the apple cart by vituperating those gum buyers?
Me too ~
Me ... I rents a DVD from RedBox with it ... $1/night + tax ... and sometimes they give you offer like rent 1 and get second for 50 cents = $1.68 with tax for two movies. I just rented 「Mao's Last Dancer」and「Just Go With It」 Other than that ... will be $1 menu from fast food restaurant when you need a little snack ... I got a soft cream last time
@haulingthescoreup wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:socks on the retail cards
It's how I keep Dillard's happy when there's not a wedding on the calendar.
And they do have great socks.
chocolate... socks... chocolate... socks...
hmmm
Thanks hauling ... I needed that laugh !!
ebay purchases. $1-$4
Buying stuff that you don't need is not a way to save.
Leave it to a boarder to have to have a pair of these. But they're $10 a pair so they don't qualify!
I do like the red toes, though.
$1 menu fast food and drinks from gas stations.
Back in the day of TheNewWorldMan and Noah_Bodie and others, the token purchase was always a Slurpee.
I still lean toward chocolate, though. Those Lindt truffles, the ones in the black wrapper, extra dark chocolate, work very nicely.
@Anonymous wrote:socks on the retail cards
It's how I keep Dillard's happy when there's not a wedding on the calendar.
And they do have great socks.
At first I thought you meant put the cards in the sock drawer, lol.... But that's a great idea. I told my wife just this week we have too many similar but mismatched socks and should declare sock bankruptcy, throw them all away, and buy new. Socks... Good plan.
@visorboy1974 wrote:Netflix
newspaper subscription
cell phone bill
credit monitoring service
Yeah, I use it for my cc monitoring service too... I just hope the irony police don't find out.