Sometimes a cruise through the $2 type shop yields results.

This time from the craft section a $2.99 bag full of cogs and gears.... or as I see them, sprocket spares and other any number of possible uses   



Walked out singing to myself "glue some gears on it and call it Steampunk"

Good find 

I'm still using the double sided padded sticky tape I got from a £1 store years ago. I cleaned them out when I discovered it, the girl behind the till gave me a very funny look 

Quote from: NARSES2 on June 18, 2024, 02:19:02 AMI'm still using the double sided padded sticky tape I got from a £1 store years ago. I cleaned them out when I discovered it, the girl behind the till gave me a very funny look 

VERY useful stuff, especially when painting landing gear legs etc. 

Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 18, 2024, 03:25:47 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on June 18, 2024, 02:19:02 AMI'm still using the double sided padded sticky tape I got from a £1 store years ago. I cleaned them out when I discovered it, the girl behind the till gave me a very funny look 

VERY useful stuff, especially when painting landing gear legs etc. 

Yup. I stick it to a clothes peg and then attach my part to the other side. Ideal when painting bits and bobs etc. The padding just cushions it a little

Some shops get funny if one person cleans out all of their stock of one item.  But as my boss says "you can only sell it once".

Quote from: zenrat on June 19, 2024, 05:32:56 AMSome shops get funny if one person cleans out all of their stock of one item.  But as my boss says "you can only sell it once".

Sometimes it's understandable. During Covid, and before it hit here in the UK, I can remember our press publishing a photo of an Australian supermarket with a dozen women walking out with trolleys abosolutely overflowing with toilet rolls  When it hit here some stores imposed a limit on how many you could buy 

It's amazing what some people will panic-buy, even when there's not that much of a panic.

Quote from: Old Wombat on June 19, 2024, 08:20:38 AMIt's amazing what some people will panic-buy, even when there's not that much of a panic.

Yup but given we live in a "mass media age" it is so much easier to spread rumours and gossip and create false shortages 

Toilet roll, yes.  I can understand rationing it.  But will the world end if someone has bought up all the small padded envelopes?

Quote from: zenrat on June 19, 2024, 05:32:56 AMSome shops get funny if one person cleans out all of their stock of one item.  But as my boss says "you can only sell it once".

The other thing is that if you know you have regular customers who buy the item in question, then if one person clears you out, those regulars are going to be dissatisfied until more stock comes in.

I used to get all sorts of funky things like skulls and wings from the charm-bracelet bowls in the jewellery craft shop in Affleck's Palace in Manchester. Sadly, it didn't make it through COVID and it's a Japanese-style bubble tea shop now. Not got the slightest interest in bubble tea, although the waitresses are worth more than a glance or two...

Quote from: Weaver on June 20, 2024, 04:43:34 AM

Quote from: zenrat on June 19, 2024, 05:32:56 AMSome shops get funny if one person cleans out all of their stock of one item.  But as my boss says "you can only sell it once".

The other thing is that if you know you have regular customers who buy the item in question, then if one person clears you out, those regulars are going to be dissatisfied until more stock comes in.

They're on order,  we'll ring you when they come in.  But have you considered buying in bulk so this doesn't happen again?  You'll also get a bulk discount...

Quote from: zenrat on June 20, 2024, 04:51:05 AM

Quote from: Weaver on June 20, 2024, 04:43:34 AM

Quote from: zenrat on June 19, 2024, 05:32:56 AMSome shops get funny if one person cleans out all of their stock of one item.  But as my boss says "you can only sell it once".

The other thing is that if you know you have regular customers who buy the item in question, then if one person clears you out, those regulars are going to be dissatisfied until more stock comes in.

They're on order,  we'll ring you when they come in.  But have you considered buying in bulk so this doesn't happen again?  You'll also get a bulk discount...

"But I walked all the way down here with my bad hip and all, and I only want one envelope but I want it now to send my nephew his birthday present in time! I don't want twenty next Wednesday! Think I'll try the other shop, mumble, mutter, grumble...."

How about one of these?  Slightly larger, only 20c more and it'll cost the same to post...

Quote from: Weaver on June 20, 2024, 04:58:39 AM

Quote from: zenrat on June 20, 2024, 04:51:05 AM

Quote from: Weaver on June 20, 2024, 04:43:34 AM

Quote from: zenrat on June 19, 2024, 05:32:56 AMSome shops get funny if one person cleans out all of their stock of one item.  But as my boss says "you can only sell it once".

The other thing is that if you know you have regular customers who buy the item in question, then if one person clears you out, those regulars are going to be dissatisfied until more stock comes in.

They're on order,  we'll ring you when they come in.  But have you considered buying in bulk so this doesn't happen again?  You'll also get a bulk discount...

"But I walked all the way down here with my bad hip and all, and I only want one envelope but I want it now to send my nephew his birthday present in time! I don't want twenty next Wednesday! Think I'll try the other shop, mumble, mutter, grumble...."

Try what other shop? AusPost offices are not that close together & she won't get a single envelope from a newsagent, she'll have to buy a pack of 10 or 20 (+/-), & she'll still have to pay AusPost for the postage.