I'll Buy That For a Dollar!

[QuikSand]

What's the best way you know of to spend one dollar or less?

[Shkspr]

What's the best way you know of to spend one dollar or less?

Subby's mom.

[Raiders Army]

Tip jars. An extra dollar tip will get you better service, whether it's loading up your groceries, cooking your food, mixing your drink, etc.

[Schmidty]

Robocop was an awesome movie.

[SackAttack]

A buck bought me a CD player, a toy spark gun from the 1980s, a stuffed panda, a calendar, and a pseudo-leather messenger bag from woot.com last week.

Best bang I've gotten for a buck in recent memory.

[VPI97]

Subby's mom.What are you gonna do with the other 95 cents?

[Shkspr]

Tip jars. An extra dollar tip will get you better service, whether it's loading up your groceries, cooking your food, mixing your drink, etc.

Along the same lines, upgrading from the fries to the onion rings at a good low-midrange dinner chain or loading your potato is a pretty good deal.

[Shkspr]

A buck bought me a CD player, a toy spark gun from the 1980s, a stuffed panda, a calendar, and a pseudo-leather messenger bag from woot.com last week.

Best bang I've gotten for a buck in recent memory.

Liar. That was eight bucks, counting the three woots and shipping. And I missed the BoC last time.

[SackAttack]

Liar. That was eight bucks, counting the three woots and shipping. And I missed the BoC last time.

I don't count shipping, because I would pay that much whether the item was a buck or thirty bucks.

Also, I only ordered one crap in my BoC. They sent me four. Not complaining.

[sterlingice]

Best bang I've gotten for a buck in recent memory.Maybe this wasn't the best way to phrase this after the "Subby's mom" comment above... :p

SI

[Shkspr]

Also, I only ordered one crap in my BoC. They sent me four. Not complaining.

Then you, sir, are my nemesis.

[QuikSand]

I guess a strike rate of about 2/3 is pretty good, given the open-ended nature of the thread.

*sigh*

[cthomer5000]

NYC street vendor pretzel.

It's a solid bargain at $1.00, and I can barely even think of other things I buy that cost less than a buck.

[MikeVick7]

Sniffer's Row?

[cthomer5000]

A big can of really cheap beer would be #2 on my list.

[Shkspr]

Tryin' here...but it's a dollar.

Ice cold Coca Cola...two McDonald's apple pies...very little is coming to mind that isn't food.

[QuikSand]

I thought about this as I got a truly gigantic Slurpee refill for Mrs. Q earlier today, in a 54-oz insulated mug, and was charged 94 cents with tax.

Not sure it's the all-rime champ, but given the degree of happiness she derives from them, it's a damned good investment in this household.

[QuikSand]

Maybe the best dollar spent is for an add-on of some sort? Like paying the extra buck to get chili sauce on your double footlong dog, or something along those lines?

[Raiders Army]

I am truly surprised that stripping hasn't come up yet with almost 20 posts in the thread.

[cartman]

The winning Powerball ticket would be a pretty good $1 purchase.

:D

[Shkspr]

Either something like that or picking up something really cheap and cool at a garage sale. When I was a kid I got the 1985 Bill James Baseball Abstract for a dollar at a flea market. That was the first year he put in the spreadsheet information for his Brock2 player prediction system. By my junior year in high school I had MEMORIZED all the formulae and was using the little random number generator on my pocket calendar to make up fictitious player's careers during class. Best dollar I ever spent.

[SackAttack]

Then you, sir, are my nemesis.

Don't look at me. Look at the dude who got a 61" DLP TV as one of his craps two months ago. That's nemesis material if I ever saw it.

[Shkspr]

I am truly surprised that stripping hasn't come up yet with almost 20 posts in the thread.


I did mention Subby's mom...where do you think the other 95 cents went?

[QuikSand]

Either something like that or picking up something really cheap and cool at a garage sale. When I was a kid I got the 1985 Bill James Baseball Abstract for a dollar at a flea market. That was the first year he put in the spreadsheet information for his Brock2 player prediction system. By my junior year in high school I had MEMORIZED all the formulae and was using the little random number generator on my pocket calendar to make up fictitious player's careers during class. Best dollar I ever spent.

Excellent single purchase, but obviously not repeatable. It's like there needs to be separate classes of winners here.

I once bought a whole stack of old Games magazines for a dollar (maybe two) at a garage sale... as you might imagine, I was rather elated.

Garae sales and flea markets are the bomb diggity.

[MikeVick7]

I am truly surprised that stripping hasn't come up yet with almost 20 posts in the thread.
Umm...I came through in post #14.

[Maple Leafs]

I'm cheating, but $1.40 (CDN) will buy me the large Tim Horton's double-double that makes the difference between me being a functional human being during morning rush hour and driving my car into oncoming traffic.

[QuikSand]

I'm cheating, but $1.40 (CDN)...

*snicker*

Yeah, yeah, I know there is near parity now and all... but Canadian dollars still make me laugh.

[OldGiants]

Remember when McDonald's advertising campaign slogan was "Change back from your dollar" ?

[digamma]

Spring is almost upon us, and that means...

Cadbury Eggs.

They were 2 for 99 cents at the grocery store today.

[oliegirl]

Spring is almost upon us, and that means...

Cadbury Eggs.

They were 2 for 99 cents at the grocery store today.


Oh man - those are SO good!!! Totally sucks that because of this stupid brain tumor thing I have I have to skip all the yummy Easter candy and eat rabbit food instead :(

Will you have one for me so I can live vicariously through you?

[Lorena]

Oh man - those are SO good!!! Totally sucks that because of this stupid brain tumor thing I have I have to skip all the yummy Easter candy and eat rabbit food instead :(

Will you have one for me so I can live vicariously through you?

Those Cadbury Eggs are the devil aren't they? I'm gonna try and avoid those as much as possible cuz once I have one, it's over.

The best thing I bought for $1.00 was a sundae with extra fudge and nuts from McDonalds.... YUMMMMMM!!!

[Izulde]

Although they're 50 cents a play now for most cabinets, best place for me to spend a buck is in an arcade.

I can make a buck last several hours playing one of the Soul Caliber or Street Fighter games in an arcade, because no one can beat me. It's good times :)

[Senator]

Popcorn.

[sterlingice]

Spring is almost upon us, and that means...

Cadbury Eggs.

They were 2 for 99 cents at the grocery store today.I'm a huge fan of getting candy on the day after the four major candy holidays (Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, Easter). Then you can get a whole bag for around a buck and sometimes two bags.

SI

[FrogMan]

I thought about this as I got a truly gigantic Slurpee refill for Mrs. Q earlier today, in a 54-oz insulated mug, and was charged 94 cents with tax.

Not sure it's the all-rime champ, but given the degree of happiness she derives from them, it's a damned good investment in this household.
dude, she's a new mom, right? She's given you the best gift there ever could be. If something that only costs you a buck makes her that happy, there you have your answer, period...

FM

[bbor]

Cigarette lighter.To light my 10 dollar cigarettes.

[tarcone]

i gave my 5 yr old a dollar after she came up to me at the computer and sweetly asked if she could have one to buy a sucker during lunch at school.
oh my god. its started already. daughter sweet talking me out of money
its going to be a long time until shes 22

[QuikSand]

dude, she's a new mom, right? She's given you the best gift there ever could be. If something that only costs you a buck makes her that happy, there you have your answer, period...

FM

Excellent point, and little doubt that's the right answer for me. However, I recognize that's a little parochial... not everyone shares my circumstance.

Just thought it was an interesting question.

[GrantDawg]

I am truly surprised that stripping hasn't come up yet with almost 20 posts in the thread.

Before I opened the thread, I took the over/under at 3 posts before someone made a stripper/g-string comment.

[GrantDawg]

i gave my 5 yr old a dollar after she came up to me at the computer and sweetly asked if she could have one to buy a sucker during lunch at school.
oh my god. its started already. daughter sweet talking me out of money
its going to be a long time until shes 22

And then she starts asking for the big money.

[Raiders Army]

Umm...I came through in post #14.
Sorry, wasn't familiar with Sniffer's Row.

[Toddzilla]

Also, I only ordered one crap in my BoC. They sent me four. Not complaining.What is this Bag o Crap? I haven't seen it....

[Draft Dodger]

I would say adding bacon to my sandwich at Subway...but I think that's actually $1.50.

Once a year our local library has a huge book sale with a ton of good stuff (most is donated from local stores). I end up spending about $20 and get 25 books or so, many of them new.

I got a nice PHP book for a buck, and one of the Motley Fool books for a dollar as well.

[gstelmack]

For a short while I got REALLY good at those claw machines at the local restaurants that were filled with stuffed animals. My daughter has a nice collection that cost me a buck or less each, and the look on her face when I gave her each one was priceless.

Alas, my skillz are gone...

[oliegirl]

What is this Bag o Crap? I haven't seen it....


I was thinking the same thing...

[astrosfan64]

Subby's mom.
lol

[AZSpeechCoach]

I'm a value menu kind of guy. I'd hit it.

[Logan]

I'm a value menu kind of guy. I'd hit it.

I can't believe I read through this thread twice without thinking of that.

Give me the Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger anyday.

[SackAttack]

What is this Bag o Crap? I haven't seen it....

An occasional offering at woot.com.

[sterlingice]

I would say adding bacon to my sandwich at Subway...but I think that's actually $1.50.

Once a year our local library has a huge book sale with a ton of good stuff (most is donated from local stores). I end up spending about $20 and get 25 books or so, many of them new.

I got a nice PHP book for a buck, and one of the Motley Fool books for a dollar as well.Oh yeah, that reminds me, I always go nuts at the local library sale here. I get a good pile of O'Reilly books each year and since they're computer books they only cost $1. So maybe my copy of the camel is the best $1 I've ever spent.

SI

[Rockstar]

The Beatles Song Catalog.

Lou Cabrazzi held a gun to MJs head and made him an offer that he couldnt refuse. Jackson gladly accepted a certified check for $1.00.

[Karlifornia]

The Beatles Song Catalog.

Lou Cabrazzi held a gun to MJs head and made him an offer that he couldnt refuse. Jackson gladly accepted a certified check for $1.00.


Is Lou Cabrazzi in any way related to Luca Brasi?


Anyhow, my answer it 2 jack in the box tacos....it actually comes to $1.07 after tax, but always have enough change in my ashtray.

[Shkspr]

Is Lou Cabrazzi in any way related to Luca Brasi?



Regrettably, the statement "Michael Jackson sleeps with the fishes" was horribly, terribly misunderstood and resulted in the police discovery of a 28 pound rainbow trout dressed to look like Macaulay Culkin.

[Butter]

A small Wendy's Frosty. Duh!

[QuikSand]

Five extra meatballs at Ikea?

[Shkspr]

We're veering into Man of La Mancha territory with you with this thing, you know?

On a serious note, though - my wife and I just estimated our materials cost for a scratch-baked standard quarter sheet cake at $0.98. With an hour's worth of actual labor and some ingenuity we can sell that cake for $30.

[RainMaker]

Double Stack w/ Cheese at Wendys.

[stevew]

Right now I'd say the answer is a burger king ICEE. Either Cherry or Coke depending on the mood.

Otherwise it's a toasted coconut donut from Tim Horton's.

[Passacaglia]

Back in high school, some friends and I went to Meijer, split into pairs, and walked around trying to see who could find the best thing for under a dollar. The winner was a water gun shaped like a hot dog, so there you go.

Meijer is awesome.

[Butter]

Way to override my thread-kill, Kickstand.

[SackAttack]

A&W's got this blended root beer float thing goin' on for a buck. That was pretty good.

[stevew]

I'll think out of the box....

The bathroom condom dispenser is typically 75 cents I think. The amount of savings from that 75 cent purchase could be in the tens of thousands at least.

[k0ruptr]

I'll think out of the box....

The bathroom condom dispenser is typically 75 cents I think. The amount of savings from that 75 cent purchase could be in the tens of thousands at least.

F'n Winnarrrr.

[Groundhog]

I'll think out of the box....

The bathroom condom dispenser is typically 75 cents I think. The amount of savings from that 75 cent purchase could be in the tens of thousands at least.

You just reminded me of a terribly awkward moment from back when I was 18 or so and I went away on a holiday with my gf and her parents. We were having dinner at some bar, and her dad walked into the toilets just as I was taking a condom out of one of these well-placed dispensers...

[Logan]

I'll think out of the box....

The bathroom condom dispenser is typically 75 cents I think. The amount of savings from that 75 cent purchase could be in the tens of thousands at least.

Yeah, but where are you factoring in all the tequila you're gonna need to buy her?

[Landshark44]

ive bought a few $.99 apps for my iphone that have amused me....

[QuikSand]

STRONG entry into the field:

Rev. Moon Regains Control As Washington Times Is Bought For $1 | TPMMuckraker (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/rev_moon_buys_back_washington_times_for_1.php)

[JPhillips]

Sidney Harman just bought Newsweek for $1. Given that Moon previously owned the Times and sunk tens of millions into the paper, I think the Newsweek deal is better.

[QuikSand]

Neither one is truly worth as much as the bar-bathroom condom, to be perfectly fair.

[JPhillips]

You mean it isn't a good investment to take on tens of millions in debts to own a piece of a dying industry?

Perhaps I should rethink my plan to corner the dialup market.

[Glengoyne]

...
Perhaps I should rethink my plan to corner the dialup market.

I'll buy that for a dollar.

[Glengoyne]

Sorry.

[Critch]

McDonald's Sweet Tea for $1 for the win.

[Sgran]

those little red fish you can get at a little league concession stand

[QuikSand]

ive bought a few $.99 apps for my iphone that have amused me....

Time may have allowed this entry to pull away from the peloton, but this thread was fun in its day.

Condom remains a strong answer, though.

Any new thoughts?

[Tigercat]

You can buy your favorite song of all time for possibly unlimited listenings for 99 cents.

[RedKingGold]

The USFL.

[Sweed]

Got a new digital camera about a year ago. Only came with a usb cord to charge with outlet adapter so camera had to be plugged into wall to charge.

Wanted extra battery plus wall charger but battery alone was ~$12.

Enter new-egg or amazon, can't recall for sure, and I got a battery, wall charger, and car charger for a $1. Shipping was like $1 or $2 but as others have stated I would have had to drive to get the items so I wouldn't include that in the price.

[fantom1979]

I just changed my address with the post office online. It cost $1.