I'll Buy That For a Dollar!

QuikSand · 02-18-2006, 08:04 PM

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

Shkspr · 02-18-2006, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

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

Subby's mom.

Raiders Army · 02-18-2006, 08:06 PM

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:06 PM

Robocop was an awesome movie.

SackAttack · 02-18-2006, 08:07 PM

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Shkspr

Subby's mom.

What are you gonna do with the other 95 cents?

Shkspr · 02-18-2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

SackAttack · 02-18-2006, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Shkspr

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

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...

SI

Shkspr · 02-18-2006, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

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

Then you, sir, are my nemesis.

QuikSand · 02-18-2006, 08:13 PM

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

*sigh*

cthomer5000 · 02-18-2006, 08:13 PM

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:13 PM

Sniffer's Row?

cthomer5000 · 02-18-2006, 08:15 PM

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

Shkspr · 02-18-2006, 08:15 PM

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:16 PM

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:17 PM

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:19 PM

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

cartman · 02-18-2006, 08:20 PM

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

Shkspr · 02-18-2006, 08:21 PM

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Shkspr

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Raiders Army

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Raiders Army

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:30 PM

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

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 · 02-18-2006, 08:32 PM

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

digamma · 02-18-2006, 08:51 PM

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

Cadbury Eggs.

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

oliegirl · 02-18-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by digamma

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 · 02-18-2006, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by oliegirl

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 · 02-18-2006, 09:31 PM

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 · 02-18-2006, 09:34 PM

Popcorn.

sterlingice · 02-18-2006, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by digamma

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 · 02-18-2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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 · 02-18-2006, 11:59 PM

Cigarette lighter.To light my 10 dollar cigarettes.

tarcone · 02-19-2006, 12:38 AM

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 · 02-19-2006, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

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 · 02-19-2006, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Raiders Army

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 · 02-19-2006, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by 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

And then she starts asking for the big money.

Raiders Army · 02-19-2006, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeVick7

Umm...I came through in post #14.

Sorry, wasn't familiar with Sniffer's Row.

Toddzilla · 02-19-2006, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

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 · 02-19-2006, 09:22 AM

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 · 02-19-2006, 09:38 AM

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 · 02-19-2006, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

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

I was thinking the same thing...

astrosfan64 · 02-19-2006, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Shkspr

Subby's mom.

lol

AZSpeechCoach · 02-19-2006, 10:32 AM

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

Logan · 02-19-2006, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by AZSpeechCoach

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 · 02-19-2006, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

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

An occasional offering at woot.com.

sterlingice · 02-19-2006, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	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.

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SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	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.

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QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	I guess a strike rate of about 2/3 is pretty good, given the open-ended nature of the thread. sigh

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QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	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.

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QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	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?

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Shkspr College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Amarillo, TX	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.

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