Jack Granade wrote:
> On 1/27/2019 2:53 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:56:59 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:16:37 -0500, Dave Smith
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I decided to get one. I am off to a questionable start. I did some
>>>>>> research and it looked like Philips was the best. I checked on
>>>>>> line and
>>>>>> Canadian Tire had them on sale and the on hand stock was going
>>>>>> down. I
>>>>>> tried to order one online and everything seemed to be working until I
>>>>>> got to the checkout and got a message that there was a problem and
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> could not process the order at that time, please try again later. I
>>>>>> called the store and asked them to hold one for me, which they are
>>>>>> doing. Meanwhile, I did some online banking, checked my credit card
>>>>>> account and there as a charge for Canadian Tire. A few minutes
>>>>>> later I
>>>>>> got an email that my order has been process. So it appears that I
>>>>>> went
>>>>> >from a failed transaction to having two of them to be picked up. I
>>>>> could
>>>>>> call and tell them to forget about the one they are holding, but I
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> want to let that one go in case they other one is screwed up.
>>>>>
>>>>> WTF are you buying kitchen appliances from a tire store???
>>>>> Sounds like a rinky dink bargain basement operation, you'd have had
>>>>> the unit you wanted by now had you ordered it from Amazon.
>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...d=17SCJM2N4OX3
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My grandpa owned a Western Auto store and he sold toys, appliances, all
>>>> kinds of things.
>>>
>>> Western Auto is a lot like TSS (Times Square Stores), was sorta like
>>> an expanded Dollar General, sold a lot of dreck and discontinued
>>> items. When there was no internet it was a lot more difficult to
>>> locate lower prices. Also a lot of people refuse to buy an Amazon
>>> Prime memembership... what they may not realize is the Prime membersip
>>> applies to everyone in the same household.
>>>
>>
>> Amazon has good prices on bulk orders of sombreros.
>>
>>
> Is that where Sheldon's Mexican skank ho
> got hers?
>
> https://imgur.com/a/6ErWH0u

Zactly! And like everything else, Popeye *always* buys in bulk.

He takes good care of the old senora, because she's much better than the
pineapples (which were all he could get in the navy).