On Apr 28, 5:37*am, Omelet > wrote:
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> *bulka > wrote:
> > On Apr 28, 1:30*am, Sqwertz > wrote:
> > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:22:20 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
> > > > I bought a 10 pound bag of chicken leg quarters Saturday, and boiled
> > > > half of them
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> > > Boiled.
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> > > I stop reading here.
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> > > -sw
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> > I buy the $0.69/lb bags a lot.
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> > Break 'em down. *Drumsticks with skin. *Skinned, sometimes boned,
> > thighs. *Tonight's dinner and/or the freezer. *Ribs, tails, bones,
> > other misc. into the stockpot (always fresh soup here). *Skin and fat
> > rendered to schmaltz i gribbenz. *Nothing wasted. *No boiling until
> > the stock.
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> > B
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> Whole chickens have been cheap lately, as low as $.88 per lb. *People
> sometimes steal the labels off of them to either stick on to more
> expensive, larger chickens or (I found that out when I called the store
> about my missing label), they stick them on more expensive packages of
> meat and the cashiers miss it.
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> I bought one very small $.88 per lb. chicken that cost less than $3.00. *
> It was under 4 lbs. I know it had a label when I took it from the bin
> but I noted when I got home, the label had been torn off and there was
> paper residue on the package so I know it did not fall off!
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> I was watching the bagger and not paying attention to the cashier so I
> know he is the one that did it. *I called the store and told them about
> it.
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> They said it was not uncommon and hard for them to control that. *I take
> advantage of sales rather than stealing. :-(
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> I'd never even considered doing something like that!

Even if a person hadn't a shred of personal integrity, why would
anybody be foolish enough to risk getting a criminal record over a
dollar or two? Heck, there are other ways to save money. his week
I'm using a combo of coupons and special offers that mean that I am
being paid to buy a certain product.
I have a bunch of $1 off of 2 coupons, the items are 64 cents each,
and when you buy 6, the Catalina machine prints out a $3 off future
meat purchase coupon. $3.66-$3.00-$3.00= them paying me $2.34 (or
giving me that much off meat I'd buy anyway, which is the same thing)
plus I get the products free. No stealing involved. I also have a
coupon ''laundering'' system which is perfectly legal as well. I use
coupons a lot, including Entertainment ones, and also use
Restaurant.com. I buy online only when there are free shipping
offers. So easy to play the game w/o committing a crime.

> --
> Peace! Om

--Bryan