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"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 17:25:46 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>Chemo wrote:
>>> On Mar 31, 2:07 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>> "The Other Guy" > wrote in
>>>> messagenews:6enfl85227a61ggtiiknsbr27jpmpv1c80@4ax .com...
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:10:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Do you use this stuff? If so, for what? And where do you get it?
>>>>
>>>>> Cane syrup is simply raw sugar before it's been dried into what
>>>>> we know as 'sugar'.
>>>>
>>>> Okay. But where do you buy it? I have not seen it for sale here. And
>>>> on
>>>> the Internet you either have to buy a large amount or pay a ton of
>>>> postage,
>>>> neither of which I am willing to do.
>>>
>>> You think things should ship for free?

>>
>>Most of the places I shop online at do ship for free. Yeah. Sometimes I
>>will pay postage but only if it's reasonable. Paying $30 total for an $11
>>bottle of syrups is not reasonable to me.

>
> Ordered from Amazon shipping wouldn't be more than about $3... with
> the price of gas it costs more to drive to a store... and Amazon ships
> for free when you spend $25, very easy to reach when ordering a couple
> three small items... a normal person wouldn't drive to a store for one
> small item either.


But when it comes to food items, they usually sell buy the case only. It's
all a moot point now though since I now know what it is and I can get a
bottle (if I decide to) at Albertsons. Not all of them carry it. But the
one in Mill Creek has an International aisle.