"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Hi Julie,
>
> Hopefully you will see this. You mentioned online shopping at
> Amazon.com for some food items and standard household items. I got
> curious and checked to see if I can save a few dimes.
>
> While most of it didnt save me anything, with careful selections and
> the automated setups, I now have a few things arriving monthly (some
> every 2 months, some every 3 etc.) that are less expensive than I was
> paying at local stores.
>
> The big savers here we
> Scott toilet paper, 1,000 sheets per roll (27 pack)
> Pill Pockets for my dog's tramadol (she has arthritis really bad)
> Pistacios
> Garlic flavored instant potato packets
> Cat food in a wheat free Rachael Ray kibble (cat has wheat allery)
>
> I added some other reasonable priced things we already get (and same
> price) to hit the 15% additional off and free shipping. That means even
> the few things that were the same price locally, are now getting 15%
> off.
>
> I am looking at a brown gravy mix in a larger container and thinking to
> get one to try out then if it works, see how ofen we will need a
> refill. Because we are low meat eaters, we do not generate much gravy
> making material here for scratch cooking but often want to make a curry
> gravy (I can doctor it to a curry gravy easily which I do all the time
> from packets).
>
> The one off item is the instant potato packets but the best price here
> is 10/10$ and these are .89 each. Lets face it, none of us ALWAYS
> scratch cooks and these are fast and easy for a late night noshe and
> provide some variety in my frozen home made 'TV dinners' Charlotte and
> I use for lunches at work/school.
>
> Anyways, thank you.
>
> I'm saving about 15$ a month now plus there's some things that we could
> have run out of that would have cost me gas to go get.
>
> Carol

You're welcome. I would never use automatic shipments for anything though.
But that's just me.