"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> notbob wrote:
>
> > If you have costco or know someone who does, you can get tilia bags
about
> > half the going price.
>
> To to digress too far from the thread, but can Costco be counted on to
carry
> anything?. I was under the impression that they managed to get batch lots
cheap,
> but not consistently, sort of like those dollar stores that get
liquidation
> deals. They can offer some real deals, usually one shot deals.

They use a pricing scheme that will tell you if something is a "one time
buy" or a standard item. Ask as the store as I don't remember the details.
For instance, prices ending in odd numbers are not stock items or something
like that.