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Look what I found at Dollar Tree!

What’s going on here???
First Garry posts a Lowes penny deal, now you post this :smiley:

Seriously, that is a heck of a deal. 2 - 150W equivalent CFL’s for a dollar!
If I found those I would buy a bunch, each bulb is 2600 lumen. CFL’s are on ther way out, but you can’t beat the lumen to dollar ratio here. 5200 lumen for a buck, are you kidding me? For certain applications this is a great buy.

Radioshaq, thanks for the kind words. You are really getting the hang of it!
Yesterday I checked those 100W inverters, still $3.83. Found a couple of other penny items though, including another of the chargers with 2 - AA cells. I don’t know where they came from, I had already cleaned the store out, or so I thought. Suddenly one more appeared. :stuck_out_tongue:

stick at it with the 100w inverter; they should be pennying out soon - i got them for a penny here. and the 2AA chargers around here all disappeared when they hit the penny! as soon as you had posted, i went around to collect ones i had seen before - but no luck.

Well the one 100W inverter that was left at my local HD scanned for $8.83 last night. This morning it and the display tag for $27.06 was gone. :frowning:
I will get one eventually.

ironically we recently just got a 150w inverter for $10 at fry’s when we needed one. now this.

YMMV, but I have not been impressed with Sunbeam products from Dollar Tree and the like. I bought a bunch of Sunbeam 95-watt incandescents when they stopped making 100-watts, and they do not last very long. I have also found Sunbeam CR123A batteries for a buck at Dollar Tree or Big Lots but they do not get very good reviews online.

That said, if they work for you, that’s a great deal.

The CFLs are probably generic just like most other CFLs and the quality is no different.
I’ve had very good results from “Sunbeam” batteries; they used to be the best value I could find.

Compared to the CR2032’s from Fasttech, the Sunbeams are pure gold.
I ordered from FT and when I got them I thought they had shorted out during transit. So they sent another batch. Every one dead, both times.

More and more I am relying on local retail

how did they short, did they just dump the cells into a bag??

I think we are getting too comfortable with no name products from chinese websites, the flashlights do well because they are simple and almost every model gets reviewed by a BLFer so we know what works and what to avoid, but the other stuff is plain garbage. Its basically dollar store rejects.

I did manage to rescue one of the 100W inverters yesterday :slight_smile:
I also rescued yet another NiMHh charger with 2 cells AND a crimping tool for RG59 coax.

Thanks for the tip There were some others that look just like this but we’re plug in not hardware that were not a penny.

Here are some random discounts I came across that break the usual mold.
48” replace LED tubes for existing florescent fixtures. $5.03 each


Here is a 2C cell MagLite that puts out a REAL 490 Lumen. It looks to me like it has an XM-L2 in it. I don’t know how they can drive it to 490 Lumen with 3V or less


I thought I had shot a pic of the D cell version. It was around 600 Lumen.
Here is why I can’t stop buying the bit sets. The holder with bits can be bought for less than the empty holder!



These have been in the first stage of the markdown at $15.00. Glad to see they are on their way down to the “6” and then possibly the “3”

I am especially proud of this find. The display says $3.88 (much cheaper than the autoparts stores or WalMart)
but they scan for $1.88


How did I know???
They came out at Black Friday at $1.88 and were available thru Christmas, but I was sleeping. To much other stuff and they sold out. For some reason, this store must have just pulled this display off the overhead and they rang up at the BF price. :wink:
I missed this deal, 10 cents on the dollar.

Of this bit set there were 2, I bought 1. Like I said………

Another odd one. Tag says $16.00, it scans for $14.00. One to keep an eye on.

I thought for sure I found a penny deal here. Notice way in the back the tool with the Black and Red handle. Not just Red.


I was hoping the Black and Red handle was an older model that would ring up for a penny, but they each have the SAME UPC code. :cry:

Good find. See, it can be done.

I see you got that in New Jersey. I need to start looking out for those.
C’Mon, a debit card? :stuck_out_tongue:
Next time use a penny, will ya? :smiley:

would be awesome if you can find a PEX crimp tool for a cent.

hey I think I saw that.

I admit it, I was wholly unprepared to actually find it. I have been stalking this thread for a while now, finally got around to actually getting out in the field. :innocent:

are all the dewalt sets marked down? i think i have seen the 30, 45, and 32 bit sets around but didn’t think they were down to a penny…

The best deal on cfl I found were ge 13w (60w equivalent) $9.99 for a 10 pack at Marc’s. In a light I kept on 24/7/365 it lasted over two years. Still using bulbs purchased ten years ago throughout the house. Even with a computer with a 1000w power supply (built with capacity for 8 drives and 3 video cards) constantly running the electric bill is never over $40 - last month was less than $30.

That’s nothing; it is common to find CFLs for 50¢, 20¢, 10¢, or 0¢.