Book Board Chat

Helen: So good to see you! Glad you are out and about. SO and I watched both conventions, but SO watched much more of both. I could only get thru so much before I decided my time was better spent on the 'puter. And yes, Romney/Bain was involved with Staples in his early years [before he discovered that it was easier to bankrupt plants/businesses than try to make a go of them]. And before anyone gets all huffy, he admitted that in his book.............................

I order my puter supplies and pet meds on eBay. The prices are very competitive and I buy from sellers who offer one day shipping. I get my orders very quickly and I have never had any problem/issues. I do drop off printer cartridges at Staples. I redeem them for $2 each and use the credits to buy envelopes and Avery labels. I find old cartridges all over and the $20 per mo credit comes in handy, especially on sale items.

Briguy: I picked up a huge box of kids toys at the transfer station and brought it home for sorting. To my surprise, on the bottom, I found a handful of early wheat pennies. They are in a little plastic bag on my bureau now. I went thru a box of misc paper at the same transfer station and found a Borders gift card. I checked its value and found it was an unused $50 gift card [which I promptly used to purchase some DVD's SO had wanted]. [And then there was the time at the flea market when I bought a box of US postage stamps for about 25% of value. Why, you might ask? Well, the seller said they were old and probably were not good anymore!] SO purchased a pair of pants at a rummage sale and came home and found $20 bill stuffed into the coin pocket! It paid for his purchases.

You just don't know when you are going to get lucky! And I just love stories like these...