Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early days

Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by chiefalchemist on Friday June 08, 2018 @07:39AM (#17264352)

> "...and reasonably often dont buy anything at all..."

Yes. But time has a cost. The reality is, leaving empty handed is a loss.

As for bargains, that's the key. Buy big when X is priced low.

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Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by dagw on Friday June 08, 2018 @07:44AM (#17264385)

Buy big when X is priced low.

Unless having lots of X at home will lead to you consuming more X at a faster rate than you normally would.

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Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by Djvacto on Friday June 08, 2018 @08:06AM (#17264486)

What are you talking about? I would nev-

Where did all my pistachios go? I bought like 20 pounds.

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Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by jschwartzi on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:03AM (#17265453)

And gained 40.

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Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by chiefalchemist on Friday June 08, 2018 @03:40PM (#17269026)

I was thinking TP and such. But maybe having more TP makes me shit more? I'll have to set up a spreadsheet :)

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Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by dmarlow on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:28AM (#17265727)

That may apply to certain things, but I'm not going to use more napkins for the heck of it.

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