My Recent Online Purchases - What Were Yours?

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  1. Tony Nathanson

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    I'm a soapoholic; I'm always trying new ones. I recently found some I like:
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    Crate 61, Vegan Natural Bar Soap For Face And Body, Citrus Variety Pack, Handmade With Premium Essential Oils, Cold Pressed For Men And Women (4 oz, 6 Bars) 6 Pack


    List Price: $22.95$22.95
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    Scent: Variety Pack
     
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    That's an interesting thing to experiment with. The only "exotic" soap I've tried has been Castille soap. I can't say I noticed much of a difference.
     
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    I've mentioned before that Goodwill has an online store. It has products that are put there from their various stores, and I believe that the stuff gets aggregated at regional facilities from which it ships. Much of the stuff is set up like EBay (you bid), and there is a Buy It Now section.

    I've bought a couple of items there. There is no Free Shipping With Minimum Purchase option, but they have some items that ship for 1¢ (meaning the cost of freight is built into the price.)

    Online Goodwill Homepage

    If you go to the bottom of the Home Page you can click on 1¢ Shipping, Buy It Now, or Last Chance (meaning limited quantities.)
     
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    I really liked those and repurchased on 3 or 4 different occasions.
    The only problem I found is that the bars melt away quickly. I only got about half the usage out of a bar that I would normally get with any other standard bar soap.

    Other than the caveat, again, I liked the kits. Each bar smells really good, soaps up well and rinses away clean
     
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    Interesting that yours melt away quickly. That's one thing that annoys me about some soaps. But after 4 showers, mine are not dissolving quickly.. These are 4-ounce bars; some are 6 ounce. Are you sure it's the exact same brand?Maybe other factors? Last year, I tossed out my solid soap dishes for vented bamboo dishes & the soap bar dries out quickly & lasts much longer.
     
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    Yup, same stuff.
    I was impressed with my first two boxes but the third one seemed to be softer and disappeared quicker..
    The difference might have been that I chose another selection of scents and I think I bought the third box in the summer when the bathroom isn’t as cool.
    Note: we don’t air condition the entire house in the summer so the bathroom can be downright hot in the heat of the day ergo making the bars soft. Dunno.
     
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    Just ordered some more pistachios. I wanna buy local, but ALDI has been out of in-the-shell salted pistachios for the past month and Walmart is too expensive.
     
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    A lot of the books and dvds I buy on amazon are from Goodwills around the country. Good deals
     
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    The weather has changed, and fall is getting to Alabama; so I was looking on Amazon Warehouse for warm dog shirts for Marco Poodle for winter. They had this set of 4 shirts for about $5, so I ordered them for him to wear at night when he gets chilly.

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    A new electric knife to slice my loaves of homemade bread.
     
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    Well? How did it work out?
     
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    I'm kind of shocked at how well it works. I've not run it through any rugged paces, but it's a real chain saw that quickly went through a few 3" trees like butter. It arrived with the chain installed...backwards. But other than that...it's really gonna be handy. All those things I would have used a hand saw on (that aren't worth getting the gas saw out for) are gonna be a piece of cake to fell. I'm glad you recommended it. I was ready to spend a lot more money on a full-sized electric, and some reviewers said that those get all tangled up on the small stuff.

    I bought a squeeze ketchup bottle and filled it with bar oil to squirt on the chain every once in a while. Funny, but the [Chenglish] instructions make passing reference to the "lubricating oil hole" and the "lubricating oil passage" in the Maintenance section, but I'll be darned if I know what they mean. It's not pointed out in any of the illustrations. There is a small hole in the "bar," but it's hidden under the sprocket cover.

    Hand Chan Saw instructions oil.jpg
     
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    Real happy it worked out for ya John.
    I’m charging the batteries for mine as I write because I have a bunch to do tomorrow and I don’t feel like stringing cord for the electric saws or gassing up the big chain saw.
     
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    I bought the Black & Decker corded version of that saw a few years ago. Now B&D makes a battery one. It is handy. The oiling is a problem. I keep saying "I'll oil it next time." :oops: Mine mentions an oil hole also, that I can't find.
     
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    Even the battery saws with an oil reservoir have a problem with oil leakage. Mine recommends removing the oil after every use, and I have read others' comments online relating the same.
     
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