Went shopping on Friday, but due to the fact that my daughter had an afternoon Doctor's appointment, was not able to go far, or for long. As such, checked out one of my local Maryland stores, a couple of Virginia stores, and the one store in DC. Well, as many of you may have noticed in your stores, the inventory and cleanup has made it a little bit harder to actually find a bargain or two.
Went looking for some more of the Klein Illuminated Fish Rod Tips after posting earlier in the week that they had been reduced to a penny, only to find that most stores no longer had any (not sure if that was the work of the MET Team, or other GJB members). However, I was able to find 4 of them at the DC store (they were moved from the electronics section to the clearance area). Also found some more flourescent light bulbs for a penny at one of the VA stores (this now makes a total of 10 boxes - more than enough to light up the diamond plate shop lights I got from HD - I have both the 2 light silver, and 3 light black).
As for the Bessy Clamps, they were found in the DC store - 06GMC5.3L made me aware of same when he came and visited the DC area. Unfortunately, the amount he saw was no longer available (they must have saw the ones he bought and went looking - this is the same store that refused to sell him or I HDMI and Composite cables). Did however, find the 8 shown over in the clamp area - they were all over the place, not neatly stacked, so it looks as if they were basically thrown there. As for the composite cables, found those in one of the VA stores, nothing else, with the exception of painters tape nothing else looked inviting in the DC store.
However, the best bargain of the day was the one I got on the Gorilla Grip 5 pack of gloves. I have been looking for them ever since they were posted by Winter on 13 September (see the picture he posted below). In his posting he stated he found them for $2.59 (originally $10 a pack) and I have been looking for them high and low ever since. I was completing my search at the store located off of Little River Turnpike and I just about walked into a "new" Gorilla Glove display that was not there the previous week. I walked over to same and noted that it was almost completely full of the Gorilla Grip 5 pack of gloves posted by Winter. I thought for a minute and wondered if they would be a penny given the amount of time that they had been sitting. So I grab a pack and make my way to the SCO, and low and behold they scan a penny. So - the question is would I be able to buy them or not. So I take one box off the display (it had 36 packs in it) and take it to the SCO and begin to scan them. Attendant is watching but makes no move to stop me or even check to see what I am scanning. Get done, use my gift card to pay (much easier than coins, bills, or credit cards) and walk out to my car. Go back in and pick up the other box on the display. It has 32 packs of gloves in it. Go back and again scan them without issue at the SCO. So at the end of it all I got 67 packs of gloves for .70 including tax.
Now before you call me greedy - the gloves already have a place to go. My daughter, who is a brain cancer survivor (she was first diagnosed at age 10 - she is now 23 years of age) goes to a facility that works to integrate the handicapped into the working world. Most of the jobs are in the service organizations (janitorial, food service, horticultural), but the individuals are very happy to work, and they are some of the best employees around (tend not to complain, are on time, and enjoy being useful - maybe Obama should take note). Given the nature of the jobs that these folks work, figure the gloves can go a long way to help. So they will be dropped off shortly and used by some of the best folks in the world.