I have been disabled without income for nearly 10 years and finally after apply for 10 years I got my SSI. It’s not a lot but it’s better then just food stamps.
I go to WinCo for food for the whole time. It seems always good prices and just nice compared to anywhere else
My question is where and how do you spend money for things you need. I tried Amazon and it’s way way way to much things and I don’t know what is good or not as it’s just 1000s of products of the exact same thing.
I went to Walmart and everything seems just worse from what I remember and prices are from what I remember to be extremes.
So from someone who hasn’t really bought anything besides food for last 10 years. Any tips or help on well…Buying necessities and things?
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I really seem to do well with Costco. You do have to pay for membership, but the savings and quality you access with it are worth it at least to me.
if you sign up for the execute membership; it almost becomes free.
they send you a check for a percentage of the money you spend for that year and; as a single adult man; it’s almost the same as the cost of the membership. my membership averages $30 per year because of these checks.
like everything else: it’s expensive up front, but worth it in the longer run.
Ohh I totally forgot about that benefit. Yeah that program makes it pay for itself for my wife and I. So worth it long term.
it’s the only reason why i keep going. lol
My local Ace hardware is great for cleaning supplies and random hardware, way less overwhelming than home depot or lowes.
Ebay is great for used clothes if you want to update your wardrobe. New clothes tend to be low quality or overpriced. You can get excellent condition used clothes that are high quality for a fraction of their original cost.
What kinds of things are you looking to update?
Seconding Ace. They also tend not to have surveillance in their parking lots unlike Lowe’s and Home Depot, which are known to employ Flock cameras.
Anything you see on Amazon is made by a company.
Go to the company’s website and bypass Amazon.
I’m a man who likes to get my clothes from places that sell work clothes. They may be called uniform supply shops in your area.
And yes, prices are ridiculous right now.
I haven’t shopped at Amazon for a year or two now. It is not as cheap as people believe and anything worth buying can be found elsewhere, usually for the same price (sometimes less). Most places even have similarly fast shipping and some use Amazon as a shipping service, which I wish they would disclose up-front so I could choose to shop elsewhere.
Costco, I try to avoid Amazon, and haven’t bought anything there but twice in several years. Clothing, uh, lol. I bought a couple of sets of work clothes at a store going out of business, and the two nearish villages to mine have indie thrift stores. If I need something else, I’ll pick it up locally at a dollar store or small, indie grocery, but if I’m by a chain grocery and I get a good price, I’ll go there.
Amazon isn’t even that cheap. Try local stores.
Walmart/Amazon/Target all have the same offerings, price and quality wise. Target has a few slightly nicer items, so does Ikea. If you want higher quality, you’ll unfortunately have to spend more money. I find clothes shopping to be difficult in particular. I go into stores with the expectation that only 1 or 2 things in the whole store will be nice and look good on me.
I try to avoid Amazon but i still end up there for a lot of things because it’s so damn convenient to see the same rug in 17 different sizes and have it delivered tomorrow. Costco for household things if the price is right or i want the good return policy. WinCo has surprisingly good pre-made foods like soups and sandwiches that are better and cheaper than fast food for lunch.
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