rudyamid on October 3rd, 2009 at 7:21 am

When I go shopping, I go directly to the item I want, pay for it, and leave.  I don’t care about the people shopping there.  I don’t care to socialize in the store.
With that said, I like to shop at both Walmart and Target.  They have the best prices in town.  If it absolutely can’t [...]

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rudyamid on December 26th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

With the mainstream media constantly touting economic recession, unemployment, and spending cutbacks, it’s easy to believe the doom and gloom.  However, I just got back from the malls this afternoon and it’s so far from the reality that was reported on the news.  I’ve twittered what I saw in the malls in the past couple [...]

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rudyamid on December 7th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

I’m not about to point out Nordstrom is reducing their prices to become the next Walmart.  Instead, I’m trying to note what someone said to me a couple of years ago.   The idea was to get a Dollar Store item from an upscale department store.  The idea was to get a much better quality product [...]

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rudyamid on September 11th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

It’s quite amazing how much I want to buy stuff.   I frequent sites like Amazon and Ben’s Bargains to see what’s new and on-sale that day.  It’s not easy to hold myself back from buying any new junk that I see.  When I was a kid, I was spoiled by my parents.  I would always [...]

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rudyamid on November 24th, 2007 at 10:18 am

Thanksgiving (USA) was here.  The focus now was this “black friday” where supposedly retailers have a fire sale so good, people lined up at 4am to get stuff.  I guess when it first started, this was a good thing.  Nowadays, it’s just a scam to get us excited about nothing. Retailers are putting out a [...]

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