What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

[gtaus]

He probably had a buddy that wanted and priced them [broken bike wheels] high so they don't sell.

No. He was just a jerk. The bicycle was beyond repair and nothing more than scrap metal. His employee knew the boss was off his rocker and said as much. It's OK. I ended up getting chickens and they make compost better anyways.

 

[gtaus]

I ordered four lynch pins through Gorilla's website. I know they will fit, and I ordered extras since the shipping was the same for one or four.

Lately, when it comes to buying only one or two special items, I have been going to Harbor Freight and buying a small assortment kit. I don't know how much you paid for the lynch pins from Gorilla, but here is what Harbor Freight sells an assortment pack at normal price...

Most of those hardware kits eventually go on sale or you can get a generic coupon sale to bring the price down to ~$6.50.

Recently, I needed some Allen head cap screws to fix our stools at the kitchen counter. I went to the hardware store to buy 3, but they wanted something like $1.50 each! I guess when you sell screws one at a time, they are worth more?

Anyways, I stopped at Harbor Freight on the way home and picked up this kit, on sale, for $4.50!

I still have an extra 8 screws for my stools, for future repairs, plus another ~100 screws of the most common various sizes if I ever need them for something else. Not a big deal because the kit already paid for itself. And it's not like the hardware is going to age out in my lifetime.

 

[fuzzi]

Lately, when it comes to buying only one or two special items, I have been going to Harbor Freight and buying a small assortment kit. I don't know how much you paid for the lynch pins from Gorilla, but here is what Harbor Freight sells an assortment pack at normal price...

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Most of those hardware kits eventually go on sale or you can get a generic coupon sale to bring the price down to ~$6.50.

I ordered the pins from Gorilla as I felt more confident that I would receive the correct item than if I ordered from A.

I like Harbor Freight, but they're on the other side of town. I'm not worried about burning more gas, but the traffic has gotten so bad that I don't want to go shopping.