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Old 10-18-2011, 09:01 PM  
raymor
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Anything on which the shipping doesn't cost more than the item. Maybe one transaction out of 25 goes bad. By saving maybe 70%, I figure I'm way ahead so when something isn't quite what I needed, oh well. I needed a few thousands dollars of parts for a car, including a transmission. l bought an entire matching car on ebay for something like $500, used the transmission and other small parts, then sold the rest for $300. I was able to quickly find a 1947 toy oven that exactly matched the one my mom had as a kid. You'd never find that in a store.

Aside from ebay, I took my online shopping to a new level today. The place I got my glasses two years ago orders them from a lab somewhere. They cost about $165 altogether. Today I ordered a replacement pair online for $40 - a 75% savings. I may have ordered from the same place the local store orders from.

I'm a tad nervous about the glasses, but I know that even if taking a shot like that failed half the time, I'd STILL save 50% in the long run.
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