BeerBorg

My favorite brews are red ales, brown ales, and Scottish ales. That being said I noticed I can get a 50lb sack of Marris Otter on midwestsupplies for $78 after shipping. In the long run that saves money. But it is still money up front. While I am lawnmower shopping. This is where it would be handy to have a SWMBO to tell me no.

For me, it's like buying the jumbo container of oatmeal, or the twin pack of cereal or peanut butter...

You like it, you know you're gonna use it, it's priced right and it stores well...

It's just plain old good household economics!

The way I figure it, it would cost you money if you don't buy it!

BigPapaG wrote:For me, it's like buying the jumbo container of oatmeal, or the twin pack of cereal or peanut butter...

You like it, you know you're gonna use it, it's priced right and it stores well...

It's just plain old good household economics!

The way I figure it, it would cost you money if you don't buy it!

This is true. I will be buying it in 10lb lots in the future at $2 per pound.

And why wouldn't you?

BigPapaG wrote:For me, it's like buying the jumbo container of oatmeal, or the twin pack of cereal or peanut butter...

You like it, you know you're gonna use it, it's priced right and it stores well...

It's just plain old good household economics!

The way I figure it, it would cost you money if you don't buy it!

Exactly. It will not go to waste I'm sure and it's a good price on the grain ... Go for it.

Yeah, I'm with them. I bought my 50lb sack of grain at the LHBS, saving shipping, I paid much less than I would in ten pound bags. I think I've used about half.

It all boils down to what kind of shopper you are, bulk or "retail". If you set yourself up where you have storage space and the product you mean to store fits in a plan of use over time then it is a good purchse, but you have to be able to keep it fresh/vialble or it becomes a bad economic decision so the important part about about buying bulk ingredients is to ask :

I can get a great deal on this product right here and now but once it arrives am I able to care for it so that it survives its use by date; if I have to go and buy proper storage vessels for this purchase then is the math going to say it is still worth it.

I have been buying in bulk for about 2 years now. Grain pretty much keeps practically forever. And I have the room. Typically $80 is no big thing for me but I have been looking at lawn mowers. Mine is a push mower and now it is pretty rough on my hip using it so I am wanting to upgrade to a self propelled. And I hate buying "bottom of the line" anything. I would rather take the sting of spending $500 than get by on $300, then be disappointed in what I bought. Been there, done that. But today I dropped $160 on getting tested for glaucoma (don't have it Whew!) so the lawn mower is on hold anyway so I am going to get the grain

I have been looking at an all wheel drive Husqvarna, with an American made Briggs engine, and a brake so you can stop the blade without shutting the mower down, which would be handy for crossing my driveway and taking the mower through the back yard gate.

Gymrat wrote:This is where it would be handy to have a SWMBO to tell me no.

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