2aHawaii
General Topics => Preparedness and Survival => Topic started by: hvybarrels on August 07, 2014, 08:22:06 AM
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seen a few reports of cases of water going for as much as $30. I'll try and find some photos for the wall o shame.
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:shaka: I already did that last nite on fb
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Post 'em if you got 'em!
First contestant...Whole Foods. Somehow not entirely surprising.
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1st Runner up... Palama Market.
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I don't think those are overpriced. If you consider the individual size and quantities, it is retail or less than retail.
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Don't understand why? Get a few 5 gallon containers, go home , fill. Free! We have some of the best quality water in the USA
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Buying bottled water is a waste of money. Was there even such a thing 20 years ago?
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Post 'em if you got 'em!
First contestant...Whole Foods. Somehow not entirely surprising.
Are you sure that isn't just their normal price?
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I don't think those are overpriced. If you consider the individual size and quantities, it is retail or less than retail.
35/16.9oz bottles were under $6 at Costco. I honestly don't know if those are retail prices or not, 3x Costco price seems steep though.
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35/16.9oz bottles were under $6 at Costco. I honestly don't know if those are retail prices or not, 3x Costco price seems steep though.
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Think about buying one of those bottles at 7.11 or a gas station. Regular price is .89 to .99 each.
That would be retail.
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Don't understand why? Get a few 5 gallon containers, go home , fill. Free! We have some of the best quality water in the USA
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Not where I live.
Also, my coffee tastes much better when brewed with bottled water.
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Didn't I just see a forum member sell a case of Hawaiian water for $50?
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Post 'em if you got 'em!
First contestant...Whole Foods. Somehow not entirely surprising.
I'll say! I used to buy those at costco for 7 bucks a case.
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I got 10 cases of water at $50 each for sale or trade for ???
Sam's PC just brought out some pallets at Normal prices
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Didn't I just see a forum member sell a case of Hawaiian water for $50?
yup sold it on craigslist
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yup sold it on craigslist
Hmm, wife got some cases of water, mebbe should trade for ammo?
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Costco Waipio had plenty of Kirkland bottled water and Gator Ade. I picked up 8 cases of water and one Gator Ade (it was on sale). Same price I paid last week: $5.65/case for 35 x 16.9 oz bottles.
The Costco gas station was also quick. Only one or two vehicles in line waiting for pumps.
All in all, not a difficult day for prepping!
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1st Runner up... Palama Market.
palama supermarket now saying on facebook
they pulled all that water off the shelves
said they paid 11 something plus delivery
and that they would never take advantage
so they are giving one bottle free per customer, just have to ask at register
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I thought I was bad.
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/for/4607172706.html
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I thought I was bad.
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/for/4607172706.html (http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/for/4607172706.html)
Flagged for removal. Must have made somebody mad! :rofl:
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Post 'em if you got 'em!
First contestant...Whole Foods. Somehow not entirely surprising.
Isn't whole foods ultra liberal tree hugging hippie mart? :wtf: The should be distributing this out for free, because we need it and it would be only "fair"..... not going ultra capitalist..
Liberal, the definition of hypocrite.
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These prices are insane. I have a few "waterbob" water bladders in my disaster kit. Under $20 from amazon with free shipping, holds 100 gallons, made of thick plastic, includes a pump for easy dispersal. and on top of that, i have water filters, a stockpile of purification tablets, im not worried.
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Isn't whole foods ultra liberal tree hugging hippie mart? :wtf: The should be distributing this out for free, because we need it and it would be only "fair"..... not going ultra capitalist..
Liberal, the definition of hypocrite.
John Macke is an ultra capitalist, but he wouldn't have done so well if his target demographic was anyone else but wealthy liberals. A high percentage of conservatives actually believe the garbage in their media programming, but liberals don't have such constraints. They just want to feel like they are better than everybody else, but abandon their "high moral ground" ideals whenever it's not convenient.
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Whole Foods... hippies with money who pro create and fill Punahou
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Flagged for removal. Must have made somebody mad! :rofl:
It was $100 a case of 16 oz water
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No I did not I had mine on there for $50 and kept getting flagged
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Maybe it was you?
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Funny when you think of it. Masses buy water when we are slated to get 6-7 inches of rain. Then the masses buy lots of paper towels and toilet paper...Are they trying to buy dryness? I don't understand.
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Funny when you think of it. Masses buy water when we are slated to get 6-7 inches of rain. Then the masses buy lots of paper towels and toilet paper...Are they trying to buy dryness? I don't understand.
LOL!
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I guess they take it literally when they hear SHTF.
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Then the masses buy lots of paper towels and toilet paper...Are they trying to buy dryness?
You would have to ask my wife about the toilet paper, she has that phobia about running out.
Paper towels are like duct tape around our house, an all purpose tool.
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I guess they take it literally when they hear SHTF.
Classic!
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Well, some of those stores may be legitimately gouging to make a profit.
Some of them though, do not have a "by the case" price in their electronic inventory because they do not typically sell water by the case. If the bottles are only in the system for individual sale, there would be no way for them to ring up the case. That means a case of 24 bottles that would normally unpacked and sold individually would have to be rung up a $1 x 24 bottles no matter what.
When I worked at Walmart years ago we had this problem. We would sell certain bottles individually, and when people wanted a case, they had to pay full value for each bottle regardless if it was unpacked or not.
That being said... its a free market. If people are buying it for that much, what's to stop them.
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I hope everyone who overpaid saved their receipts and return all of that stuff in the next few days.
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Heard people returned lot of water to Costco. At Beretania Foodland; they said nobody had returned any.. and they had strong words for anyone that would. Tend to agree. what a PITA to restock.. like trying to return ice.
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I hope everyone who overpaid saved their receipts and return all of that stuff in the next few days.
All those people that panic and screw up traffic and hurt everybody else's chance to buy anything by over buying, should not be allowed to return a damn thing.
In my opinion, these panic buyers should be forced to keep whatever they bought.
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All those people that panic and screw up traffic and hurt everybody else's chance to buy anything by over buying, should not be allowed to return a damn thing.
In my opinion, these panic buyers should be forced to keep whatever they bought.
Set up a tent in the parking lot, offering to pay cash at 10 cents on the dollar!
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All those people that panic and screw up traffic and hurt everybody else's chance to buy anything by over buying, should not be allowed to return a damn thing.
In my opinion, these panic buyers should be forced to keep whatever they bought.
Maybe a 25% restocking fee?
That will convince many to keep what they bought. The rest will take the financial hit instead of forcing the retailer to eat the extra costs for handling and storage.
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All those people that panic and screw up traffic and hurt everybody else's chance to buy anything by over buying, should not be allowed to return a damn thing.
In my opinion, these panic buyers should be forced to keep whatever they bought.
I agree. There should be an all sales final on all disaster preparedness stuff bought in a panic the days before (i.e. generators, butane etc etc). Might teach those people to be prepared for next time, rather than having them return it and just repeat the cycle.
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SHTF when we get hit with a tsunami, try gettin things within 6 hours or less. Why return it when they will end up using it away? How much for a generator cost now? Just lookin into chainsaw, alot of trees in my area, learn from this storm that I dont think off
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Unless you have really big trees; a large axe works pretty well.
When I was a kid we had stuff blow down all the time from hurricanes; machete is really what you need for the small stuff.
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Got a call today from a friend who's working in the Puna jungle trying to get some water lines in to some areas with no water. He said that their union is planning a fund raiser to help those whose homes were damaged. I said great, but how about the union setting up a few areas where they can set up to serve food and refreshments to all those Helco/Heco, County & State crews, and volunteers that are working long hours and under dangerous conditions to get to those people. They could use it just about now.
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I got alot of big old trees, most of them hanging over the roads, thinking of getting both, thank for the heads up on cost :thumbsup:
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I agree. There should be an all sales final on all disaster preparedness stuff bought in a panic the days before (i.e. generators, butane etc etc). Might teach those people to be prepared for next time, rather than having them return it and just repeat the cycle.
It was no refund, no exchange on hurricane items at Marukai.