What are some common household items do you buy in bulk to save money?
I'll share my list:
What do you bulk buy at your household?
in addition to OP
U98 fuel, in the freezer.
toothbrushes
laundry detergent
fabric softener
dishwashing detergent
paper towels
shampoo
(actually now i only use TP as a buffer at Coles to reach minimum spends, if i finish it the on the weekly run will get 2-3 extra to make up $20)
uhh… what? the fuel?
Molotov cocktail? U98 for a “cleaner” burn.
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what, you cant freeze fuel?
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12 pack of condoms is a lifetime supply for some people.
Could be false economy if not all used
I buy the large ones so I can cut them in half and make a 24 pack.
Or buy a box of 100 gloves…400 for you and 100 for…. (or 100 for you and cut the other 400 in half to give you 900 total). ;)
You obviously don't use them at all as they have an expiry date printed.
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i buy space in bulk
I don't cook a lot of rice personally so not sure what a normal amount is to others, but surely 70kg is overkill??
Asian household whom eat dinners with extended family on a weekly basis!
So how long would a 10kg bag last you?
2-3 weeks, could maybe stretch to 4
4 weeks for a single person household who eats rice everyday for lunch and dinner.
@brokenglish: 10kg bag is roughly 150 servings (200g = 1 cup = 3 serves).
So if it lasts a month that's a round 5 serves per day! That's a lot of rice.
If they eat that much rice, they should buy the 20kg bag of rice instead. Better value
Secondly I wouldn't stock that much rice (even as a daily rice eater myself). rice doesn't taste as good after a while in storage…
Not many people can easily carry a 20kg bag around these days. I don't have a problem but I can see most avoiding it unless they have a commercial kitchen.
@Mechz: When you buy it at the asian groceries you can get them to load it on your car for you. Then its just one trip which can be done by multiple people at the household if necessary. Divvy up into smaller containers for daily use.
@Mechz: If you're Asian and your mum didn't make you carry the 20kg bag from the car by age 12, do you even Asian bro?
@Hunter14: Yeah I'm not. I was lugging 20-30kg bales of hay after school until 9pm. Do you even farm bro?
some types of rice are aged/get better with age. not all tho
don't we have 50 kg bags here?
Some Africans do this as well.
No shit?
Not really surprising if you are asian … it s like people who stock pasta… nothing weird about it.
Only for narrow mind people. 20kg of rice will last only 2 and half month to 3 for a household of 2 adult and 2 kids who eat rice for lunch and dinner. Also some people will stock rice at the beginning of the rice season as the rice taste better if you wait the end of the season the rice won t be the same quality . Once processed the rice might look the same but not the same texture. And i used to know some white people who stock as much pasta as asian stock rice. When there s a good deal why not take advantage ( like sun rice jasmine rice half price … ) these products stay on the shelves for up to 2 years
@franco cozzo: It is. If you also have extended family who often dine at your house and especially in week end , 20 kg of rice will only last a month a month and half . So, i wouldn t be surprise if someone stock up 70 to 100kg to avoid multiple trip to the shop . And i m not even talking about large catering as for 100 people it s already a bag of 20kg that will be cook for a meal
You sound like someone totally racist who can accept that some culture is using rice daily and at each meal ( breakfast, lunch, dinner…) and this is a lot of rice that is eaten . Get over it. People who stock rice are not hoarder as that rice will end up in their tummy !! Learn your word. People don't buy rice to throw it away but to eat it!
@Fier2: The same type of people will buy packs of pasta weekly and not realise how much space saving rice is.
Soap/hand wash/laundry detergent
Shit tickets - in prep for next lockdown and then ebay em.
broden?
Mayvers Peanut Butter
i still got half a jar idk what to do wit
bloody hell me too!
3/4 of a jar in my pantry…terrible stuff
sometimes i dont know why i listen to ozbargainers at all!
it's good to try things, lucky i only grabbed a jar
i used it in jam/sandwiches at the start and that was it
might use the rest in shakes .. some day
now that i think about it should've used in some peanut dipping sauces
unless you guys have other easy ideas …?
(i also have leftover 3/4 jar of Biscoff spread which was hyped by ozbargainers too)
@capslock janitor: satay sauce for chicken sticks or stirfry?
you bought biscoff spread…are you insane? next youre going to tell me you actually like dr oetker pizzas as well? :D
@franco cozzo: now ur making me hungry for satay chicken/stirfry
happy to try oetkers, coincidentally halfie from tmrw
but pizza is much easier/enjoyable to down each sitting :)
@capslock janitor: oetkers=cardboard with a thin smattering of below average 'toppings'
…better off grabbing a mccains angus or tandoori chicken when theyre half
celery sticks will get you through a jar within a few days and also if you want an absurd amount of calories it's the best option out there while remaining very healthy
Yup Mayvers is bad IMO.
I have 2 types (dark roast and a chunky or something) and haven't finished either one.
It separates quickly and doesn't want to recombine, has a slightly bitter/astringent aftertaste and is nowhere near the Bega/Pics quality.
@Telios: I think you guys are doing it wrong, while I eat and stock up on the aldi natural one have used mayvers a few years ago. It works and tastes good.
Taste is subjective of course so I'll not make more comments about that part.
Stir when you open it stir half way through and make sure you get it all the way to the bottom then.
As it gets to under 1/3 left stir it every time or every second time all the way through.
I find they all work the same, btw the mixing is like 3 to 5 swirls around, like 7.8 seconds of work
That's what gumtree is for
I am waiting for it to go on half price again! I really like the dark smooth peanut butter from Mayvers. All my stock has been exhausted, will hoard a lot more next time :D
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Room full of face masks. Stocked up planning to make money not to save but didn't really work out as planned. Got the boyfriend to pay for it so no worries.
so you were one of those covid 'entrepeneurs' trying to cash in on a global health pandemic?
glad you werent able to shift them and your dumbass bf is picking up the bill…
Zoom!
dont see the joke…where is it?
@mapax: then a link or something might have been useful…
would have loved ripping into that user when they posted :D
also …sorry websterp, your boyfriend isnt a dumbass xox
@franco cozzo: I guess they figured that for anyone that’s been a regular it is now part of OzBargain lore and a link isn’t needed.
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+1 for trying
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engine oil when on sale
The old Castrol Edge 5w30 - pretty sure the ozbargain servers run on this too.
Deodorant every time at half price. I have more than I need at the moment (several months' worth) but I keep buying them when they're at half price. I can't stop. please help.
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my fallback is the Brut Original
but i got a couple of Beckham cans to use from last year
Makes scents to me
i take it you don't play super smash bros
Pretty much anything that's used in the bathroom or laundry.
Pro Tip:
Keep the Rexona in the bathroom and the Preen in the laundry.
preen/.?
Voost effervescent vitamin tabs.