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Nuts
by acdickson
Since AC has started living high on the hog of his eBay profits, he's taken to seeking pleasure in food. Lately he and the missus have taken to having a cheese and smoked salmon plate for dinner. Adorned with roasted red peppers and perhaps some ripe vine tomatoes slices, it's a delicious supper. But you know what puts that plate over the top? Not crackers (as an aside there are surprisingly few good crackers on the market).
Nuts. Pine nuts. Cashew nuts. Walnuts. You get the picture. Now Trader's Joe's is usually my go to source for nut needs, but the other day AC was running short for time so he trucked it on over to the Ralph's supermarket emporium a short walk away.
The funny thing about buying nuts at a traditional supermarket like Ralph's as opposed to Trader's Joe's is that there is more than one place to find them. In the snack area. Near the alcohol. By the fancy cheese and meats. In the baking section. Hanging out on a shelf. But you know where the cheapest nuts can be found? On the bottom shelf beneath the apple bins, inches from the floor. AC found a huge bag of Pistashio's for $2.50 hidden from view. Sunkist brand no less! A smaller bag cost twice that in the baking section and three times that by the smoked gouda.
Where's this going? I could rant and rave about product placement within a store and the audacity of hiding the cheapest products where consumers are least likely to find them. Or how Trader Joe's is so successful because Americans are bombarded with choice and having nuts in one place as opposed to six in the same store makes life easier. Or how I don't why Macademia nuts are so overpriced. But it strikes me that there are probably dozens of other bloggers ranting and raving about these very same ideas. It makes me wonder if there is anything new to say. Are there any new insights to be made? Am I special or unique? Of course I am.
Because I'm an eBay PowerSelling dealing in hard to find items. Many of the turn of the century postcards I sell aren't available for sale anywhere else online. You have to go through me. And some of things I sell are completely unique and one of a kind. Like the spot on Ultimate Blogger. Which incidentally is up to $201.
Speaking of which, will there be a pop-off tomorrow? Is there any more room for it go up? Time will only tell. If you're hanging out around noon west coast time manana and need to stretch your legs, put on something with a good beat and help me dance it up.
