Tue Jul 31, 2012, 06:01 PM

xmas74 (24,512 posts)

What I found in the 4/$1.00 bin at the local Dollar Tree today

I thought you'd all enjoy this. I found 10 copies of the ever-lovely Sarah Palin's Going Rogue in the bin. I picked one up and the store manager said "we've had them here for months-no one wants them."

Four items for one dollar and even then they couldn't sell them.

I regret not taking a picture for everyone.

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What I found in the 4/$1.00 bin at the local Dollar Tree today (Original post)	xmas74	Jul 2012	OP
You could always use them in the fireplace this winter?	notadmblnd	Jul 2012	#1
At that price it might make sense.	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#3
Treasured gifts for the Teabaggers in our lives.	DCKit	Aug 2012	#102
I posted it on a crafting group on Facebook.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#6
You could also make a Christmas tree, but Santa might not leave any pesents under it.	notadmblnd	Jul 2012	#11
The link above has a project to make trees from them too,	xmas74	Jul 2012	#13
Thanks for posting that link.	pengillian101	Jul 2012	#85
I adore her work.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#89
Quick and dirty faux roses.	TheMadMonk	Aug 2012	#101
Thank you! nt	xmas74	Aug 2012	#113
Wow, nice. Now THAT'S turning something that's useless into	louis-t	Aug 2012	#118
I'm slightly to the Left of Che....	RagAss	Jul 2012	#17
I have to agree...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#30
then you'd have	ninehippies	Jul 2012	#24
A bit rough for the outhouse, but with a bit of damp and some judicious crumpling, those pages could	MADem	Aug 2012	#109
Probably Not	Xyzse	Aug 2012	#116
You can go back and take a pic. I'm sure the books will still be there.	lob1	Jul 2012	#2
I need to but not tonight.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#4
Please mail me a link when you do. i want that for my collection. Thanks	slampoet	Jul 2012	#39
I go about every two weeks.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#72
Yes yes yes!!	joost5	Jul 2012	#21
My first thought as well! "You'll have plenty of time to go back and get a pic"	Fire Walk With Me	Jul 2012	#36
It's cheaper than toilet paper	Hugabear	Jul 2012	#5
but it stinks before you use it...	lame54	Jul 2012	#7
now THATS funny shit!	pnwest	Jul 2012	#18
Lol!	RumNcoke	Jul 2012	#29
ha ha ha	Vietnameravet	Jul 2012	#35
Plus you'd end up with a rash on your ass. nt	Raine	Jul 2012	#40
One of the people in my crafting group	xmas74	Jul 2012	#8
I must have read this five minutes ago	Mabus	Jul 2012	#22
Nobody has bird cages anymore?	Motown_Johnny	Jul 2012	#9
someone in my crafting group is talking about buying them	xmas74	Jul 2012	#10
I have read that several times...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#33
Hey, I appreciate your thoughts, but I think that if I want to buy a couple of copies	Trailrider1951	Jul 2012	#43
You raise a legitimate point...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#47
I guess some of my sensitivity....	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#53
No worries, my friend	Trailrider1951	Jul 2012	#69
After a while,	xmas74	Jul 2012	#60
As Trailrider brought up ...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#65
It's ok.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#71
They would make good burning material for a beach bonfire.	Initech	Jul 2012	#12
One would be good for killing cockroaches.	tanyev	Jul 2012	#14
Two of them are a sure-fire way to kill potato bugs.	Jackpine Radical	Jul 2012	#56
I've seen them for 2/$1 there, but I wouldn't even spend 50 cents on that.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#15
LOL - months ago I saw a similar bin in a dollar store.	Vinca	Jul 2012	#16
Too awesome. Think I'll check my dollar store	pnwest	Jul 2012	#19
That's a great use for them!	xmas74	Jul 2012	#61
Mabye some well funded entity bought a bunch to get it on the best seller list	Incitatus	Jul 2012	#20
That is exactly right	magic59	Aug 2012	#97
You have a choice	The Wizard	Jul 2012	#23
Might be worth buying them, shredding the pages, and using the shreds as cat litter.	kestrel91316	Jul 2012	#25
Good to hollow out for a little "hideaway"	Mopar151	Jul 2012	#26
We did that project a couple of years ago	xmas74	Jul 2012	#62
Give them to all repukes you know ...they make good birth control when placed along side the bed.	L0oniX	Jul 2012	#27
If they were selling them for a penny I wouldn't buy one. I just don't want even my penny	southernyankeebelle	Jul 2012	#28
I would send her this penny:	RumNcoke	Jul 2012	#32
EEEEEEEeeeeeekkkkkk that is scary.	southernyankeebelle	Jul 2012	#75
Oh thats funny.	undeterred	Jul 2012	#31
Editing	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#34
It is very common here	niceguy	Jul 2012	#41
Hmmmm ....	bayareaboy	Jul 2012	#44
The same way I feel about Mein Kampf...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#46
Eggs-zact-ly ...	bayareaboy	Jul 2012	#59
I'm a book designer and books that don't sell are routinely mulched up and recycled. So Sarah's	diane in sf	Jul 2012	#55
Good point...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#68
Normally I wouldn't advocate for the destruction of a book	xmas74	Jul 2012	#63
Yeah, I am being overly sensitive...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#66
That's ok.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#70
I work at a library and we routinely weed books out of the collection.	tanyev	Jul 2012	#74
I have acknowledged that...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#82
Yeah, I didn't read through all the posts until after I hit my reply.	tanyev	Jul 2012	#83
Yeah, I do that sometimes too...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#86
Yep. It's the best job I have ever had.	tanyev	Jul 2012	#88
Consider volunteering if you can!	marew	Aug 2012	#96
I will look into it. nt	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2012	#99
I totally get where you are coming from.	eridani	Aug 2012	#98
nobody is saying to destroy it because of the MEssage, there is an overstock of the books which are	JI7	Aug 2012	#95
Jesus fucking Christ...	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2012	#119
I also delete pdf e-books sometimes. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.	LanternWaste	Aug 2012	#107
Really??	ProfessorGAC	Aug 2012	#117
If you post a picture...	Permanut	Jul 2012	#37
Somebody broke into my car last week.	Lasher	Jul 2012	#38
That must've left you feeling terribly violated	nuxvomica	Aug 2012	#111
I was kidding, nobody really broke into my car.	Lasher	Aug 2012	#115
I knew you were kidding	nuxvomica	Aug 2012	#120
If someone cut a Leg ...	bayareaboy	Jul 2012	#42
Our local library has "buck a bag" deals every so often.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#45
Buy 'em and donate it for the next bonfire.	Panasonic	Jul 2012	#48
Well..	earthbone	Jul 2012	#49
I've never seen any book that cheap at the Dollar Tree.	JPZenger	Jul 2012	#50
Your Dollar Tree doesn't have a bargain bin at the front of the store?	xmas74	Jul 2012	#58
I think it makes more of a statement if they NEVER get bought and sit in that bin	think	Jul 2012	#51
I wouldn't even want her for a quarter	ThomThom	Jul 2012	#52
Of course they couldn't sell them ...	zbdent	Jul 2012	#54
If I still had a woodstove	quaker bill	Jul 2012	#57
I am amazed, though not surprised	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#64
I wouldn't burn them.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#67
Waaay overpriced.	Ikonoklast	Jul 2012	#73
No book is sacred, some are improved by recycling...	hunter	Jul 2012	#76
At our Everythings A Dollar store	Broken_Hero	Jul 2012	#77
Our local Dollar Tree must want them gone.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#80
It's still a good book. Just carve out the middle and use it for hiding valuables.	Kablooie	Jul 2012	#78
Cheaper than toilet paper! A real bargain for TP use! n/t	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#79
Humboldt University monument to book burning.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jul 2012	#81
$0.25? You overpaid n/t	Doctor Jack	Jul 2012	#84
I didn't buy it.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#90
Even cheaper than here then	HarveyDarkey	Jul 2012	#87
So go back over there and take a pic. You could prollee sell that for a buck!	lonestarnot	Jul 2012	#91
I'll try to head back soon.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#92
How sad must it be to know your book would sell better if the pages were blank.	Marr	Jul 2012	#93
Might be competitive with firewood, stock up for the Winter ! nt	eppur_se_muova	Aug 2012	#94
They could be used for book art -- you know where the pages are cut or folded into neat	1monster	Aug 2012	#100
Wow!	HappyMe	Aug 2012	#110
I still wouldn't buy it!!	B Calm	Aug 2012	#103
Why would anyone buy four of them?	JHB	Aug 2012	#104
There were other things in the bin.	xmas74	Aug 2012	#114
ick - did it actually touch your hands?	geckosfeet	Aug 2012	#105
4/$1.00	Flashmann	Aug 2012	#106
Shred them and dump them into your compost.	Javaman	Aug 2012	#108
You can hollow one out and store your valuables in it	nuxvomica	Aug 2012	#112
But I thought the GOP was good for business!	Deb	Aug 2012	#121
I used my "4 fer a bucks" to raise my work table. The best use for her books short of ....	marble falls	Aug 2012	#122
You could have bought all 10 for $2.50	Liberal_in_LA	Aug 2012	#123

Response to xmas74 (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 06:03 PM

notadmblnd (17,118 posts)

What I found in the 4/$1.00 bin at the local Dollar Tree today

1. You could always use them in the fireplace this winter?

3. At that price it might make sense.

102. Treasured gifts for the Teabaggers in our lives.

6. I posted it on a crafting group on Facebook.

11. You could also make a Christmas tree, but Santa might not leave any pesents under it.

13. The link above has a project to make trees from them too,

85. Thanks for posting that link.

89. I adore her work.

101. Quick and dirty faux roses.

113. Thank you! nt

118. Wow, nice. Now THAT'S turning something that's useless into

17. I'm slightly to the Left of Che....

30. I have to agree...

24. then you'd have

109. A bit rough for the outhouse, but with a bit of damp and some judicious crumpling, those pages could

116. Probably Not

2. You can go back and take a pic. I'm sure the books will still be there.

4. I need to but not tonight.

39. Please mail me a link when you do. i want that for my collection. Thanks

72. I go about every two weeks.

21. Yes yes yes!!

36. My first thought as well! "You'll have plenty of time to go back and get a pic"

5. It's cheaper than toilet paper

7. but it stinks before you use it...

18. now THATS funny shit!

29. Lol!

35. ha ha ha

40. Plus you'd end up with a rash on your ass. nt

8. One of the people in my crafting group

22. I must have read this five minutes ago

9. Nobody has bird cages anymore?

10. someone in my crafting group is talking about buying them

33. I have read that several times...

43. Hey, I appreciate your thoughts, but I think that if I want to buy a couple of copies

47. You raise a legitimate point...

53. I guess some of my sensitivity....

69. No worries, my friend

60. After a while,

65. As Trailrider brought up ...

71. It's ok.

12. They would make good burning material for a beach bonfire.

14. One would be good for killing cockroaches.

56. Two of them are a sure-fire way to kill potato bugs.

15. I've seen them for 2/$1 there, but I wouldn't even spend 50 cents on that.

16. LOL - months ago I saw a similar bin in a dollar store.

19. Too awesome. Think I'll check my dollar store

61. That's a great use for them!

20. Mabye some well funded entity bought a bunch to get it on the best seller list

97. That is exactly right

23. You have a choice

25. Might be worth buying them, shredding the pages, and using the shreds as cat litter.

26. Good to hollow out for a little "hideaway"

62. We did that project a couple of years ago

27. Give them to all repukes you know ...they make good birth control when placed along side the bed.

28. If they were selling them for a penny I wouldn't buy one. I just don't want even my penny

32. I would send her this penny:

75. EEEEEEEeeeeeekkkkkk that is scary.

31. Oh thats funny.

34. Editing

41. It is very common here

44. Hmmmm ....

46. The same way I feel about Mein Kampf...

59. Eggs-zact-ly ...

55. I'm a book designer and books that don't sell are routinely mulched up and recycled. So Sarah's

68. Good point...

63. Normally I wouldn't advocate for the destruction of a book

66. Yeah, I am being overly sensitive...

70. That's ok.

74. I work at a library and we routinely weed books out of the collection.

82. I have acknowledged that...

83. Yeah, I didn't read through all the posts until after I hit my reply.

86. Yeah, I do that sometimes too...

88. Yep. It's the best job I have ever had.

96. Consider volunteering if you can!

99. I will look into it. nt

98. I totally get where you are coming from.

95. nobody is saying to destroy it because of the MEssage, there is an overstock of the books which are

119. Jesus fucking Christ...

107. I also delete pdf e-books sometimes. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.