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hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 06:15 PM Apr 2014

I'm late to this party, but I figured out a new trick for internet shopping -

I go and look at what I'm interested in several days in a row. Lots of times, I'll get an e-mail or ad that says that item just happens to be on sale!

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I'm late to this party, but I figured out a new trick for internet shopping - (Original Post) hedgehog Apr 2014 OP
interesting. OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2014 #1
Maybe I should look at waterlilies a little more. In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #2
Oh, those are beautiful! Are they hardy varieties? csziggy Apr 2014 #6
Yes. I had hardy yellow and also pink ones in my old pond for years. In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #7
Thanks csziggy Apr 2014 #11
Yep, works for me too! Ron Obvious Apr 2014 #3
I'm going to create two Gmail accounts. When I want to buy something I'll send 50 emails Taitertots Apr 2014 #4
It helps to put it in your cart then leave the site csziggy Apr 2014 #5
I do that same thing... pipi_k Apr 2014 #9
Thanks - i hadn't thought to do that! hedgehog Apr 2014 #10
Don't forget to hunt down the free shipping code, too. Lars39 Apr 2014 #8

csziggy

(34,119 posts)
6. Oh, those are beautiful! Are they hardy varieties?
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 11:53 PM
Apr 2014

I've got two varieties in my pond, one white, one yellow, that are hardy here - and considering the cold weather this year, they are probably hardy farther north than the Big Bend of Florida.

But I would love to have that deep red one, if it would last!

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
7. Yes. I had hardy yellow and also pink ones in my old pond for years.
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 06:45 AM
Apr 2014

I've tried buying lilies locally but they didn't make it.


I recommend this site (for everything). http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=767+771

csziggy

(34,119 posts)
11. Thanks
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:47 PM
Apr 2014

My yellow and white lilies are doing OK - I have a two level "pond" and the smaller variety in the upper pond is doing better than the two in the larger one. The two plants in the upper pond got very sparse last summer but they are coming back fine this spring.

They've been in the ponds for a couple of years without repotting. The guy that brought them out and put them in recommended dividing and repotting once a year but I haven't done anything to them at all.

I guess before I order a new lily I should get a new pot or two and some plant media and repot the ones I have.

My ponds are kind of jury rigged - the upper is a fiberglass mold of a 250 gallon syrup vat. The lower pond is a blue plastic horse water trough 30" deep and nearly 8' across. The lower one is dug into the side of the terrace below our screened porch with the upper one set into the top of the terrace above so it overflows into the lower. I put feeder gold fish in both ponds and they are doing great - they had babies last year and I'm getting some neat color variations in those cheap fish.

I need to get some additional terracing done and want to make a raised bed around the lower pond to hide the plastic sides. Then I'd like to put in a solar powered pump to take water from the lower pond up into the upper one. Last year we put a bird bath and mister above the upper pond and the little water it added kept both ponds full all summer.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
3. Yep, works for me too!
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 08:15 PM
Apr 2014

I usually only have to look at an item once, and within a week or so I get offers for that same item. I don't know if they measure how much time I spend looking at it or if that affects this.

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
4. I'm going to create two Gmail accounts. When I want to buy something I'll send 50 emails
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:11 PM
Apr 2014

filled with the name of the product I want to buy. The Gmail advertising email scanners will go crazy and send it to me for free.

csziggy

(34,119 posts)
5. It helps to put it in your cart then leave the site
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 11:51 PM
Apr 2014

Some sites seem to panic, thinking they've lost you as a customer. Since I like to think about my purchases, I do tend to select what I want, add them to my cart or to a wish list, then wait a while before making the purchase. Some things have been on my lists for months - but their prices have dropped a lot.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
9. I do that same thing...
Fri Apr 18, 2014, 08:47 AM
Apr 2014

and Wednesday I found that an electric deep fryer on my wish list had dropped almost $20 in price, so I bought it.

yay!

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