Reply #203: My daughter is an artist and art supplies are incredibly expensive. It never

[pdxmom]

fails that I can find some real quality art supplies (paper, canvas, oil paints, etc.) for about 1/4 of their cost at the stores. People take up a hobby and then decide they don't like it. Something goes wrong with an appliance and this is a throw-away, instead of repair society. We've gotten some fabulous stereo speakers over the past couple of years...things that we couldn't afford to buy new. But they've blown the speakers, sell the pair for $5 and for another $20 or less we can repair them.

It's an art form in our house.