In the last city city I lived in, I discovered the frugal gold mine that is bulk goods. I could fill up all my reused spice containers with what would usually be $30-50 worth of spices for like $5; I could fill up a reused container of bulk Shampoo, dishwasher soap, olive oil, lentils, dried beans, flour, etc. and spend a fraction of the price since I wasn’t paying for the packaging, just the good itself.

So far I’ve only found Granel Spice Market in the Greater Heights that has a decent selection of most spices. HEB has an okay selection of bulk snacks like nuts and and random dried fruit/chocolates but has a limited bulk spices selection and no bulk beans or anything else.

Does anyone know of any other places that have bulk products? Especially bulk cleaning products, bulk hygiene products, and really any additional good bulk food/spice selections?

There is an energy saving app called OhmConnect. They pay you $30 to join them and for saving some energy whenever they ask you. It works really well for some people. Basically, they pay you to try if it works for you. They are very popular in California and are getting popular in Texas too. Please let me know if you have any questions.

https://ohm.co/perminovanton

Houston

• Who: Ages of 25-59 who have purchased All-Terrain tires for their Full-Size SUV or Pickup Truck in the past couple years (for personal or business vehicle).

• Where/When: Houston, October 4th

• Incentive/Length: $125 for 120 minutes of your time via PayPal, Amazon gift card or check.

• What: Focus Group with up to 5 other people to discuss your all-terrain tire usage and decision/purchase process.

• Additional details: You will be required to submit photos of your tires and vehicle in order to confirm ownership beforehand to be eligible to participate receive $125 compensation. Those who submit photos receive first priority. There’s an email on the last page of the sign-up .

To determine if you pre-qualify: https://surveysoftware.net/hostrma/TiresAT.htm...or DM me with any questions

Does anyone know of and has gone to a legit solar installation school in the area? I would love some feedback on whether it was worth it or not and how soon were you able to get a job in the field.

https://www.reliant.com/en/private/deeplink/referrees-customer-referral-100.jsp?sid=ABI_1591018394

or call 1-866-RELIANT. Ends 9/30/2020

Referral Code: JC5TMXT

5/17/2020
Blue Family Estate I made the horrific decision to use Blue Family Estate Sales to conduct my affairs. sales joins a long list of people who tried or seceded in profiting off the passing of my wife. I went through the laborious process on interviewing of companies that conduct estate sales. I was looking for something specific. I thought I found it with Blue Family Estate Sales. My wife was an avid “garage sale attendee” and over the years accumulated many items. I myself had a very large amount of “guy stuff” mainly in the form of tools. All in an average house in an average zip code and knew going in that this was a garage sale type of zip code. I met Jonathan for the interview he seemed highly motivated. I told him I was looking to get at least 10 Thousand Dollars after his steep commission on 40%. He said with a bright smile “I should see more than that”. I spent the next couple months going through the voluminous number of items and sorting and organizing into groups. There were so many items that on the Blue Family Estate Sale web site it was advertised as HUGE ESTATE SALE OVER 5000+ ITEMS. Three days before the sale Jonathan and his team show up and begin organizing and setting up for the sale. I was impressed how they worked and the motivation they had. At one point I even said they were worth the 40% I was paying. Day of the sale comes and as per agreement I was not to be on the premises to facilitate sales supposedly. I left thinking that Jonathan had my best interests at heart. I could never be more wrong. There were people lined up down the sidewalk when I left. I sat in my car on and off for 3 days watching from down the street the people coming and goings. Each and everyday I ask Jonathan for the day’s total receipts. It was easy to do he had a cash register all he had to do was hit total. But he always deflected the question. After day two of him avoiding the question alarm bells started going off in my mind. Day 3. Sunday rolls around he tells me to be back at 6 pm I show up early and his team are packed and walking down the sidewalk. It was like they could not get out of here fast enough. He comes back and tells me we will settle on Wednesday. Wednesday comes around Jonathan is a no show not even a phone call. I fire off an urgent email alarms bells ringing loudly now. The email I sent stated I was happy the way the sale was conducted, and I estimated that the sales were around 15 Thousand Dollars. That’s when he drops the bomb, he stated that “sale grossed $7831.75 and your portion of that amount is $4699.05”. I was shocked and dumbfounded. How can this be I thought to myself? I watched as one lady hired a truck on the first day of the sale, and she purchase the leather sofa and love seat, a side board buffet, coffee table, two end tables, a Tiffaney style hanging lamp, 100 foot garden hose and cart, 32” foot fiberglass extension ladder, throw pillows and a few other smaller items. With the prices that were on the item even discounted should have brought well over $1500.00 at the very least. Johnathan told me he sold all those items for only $745. If you met Jonathan, you would know he is an aggressive salesman. He would never let those items go at that price on the first day of the sale. I opened a spreadsheet using my photos, the prices put on by Jonathan and his team, inventory list, and memory, estimated the selling price of all the items in groups or as individual articles. Now I know the sales price of some of the items that sold. Jonathan sales team provided those numbers on a very few items throughout the sale as did Jonathan often grudgingly. That total came up $4790 of KNOWN SALES that leaves $3041.00 from the sale of the following items, Vintage glassware, Collectables Baseball Cards, Vintage LPS, Vintage Comic Books, Vintage Cast Iron Horse and Wagon, Trumpet Mouth Pieces x 10, Stamp Collection, Magic Cards, 38. Cal pistol, Power tools, Most of the Mill Wright Tools in a 11 Drawer Rolling Toolbox, Tools on the Tables and the Ground, Kitchenware, 25 Throw Pillows, Microwave, Toaster, Waffle Maker, Egg Cooker, Juicers x 3, Other Appliances, New Samsung Printer with New Extra Toner Cartridge, Pots and Pans, Electrical Items, Vintage Cookware, China, Collectible Tea Cups, Coach and Anne Kline purses, 3 other Ladders 14’ fiberglass and 10’ aluminum and a 8 aluminum’ , Hand Painted Polish Dishware x 14, Plated Silverware Table Sets X 2, Silver Cup Collection, Jim Shore X 12 pieces, other Figurines, Costume Jewelry, Vintage Sewing Machine and Boxes of Sewing Supplies, Roll Top Desk, Industrial Extension Cords, Assorted Small Furniture, 3 Panel Screen Divider, Boxes and Boxes of New Party Decorations and New in the Box Christmas Items, Administration Supplies, Large Frame Horse Picture, General Garage sale Knick knacks, Lamb Skin Fur Coat, Books and Cloths including a $1600.00 Nieman Marcus Hand Beaded Gown, and hundreds of other items total was only $3041.00? Jonathan handed me an enormous bag of excuses, it was Mother Day Weekend, The Virus, People Have No Money, “You told me to get rid of everything” and my personal favorite………...quote…... “Most of the Customers Were Not Sophisticated Buyers with a Good Eye”. The sheer number of items (over 2/3 of the items are gone) and people attending, and type of items sold alone forfeits any credibility to Jonathans numbers. I also caught Jonathan taking items with him off premises after the end of the sale and not telling me. He had no reason to do so. I would not even know if not for two guys showed up a day later wanting to buy more tool related items told me that Jonathan had the Gas Torch set and waiting on the $200.00. Of course, Jonathan offer a flimsy excuse saying they were trying to get a deep discount. But why take it with you? The sad fact is all his lame excuses can be easily rebuffed with plain common sense. I ask myself what else did he take? Since my wife of over 30 years passed away it has been tough. Nothing like a death in the family to see the money grubbers and con men come out of the woodwork. I trusted Jonathan and Blue Family Estate sales to be fair. I sit here now truly broken. I was beginning to come out of the depression I had of losing my wife. Jonathan and Blue Family Estate Sales was finally the last straw that broke me. Now here I sit totally numb, a 59-year-old widow, with no job prospects, saving near depletion, bills piling up. Jonathan and Blue Family Estate Sales unscrupulous ways has taken the last of what I had in me. I sit stunned, cheated, and worse of all feeling totally helpless. What Jonathan and Blue Family Estate Sales did to me is tantamount to them dancing on my wife’s grave gleefully. I am not some disgruntled widower not happy about the way the Estate Sale turned out. Jonathan and Blue family Estate Sales obfuscated the facts, never would tell me what the days sales were or provide any proof with the receipts for the day. The fact in their sales agreement I am not to be on the property causes me to ask how I can trust Blue Family Estate Sales to act in your best interest? I did and the end results is that Jonathan and Blue family Estate sales joins the list of money grubbers, conmen, swindlers, charlatans, cheats, and fake friends that show up after a death in the family with fake condolences and an eye on getting something for themselves. Since he would not provide an accounting per day and receipts per day as asked for. How could I possibly confirm that I was dealt with fairly? I believe it was by design. Nor is there any way I can confirm those were the actual prices and money received. This was my experience using Blue Family Estate Sales. Jonathan has his side of the story also. I am sure he will post a rebuttal. If you’re a believer that the truth always lays somewhere in the middle of two stories, then common sense says I was cheated. This just my opinion on what transpired.

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Hey guys! It’s the season for our favorite little creatures! Please post any deals you see within the Houston area for crawfish. Per sack and per pound.

I have been trying to no avail to come up with the cost of a moving truck for an out of state move. The cost of the smallest truck offered for a one way out of state move when paired with a car hauler runs $610 before taxes and fees as well as the cost of gas. With no income and my personal items not selling this is seeming like an unobtainable figure. Does anybody have any insight into obtaining assistance, vouchers, or grants for an un planned emergency out of state move?