Winco to the rescue
#21
(02-02-2020, 08:49 AM)chuck white Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:45 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:29 AM)Juniper Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:21 AM)chuck white Wrote:
(02-01-2020, 10:37 PM)Juniper Wrote: It's not a tax. It's a price.  I have so many reusable bags (not the plastic kind) it's too many. I still went into a store today and forgot to take one in.

A mandatory price.

So if you still want a free bag and a new one each time.
It works like this.
Use self serve.
1st time bring in an old bag get 6 cent credit (So far only Winco does this, I heard food for less does too, but not confirmed)
put groceries in old bag (old bag first time only)
At the end of transaction, they ask how many bags did you use.
Tell them 1, and pay 5 Cents (comes off of the 6 cent credit) put new bag in with your groceries.

Next time come in with your new bag, that you bought the first time (never used), get 6 cent credit, use your new bag for groceries, purchase another new bag at end of transaction.

So now you get a new bag each time you come in, to use next time you come in. And you make a penny each time.

I just beat the system.  Laughing
I understand what you are saying.  I just don't think it matters. Not for me it doesn't. A mandatory price?  Yes, you are buying the bag. Big deal.  I'm not worried about some fancy games to get out of paying for a bag. If I forget my bag, I don't buy one, I just put the items in my basket, take it to my car and unload it into a bag in the car. But congratulations on beating the 'system'.

I'm with you on this. I'm always impressed by the ingenuity some people will bring to any challenge. And I give attaboys to chuck for his determination. But this is just too trivial to motivate me. I just store my shopping bags in my vehicle so there there when needed. Though I still got caught without once or twice. Then I just did like you said or pay the nickle.

I don't understand the "use your own bag" bounty. It doesn't really make sense anymore.

The other option, if you forget the bags, is use the small carry baskets, I just put everything back into that.  This makes it easy to carry to the car and into the house. I just have to remember to bring them back. Ninja

Ninja Ninja

Laughing  i will do this if ever necessary.
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#22
(02-01-2020, 04:49 PM)GPnative Wrote:
(02-01-2020, 04:41 PM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-01-2020, 03:07 PM)GPnative Wrote:
(02-01-2020, 12:21 AM)chuck white Wrote: The bag tax is upon us. I saw this coming and saved up my plastic bags months beforehand.

The problem is they can only be used so many times, before they tear. I never want to reuse one from meat, I toss that one.

My fear is running out and then have to buy them or use cloth. (I'm cheap)

So, I'm shopping at Winco and using my own bags and Winco credits me 6 cents per bag.

I put two and two together and then bought new bags at 5 cents, for each used bag they gave me 6 cents for.
Put those new bags in with my groceries and walked out with my used bags.

Bottom line is I get a new bag for each old bag, and get paid 1 cent for each bag I replace.

I know that this is not a get rich quick plan, at a penny per bag, but the tortoise won the race.

Ninja

Great plan, im doing that when my massive stock pile of plastic bags runs out.

It's kinda funny that the plastic bag stockpile seems to be so common here (I'm doing the same thing) but I don't ever see anyone else at the store using them.

Great minds and all that, I guess.

I use them for lunch bags at work, trash liners, all sorts of refuse related uses. i already planned to continue using plastic for all the same uses, even if it means i buy them, i was going to experiment with produce bags for small can liners also so my environmental impact remains unchanged, purely for kate brown spite.
Kate Brown is responsible for the bag ban? I don't think so but good for her if she is.
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#23
(02-01-2020, 12:21 AM)chuck white Wrote: The bag tax is upon us. I saw this coming and saved up my plastic bags months beforehand.

The problem is they can only be used so many times, before they tear. I never want to reuse one from meat, I toss that one.

My fear is running out and then have to buy them or use cloth. (I'm cheap)

So, I'm shopping at Winco and using my own bags and Winco credits me 6 cents per bag.

I put two and two together and then bought new bags at 5 cents, for each used bag they gave me 6 cents for.
Put those new bags in with my groceries and walked out with my used bags.

Bottom line is I get a new bag for each old bag, and get paid 1 cent for each bag I replace.

I know that this is not a get rich quick plan, at a penny per bag, but the tortoise won the race.

Ninja
You sure as hell are good grief.
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#24
(02-02-2020, 08:45 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:29 AM)Juniper Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:21 AM)chuck white Wrote:
(02-01-2020, 10:37 PM)Juniper Wrote: It's not a tax. It's a price.  I have so many reusable bags (not the plastic kind) it's too many. I still went into a store today and forgot to take one in.

A mandatory price.

So if you still want a free bag and a new one each time.
It works like this.
Use self serve.
1st time bring in an old bag get 6 cent credit (So far only Winco does this, I heard food for less does too, but not confirmed)
put groceries in old bag (old bag first time only)
At the end of transaction, they ask how many bags did you use.
Tell them 1, and pay 5 Cents (comes off of the 6 cent credit) put new bag in with your groceries.

Next time come in with your new bag, that you bought the first time (never used), get 6 cent credit, use your new bag for groceries, purchase another new bag at end of transaction.

So now you get a new bag each time you come in, to use next time you come in. And you make a penny each time.

I just beat the system.  Laughing
I understand what you are saying.  I just don't think it matters. Not for me it doesn't. A mandatory price?  Yes, you are buying the bag. Big deal.  I'm not worried about some fancy games to get out of paying for a bag. If I forget my bag, I don't buy one, I just put the items in my basket, take it to my car and unload it into a bag in the car. But congratulations on beating the 'system'.

I'm with you on this. I'm always impressed by the ingenuity some people will bring to any challenge. And I give attaboys to chuck for his determination. But this is just too trivial to motivate me. I just store my shopping bags in my vehicle so there there when needed. Though I still got caught without once or twice. Then I just did like you said or pay the nickle.

I don't understand the "use your own bag" bounty. It doesn't really make sense anymore.
What "bounty"?
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#25
(02-07-2020, 06:08 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:45 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:29 AM)Juniper Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:21 AM)chuck white Wrote:
(02-01-2020, 10:37 PM)Juniper Wrote: It's not a tax. It's a price.  I have so many reusable bags (not the plastic kind) it's too many. I still went into a store today and forgot to take one in.

A mandatory price.

So if you still want a free bag and a new one each time.
It works like this.
Use self serve.
1st time bring in an old bag get 6 cent credit (So far only Winco does this, I heard food for less does too, but not confirmed)
put groceries in old bag (old bag first time only)
At the end of transaction, they ask how many bags did you use.
Tell them 1, and pay 5 Cents (comes off of the 6 cent credit) put new bag in with your groceries.

Next time come in with your new bag, that you bought the first time (never used), get 6 cent credit, use your new bag for groceries, purchase another new bag at end of transaction.

So now you get a new bag each time you come in, to use next time you come in. And you make a penny each time.

I just beat the system.  Laughing
I understand what you are saying.  I just don't think it matters. Not for me it doesn't. A mandatory price?  Yes, you are buying the bag. Big deal.  I'm not worried about some fancy games to get out of paying for a bag. If I forget my bag, I don't buy one, I just put the items in my basket, take it to my car and unload it into a bag in the car. But congratulations on beating the 'system'.

I'm with you on this. I'm always impressed by the ingenuity some people will bring to any challenge. And I give attaboys to chuck for his determination. But this is just too trivial to motivate me. I just store my shopping bags in my vehicle so there there when needed. Though I still got caught without once or twice. Then I just did like you said or pay the nickle.

I don't understand the "use your own bag" bounty. It doesn't really make sense anymore.
What "bounty"?


I'm up to 7 new bags (4 mil too) , provide free from Winco. Actually I made a penny for each one.

I'm not going to use any of my new bags, until I wear out all my old bags.

Soon, I going to try this in the checker line.
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#26
(02-07-2020, 06:14 PM)chuck white Wrote:
(02-07-2020, 06:08 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:45 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:29 AM)Juniper Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:21 AM)chuck white Wrote: A mandatory price.

So if you still want a free bag and a new one each time.
It works like this.
Use self serve.
1st time bring in an old bag get 6 cent credit (So far only Winco does this, I heard food for less does too, but not confirmed)
put groceries in old bag (old bag first time only)
At the end of transaction, they ask how many bags did you use.
Tell them 1, and pay 5 Cents (comes off of the 6 cent credit) put new bag in with your groceries.

Next time come in with your new bag, that you bought the first time (never used), get 6 cent credit, use your new bag for groceries, purchase another new bag at end of transaction.

So now you get a new bag each time you come in, to use next time you come in. And you make a penny each time.

I just beat the system.  Laughing
I understand what you are saying.  I just don't think it matters. Not for me it doesn't. A mandatory price?  Yes, you are buying the bag. Big deal.  I'm not worried about some fancy games to get out of paying for a bag. If I forget my bag, I don't buy one, I just put the items in my basket, take it to my car and unload it into a bag in the car. But congratulations on beating the 'system'.

I'm with you on this. I'm always impressed by the ingenuity some people will bring to any challenge. And I give attaboys to chuck for his determination. But this is just too trivial to motivate me. I just store my shopping bags in my vehicle so there there when needed. Though I still got caught without once or twice. Then I just did like you said or pay the nickle.

I don't understand the "use your own bag" bounty. It doesn't really make sense anymore.
What "bounty"?


I'm up to 7 new bags (4 mil too) , provide free from Winco. Actually I made a penny for each one.

I'm not going to use any of my new bags, until I wear out all my old bags.

Soon, I going to try this in the checker line.

We did it in the checker line, brought 5, bought 5 and made a nickel  Laughing
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#27
(02-07-2020, 06:08 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:45 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:29 AM)Juniper Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:21 AM)chuck white Wrote:
(02-01-2020, 10:37 PM)Juniper Wrote: It's not a tax. It's a price.  I have so many reusable bags (not the plastic kind) it's too many. I still went into a store today and forgot to take one in.

A mandatory price.

So if you still want a free bag and a new one each time.
It works like this.
Use self serve.
1st time bring in an old bag get 6 cent credit (So far only Winco does this, I heard food for less does too, but not confirmed)
put groceries in old bag (old bag first time only)
At the end of transaction, they ask how many bags did you use.
Tell them 1, and pay 5 Cents (comes off of the 6 cent credit) put new bag in with your groceries.

Next time come in with your new bag, that you bought the first time (never used), get 6 cent credit, use your new bag for groceries, purchase another new bag at end of transaction.

So now you get a new bag each time you come in, to use next time you come in. And you make a penny each time.

I just beat the system.  Laughing
I understand what you are saying.  I just don't think it matters. Not for me it doesn't. A mandatory price?  Yes, you are buying the bag. Big deal.  I'm not worried about some fancy games to get out of paying for a bag. If I forget my bag, I don't buy one, I just put the items in my basket, take it to my car and unload it into a bag in the car. But congratulations on beating the 'system'.

I'm with you on this. I'm always impressed by the ingenuity some people will bring to any challenge. And I give attaboys to chuck for his determination. But this is just too trivial to motivate me. I just store my shopping bags in my vehicle so there there when needed. Though I still got caught without once or twice. Then I just did like you said or pay the nickle.

I don't understand the "use your own bag" bounty. It doesn't really make sense anymore.
What "bounty"?

The practice of paying a customer for using their own bags instead of store provided bags. Now that stores aren't allowed to provide bags for free I don't understand the logic of this practice.
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#28
(02-08-2020, 08:28 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-07-2020, 06:08 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:45 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:29 AM)Juniper Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:21 AM)chuck white Wrote: A mandatory price.

So if you still want a free bag and a new one each time.
It works like this.
Use self serve.
1st time bring in an old bag get 6 cent credit (So far only Winco does this, I heard food for less does too, but not confirmed)
put groceries in old bag (old bag first time only)
At the end of transaction, they ask how many bags did you use.
Tell them 1, and pay 5 Cents (comes off of the 6 cent credit) put new bag in with your groceries.

Next time come in with your new bag, that you bought the first time (never used), get 6 cent credit, use your new bag for groceries, purchase another new bag at end of transaction.

So now you get a new bag each time you come in, to use next time you come in. And you make a penny each time.

I just beat the system.  Laughing
I understand what you are saying.  I just don't think it matters. Not for me it doesn't. A mandatory price?  Yes, you are buying the bag. Big deal.  I'm not worried about some fancy games to get out of paying for a bag. If I forget my bag, I don't buy one, I just put the items in my basket, take it to my car and unload it into a bag in the car. But congratulations on beating the 'system'.

I'm with you on this. I'm always impressed by the ingenuity some people will bring to any challenge. And I give attaboys to chuck for his determination. But this is just too trivial to motivate me. I just store my shopping bags in my vehicle so there there when needed. Though I still got caught without once or twice. Then I just did like you said or pay the nickle.

I don't understand the "use your own bag" bounty. It doesn't really make sense anymore.
What "bounty"?

The practice of paying a customer for using their own bags instead of store provided bags. Now that stores aren't allowed to provide bags for free I don't understand the logic of this practice.
 Stores are not allowed to provide free SINGLE USE bags. So people now bring their own RE USEABLE bags and there are no longer ten bazillions bags being made and then thrown away.
If Winco wants to of pay a customer for using their own bags instead of store provided bags it still accomplishes the same goal.
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#29
(02-08-2020, 04:41 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(02-08-2020, 08:28 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-07-2020, 06:08 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:45 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:29 AM)Juniper Wrote: I understand what you are saying.  I just don't think it matters. Not for me it doesn't. A mandatory price?  Yes, you are buying the bag. Big deal.  I'm not worried about some fancy games to get out of paying for a bag. If I forget my bag, I don't buy one, I just put the items in my basket, take it to my car and unload it into a bag in the car. But congratulations on beating the 'system'.

I'm with you on this. I'm always impressed by the ingenuity some people will bring to any challenge. And I give attaboys to chuck for his determination. But this is just too trivial to motivate me. I just store my shopping bags in my vehicle so there there when needed. Though I still got caught without once or twice. Then I just did like you said or pay the nickle.

I don't understand the "use your own bag" bounty. It doesn't really make sense anymore.
What "bounty"?

The practice of paying a customer for using their own bags instead of store provided bags. Now that stores aren't allowed to provide bags for free I don't understand the logic of this practice.
 Stores are not allowed to provide free SINGLE USE bags. So people now bring their own RE USEABLE bags and there are no longer ten bazillions bags being made and then thrown away.
If Winco wants to of pay a customer for using their own bags instead of store provided bags it still accomplishes the same goal.

Duh. I know that. And I don't care if a store wants to pay you to do something you have to do anyway. I just don't understand why they would. The incentive is redundant.
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#30
(02-08-2020, 05:04 PM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-08-2020, 04:41 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(02-08-2020, 08:28 AM)Cuzz Wrote:
(02-07-2020, 06:08 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(02-02-2020, 08:45 AM)Cuzz Wrote: I'm with you on this. I'm always impressed by the ingenuity some people will bring to any challenge. And I give attaboys to chuck for his determination. But this is just too trivial to motivate me. I just store my shopping bags in my vehicle so there there when needed. Though I still got caught without once or twice. Then I just did like you said or pay the nickle.

I don't understand the "use your own bag" bounty. It doesn't really make sense anymore.
What "bounty"?

The practice of paying a customer for using their own bags instead of store provided bags. Now that stores aren't allowed to provide bags for free I don't understand the logic of this practice.
 Stores are not allowed to provide free SINGLE USE bags. So people now bring their own RE USEABLE bags and there are no longer ten bazillions bags being made and then thrown away.
If Winco wants to of pay a customer for using their own bags instead of store provided bags it still accomplishes the same goal.

Duh. I know that. And I don't care if a store wants to pay you to do something you have to do anyway. I just don't understand why they would. The incentive is redundant.
Well you did ask so how would I know Duh, that you knew that? Geek

 The incentive is to give some shoppers what they want. A reason to go to Winco. and I can guarantee you a LOT of people really like this based on a ton of comments on Facebook.
Yes people really are that cheap.


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#31
Think of it as a bottle deposit on bags.
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