exNavyOffRec
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When choosing a husband, however...
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When choosing a husband, however...
Are the gas stations subsidized differently? You'd figure in most states gas would be 40-50 cents cheaper at the NEX w/the lack of taxes.
+1 on the Amazon Prime, but like I mentioned, you can use price match at the NEX with items on Amazon. I bought a Seiko at the NEX in P'Cola for $120, then happened to find it on Amazon for $87. Went back the next day with the receipt and they gave me an adjustment. So I got the Amazon price minus the tax, shipping, and the waiting for it to come in the mail.Short of fixed-price items (ala anything Apple), I really haven't found anything at the NEX that can come close to beating deals on Amazon. Sure, I've picked up a pair of pants or what-have-you from there, but that's usually due to laziness and a desire to fulfill the need for instant gratification rather than some fiscal necessity.
If the major argument for the NEX is the "young service members on base" then I think that argument really falls apart when you get down to brass tacks. If you are living on a razor thin budget, then you forego instant gratification and laziness and shop the cheapest way possible. In this day and age, that's 9 times out of 10 online.
/Amazon Prime pays for itself very very quickly, yo.
Not be a debbie downer, but that's exactly what you're doing. To me, buying booze or other convenience items without changing out of a flight suit is about the only thing the NEX is useful for. They are already hard at work screwing that up, since alcohol is already about 25% more expensive on base, and they are restricting the hours it is sold. Hooray for protecting us all from ourselves.Not to be debbie downer, but the military believes there is a drinking and driving problem and suicide problem that is heavily correlated to alcohol abuse, and the only advantage that is agreed upon among all posters in this thread is that base facilities offer more round-the-clock access to booze.
Here is a good thing about the NEX, tires and booze!
The tires I need for the car I can save at least $100 for a set of 4, in most cases it was close to $150 and I checked several other places.
on to booze, picked up a 1.75 liter of JW red for $32 today on sale! the .75 liter one was $25 so I really had no choice but to get the bigger one.
I suppose what I'm getting at is that when the NEX stocks 3 aisles of booze and no baby supplies or boxes of cereal, it contradicts the message that leadership is attempting to communicate through hours of GMT on the topic.Not be a debbie downer, but that's exactly what you're doing. To me, buying booze or other convenience items without changing out of a flight suit is about the only thing the NEX is useful for. They are already hard at work screwing that up, since alcohol is already about 25% more expensive on base, and they are restricting the hours it is sold. Hooray for protecting us all from ourselves.
As for shopping in uniform...the CNO now allows servicemembers to go to the mall in NWUs, so maybe allowing flight suits isn't far away.
What I'm getting at is that the for-profit stores existing on base are only useful because they are the only stores on base. Also, I think it will be a cold day in hell before Marines are allowed to wear flight suits off base.I suppose what I'm getting at is that when the NEX stocks 3 aisles of booze and no baby supplies or boxes of cereal, it contradicts the message that leadership is attempting to communicate through hours of GMT on the topic.
As for shopping in uniform...the CNO now allows servicemembers to go to the mall in NWUs, so maybe allowing flight suits isn't far away.
What you have just described is far too much work. Which is half the reason I do most of my shopping on amazon: It can be done on the couch when the kids are asleep while drinking a beer.+1 on the Amazon Prime, but like I mentioned, you can use price match at the NEX with items on Amazon. I bought a Seiko at the NEX in P'Cola for $120, then happened to find it on Amazon for $87. Went back the next day with the receipt and they gave me an adjustment. So I got the Amazon price minus the tax, shipping, and the waiting for it to come in the mail.
Yeah I kinda nuked it, the easier way than doing what I did is to use the smartphone app mentioned earlier, just scan the barcode of the thing you want, and show the customer service person the price on your phone.What you have just described is far too much work. Which is half the reason I do most of my shopping on amazon: It can be done on the couch when the kids are asleep while drinking a beer.
+1 on the Amazon Prime, but like I mentioned, you can use price match at the NEX with items on Amazon. I bought a Seiko at the NEX in P'Cola for $120, then happened to find it on Amazon for $87. Went back the next day with the receipt and they gave me an adjustment. So I got the Amazon price minus the tax, shipping, and the waiting for it to come in the mail.
What you have just described is far too much work. Which is half the reason I do most of my shopping on amazon: It can be done on the couch when the kids are asleep while drinking a beer.
But there's a nice little sign in the liquor aisle that says abusing alcohol is bad, so I'm sure it all evens out.Not to be debbie downer, but the military believes there is a drinking and driving problem and suicide problem that is heavily correlated to alcohol abuse, and the only advantage that is agreed upon among all posters in this thread is that base facilities offer more round-the-clock access to booze.