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What exactly can a penny buy these days? This is a question often asked. Google the question and you will find a few answers. Not much, apparently, according to most. Well, I was pleasantly surprised when I actually set out to make purchases for one cent. This blog documents the various items I scored for a penny or less.

What qualifies a purchase as a penny loot? The cost of anything mentioned in this blog includes the purchase price, tax, shipping and handling fee, if any. If a rebate is involved, the postage to mail it is part of the cost. If a coupon is bought and used in the deal, that figures into the total as well. And the total cost must be equal to or less than US$0.01. The item must also be procured from a source available to the public - "My aunt gave me a sweater" doesn't count.

Some costs are not included in the one cent total. Chief among them is the time and effort to hunt for and complete the deals. Gas and mileage is not counted if a trip to the store is required. Computer and office equipment amortization, paper and ink expenditures are all excluded.

As expected, quite a few of the items I bought came from China. Depending on your tastes and needs, some of the stuff may be considered totally worthless. But that is not the point of this exercise.

This blog also does not dwell on where and how the items were bought. I frequent a few deal sites for information that lead to some of the purchases. The various auction sites are also a treasure trove to explore. But I would rather devote the blog to present the results - the items I obtained for a penny or less, in no particular order.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Mini Bluetooth 2.0 Adapter Dongle

I had seen this sold for a dollar or more.  It had been pretty hard to get in my early attempts.  Then suddenly the supply opened up and I was able to get many of these, for one cent each shipped.  I stopped buying them after getting 20 or so.

As of 11:31:11 Monday, February 14, 2011 EST, these 1 cent auctions with free shipping are expiring left and right on eBay.  Any one can get it easily.  Sellers include:
hi5wholesale
light_buying
super_driver
By Sunday, February 20, 2011, these 1 cent auctions with free shipping are gone from eBay.  During the past week there must have been hundreds of these expiring without any bids.  I will post an update if I see them again.

Update on Wednesday, March 9, 2011:  Seller happy_estore is again listing 1 cent auctions on eBay.  The link to the auctions are in "Auction Watch" section of the blog.
For other possible low bids, check out the new "Auction Watch" section of the blog.
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