The Penny Exploit: Adapter

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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.

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Monday, September 5, 2011

Light Blub Socket Adapter

One cent each.

Seller said:
E12 - E27 Candelabra Blub Socket Enlarger Adapter R11
100% Brand New &High Quality
Candelabra to standard base light bulb socket enlarger adapter, allows you to use a standard bulb in a candelabra socket
Simple to use and allows you to keep using conventional light bulbs or compact fluorescents
Instead of the tiny candelabra based bulbs
Ideal for ceiling fans or lights with candelabra sockets that need to be converted to a standard medium base
Type: E12 to E27
Dimension:6cm*4cm( approx)

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Electrical Outlet Adapter - Others

I did not get these recently. But it is a good time to recount them while I am on the subject of 1 cent electrical outlet adapters.

These adapt US plugs to European outlets.

These adapt European and US plugs to US outlets.

These adapt US plugs to European outlets. I took a bunch of these when I went to Italy last summer and they worked very well.

Electrical Outlet Adapter - Australia

One cent each. It adapts US and Europe/UK plug to Australian outlet.
Max Output: 250V AC 5A

Monday, February 14, 2011

Another Audio Adapter for Headset/Earphone - 2.5mm to 3.5mm

This one works better for me than the other. It is the piece attached to the cell phone. I can now use a regular audio headset (with grey wire in the picture) with the cell phone, mostly for listening to radio. I got a few of them for a penny each.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Audio Adapter for Headset/Earphone - 2.5mm to 3.5mm

Price is one penny. It connects a regular audio headset to most cell phones. This works on my cell phone but not very well, perhaps due to the particular size and shape of the prong. The connection is often lost. I use a different one (also bought for 1 cent) which works great.