Wow!
THANK YOU! I know that filament will be cheaper at places like Amazon online and such, and I have not even BEGUN to search for sources for filament yet. I am assuming that if I purchase
5Kg rolls or larger, the savings would be even greater. Quantity discounts, etc.
However, in this particular situation, the man at the FLEA LAND was
very helpful and encouraging to me in getting me started, answering endless questions about how these things work and such, so I just felt that I would like to do something nice for him for Christmas. So I drove up there specifically to meet him again, and to buy a dozen rolls or so of assorted colors, etc., MAINLY to say "Thank you!" to him at Christmas time. I think he may have even sold a machine while I was there, as I told a father with three children in tow,
"These machines and the software are EASY to learn, and they will give your kids something more educational to do than staring at their phones!" His eyes lit up and he began to look at price tags.
I asked Mark, the uMakery guy if he had the more exotic filaments, like ULTEM, and the flexible rubber filaments, and the clear colored filaments for things like taillight lenses, the carbon fiber stuff, and more, etc. But he only had
PLA, and a small assortment of
PLA+,
Carbon Fiber PLA and
PETG, whatever those are. This is a learning curve for me, and no one EVER sources the cheapest material when starting out, right?
I may have (
almost certainly have) overpaid for the filament I purchased, but it was mor about making his last weekend sale day worth the effort. I like to repay kindness when I can.
Bachelor's Rule of Culinary Criticism: Anything I don't have to shop for, prepare or clean up after, is DELICIOUS!
I must have been a dog in a previous life
Today, Christmas currency envelopes will arrive from Amazon. Every year, I fill envelopes with cash and give them to all of the employees of my regular dining haunts. As a bachelor who doesn't COOK, I'd guess that 98% of my meals are prepared by someone else. I may not even know or have met some of the employees at places like Zaxby's, and Chipotle, and Dairy Queen, etc., but I give
every employee in the store an envelope to say "Thank You!" for preparing my food, and keeping the places clean, and the bathrooms clean, and taking out my trash, etc. Rather than tip after each purchase, I just tip everyone once per year at Christmas. The tradition began eight years ago with a $20 bill. This year, everyone is getting $30 each. There are 66 employees total.
Joe
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