I can see you walking around a store you’re “casing” making a list of all the sh!t about to expire, even advising other customers to buy something different since “the day after its expiration a product no longer works.”
Then next week on “Super Tuesday…”
"Super Tuesday" is soooooooo late 90s/early 2000s!!! Now, it's the first week of the month (and sometimes, it's the first 10 days).
But, you're partially right! There are times when I do look at the marked-down items at GNC. If it's really cheap, I'll buy it on the spot (if I think the price is so low that it won't be there during Gold Card Week). But, I don't have to case the store but simply look for those orange stickers.
Otherwise, I'll wait until then. That way I get the 20% off the markdown price. That's how I get items like Anabolic Leucine Stack (GNC's powdered answer to MuscleTech's Leukic) for $12 or less; the cheapest I've ever bought it is $6.
For the most part, I get protein powders, bars, and RTDs. But, I also get to try other supplements, most recently MuscleTech's Apoldan for $14.
As for expiration, the bottle of LG Sciences' Methyl Masterdol is supposed to expire October '09 (which is why I got it for $10.19 in late August). The question, though, is it Oct. 1 or Oct. 31?
But I agree the govt. oversteps its bounds with this consumer regulation stuff.
And every new restriction/regulation they successfully implement makes preceding (and unnecessary) ones easier.
Imagine this scenario:
"Sorry Mr. Smith, you've exceeded your limit for vit C and micellar protein powder. You can't purchase more for at least 60 days."
Sound silly?
So is a Rx for Zinc.
Little difference between the two.
The bigger difference is between stricter "supplement" regulation & the way things are now.
Once that step is taken, everything else is relatively easy to accomplish.
It does sound silly, especially considering that DHEA is still legal.
