slim00209 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I need about 30 100 count strands of white, and about 10 100 count strands of blue Mini Lights. The cheapest I have found online is about 6-7 dollars a strand plus shipping. If I remember right, last year I bought several strands of the Lowes brand for about 3 dollars a pop. Should I buy now online or wait? If I wait, any idea about what time of the year the big box stores start to carry them? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Boyd Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 My Brother-in-Law works for Big Lots. He said Halloween was scheduled to be in his store within the next 2 weeks. If they do what they did last year, their Christmas stuff will be arriving a few weeks after that. I'm sure the rest will follow suit, WM, HD, Lowes etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim00209 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 I hope that's the way it will work. I can't see paying tripple the price online. I will be hitting they day after Christmas sales this year, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc75067 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) although not fully stocked yet, we saw a good amount of christmas lights at garden ridge pottery this weekend.. along with some halloween stuff too. incans were $5.99 per 100 for minis... but i think garden ridge might only be a texas thing, not sure. Edited July 23, 2013 by gc75067 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 although not fully stocked yet, we saw a good amount of christmas lights at garden ridge pottery this weekend.. along with some halloween stuff too. incans were $5.99 per 100 for minis... but i think garden ridge might only be a texas thing, not sure.not a texas thing, we have a couple here. One in Raleigh and one in Greensboro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Stevens Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I need about 30 100 count strands of white, and about 10 100 count strands of blue Mini Lights. The cheapest I have found online is about 6-7 dollars a strand plus shipping. If I remember right, last year I bought several strands of the Lowes brand for about 3 dollars a pop. Should I buy now online or wait? If I wait, any idea about what time of the year the big box stores start to carry them? Thanks in advance. Go talk to your local big-box manager and ask him if you can reserve them and at what price. It's probably too late for him to adjust his order this year for you, if he even has that latitude and it's not something determined by the "home office." The worst he can do is tell you he can't do that, or can't let you know, and you're out nothing but some time. Lowe's has been doing their after-Christmas sales early, and that's a decision from the "home office" - most of it gets marked down about two weeks before Christmas to clear the shelves. The manager may be able to give you that exact date as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim00209 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Go talk to your local big-box manager and ask him if you can reserve them and at what price. It's probably too late for him to adjust his order this year for you, if he even has that latitude and it's not something determined by the "home office." The worst he can do is tell you he can't do that, or can't let you know, and you're out nothing but some time. Lowe's has been doing their after-Christmas sales early, and that's a decision from the "home office" - most of it gets marked down about two weeks before Christmas to clear the shelves. The manager may be able to give you that exact date as well.Duly noted. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefrus Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Check Walmart on there prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Check Walmart on there priceswalmart won't have anything yet, doesn't help you if you are building props and can't get the lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Around here Menards is the first to start Haloween and Christmas soon after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Leonhardt Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Our Hobby Lobby are getting lights on the shelfs now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim00209 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 In what state does your Hobby Lobby have light on stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Stevens Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Around here Menards is the first to start Haloween and Christmas soon after. That's a regional chain I've heard a lot about but too far to drive to see. As far as I know, there's none in the mid-Atlantic area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 That's a regional chain I've heard a lot about but too far to drive to see. As far as I know, there's none in the mid-Atlantic area.Time to move?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Leonhardt Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) Hobby Lobbys are in Texas, Not sure what other states they are in.www.hobbylobby.com Edited July 31, 2013 by Larry Leonhardt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75redman Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I need about 30 100 count strands of white, and about 10 100 count strands of blue Mini Lights. The cheapest I have found online is about 6-7 dollars a strand plus shipping. If I remember right, last year I bought several strands of the Lowes brand for about 3 dollars a pop. Should I buy now online or wait? If I wait, any idea about what time of the year the big box stores start to carry them? Thanks in advance.I don't know what part of California you are in but Temecula, Ca. has a Hobby Lobby. I was there on Saturday and they had all their Christmas stuff on the shelf.I had to leave so I wouldn't go broke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbaclaus Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Hobby Lobby and Garden Ridge here in Greenville, SC. I'll go check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim00209 Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 I was told that the Hobby Lobby in Merced CA (Central Valley) had tons of red and white for about $2 a box. I'm headed there tomorrow, crossing my fingers for blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james campbell Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 so I can go back to school shopping for my son and Christmas light shopping for me,,,sounds like a good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim00209 Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 Went to my local Hobby Lobby today. All they really had was GE brand 100 count mini lights, a few 25 count C9 LED and incan trunk wraps. The incan mini light (what I was interested in), were 4.99 per box. I think ill wait till' the big box store or Big Lots get their stuff before I buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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