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$5.52 for all this at Austin Creative Reuse.

• Scissors × 2 ($1.00 ea.)

• Pencil sharpener $0.10

• Small legal pads × 2 ($0.25 ea)

• Index cards unopened $1.00

• Legal pads × 6 ($0.25 ea.)

• Purchase Subtotal$5.10

• Sales Tax (8.25%) $0.42

• Total $5.52

Vs. $22.79 from Target

• Scissors × 2 ($3.29 ea.)

• Pencil sharpener $0.55 and broke the first use hence my need to go to ACR.

• Small legal pads × 2 ($4.19 if you could get only two but smallest is 4-pack. I halved cost)

• Index cards unopened $O.75 (vs. $1)

• Legal pads × 6 ($8.98 for 6)

• Purchase Subtotal $21.05

• Sales Tax (8.25%) $1.74

• Total $22.79

• Prices were Target’s in-house brand Up & Up for the most part or the cheapest option I could find.

So $5.52 vs $22.79 to get the exact same thing which you can’t because Target doesn’t have the small legal pads in the same quantity. Everything from Austin Creative Reuse is pre-owned and by purchasing these items you keep them out of the landfill. As I mentioned, my original need or want to go to ACR was because the pencil sharpener I bought from Target broke the very first time I tried to use It. I confess that I bought a packaged brand new plastic pencil sharpener because I didn’t want to wait until ACR was open and it was so not worth it materially, ethically and cost-wise. I got a cheaper one that works better from ACR. My husband asked for a bunch of more legal pads and he’s now conscious of what is the most cost effective way to take notes: secondhand diverted paper versus computer and energy costs, so the fact that we saved these from the landfill was great. I wish I had taken a picture of the enormous tub of legal pads that are available and I will the next time I go but buying legal pads from ACR is definitely the way to go!

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