tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post4239004997068393050..comments2024-03-27T15:19:28.864+08:00Comments on Mum in the making: Friday Five: Great buys from DaisoMum in the Makinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978846571220740500noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-76273583365362484552014-12-27T23:05:59.590+08:002014-12-27T23:05:59.590+08:00I just love Japanese stuff. I've been eyeing t...I just love Japanese stuff. I've been eyeing to get stuff in Daiso. Glad they sell cooking pans too! <br /><br />Japan products = High QualityAshahttp://misswanderful.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-50856428887080983042013-11-10T12:45:37.441+08:002013-11-10T12:45:37.441+08:00Well, over the years, DAISO has gradually been cut...Well, over the years, DAISO has gradually been cutting back on the really good value-for-money merchandise among its inventory, perhaps because of cost-cutting measures due to rising costs across the board. I will give you a very good example: many many years ago, perhaps almost 10 years ago, DAISO used to sell a 10-gallon emergency picnic collapsible water container(with built-in tap) for only $2. For those of you who know exactly what this is, you will know that this is a very ridiculously cheap price. No where else on planet Earth can you find this item(especially for a 10-gallon size!) at this price. A few years later, when they realised that they were selling it too cheap(normal retail price from camping stores outside is way more than $10!), they discontinued this item for good. It never came back to DAISO again. You can never find this item in DAISO now. Recently, DAISO revived the emergency picnic collapsible water container(with built-in tap) again and added it back into their inventory again, but guess what? They drastically REDUCED its size to a mere 3-liter size now! From a 10-gallon size to a 3-liter size is a very drastic size reduction, in case you have no idea. Another example: DAISO used to sell bicycle pedals, you know, the part of the bicycle where you step on to pedal your bicycle. As you can guess, a pair of bicycle pedals is expensive even if you buy them from your neighbourhood bicycle shop. But at DAISO, it was for a ridiculous price of only $2! Again, the same thing happened - after a few years when DAISO realised that they were selling the bicycle pedals too cheaply, they put a stop to it to cut losses, and nowadays, DAISO does not sell bicycle pedals anymore because it is a loss-making item. So, my point is, if you see anything in DAISO that you know for sure is selling at a ridiculously super-low loss-making price at $2, please buy more of them and stock up like your life depends on it, because, the fact is, DAISO is now cutting down on costs globally, and the items that are really super-value-for-money are becoming fewer and far between. In my opinion, the best years when you could really get very good value-for-money items, was about more than five to seven years ago, when DAISO was still relatively new in Singapore. After that, they started to cut costs across the board, and started dropping items from their inventory that they considered to be loss-making. That's why many of the items that you have always wanted to buy again, never came back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-83946208601758091732013-09-21T11:47:38.170+08:002013-09-21T11:47:38.170+08:00The cookware for the kids is too clever!The cookware for the kids is too clever!homeschoolsghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881362728979876307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-65844425258378588372013-09-21T00:31:30.871+08:002013-09-21T00:31:30.871+08:00My top fave are the transparent shoe boxes. Bought...My top fave are the transparent shoe boxes. Bought loads to store all kinds of stuff at home and for homeschooling. I recently added in cuttable plastic dividers (also from Daiso) into the shoe boxes to store & sort our new Lego pieces.<br /><br />Also bought many of the wooden grain trays for our Montessori shelves.<br /><br />Always hard to exit from it empty-handed! :pMieVee @ MummysHomeschool.comhttp://www.mummyshomeschool.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-14536368311535707842013-09-20T23:30:27.125+08:002013-09-20T23:30:27.125+08:00We inherited a whole bunch of these bento things! ...We inherited a whole bunch of these bento things! Fun additions to snack boxes. Love your ideas on using the wooden crates and the real kitchenware. I will look out for them the next time I am at Daiso!Corsage@A Dollop Of Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147931647105342881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-5830920020452754162013-09-20T12:33:26.680+08:002013-09-20T12:33:26.680+08:00I also bought cookware for my kids to do kitchen p...I also bought cookware for my kids to do kitchen pretend play!Waiwai Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257806901475991409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-9000335532770137432013-09-20T09:47:44.888+08:002013-09-20T09:47:44.888+08:00I love the bento stuff at Daiso too! Wish they bro...I love the bento stuff at Daiso too! Wish they brought new designs in faster though ;p<br /><br />Ai @ <a href="http://www.sakuraharuka.com/" rel="nofollow"> Sakura Haruka </a>Ai Sakurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647203995385379898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-35908720615208362972013-09-20T09:21:43.347+08:002013-09-20T09:21:43.347+08:00I totally agree with your top 5! I love the boxes ...I totally agree with your top 5! I love the boxes and craft materials the most too! =)Madeline Henghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498012042966619295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-58703340658358852712013-09-20T09:08:51.984+08:002013-09-20T09:08:51.984+08:00Love Daiso! It's like IKEA, I always walk out ...Love Daiso! It's like IKEA, I always walk out with something! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-26504834097032824362013-09-20T08:01:25.538+08:002013-09-20T08:01:25.538+08:00The stackable box can crack. One of mine crack n b...The stackable box can crack. One of mine crack n broke. The handle part. :( I love to browse the sewing craft section.joeycraftworkzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051205674068146175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072099236937422307.post-5634878458870420752013-09-20T07:10:42.110+08:002013-09-20T07:10:42.110+08:00Justina! The salad dressing is my favourite! :pJustina! The salad dressing is my favourite! :pAdeline Oonhttp://accidental-mom-blogger.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com