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Day Two With The CVS Brand Razor Blades

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Took a half hour to stop the bleeding

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I will chronicle my experience in my quest for the best shaving solution in light of the insane cost of Gillette razor blades and complete brutality inflicted with generic store brand razor blades.

Based on many recommendations I signed up for dollarsharve club.  The premise sounds outstanding  and if it works half as good as Chris DeWolfe and Rick Doucette claim it does I’ll be psyched.

I ordered the middle of the line razors-

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From the site-
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Dollar Shave Club couldn’t be simpler. Select one of our great razors, pay one low monthly fee, and we send ‘em right to your door. No more over-paying for fancy brand name shave tech.  No more forgetting to buy your blades.

Day One With The Generic Brand Razor…

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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I shoulda known better.

Here was the flawed logic from the post yesterday-

So If The Next Time You See me I’m Bleeding Profusely From My Face…

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Joey C

You can blame it on my decision to take a shot on some CVS brand disposable razors.

I ran out of  blades for my Gillette Mach III razor blade shaver about a month ago and finally succumbed to the need to buy new ones.  Went to Target and  couldn’t bring myself to spend $32 for 15 razor blades.  Seems insane to me.  Those dinky little Mach III refills cost over $2 each.

So after another full week of using the dull month and a week old razor blade I finally decided I had to suck it up and buy some new blades.  Went to CVS and saw they had a big sale on razor blades and grabbed this deal-

2 four packs of what looks to be the premium CVS brand disposables.  They were $6.99 per pack and if you bought two packs you got $5 back. Basically $14 minus a $5 rebate for 8 disposable razors comes out to just over a buck a razor.  If I’m found days from now dead,  in a pool of blood from multiple deep inflicted razor cut wounds you’ll know why.

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So there’s your lesson for the day.  When a deal isn’t a deal-  Generic Store Brand Razor Blades.

This ought to make you feel better when you fork over the money for the more expensive brand name razor blades.  I’ll be forking over the money for my old trusty Mach III blades and feel much better about it.  I swear the month and a week old Gillette Mach III blade gave a better shave than this CVS brand one did right out of the package.

Fool me once…

So If The Next Time You See me I’m Bleeding Profusely From My Face…

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

You can blame it on my decision to take a shot on some CVS brand disposable razors.

I ran out of  blades for my Gillette Mach III razor blade shaver about a month ago and finally succumbed to the need to buy new ones.  Went to Target and  couldn’t bring myself to spend $32 for 15 razor blades.  Seems insane to me.  Those dinky little Mach III refills cost over $2 each.

So after another full week of using the dull month and a week old razor blade I finally decided I had to suck it up and buy some new blades.  Went to CVS and saw they had a big sale on razor blades and grabbed this deal-

2 four packs of what looks to be the premium CVS brand disposables.  They were $6.99 per pack and if you bought two packs you got $5 back. Basically $14 minus a $5 rebate for 8 disposable razors comes out to just over a buck a razor.  If I’m found days from now dead,  in a pool of blood from multiple deep inflicted razor cut wounds you’ll know why.

What do you buy for shaving products?  Do you go premium Gillette or the cheapest thing possible?  I’d be interested to hear what people are doing these days.

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