Stuart Ablett
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I've found a replacement for my beloved Joyful Honda................no really it is, I could not believe it
On the way home from Joyful Honda, just as I get off one expressway, and PAY to get on another one, there is this HUGE billboard that says "SUPER Viva Home".......... I figured it was a DIY place, and it is in an area that used to be all industrial, but they are now building shopping centers, and multiplexes. I thought I should give it a try, often I've found new DIY shops that are more Walmart than Borg, so I was not too optimistic, well boy am I ever glad to be DEAD wrong!! {(.)}
Just a couple of shots, I was so stunned walking around that I forgot to take pics!
This place is easily twice as big as Joyful Honda, maybe even 3 times as big, and I did not go into the garden center, or the second floor where the "Auto-Zone" is......HUGE!
Heck they have 3100 parking spots!
The prices are very similar to Joyful, some things are lower, some are a bit higher. Thing is, the new place has a few things going for it;
One: The new place is only 30 minutes from my house, WAY less time driving, gas used etc.
Two: I only have to use one expressway, this costs $7 each way, Joyful costs me a total of $13.50 each way.
Three: New place has a "Points Card" you get points for each thing you buy, and then you get money back. To get even more points back if I use the new credit card I have from them, I get DOUBLE the points. This will pay the toll road fees each time I go, as I SELDOM spend less than $200 each time I go. I go about once every six weeks, and I usually buy a bunch of stuff for the Liquor shop too.
Four: Next to the new place, is a self serve gas stand, again, if I use my new place CC there, I get 4 yen off a liter of gas!
I pay 165 yen a liter in Tokyo, out there, the price is 144, and with the extra discount, I get it for 140 yen a liter! {(.)}
My little truck takes about 40 liters of gas, so that saves me about $10 a tank on gas.
I have no problem with having another credit card, I use them seldom, and pay them off each month.
Boy this new place, Super Viva Home is just fantastic, SO MUCH more stuff, and the selection is HUGE, the service is good too, I really do not think I'll be heading out to Joyful anymore.
Cheers!
On the way home from Joyful Honda, just as I get off one expressway, and PAY to get on another one, there is this HUGE billboard that says "SUPER Viva Home".......... I figured it was a DIY place, and it is in an area that used to be all industrial, but they are now building shopping centers, and multiplexes. I thought I should give it a try, often I've found new DIY shops that are more Walmart than Borg, so I was not too optimistic, well boy am I ever glad to be DEAD wrong!! {(.)}
Just a couple of shots, I was so stunned walking around that I forgot to take pics!
This place is easily twice as big as Joyful Honda, maybe even 3 times as big, and I did not go into the garden center, or the second floor where the "Auto-Zone" is......HUGE!
Heck they have 3100 parking spots!
The prices are very similar to Joyful, some things are lower, some are a bit higher. Thing is, the new place has a few things going for it;
One: The new place is only 30 minutes from my house, WAY less time driving, gas used etc.
Two: I only have to use one expressway, this costs $7 each way, Joyful costs me a total of $13.50 each way.
Three: New place has a "Points Card" you get points for each thing you buy, and then you get money back. To get even more points back if I use the new credit card I have from them, I get DOUBLE the points. This will pay the toll road fees each time I go, as I SELDOM spend less than $200 each time I go. I go about once every six weeks, and I usually buy a bunch of stuff for the Liquor shop too.
Four: Next to the new place, is a self serve gas stand, again, if I use my new place CC there, I get 4 yen off a liter of gas!
I pay 165 yen a liter in Tokyo, out there, the price is 144, and with the extra discount, I get it for 140 yen a liter! {(.)}
My little truck takes about 40 liters of gas, so that saves me about $10 a tank on gas.
I have no problem with having another credit card, I use them seldom, and pay them off each month.
Boy this new place, Super Viva Home is just fantastic, SO MUCH more stuff, and the selection is HUGE, the service is good too, I really do not think I'll be heading out to Joyful anymore.
Cheers!