DE Blade Come Back?

[DunEdinRanger]

I was in a local supermarket this evening and noticed they were advertising their Double Edge Safety Razor Blades as an alternative to the Venus Silk since they were priced much lower for a pack of 10.

There were only two things wrong with that.

1) They were priced at $8.99 for a pack of 10.

2) They weren't selling any DE's for the ladies.

 

[siouxsie]

I've seen that also in the Cub foods store in our neighborhood. They're stocking the store brand DE blades in the ladies razor section.

More strong-arming from Gillette?

EDIT: They were there before in the men's section, but maybe because of the new Gillette 5 blade cart and the Schick Hydros have forced them out.

 

[Uncle Erik]

I've also noticed DE blades at the local Walgreen's. However, I think they were something like $6.99 for a pack of ten. Ridiculous, but it was still nice to see them available.

 

[FL shaver]

I've also noticed DE blades at the local Walgreen's. However, I think they were something like $6.99 for a pack of ten. Ridiculous, but it was still nice to see them available.

CVS also has those ASR blades for a similar price, but they are $2 and change at the local grocery store Publix. I can get several very good shaves from those ASR blades.

 

[DunEdinRanger]

I'm not sure these were ASR's. I wonder if they were Dorcos?

 

[Stubblefield]

I'm not sure these were ASR's. I wonder if they were Dorcos?

You can pretty much tell by the dispenser.

 

[DunEdinRanger]

You can pretty much tell by the dispenser.

Pathmark & A&P have the Dorco blades. The dispenser looks just like the ASR dispenser to me.

 

[DE Shaver]

Well, I don't know if they're making a comeback but there seem to be shelf space allocated to them in my area. Unfortunately, the pricing is quite high although much lower than a cartridge razor system.

 

[Super Speed]

Several months ago, when I first started wet shaving. I purchased a pack of Walgreens blades (repackaged ASR blades). I think I payed $6 bucks for them, and I would rather shave with a dull buck knife after using them!

Just recently picked up a 5 pack of Wilkinson-Sword DE's at Market Basket (local chain grocery store) for $1.19. Decent blades, reasonable price.

Most retail stores I see, usually only have 1 brand of DE blades, if any.

 

[Smoothfacedprince]

Pretty much every grocery store I go to seems to carry the same DE blades. The ones wiht the cool metal slide out package. The price is way to high though, about 8 bucks for a 10 pack at walgreens and a much more modest 2 dollars at winco foods.

 

[dpm802]

Every retail store that carries DE blades has ASR. It says so on the back of the package. They vary in price, but the cheapest I've found is Wegmans at $2.99. That was the first DE blade I bought, even before I had a razor to put it in.

I work at the PX on a military base, where they carry Exhange Select brand DE blades (10 @ $1.49) and Injector blades (11 in a plastic dispenser @ 2.49.) Both of these are made by ASR also.

I keep a running inventory of the DE blades whenever I go down that aisle. Actually, we sell a lot of them. Apparently, whoever is buying them, is buying lots of packs at one time, because the counts often decrease by double-digits as soon as they come back in stock.

 

[DunEdinRanger]

Every retail store that carries DE blades has ASR. It says so on the back of the package. They vary in price, but the cheapest I've found is Wegmans at $2.99. That was the first DE blade I bought, even before I had a razor to put it in.

I work at the PX on a military base, where they carry Exhange Select brand DE blades (10 @ $1.49) and Injector blades (11 in a plastic dispenser @ 2.49.) Both of these are made by ASR also.

I keep a running inventory of the DE blades whenever I go down that aisle. Actually, we sell a lot of them. Apparently, whoever is buying them, is buying lots of packs at one time, because the counts often decrease by double-digits as soon as they come back in stock.

Not Pathmark/A&P - their blades say Made in Korea.