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Fall

Bella2022 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:38:13 GMT

Wow is Valerie's stuff wicked expensive oh my word

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rms1954 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:13:48 GMT

Normal pricing.

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skatting44 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:22:20 GMT

VP line has always been pricey. I used to go to the outlet in near Wilmington , De where they had tons of VP items for a much discounted price.

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Bonkers1 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:32:37 GMT

I agree wholeheartedly. Her designs aren't out of the ordinary. Shopping other places is wise.

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bellaartiste — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:26:49 GMT

Some one said "typical". I am not sure what that means, but I shop at Home Goods and Macy's, some at Hobby Lobby and Valerie prices are more expensive for similar items.

I have her three pumpkins, well two, now from last season. The small one fell, and broke into a million pieces. I found something similar at Hobby Lobby for under $10.00. Same filigree, almost the same color. I actually like the orange one from Hobby Lobby better.

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Maizie Green — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:36:02 GMT

I shop them all and think they all have their place.

One of my biggest complaints about stuff from HomeGoods is that they don't have timers for illuminated items. I just bought three beautiful ruby red illuminated pumpkins from HomeGoods and they don't have timers. I knew that going into them, but they were just so darn pretty. They were $20 each so three of them $60 around the same price as Val. Plus, the pain of remembering to turn them off and on each night.

I bought an adorable haunted house at HomeGoods for $60 last week and it takes AAA batteries which don't last very long anyway and no timer. My work around was to buy the dummy electric batteries which added another $15 to the cost and then use a smart plug so it would be automatically off and on.

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Bella2022 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:53:31 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
Normal pricing.

No way 🤔

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Neetgal2 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:07:08 GMT

Tariffs!

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Tori3569 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:52:38 GMT

If you shop at HL, maybe not, but if you can't / don't go there, then not too expensive. People have different taste and different disposable income.

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UpNorthGorgy — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:58:44 GMT

@bellaartiste I had to smile as I bought the three pumpkins in orange when they were first aired at similar price. My dog ran after a chipmonk over my front step and broke one and like you and am down to two.

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gidgetgh — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:09:49 GMT

I paid $5.03 per gallon for gas today.

The price of everything is sky high.

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Biftu — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:19:59 GMT

@Neetgal2 wrote:
Tariffs!

@Neetgal2 You said it. It's taken a while for us to really feel the impact on goods. Of course we noticed food and gas prices pretty early on.

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Shanus — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:15:21 GMT

@Neetgal2 wrote:
Tariffs!

@Neetgal2 Definitely since most of these things are imported.

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SHOPR — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:52:56 GMT

@Maizie Green Can you give a little more info on the dummy batteries you bought as well as the smart plug? New to me! And I am seeing a lot of options, which is getting confusing fast. Thanks.

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Maizie Green — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:00:39 GMT

@SHOPR wrote:
@Maizie Green Can you give a little more info on the dummy batteries you bought as well as the smart plug? New to me! And I am seeing a lot of options, which is getting confusing fast. Thanks.

Sure, I bought the AAA for my haunted house and I needed a set of three.

here is what I bought.

AC Power Supply Adapter for AAA Battery,Replaces3 AAA

you just insert them like you would normally I put the one with the cord to the back of of the battery compartment. that way I could still put the cover on the battery pack and the cord was facing the back of the haunted house for plug in.

they come in several different configurations. I bought three nice pumpkins at HomeGoods with no timer so I'm going to buy the one that is the three inone because the pumpkins will be grouped together and then I can plug them into a smart plug.

For my smart plugs, I use a version of these.

I have a lot of them and they use an app. So what I did was I labeled them all ABCD etc. with a sharpie and then in the app I labeled the coordinating timer ABCD etc.That way when I pull one out of My stash I know which one I'm using and I can Change the name of whatever item I'm using them for in the app very quickly. For example, I may use it for my Christmas tree this year, but then in the fall, I may use it for my pumpkins. That way if I need to adjust the time, I know which one I'm working with. I just look for that corresponding letter.

I like the ones that are Wi-Fi. I don't like the buzzing sound on the old-fashioned kind and also I like to be able to change things on the fly from my phone. If someone comes over and I wanna light something up I just pick up my phone and can turn it on. Mine are all hooked to Alexa as well so I can tell Alexa to turn on whatever

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Zhills — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:18:13 GMT

I use the smart plugs with Alexa for my house lights.

I also have a smart 'outdoor' plug for decorations.

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why again — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:27:01 GMT

Last fall I found the same thing at Kirlands, some simmilar items and cheaper but no timers and batteries go out even sooner than VPH items, Was bit not worth the savings

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SHOPR — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:13:39 GMT

@Maizie Green Thank you so much for all of that helpful info!

It is a little funny to me that for so many years I wanted and was thrilled with battery operated...no cords! But over time I've found certain battery items have unacceptable battery life, to the point that I stopped using them. So, the ability to make them plug-in as an alternative is fascinating to me.

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Maizie Green — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:21:38 GMT

@SHOPR wrote:
@Maizie Green Thank you so much for all of that helpful info!
It is a little funny to me that for so many years I wanted and was thrilled with battery operated...no cords! But over time I've found certain battery items have unacceptable battery life, to the point that I stopped using them. So, the ability to make them plug-in as an alternative is fascinating to me.

100% agree with you. I have a few few items not many but a few that the battery life is terrible and I was thinking about donating them. But this gives them new life😁