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The Modern Day Frugal
Im a sucker for bargains. Heres a few reviews…
Boom City Fireworks
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5 reviews for Boom City Fireworks
We survived boom city.
No missing digits
Our eyes have sunken back into their sockets after they got as big as saucers and nearly popped out due to visionary overload.
The ringing in the ears stopped at breakfast this morning (thank God for the nightcap of Advil).
We also survived the boom-a-rang type of firework that once launched out of the tube goes up in the air and suddenly as if it was a heat seeking missle turns around and comes straight back at ya. Thankfully all the kids were asleep in the house and it was adult time because we couldn't scramble and dodge fast enough out of our rickety foldup camping chairs. I dove behind my brother while he tried his best to cower into the fetal position.
Awesome fourth of July.
R.I.P. watermelon-thank you for giving us a great finale to the fireworks but did you have to get your pink flesh all over us in your last act of defiance? I was picking it out of my hair this morning.
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7/2/2008
Where do you go for fireworks that are guaranteed to blow off a few digits and provide you with… Read more »
I will say this because you should definitely know this if you go up there- Don't buy fireworks from the first person that flags you down! You need to circle the rows a couple times, then they know you are shopping for the best price available. If one of the vendors offers you a "special price", you tell them "well the other stand down there will sell me two of those for the same price!" And before you agree to buy, ask them to throw in a couple extra things for you.
You have to be a good bargainer, or else, you should just buy fireworks from the TNT stands!
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7/1/2008
I love boom city! Although they banned fireworks in MLT where i grew up only 2 years ago, it seems… Read more »
It's been over 20 years since I've been to boom city! I, too, felt violated when I got back and found out that virtually everything except bottle rockets and firecrackers were available from the stand my local high school ran and for about 1/4 less than the "deals" I got at boom city.
It's a total pain to get to, and a bit of a mad house once you are there, but where else are you going to get your M-80's or your Cherry Bombs...uhh... I mean your Ground Bloom Flowers, Friendship Pagodas, Sparklers, and Magic Snakes????
I've been coming here with my uncles since I was little (well, I'm still little and have a hard time seeing over the counter...but that's another review) and my sister and I would carefully calculate how to, quite literally, get the most bang from our allowance buck. A 9 year old can drive a mean bargain when it means the difference between getting a tank that shoots little fireballs or a Picolo Pete.
Occasionally, my uncle would ask for something under his breath and be required to show that he had red hair before being allowed to purchase a tennis ball with a fuse coming out of it, or some other ridiculously unsafe five dollar explosive.
These "under breath fireworks" do a much better job of blowing up coffee cans and neighbors mailboxes than my little black cat firecrackers which are only good for blowing up discarded keg cups.
So, come to Boom City with a plan and remember to pick up your free punks because those are much safer than matches, lighters, or trying to light multiple fuses with a sparkler! *******
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I went to Boom City for the first time today thinking that there would be good deals available there without hassle. I do not normally purchase fireworks but had a request for some from friends out of town so I am perhaps a little green when it comes to being savvy. After being hailed by a vendor when I first walked in, I walked up to his booth which was playing very loud over modulated AC/DC music (there is a reason for this I think). I spent about $120 in the end which was more than I had planned but all the fireworks were bundled in multiple-unit packaging.
When I got home, I did some pricing research to find that I paid full retail or slightly more than retail for every item despite the merchant making me think that everything was normally priced much higher, but for me, a "special price". I pretty much feel scammed and could have done just as well at any street fireworks booth anywhere in Washington. His "normal price" was basically double retail elsewhere and my "special price" was maybe 10-30% over any true "niceguy" price and at or above the truley honest vendors that prominently display pricing.. There may be deals available there but from my experience, you have to a) know your prices b) be ready to haggle and work for them c) know where the best vendors are. All said and done,.. don't bother if you have to drive more than 10 minutes. It is just as easy apparently to be ripped off as it is to get a deal. No prices are marked, no deals are just offered up front and there is no reason to go out of your way unless you really know your stuff. I won't be back.
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