Hot Bargain

This shop is probably not worth travelling all the way out to Preston to do some shopping, especially since there are probably similar shops in your local area (and even if you are in Preston, for whatever reason, there is probably little need to come here anyway — unless of course you need to urgently buy a gift because you suddenly realised that you rocked up at a birthday party at the Cramers without one), however if you live in the area it is a pretty useful place to purchase some cheap (and nasty) items for your house, or a gift (if you really feel that stingy, or don’t particularly like the person anyway). It can be a little confusing though since the aisles aren’t labelled, and you can spend quite a bit of time trying of actually find what you are looking for (and if you are like me, buying something completely different). Still, it has some useful items, as well as pretty decorations for your house. They also have a garden area for those with a green thumb, and a garden to make use of it.

This is the crap people buy, use once or twice and then dump out the front of the Salvos patting themselves on the back for being so charitable. HELLO SOON TO BE LANDFILL.
Hot Bargains is one of the largest Chasian stores and their range is mind boggling. Thankfully their prices are lower than my expectations so I have no issues if the garden shears I just bought break after three months. They do have a pretty large/​decent garden section to the side of the shop for you green thumbs out there.
Spray paint is relatively cheap at $ 2.95 a can and if you look really hard you can find framed taxidermied butterfly’s! You can also pick up the usual cheap kitchen basics, party supplies, Kris Kringle-​esque gifts and key cutting.

Woop. If you wanna find awesome bargains and miscellaneous crap that you probably don’t need, look no further.
Hot Bargains is the best spot for all those little accessory items that you need for throwaway events (fancy dress, kids birthdays, Christmas presents, girlfriend’s birthday etc). They more than deliver on their hot bargain promise and you won’t believe how much crap they’ve got piled up in there.
This is the reason we need a free trade agreement with China. Sure, they’ll benefit by getting access to the very fuckin’ elements and minerals the miners pull out of the fuckin’ ground here, but you, as a proud Australian, will have access to all of the mass produced plastic shit you can ever imagine. Wow. Our politicians are really on to a winner there.
Seriously, do not bother with another shop if you wanna go fancy dress. I got a full Mexican gangster outfit (complete with cap gun) for about $ 8. You can’t fuck with those prices… Honcho.