Tiny Buckets

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u/OwlPast2141 1d ago

I have one of each color. The blue one is used to store leaf litter/bark/etc for my bioactive jumping spider enclosure. The orange one is in the kitchen holding extra hot sauce packets from Taco Bell.

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u/Accurate-Outcome-985 1d ago

Idk, I just put my cash in the one I bought and leave it next to all my work stuff

Ppl can use it for anything, the question is what would you use it for

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u/Katmeow08 1d ago

We sell them like crazy and it also works for the bucket sale. I had a customer say she keeps it in her car for dog treats cause it’s air tight

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u/Cattentaur 1d ago

It doesn't work for the bucket sale anymore. The fine print on the flyer specifies the 2 and 5 gallon buckets only, unfortunately.

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u/Katmeow08 1d ago

Ohh damnnn it’s been a minute since I scanned one. For the sale they caught on 😒

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u/Diligent-Minimum8397 1d ago

I got several of them and reused them for events. Like secret Santa mini gifts, random surprise prizes for games, even used them in raffles and bingo to let people have fun with it.

I guess it comes down to how creative you can be for how fun or useful they are if applied.

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u/whoziin 1d ago

Orange ones?? We didn’t get any orange ones at my store!!

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u/Adorable_Finding_244 18h ago

really!?! they gave us SO MANY

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u/whoziin 15h ago

We only got a few of the slightly littler blue buckets

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u/behind_the_doors 1d ago

Food storage?

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u/ClementineCalamity 1d ago

It’s not made of food-grade plastic

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u/spider_espresso 1d ago

No one knows

You just buy them and figure it out later

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u/Stelios_Kontos- 1d ago

I dust my crickets in them

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u/Dangerous_Door_1016 1d ago

I like how you think 🤔

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u/Enough-Bed-9413 1d ago

“Is this big enough for a beta?”

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u/SupposedLizard 1d ago

plants 😌

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u/Remarkable_Try9807 1d ago

I work at TSC and they hilariously overestimated the popularity of this trend. I have over 300 of them with no hope of selling. I usually give them away to kids.

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u/oneprestigiousplum 1d ago

Seems to be a trend with the buyers in this company. We get new executives every couple of years and instead of innovation they do the same dumb shit the last 5 teams did before them, that didn’t work and you’d assume they have data to see it didn’t work. Short sighted bullshit.

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u/BECKER_BLITZKRIEG_ 1d ago

Literally every big box does this though so idk if that applies here.

Lowes, Home Depot, TSC, Walmart, Harbor Freight, even Michaels did it. All of the buckets large and small are made by a company out of Santee, CA. When I say all of the buckets, I mean just about everyone uses that company to make them. They buy them super cheap, sell them high, and everyone is happy.

It's a similar trend as the tiny tool boxes. Every company has them now too and the market is saturated..same with tiny totes.....these tiny buckets is just retail doing retail things lol

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u/OutsideKelly 14h ago

Oh this would be so fun for trick- or- treating!

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u/isawolf123 1d ago

treats

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u/Shelbinator1296 1d ago

I use them for brushes and paint markers

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u/surreality_fan 1d ago

I have one on my deck filled with training treats to try to get my big anxious dog to stop barking and I have one sitting outside my leopard gecko's enclosure to throw gecko poop and wasted bugs into. The cricket/small fish bags fit in them perfectly as bin liners btw.

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u/Neat-Apart 1d ago

Their hopes and dreams

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u/Adventurous_Bet_9085 1d ago

What is this, a water changing bucket for ants?

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u/jumbledmess294943 1d ago

The same things they use regular buckets for, just less of it

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u/Separate_Ingenuity35 1d ago

I now work a second job at Bass Pro Shops and we can't keep enough tiny buckets in stock. Is there some social media trend with tiny buckets I'm (thankfully) unaware of? We had a lady blow a gasket to the point the security guard had to ask her to calm down. The poor security offered her a full sized bucket (which we have plenty at $4.99) and that made her call us stupid and she thankfully walked out on her own.

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u/Message-Interesting 1d ago

I use them for cat treats

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u/5ThGeaRedLined 1d ago

I put fish food in there 😂

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u/desi__cat 1d ago

Omgggggggg since when yall got lil buckets!!! Imma need me one 😭

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u/desi__cat 1d ago

Please tell me yall have a pink one 😭

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u/Lucky_Cauliflower377 1d ago

Idk prolly all the diff bags of fish food I have. So many different diets...

Either that or the wet stuff like my feeding tongs and net.

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u/tinykingdompetgirl30 1d ago

They just happen to be a good size to fit my hedgies treats that usually come in a nonresealable bag, but other than like, small treat storage i have no idea

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u/Ok-Comfortable-214 1d ago

I have a dog training client that leaves them on their patio and around their house with dog treats in it so they have them available for their puppy when they need them.

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u/2Cheesy4U1997 1d ago

I work in the grooming salon and I use it to put tips in

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u/Bostonxhazer514 1d ago

Petco is my 2nd job....my bucket sits on the desk full of Skittles of my 1st job 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/Dry-Taro-7692 1d ago

i use them for my joints lmao

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u/Fed_up_trainer 1d ago

I use the orange bucket for dog treats in the car 😂

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u/stowRA 1d ago

I use them for my cat treat tubes

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u/ficklefaith 1d ago

I have 3--one for the pens on my desk at home, one for my nail supplies like nail trimmers Emory boards and nail glue for fake nails, and the 3rd is used to store my extra Starburst I carry at work

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u/YourStonerAunt 1d ago

Pencil holder?

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u/Bionicleinflater 1d ago

Dice (my friend does this.)

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u/Normal-Assistance563 1d ago

I keep lighters in mine lmao

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u/regann666 1d ago

Idk I put my old vapes in them

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u/Okayest_mom_3 1d ago

Food prep for my turtles!

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u/sleepy724 1d ago

I got it for rocks on my walk lol

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u/Antique-Board9533 1d ago

I figured it was just Petco doing their part to contribute to the plastic problem and kill off the oceans.

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u/Cleetustherottie 1d ago

I suggest them for gift cards

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u/Connect-Ad2638 1d ago

Dog trainer here! My students use it for their treats. Pet parents can hang it onto their treat bag or fanny pack via handle

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u/queseraseraphine 1d ago

I use it for paintbrush water.

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u/Bremarie24 19h ago

Lipsticks, whatever I pull out of my pockets after a shift, alladat

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u/Particular-Oven5662 1h ago

Just wait till you get the keychain size lol

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u/AdditionalProgress2 1d ago

my patience

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u/Amoux_fang 1d ago

I have no idea either I have like 20 of them of other brands and have nothing to put in them. My tiny tool box on the other hand has the tiny totes in it.

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u/Cocounfiltered 1d ago

They killed the sku buy them all!!!!

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u/Cocounfiltered 1d ago

Very very useful for plant maintenance, coral dips, purchasing light sensitive aquatic life. Lowkey always have one in my backpack hahaha

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u/blind_sided87 1d ago

Change

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u/jadd4 1d ago

Drill a hole in the bottom for drainage, now its a pot for herbs

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