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mnhtnbb

(32,740 posts)
19. The Versa cart folds up
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 07:33 AM
Jul 12

So you just put it in the grocery cart while at the store.

Here are the dimensions



Which I took from Wayfair, where it is also available. I've had mine for 18 years. It holds up to 120 lbs and although I no longer use it for groceries, it does come in handy around the house from time to time.

When I used it for groceries, mine were packed in plastic bags from the store Heavy stuff on the bottom, lighter on top, and more could be hung from the handles. It holds a lot of groceries.

Here's a photo I took of it loaded during the early days of COVID 2020 when I would only go to the store about every two weeks.



Oddly enough, I bought the cart to ship with furnishings going to a house in Panama, which was on an island in the Bocas area. Shopping would be done on another island, so we'd have to bring groceries from there by boat to our house. It was intended as an escape from Bush. When Obama was elected, we figured we'd no longer need to leave the country, and sold the place in Panama after our house here burned down. Everything I had in storage to be shipped to Panama, I used to furnish a new place here. Somebody once told me I was lucky to have a house in a box and didn't have to start from scratch after the fire, which destroyed everything. Who knew I'd be using a collapsible cart years later during a pandemic, living in a high rise apartment? Life is so damn unpredictable.

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I would feel helpless without my car. riversedge Jul 11 #1
With a move like you're making, I'll bet you've really purged your belongings. There is a DUer Deuxcents Jul 11 #2
Yes, we had lunch back in January. sinkingfeeling Jul 11 #6
So good to hear that..don't want to pry into your personal space but..are you gonna be living near them? Deuxcents Jul 11 #12
Yep, Arenal isn't very big. sinkingfeeling Jul 11 #13
grocery shopping with out a car? goodbye costco lol msongs Jul 11 #3
no dcmfox Jul 11 #8
Have my Pricesmart card already, but it's in Liberia, about 90 minutes away. sinkingfeeling Jul 11 #14
My suggestion is to hold onto your drivers license until you get resettled FakeNoose Jul 11 #4
Costa Rica sounds nice Be The Light Jul 11 #5
feel the same dcmfox Jul 11 #7
Renewed my DL last month for 4 years. Costa Rica will exchange a current US license for one of theirs. sinkingfeeling Jul 11 #10
Most of the people I provide volunteer services to have had to give up their cars. erronis Jul 11 #9
I have not driven for 6 years. I've been making do with the bus system (first suburb west of Minneapolis) progree Jul 11 #11
That's pretty impressive! wolfie001 Jul 11 #15
Thanks 😊 progree Jul 12 #18
Do you walk on pavement? Sidewalk? Dirt path? mnhtnbb Jul 12 #16
I've given a lot of thought about a cart. I've held back because I don't want to drag it along on my progree Jul 12 #17
The Versa cart folds up mnhtnbb Jul 12 #19
Thanks! I'm impressed, definitely more than the amount of groceries I carry /nt progree Jul 12 #20
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