You don ' t know Romo . We ' re talking about the guy who was a QB in the NFL for several years before he stopped trying to qualify for the US Open . <| sep |> Anything loose , really . In certain areas at certain stores , you ' d be surprised what you can buy loose from a package . On a scale from oh okay sure to wtf really ? There are stores that will sell such items as An 8 , 10 , or 16 oz coffee cup full of sugar or milk , if you can ' t afford the boxbag of sugar or the smallest measure of bottled milk A loose cigarette , which is totally illegal because of taxes Loose plastic cups . Maybe that ' s not weird but a lot of stores keep a package of 7 oz plastic cups open and they aren ' t free . They cost 510 cents . Paper cups for coffee are 25 cents each . Loose sticks of butter or margarine and other items that are clearly labelled Not for individual sale . But really , all you have is a dollar or a dollar and a half . A package with 4 sticks of butter costs anywhere from 4 and a half to 6 dollars . Can ' t afford a dozen eggs ? Break the carton in half and sell 6 . Can ' t afford half a dozen ? A single egg out of the carton of a dozen , 75 cents each , depending . It ' s okay because others will come in and want an odd number of eggs . Or they ' ll be short on a dozen and you can negotiate and work with them . if they only have $ 1 . 75 and the dozen normally costs $ 2 . 50 , but the carton only has 8 eggs left because some were sold loose , it ' s okay . Because at $ 2 . 50 a dozen , basically you ' re making 6 cents more by selling 8 for $ 1 . 75 . And , having sold the other 4 eggs at 75 cents each , that dozen of eggs basically gets sold for $ 4 . 75 instead of $ 2 . 50 . And there ' s nothing unethical about it , because sometimes people don ' t want all the eggs or can ' t afford and don ' t need all the eggs , and are willing to pay extra for the single . There ' s more smallcents profit in loose items . There are several downsides to opening packages and selling the contents loose , though . Single light bulbs . Single batteries out of the pack . Loose sheets of rolling paper . Loose sheets of aluminum foil . Loose slices of bread . It ' s really no different from selling one banana for a set price as opposed to the selling the bunch per pound . Some mayonnaise in a cup , enough for a few sandwiches to go with the slices of bread . Salt in a napkin . Except something like a napkin of salt is usually complimentary , unless it ' s more than what you could hold in the palm of your hand . Table salt is cheap . Anywhere from 50 cents to a dollar will get you a refill for your refillable butane lighter . Loose tampons . Yes , they are expensive and sometimes you just need one or two to get you through the day or the next couple of hours . Feminine hygiene products are necessities and sometimes I think they should be covered by health insurance but they aren ' t . Whatever . A small quantity of baking soda , like a tablespoon or so , in a paper bag . We all know what it ' s for , that ' s fine . But if you don ' t have a dollar to spend on the 8 oz box of Arm Hammer , and you only need just a little bit , it ' s okay . No one ' s gonna judge you .