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$198
$329.99
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Walmart has Core Equipment 12-Person Camping Tent on sale for $198. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member BluePencil909 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Sleeps 12
  • Fits 4 queen air mattresses
  • Core H2O Block Technology
  • Adjustable ground vents draw cool air in
  • Full mesh ceiling lets hot air out to increase internal circulation and keep your tent well ventilated
  • Color-coded setup
  • Wall storage pockets keep items neat and organized
  • Electrical cord access port (port is fully closable when not in use)
  • Includes rainfly, room divider, tent stakes & carry bag
  • Tent Fabric: 68D Polyester
  • Floor Material: 115gsm P.E.
  • Dimensions: 16' x 11' x 86"
  • Product Weight: 41 lbs.
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Edited October 20, 2021 at 05:22 PM by
First post! But it's a good one. I've been watching this tent for a while, almost bought for over $300. I was really happy to see this price.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Core-E...hbdg=L1100
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If you live in California you can put this in your backyard and charge $2000/month for rent.
Or you can live rent free at Venice Beach with this bad boy
Not the lighted version, but Costco currently has the core 11 person tent on sale for $119.99: https://www.costco.com/core-11-pe...20150.html

4 and 6 person tents are also on sale for $79.99 and $99.99, respectively.

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ProfessorChaos
10-20-2021 at 08:00 PM.
10-20-2021 at 08:00 PM.
Quote from Examiner44 :
If you live in California you can put this in your backyard and charge $2000/month for rent.
I assume you're going to drape it over your trailer to keep out the rain.
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10-20-2021 at 08:18 PM.
10-20-2021 at 08:18 PM.
This might just allow me to skip an RV, but still take up the same amount of space for 0.01% of the price. A primitive campsite is a primitive campsite. Solar showers and chemical toilets are easy to find.

A/c and heat, not so much.
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ParticleJG
10-20-2021 at 08:20 PM.
10-20-2021 at 08:20 PM.
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I have this tent in a different color. It's very big. Great tent.

Is this an easy up or traditional putting a tent up?
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10-20-2021 at 08:24 PM.
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yeti79
10-20-2021 at 08:47 PM.
10-20-2021 at 08:47 PM.
Note that this is NOT an instant tent, even though it looks like one.
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L0wang
10-20-2021 at 08:48 PM.
10-20-2021 at 08:48 PM.
Quote from Examiner44 :
If you live in California you can put this in your backyard and charge $2000/month for rent.

Why bother, I can park it in front of your house in SF and live rent free!
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zekking
10-20-2021 at 09:23 PM.
10-20-2021 at 09:23 PM.
12 people that don't snore under one tent… those are some tough odds…
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10-20-2021 at 09:57 PM.
10-20-2021 at 09:57 PM.
Quote from Examiner44 :
If you live in California you can put this in your backyard and charge $2000/month for rent.
Well I wasn't planning to charge anyone. More like a guest wing for the in-laws.
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10-20-2021 at 10:02 PM.
10-20-2021 at 10:02 PM.
Quote from ParticleJG :
Is this an easy up or traditional putting a tent up?

It looks the same as mine and mine is very easy to put up. In fact once you put it together the first time you leave some things attached and it is up the next time in 5 min.
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10-20-2021 at 10:16 PM.

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10-20-2021 at 10:16 PM.
Fun Fact! Many years ago my wife and I lived in a tent about this size for 2 years while we saved up every single penny we could from our jobs. We cooked on a Coleman stove and over the campfire on some nights. We only had one main cell phone that we shared. We bought dirt cheap groceries like hot dogs and soups. We did buy chicken leg quarters when they were on sale for .39 cents a pound back then. We had no heater in the winter but the winters in the deep south(Louisiana) are not that harsh anyway. We did have some -10 degree nights here and there but we always had a campfire on the really cold nights and we had a lot of quilts we got from her grandmother.

On hot summer nights it could be brutal so we would swim in the lake before bed to cool down. We fished a lot on our days off. We hunted for cool looking rocks along the creek and we lay out under the stars on many nights and saw some cool meteor showers. We visited the library and we read a lot of books. We had no tv but we did have a small pocket radio that we would play music on while we fished or snuggled up under the stars. We didn't go to any movies or waste any money. We did buy presents for people on Christmas but we put a $20 limit per person on it.

It wasn't all fun and fluff, we did have some days when we questioned our sanity and almost gave up and went back to the city. Overall it was the most amazing time of our lives but now at my age, I don't know if I'd want to rough it like that again. After 2 years we had saved $160,000 dollars. That was a huge amount to us at the time. We invested it into 2 dividend stocks and moved back to town and bought a small house. My wife went back to college and I went back to work travelling all over the country. I retired at 35 years old and she just retired at 44. Now we are thinking of buying a RV and travelling but until then we sleep late, watch Netflix, enjoy family and friends and live as stress free as possible.

If you ever wanna get away from society and save a lot of money, consider a year or 2 in a tent lol. These days, I'd invest in a small Honda Generator that sips gas and get a portable AC unit for the tent. I'm too old for toughing it out 100% anymore.
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10-21-2021 at 12:14 AM.
10-21-2021 at 12:14 AM.
Wow, can't get my wife to ever go camping again...she is 4 star hotels or better only.
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10-21-2021 at 01:11 AM.
10-21-2021 at 01:11 AM.
Quote from Michaelhokie :
Not the lighted version, but Costco currently has the core 11 person tent on sale for $119.99: https://www.costco.com/core-11-pe...20150.html

4 and 6 person tents are also on sale for $79.99 and $99.99, respectively.

The 11 people from Costco or this one ? Is it worth the price difference just for 1 more ?
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10-21-2021 at 05:43 AM.
10-21-2021 at 05:43 AM.
12 person tent, fits 4 queen mattresses.

Math don't work!
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10-21-2021 at 05:52 AM.
10-21-2021 at 05:52 AM.
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Why bother, I can park it in front of your house in SF and live rent free!

In the human pee, poop and hypodermic needles?
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10-21-2021 at 05:57 AM.
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Quote from swgfanforlife :
Fun Fact! Many years ago my wife and I lived in a tent about this size for 2 years while we saved up every single penny we could from our jobs. We cooked on a Coleman stove and over the campfire on some nights. We only had one main cell phone that we shared. We bought dirt cheap groceries like hot dogs and soups. We did buy chicken leg quarters when they were on sale for .39 cents a pound back then. We had no heater in the winter but the winters in the deep south(Louisiana) are not that harsh anyway. We did have some -10 degree nights here and there but we always had a campfire on the really cold nights and we had a lot of quilts we got from her grandmother.

On hot summer nights it could be brutal so we would swim in the lake before bed to cool down. We fished a lot on our days off. We hunted for cool looking rocks along the creek and we lay out under the stars on many nights and saw some cool meteor showers. We visited the library and we read a lot of books. We had no tv but we did have a small pocket radio that we would play music on while we fished or snuggled up under the stars. We didn't go to any movies or waste any money. We did buy presents for people on Christmas but we put a $20 limit per person on it.

It wasn't all fun and fluff, we did have some days when we questioned our sanity and almost gave up and went back to the city. Overall it was the most amazing time of our lives but now at my age, I don't know if I'd want to rough it like that again. After 2 years we had saved $160,000 dollars. That was a huge amount to us at the time. We invested it into 2 dividend stocks and moved back to town and bought a small house. My wife went back to college and I went back to work travelling all over the country. I retired at 35 years old and she just retired at 44. Now we are thinking of buying a RV and travelling but until then we sleep late, watch Netflix, enjoy family and friends and live as stress free as possible.

If you ever wanna get away from society and save a lot of money, consider a year or 2 in a tent lol. These days, I'd invest in a small Honda Generator that sips gas and get a portable AC unit for the tent. I'm too old for toughing it out 100% anymore.
I love the wholesome story! Curious what year this was and what the dividend stocks were to afford you the luxury of retiring at 35/44. Even if you paid $60,000 for a small house, had no mortgage payment, the cost of living for 2 people and would seem too high to not work anymore and live off of $100,000 worth of stocks dividends.
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