I want to bottle my own jam and give it to people as presents, because I'm a real tight-arse. However I don't want to appear to be such a tight-arse that I recycle salsa jars, so I want to buy them.
Can someone help me get a decent looking jam jar (with lid) for a decent price?
Tonester, there's nothing wrong with it at all, except the lid is a dead giveaway.
Nothing says "I'm a cheapskate" more than a salsa jar lid.
if the lid is plain black then how is it a dead giveaway?
The lid is rarely plain black - 90% of the time the lid has a design on it. The other 10% it's for a 1kg jar of something.
But you raise an interesting point. If I was to get just the lids then I could use my own jars and save on the cost of the glass.
But then I'd have to get lids which are the right size for the jars I use. They're not all the same…
most of my jars have plain black or gold lids :)
I'm not sure where you live, but there seems to be quite a few options
http://www.google.com.au/#sclient=psy-ab&q=where+to+purchase…
I got a few similar jars years ago when I was messing around with chillis. I think I bought them from The Reject Shop or Sams Warehouse. From memory about $5 or $6 but it was a nice slightly custom shape jar and lid with some fitting design on it.
Can't you just spray paint the lids?
what's wrong with being an ozbargain greenie and reduce/reuse/recycle? :)
retail jams/salsas/etc can have removable labels so their jars origin is unidentifiable