Anthropologie Put Six Bobby Pins on Sale for $15

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Anthropologie's annual summer tag sale is a glorious place, marked by the invitation to really sit and consider buying crazy-expensive caftans that are now slightly less crazy-expensive. In this year's roundup, however, the finds include a truly incredible six-pack of bobby pins labeled "Genuine Miracle Bobby Set" for the low, low sale price of $15, slashed down from $24. That's $4 per bobby pin, at the original price.

Amazingly, someone bought the set at one point and loved it so much that they gave the $4 pins a glowing review. "I braided my hair and used these (all six) to pin it up into a bun," the reviewer wrote. "Unlike my standard bobby pins, these actually held through a day of running errands and working out." There's a real need out there.