What do you think of 99 cent stores?

We have a great one here where everything is 99.9 cents..it is very interesting to see what you can buy for that price..

 

I don't like when the cashier looks at me funny for waiting for the change :frown:

I've picked up a couple of helpful things form 99p stores. Bubble wrap the other day. There are some good bargains.

 

These are 99 cent stores where everything is 99.9 cents and they round up to a dollar

 

Around here they are called dollar stores.

Rarely step foot in 'em, it's mostly a dupe as far as I can tell.
Most of the things I would want to buy there are actually a few cents cheaper at the regular grocery store anyway.
Otherwise, generally it's not worth it driving across town to save a few cents.

 

Most of it is garbage from China, but sometimes, for certain items, they can be convenient and economical. I've gotten a few decent beer glasses from Dollar Tree.

 

They're good for tea-light candles,and chocolate.

 

Oh, now I understand.

Dollar Tree does have a bunch of trash, that's for sure.
Here they have a chain called 99c cent store. There usually have overstock, slightly damaged, and discontinued items with a smaller offering of China crap.

I buy name brand products there all the time, shampoo, soap, toothpaste, etc, canned goods, cleaning supplies, water, yard junk, all for a lot less than stores right next to them are asking.
The only thing I have noticed is sometimes a shampoo bottle may have dried shampoo on it (guess it's cheaper for J&J or Colgate to unload the messy pallet for pennies than to clean it up) and I always double check the fragrance, have gotten a couple that were "off" before.

All in all it's a genius business model especially for the current economy.

 

Junk

 

It depends. They're good for buying things like paper products, some basic food items, and things like tape or whatever.

But I never buy anything that needs batteries or is anything electronic because it will break within the hour.

 

Ohhh I miss the 99 cent store. Cheap organic and tropical produce...yes, there was nothing better than that. I lived pretty close to one in CA and would walk there often enough. I haven't seen one on the east coast. There are dollar stores but I don't really go in there, they don't seem to have produce.

 

I'm with those who say it depends on what you buy. I can get name brand cleaning supplies cheaper at our dollar store.

 

Sounds like a horrible place with lots of worthless junk for trash-hoarding rednecks.

 

they're where i go INSTEAD of big box stores. there are three or four of them, depending on whether you count family dollar, all on three sides of the same intersection one long block from where i live. there's a 99.999 cent store, there's a dollar tree, and while not a 99 cent store, there's a big lots.

i shop at all of them regularly. dollar tree and 99.99 both carry grocery items as well as closeout lots.

 

Funny thing is if I remember correctly, Lorna lives in Orange County, So. Ca., one of the more affluent areas in the country, so not too many rednecks around these parts.
But there is Disneyland :mickey:

 

Dollar stores are great. It is amazing what you can find in them.

For crafting and seasonal fun decorating they are hard to beat. Even some of the kitchen gadgets and such are just as functional as far higher priced goods.

Sure there is some really cheap stuff that is not going to last but depending on what you need something for (ie craft paint brushes) throw aways are not always a bad thing.

 

I buy little note pads and large packs of pens (have to buy the large packs because half of them wont even write)

i use those pads to map out my sharpened stick pits

 

Not too many rednecks?! Only the worst kind, mega-rich rednecks. That is the stone cold heart of Nixon/Raygun land.

 

I think dollar stores probably contribute a lot to the downfall of independent business, especially in small towns. People are addicted to cheap shit that wears out in a year or two because all that they see is the price and they completely ignore the fact that it's made by slaves and is part of why every single other business that tries to start up in that town fails.

But hey, the customer is always right.