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Do dollar stores has aggressive pricing? I've found they are a bad deal for many common day goods. Usually the $/qty is pretty bad. One example that sticks to m
by pkaye 8y ago
Do dollar stores has aggressive pricing? I've found they are a bad deal for many common day goods. Usually the $/qty is pretty bad. One example that sticks to my mind is aluminum foil. Those rolls are pretty small for the price.
The main thing I find them good for is things like cleaning supplies, brooms, greeting cards, gift wraps which tend to be marked up elsewhere.
- skybrian 8y agoMaybe their customers care more about total price than unit price? That might matter for someone in a cash crunch. It seems like for a lot of goods, companies will only lower the price so far before bumping up the quantity.
- jstarfish 8y agoEvery store has its loss leaders. Come for the cheap cleaning supplies, brooms and greeting cards, then you start to assume everything else is reasonably priced. Before you know it you're walking out with an armful of overpriced junk to negate your savvier purchases.
- readflaggedcomm 8y agoDollar General and Family Dollar are general stores, like used to be common in days of old. They are not "dollar stores," which refers specifically to stores where all or almost all merchandise costs about one dollar. This is a point of confusion on every article about Family Dollar and Dollar General, because most people commenting apparently never go there. The bargains vary. Some of the standards at both mentioned general stores and Dollar Tree (a widely-known dollar store chain) meet Walmart's prices, e.g. for ammonia, which beats any other grocery store by nearly a third.