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1. Don't have enough cash to buy stuff 2. Don't have enough capacity to eat stuff quickly (single people, small families) 3. Don't have ability to preserve st

1. Don't have enough cash to buy stuff 2. Don't have enough capacity to eat stuff quickly (single people, small families) 3. Don't have ability to preserve stuff (don't have a full kitchen, maybe not even a refrigerator, maybe live in their car, etc) 4. Don't have the ability to get anywhere else 5. Not everyone "poor" is stupid - some people just want to buy Velveeta Cheese and pay a lot for it, for whatever reason, instead of whatever Aldi is selling. etc... I'm growing tired of this idea that everyone "poor" is dumb. The median "poor" person isn't much less intelligent than the median middle class person (and probably upper class for that matter, too).

darth_avocado 3y ago
Literally no one said poor people are dumb, just pointing out how dollar stores work because they provide a service.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago
  Literally the top comment: > The thing I don't like about these stores is IMO they take advantage of poor people who think they are getting cheaper products, but in many cases, especially for food items, they're paying more. A gallon of milk was $3.50 last time I went to one, whereas it was $1.89 at Meijer. Of course, Meijer does the same thing: if you buy milk at their gas station store, it's also well over $3, but inside the store it's under $2. It's stating that poor people are being taken advantage of - not that they have different circumstances and these stores actually serve them - otherwise, they wouldn't exist. It's implying that all of us on HN are too smart to be taken advantage of and shop at better stores. > They have one kind and the price is usually reasonable, whereas the large grocery stores play all kinds of games intended to cause people in a hurry or with limited time or ability to compare products, to choose the wrong thing and pay more. Just because you shop at Dollar Family doesn't mean you're dumb and being taken advantage of. Or that you're not smart enough to compare products. It means you (likely) have different preferences (for maybe unfortunate reasons). Dollar Tree and Aldi are both trying to make as much money as possible off of their customers.

darth_avocado 3y ago

Literally no one said poor people are dumb, just pointing out how dollar stores work because they provide a service.

onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago
Literally the top comment: > The thing I don't like about these stores is IMO they take advantage of poor people who think they are getting cheaper products, but in many cases, especially for food items, they're paying more. A gallon of milk was $3.50 last time I went to one, whereas it was $1.89 at Meijer. Of course, Meijer does the same thing: if you buy milk at their gas station store, it's also well over $3, but inside the store it's under $2. It's stating that poor people are being taken advantage of - not that they have different circumstances and these stores actually serve them - otherwise, they wouldn't exist. It's implying that all of us on HN are too smart to be taken advantage of and shop at better stores. > They have one kind and the price is usually reasonable, whereas the large grocery stores play all kinds of games intended to cause people in a hurry or with limited time or ability to compare products, to choose the wrong thing and pay more. Just because you shop at Dollar Family doesn't mean you're dumb and being taken advantage of. Or that you're not smart enough to compare products. It means you (likely) have different preferences (for maybe unfortunate reasons). Dollar Tree and Aldi are both trying to make as much money as possible off of their customers.