"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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On Saturday, June 29, 2013 6:00:38 PM UTC-7, wrote:
> Food, spices, gadgets, cookware, disposables?
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> Cheri mentioned the Dollar Tree in the off-topic thread, which made me
> wonder if I could put dollar stores on topic.
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> There is also a Big Lots store near my house that I have been tempted to
> check out.

I was never a dollar store shopper. I had the outdated notion that what
was for sale would be cheap and inedible or just junk. I wanted to buy
popsicle molds and a colleague told me that they had them at Dollar Tree for
$1, so I decided to go and check it out.

I must say I was very pleasantly surprised at the variety of goods
available. And everything is $1. Serious savings on many brand names,
foods, dry goods, toys, games, dishes, plastic ware, etc. Not the junk
shop I had envisioned.

I didn't even shopt the whole store thoroughly, I just went there for the
popsicle molds and glanced around a bit. I will be going back to check out
the whole place thoroughly.

Go and try it out. You may be pleasantly surprised just as I was.

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I love going there, not everything is great, but I find some really good
stuff at times. Only bad thing is that it's in walking distance from me and
I go past there on my morning walks, so usually have to stop in and see
what's new. A lot of times manufacturers will send their brand name things
thinking that people will try them out for a dollar, and then they will pay
the price at the supermarket if they liked it, at least that's what the
manager of our Dollar Tree told me.


Cheri