Originally Posted By JohnS1 DVC Dad - Go to: <a href="http://www.spokesmanreview.com" target="_blank">http://www.spokesmanreview.com</a> /blogs/shadow/
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Holy hello Pete! That's really a novel, for real, not a short story like, "Yesterday I Went to the Mall and..." Awesome , thanks !
Originally Posted By debtee I'm sorry but I HATE these stores and it's all my sister's fault. She can't walk past one without going inside and then she's in there for like an hour at least and I can't get her out of there. It' so frustrating! She on the other hand feels she's found some kind of heaven and comes out with 50 bucks worth of junk and a huge smile on her face... so I guess I can't be too upset at them, if they make her that happy!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros They are definately really good some of the time. There are just certain days when you have the urge to go to the dollar store, or you need something that you don't know where to get it (like a bandana), and they always seem to have those random things. They're also a particularly good place for playing games. My favorite is the Action Auction. It's based on a game we play at camp (you get like 5 minutes to go back to your cabin a fill a trash bag with random stuff, and then do the same as follows...) that just uses totally random things. You decided on a meeting spot, and then pick a category (ex. something green) or an item that you know they won't have (ex. a steak), and then everybody gets a certain ammount of time (2 or 3 min for dollar stores is usually plenty, but at least 5 min for places like WalMart) to run around and find the best thing they can. I really prefer the dollar stores, because they have some really random things, all close by, so you don't end up running back and forth across the store. This works really well when you start getting creative with the categories, and how to apply them to the items. My favorite categories in a dollar store are best deal and most overpriced, since everything has the same price. It's a blast, and would probably be a fun rainy day activity at home with kids (we use it when it rains at camp). Not sure if that means I like the dollar store or not though...
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I'm not really a big Dollar Store fan. My one exception - Christmas cards. I can buy a pack of 18 rather cute Christmas cards there for $1, and I don't really like spending too much money on stuff like that. As a general rule though, they're not my thing!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Flashlights! You can get flashlights! For a dollar! Flashlights!!!! Sometimes they even work!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer I am a big fan of the major SoCal chain, 99 cents only Stores... (Now servicing Arizona, Nevada and much of California). <a href="http://www.99only.com/" target="_blank">http://www.99only.com/</a> Major chain, so they get a lot of discontinued or overstock items, plus some good basic regular deals, such as produce and bread. In fact, this thread wants me to stop by to shop tomorrow.. Here is my local ad for the week... <a href="http://www.99only.com/stores/documents/CAAZNV021908.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.99only.com/stores/d ocuments/CAAZNV021908.pdf</a>
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x yeah, I like those stores, too, DB, but ours isn't open yet I also like going to the Dollar Store for batteries for low-use devices like my remotes and the smoke alarm or the kids toys. Also, at Dollar Tree, I've found some great iPod accessories...even a clear hard case. Love it
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I am a big fan of the major SoCal chain, 99 cents only Stores...<< Did you ever see this video? LOL! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMiwbd_EjWE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =iMiwbd_EjWE</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I also like going to the Dollar Store for batteries for low-use devices like my remotes and the smoke alarm or the kids toys.<< A message from Smokey Bear: "Don't use Dollar Store batteries in smoke detectors. I'm just sayin'... sometimes springing for the more reliable Energizers is okay."
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 I love my within-walking-distance dollar store. I think it's a Dollar Tree, but I can never remember which area dollar stores have which names. (Kind of like with the plethora of Chinese restaurants around here. Their names are virtually interchangeable and therefore impossible to keep straight. That one I like on the corner of Maple and Miller -- is that the Golden Dragon? or it that one the Dragon Court? Lucky Dragon? Lucky Empress? Empress Dragon? Jade Empress? Jade Court?...) I agree that the dollar store is a great place to pick up wrapping paper, Disney kids' items, stationery supplies, kitchen items, candles, and, yeah, stuff you don't know where else to go for when your shopping list includes, oh, say: St. Patrick's Day card, marshmallows, foreign-language dance CD, cell phone case, Princess stickers, bubble-wrap envelopes, and handcuffs. As re: food... I tend to stick with things that aren't subject to getting stale, molding, or harboring bugs. (No, I will NOT be buying pancake mix there again, thankyouverymuch.)
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Oh, you know. Theoretically. I'm just sayin', you know, if someone DID need some, they could get them there. And I'd imagine they'd work surprisingly well. You know, like to the point of, oh, maybe, "Wait, this was just s'posed to be a joke! TELL ME YOU DIDN'T LOSE THOSE KEYS!" Or something.
Originally Posted By iamsally I used to be a real junkie but now that DH makes more money I do not go as often. But yeah, one sure can rack up a bill there. I have spent more that $60 at a pop. I still go but only when I need something specific like cleansers and such which are way more expensive elsewhere and the aforementioned paper items and greeting cards. I have never had much luck with utensils; they always break after a use or two. I think they are wonderful for folks on a strict budget and hope they do not disappear.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 The other day at a dollar store I saw a display at the checkout counter of pregnancy test kits. Pregnancy test kits for a dollar. Somehow that just made me start giggling and laughing out loud. Just how dependable are these kits, I wondered. Then, if you have the baby you can come back to the dollar store for one dollar diapers and one dollar boxes of formula and one dollar baby outfits, etc. etc. etc.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm not sure which brand it is, but there's one company that always bgus me when I go into their stores. I think it's Dollar General. Instead of everything costing $1, it's all priced in increments of a dollar. So, instead of being $3.95 at the drug store, it will be $4 at this store. A lot of the time, this causes higher prices than you would find most places, which kind of defeats the whole purpose of the dollar store in the first place. And don't get me started on the Five and Dime in Toontown... : )
