• SGGeorwell@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If Americans are too poor to shop at the dollar store, I guess we might actually have to eat the rich.

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      2 months ago

      Went to a “dollar store” recently and as it turns out, not a single damn thing in there was actually $1.

      $1.50? $2? $5? $10? Absolutely.

      So just more corporate greed under the guise of inflation aimed at people who are “financially constrained”.

      (Also the rich go great with a nice red wine.)

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        2 months ago

        Also, those inexpensive (non-food) items are lower quality and will wear out/break faster. Poverty charges interest…

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            2 months ago

            Terry Pratchett truly told it how it is. I’m so happy I got to read him in high school when nobody else in the mainstream was writing nuanced takes on gender expression.

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              I really am sad I didn’t get that experience. My teenage self would’ve loved discworld. And had I been able to read the shepherds crown when I was 18 (idk if it was out yet then) I think it would’ve broken me in the way I needed

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          Even the food items are sold in crazy tiny portions that in general, but not always, are a rip off compared to most other stores.

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            2 months ago

            It’s amazing what you can get away with when you operate a store in a food desert!

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          Oh that includes the food. I once bought “American cheese” from a dollar store that wouldn’t melt. Never bought food from a dollar store again.

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        2 months ago

        Remember that these used to be called a “5 and dime”. The concept is the same but the pricing changes over time. Eventually we’ll stop thinking of them as a dollar store.

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      2 months ago

      The dollar store is more expensive outside ephemeral purchases like party supplies… it’s cheaper to go to mass furnishing retailers, grocery stores or hardware stores and your shit doesn’t break in two weeks.

      Most customers looking for extreme budget items are now turning overseas to things like temu because they actually deliver lower prices.

      Dollar stores are exploitive as fuck.

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      2 months ago

      Dollar general isn’t actually a “dollar store”, more like a “discount” store. They sit in-between a dollar store and traditional store. They’ll have more recognizable name brand products VS a dollar store, but the sizing might be smaller or slightly damaged packaging. They’re like a Burlington or TJ Maxx, but with smaller stores and sell groceries.

      That being said, our actual dollar stores like Dollar Tree have also gotten more expensive, used to be everything was a dollar. Now many things are a 1.25 going up to 5 for the more…“premium” stuff

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      2 months ago

      Imagine if a Dark Mirror episode had poor people eating rich people to survive…