Comments for The 30 Cent Store

The 30 Cent Store

2008-03-26T06:30:46Z

You know times are tough when the Dollar Store needs to hold a 70% off sale. That should be a line in a blues song. Maybe it's an art installation making commentary on the current strength of the dollar.

(Thanks to Sanford!)

Comment from hardcle on 2008-03-30

2008-03-30T06:26:55Z

I have a local dollar store that does the same thing as BadBadKitty's. Every once in a while they mark everything down to clear out the old inventory. I once got a stack of DVDs that had 2 movies each on them for 60 cents apiece.

Comment from wulf_eh on 2008-03-29

2008-03-29T08:35:24Z

Melanie, it is indeed the dollar store on 17th ave in Calgary (two blocks from my place). It wasn't so much about the strength of the US dollar than it was about the strength of the Canadian dollar and the skyrocketing lease values in the area.

Canadian economy FTW!

Comment from Anonymous on 2008-03-26

2008-03-27T01:45:09Z

Where is this dollar store? It looks just like the one that went out of business a block from my apartment! In Canada. I am so curious!

Comment from scarletvirtue on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T23:24:41Z

One of the best things that I saw recently at a dollar store was condoms.

Who in their right mind would buy condoms at the dollar store?

Comment from ideagirl on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T23:06:34Z

@bdgbill: 99 cents Only stores FTW!

Comment from bdgbill on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T23:01:13Z

There are some really big dollar stores out in California. I can tell you from experience that it is where the crazies hang out. 500lb women walking around with 8 kids. Screaming at the kids, screaming at each other etc. Several times I have seen people shoplifting at Dollar stores. They must be crazy places to work.

I pretty much avoid them now.

Comment from sly100100 on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T21:21:29Z

@Moosehawk: Haven't you heard that is where all the crazies hang out. :)
Seriously though 70% @ a dollar store, wow! times are tough.

Comment from coan_net on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T18:57:33Z

Looks like it is going out of business to me, with the store so empty.

Times are even harder at stores like this - since they try to sale things cheaply - but the cost of getting the goods to the store, along with things like heating, cooling, and running the electricity at the stores have only been going up.

Comment from pandroid on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T18:05:36Z

I actually shopped at a going-out-of-business dollar store this past weekend. You'd think times would be good for those kinds of stores, but clearly not.

Comment from stpauliegirl on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T17:50:39Z

They're not the only dollar store facing hard times. Big Dollar, a chain up here in Minnesota, is going out of business as well. [twincities.bizjournals.com]

Comment from BadBadKitty on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T13:53:01Z

There is one of these a block from the house , it regularly had "clearance sales" where things went down 10 cents every 3 days or so ,til everything was gone ,then they restocked and a few months later would do it again , i usually missed the good stuff but did get a few finds , then last month they did it ... and closed :(

Comment from Nick on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T12:29:59Z

@ChuckECheese: But then who would they off-load their contaminated, contraband, too-crappy-for-Wal-Mart merchandise onto? ;-) [consumerist.com]

Comment from ChuckECheese on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T11:55:21Z

Every once in awhile I have this scary thought, which is that Wal-Mart will tire of competition from dollar stores, and will start buying them up.

Comment from upokyin on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T11:51:41Z

Do they have plankton?

Comment from Nick on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T10:04:45Z

Ha, I'm still using the box of envelopes I bought a year ago at a local stored called Everything's 88¢! when they were going out of business and having a 50% off sale. I should probably write people more often.

Comment from Michael Belisle on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T09:22:07Z

@twinklebean912: They paid you $5.16/hour? That's just mean. It's like they're saying "A penny earned is a penny saved."

Comment from Peeved Guy on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T08:30:10Z

And yet, they're still making a profit...

Comment from twinklebean912 on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T07:54:08Z

FYI, I used to work for Your Dollar Store With More and they aren't your "everything's a dollar" store. They have items priced anywhere from less than a buck to up to twenty bucks. But everything is cheap and the same awful quality that you can find in Dollar Tree and the like.

The one I worked at went out of business and it was no surprise. They paid me a penny over minimum wage and threatened to fire me if I worked over my hours because they couldn't afford to pay me. Then they fired me for getting pneumonia and calling out :/ All in all, no wonder they're going out of business, lousy mom & pop chain.

Comment from ChrisC1234 on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T07:28:05Z

I wish the dollar store here would have a 70% off sale... They've actually got some decent stuff for a buck, but reducing it down to $0.30 makes it a steal.

Comment from Moosehawk on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T07:25:17Z

@azntg: No, it's a dollar store.

I walked in to a dollar store once and I thought I was going to get mugged. All kinds of crazies in there.

Comment from mopar_man on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T07:19:07Z

@MBZ321:

That's what it looks like. Those walls are pretty empty.

Comment from azntg on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T06:54:35Z

70% off, eh? Anything interesting?

Comment from MBZ321 on 2008-03-26

2008-03-26T06:44:00Z

It is probably just a going out of business sale....small mom & pop dollar stores have been hurt by Dollar Tree and the like.