Then the economy took a shit, china wanted more money, so they have to pay 50 cents instead of 25 cents for that crap and need to make a profit.

Then people bitch that a store called "99 cents or less" has stuff over a dollar, claim false advertising, so they tack on a "or more" sign and avoid the hassle.

looks shopped.

Real question is if you can BUY those neon signs at the store for $1.00. If so, my head would explode.

@Rectilinear Propagation: It's the sound of it that makes me want to punch babies.

642 Nye Ave, Irvington, NJ 07111
You can see the building on Google Maps Street View.

or www.miraluka.com/dollarstore.jpg to see the original photo. You can clearly see my sister in the center window taking the picture.

Enjoy.

or www.miraluka.com/dollarstore.jpg to see the original photo. You can clearly see my sister in the center window taking the picture.

Enjoy.

LOL. I'm in Bergen county and like to think "This stuff doesn't happen in MY part of NJ." But it does /sigh

I'm sure they have 100's of items, too.

@runswithscissors:
ROTFL!!!! am i the only one who caught the family guy reference here?

Good thing I just finished watching that documentary about firetrucks on the Discovery Channel.

On the other hand, you could be right about it being fake. A real sign would have said "Everything $1.00 or more" or "Everything one dollar or more." The way it is now you would read it as "Everything a one dollar or more." If it is fake, they are good at Photoshoping but bad at grammar.

There are long shadows on the pavement and the front of the building, but not under the signs. I am guessing that is what you meant about the shadows. Good eye.

@Packy Anderson: I suddenly have the strong urge to punch somebody in the face. Preferably whomever thought that was a good idea.

Oh man.. you just brought me back to my Discrete Logic class.

So, even if it looks Photoshopped, I bet it's not. There really are stores like that here in Jersey.

Can't someone just give the address of this store?

Also, also in NJ, there's a dollar store that recently changed its name from The Dollar (or Less) store, to the Dollar (more or less) store. Truth in advertising. Only dollar or more store I still support.

You see, now that you and I have both commented again, your thread is that much more ahead in the race.

*expert nod*

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and proof by contradiction is *always* the fastest and easiest way to go, until you're saddled with a strong constructivist prof who doesn't accept the old reductio ad absurdum.

Ever see the adds for 'Housewives of NJ'? My first thought was 'don't they check the water for lead anymore?'

If a post-op transexual dwarf with a rainbow wig was added to the lineup, hardly anyone would notice.

So it's "At Nothing Over $1.00 TM, we sell products at 1$ and over."

A Mercedes dealership can call itself "everything over $1".

I could call my store FREE SOCKS and have "EVERYTHING $100,000°°

Sure nobody would by anything but I don't have a store anyways.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=dollar+near+Irvington,+NJ&ll=40.725145,-74.232945&layer=c&cbll=40.725141,-74.233077&panoid=wL8o96ZH7IY3A1tbQveKFA&cbp=12,139,,1,-4

It's nice to see their yellow pages entry, at least, is non-contradictory:

Just For A Dollar
646 Nye Ave, Irvington, NJ‎
(973) 399-7739‎

Proposition { x | x ∈ store ∧ price(x) ≤ $1 ∧ price(x) ≥ $1} ⇒ price(x) = $1, ∀x
Corollary. x ≠ ∅

Proof. (Left as an exercise to the reader.)

http://maps.live.com/?v=2&ss=ypid.YN573x9807348&encType=1

x 1;

It's a redundant way of saying

x==1;

The signs are stupid and a waste of space but not contradictory.

Gotta love NJ.

@ludwigk: It's a house of mirrors and somewhere in the middle is a box of Hamburger Helper.

In my experience, this sort of place usually sells "trailing edge" stuff that is very close to (or sometimes past) the expiration date. Its bought cheaply as other stores rotate stock, and sold at a big discount. So, I imagine they have a simple rule for their buyer: If we can't sell it for profit at $1/unit, don't buy it.

This must be where Target buys their signs and baskets.

If I wasn't from NJ, I would think this was fake...but yep, I've seen stuff like this.

@rockasocky: Well, technically there's nothing wrong with the signs as long as EVERYTHING inside the store is exactly $1.00 because then the signs are true. Everything costs at least $1.00, but at the same time everything is $1.00 and less.

Can you imagine the sort of grocery shrink ray they must have to have such inelastic pricing though?

Am I the only one who thinks this was photoshopped?

Or maybe just wishful thinking on my part, in hopes that such a dumb set of signs cannot possible exist.

I'm so confused!

Oh God. This is right after the whole "Not a Sign" thing.

Head exploding in 5...4...3...

...because as we all know from reading The Consumerist, companies strive to be straightforward and fair whenever possible. :)