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Never, Ever Buy These Items From the Dollar Store

Allen Francis / July 29th, 2020 / No Comments

A bargain is something you don’t really need, and probably don’t even really want, but desire because of irresistible pricing. And dollar stores perfected the proprietary art of making low-quality and cheap items look like bargains. A lot of dollar store products are items of inferior quality. Many are sold in deceptively repackaged, smaller-sized quantities to fool you into paying more than you...

Posted in: Money, Personal Finance, Saving Money Tagged with: dollar store

What to buy at the dollar store

CF / August 1st, 2012 / 39 Comments

I used to work in a dollar store. It was my first retail job ever. I wasn’t very good at customer service then: Customer: “This is terrible, blah blah blah blah…” Me: “Well… you’re welcome to leave.” Customer: “You can’t talk to me like that. You think that because your father owns this store you can talk to me like that? Blah blah...

Posted in: Minimalism and Frugality Tagged with: cheap, dollar store, save money

People who have inspired me – My (almost) first manager

CF / May 30th, 2011 / No Comments

My first steady job (that didn’t involve working for my dad) was at a dollar store. My parents knew the owners and put me in touch with them. One brief meeting later, I was gainfully employed. I was 17-almost-18 at the time. I had to travel an hour and a half to get to the store and an hour and a half to get home. As you can imagine, this sucked. I worked there for a year and a bit. ...

Posted in: Career and Work Tagged with: bankruptcy, dollar store, entrepreneur, manager