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7 Items You Should Never Purchase at a Dollar Store
Better Report ^ | 01/04/2025

Posted on 01/05/2025 7:13:01 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: NEMDF

Dollar Tree is terrific.


41 posted on 01/06/2025 3:05:57 AM PST by freepertoo
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To: Getready

I shop Dollar Tree a lot and I agree with you that they carry a lot of brand name items. I’ve been happy with almost everything I’ve purchased there. Too happy with one item as I’m now addicted to their cookie and cream toastems...lol Toastem is an old brand I ate as a kid. I try and make a box last a while...most of the time...sigh


42 posted on 01/06/2025 3:40:37 AM PST by BamaBelle (Psa 143:8 - ...cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sushi.


43 posted on 01/06/2025 3:46:45 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Dr. Sivana

The heartbreak of single ply toilet paper.


44 posted on 01/06/2025 3:48:27 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SeekAndFind

so leave those cheap dollar store brands on the shelf.


Best way to accomplish that task is to drive by the store, if its one your route to somewhere else.


45 posted on 01/06/2025 3:54:07 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free

I had to go to Harbor Freight to get a good battery charger. I just wanted something that would dump 12V/amps into a dead battery with the option of reconditioning (varying volts and amps to desulfide the cells). All the new chargers are ‘Smart’ and will not charge if the battery is too sulfated. With the cart charger I’ve brought many batteries back from the dead using it’s Recondition cycle or putting it on boost/jump start 40 amp to free up the cells. A new car battery is $225! So the cart charger paid for itself on the first battery.


46 posted on 01/06/2025 3:54:53 AM PST by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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mark


47 posted on 01/06/2025 4:14:01 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t do dollar stores period...not that desperate.


48 posted on 01/06/2025 4:17:34 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have never seen a dollar store battery leak.


49 posted on 01/06/2025 4:22:58 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Cats For Trump 2024!)
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To: fireman15

My bad. They just filed for Chapter 11 and then opted for complete lender takeover in the auction of assets....


50 posted on 01/06/2025 4:32:57 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: catnipman

DeWalt is Black and Decker


51 posted on 01/06/2025 4:43:00 AM PST by Thomas Jerome (noob,retread,seagull,Chuck Schumer etc...)
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To: SeekAndFind

What about weed?


52 posted on 01/06/2025 4:43:59 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
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To: KarlInOhio

I think that the uninformed author was conflating windshield wiper fluid with engine antifreeze, a sure sign of AI or a person who never does their own maintenance.


53 posted on 01/06/2025 4:52:32 AM PST by pingman (It's a Clown World, and we're paying for it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dollar Tree tools.....90% of what I bought were good. 10 years ago they had small, well-made vise grips. I knew that I would never see them again at Dollar Tree. So I bought 10, gave most to friends. Recently they had some thick Duck (Duct?) tape, and lots of it on each roll. I bought a few of these. Their cheap paintbrushes are good. Just don’t expect them to last 5 years.


54 posted on 01/06/2025 5:01:30 AM PST by dennisw
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To: chickenlips

“They forgot sushi.”

You can always rely on gas station dick pills and gas station sushi


55 posted on 01/06/2025 5:04:25 AM PST by dennisw
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To: SeekAndFind

Unless you need some small cheap(as in quality) item you are nuts to shop at the dollar store the prices are deceptive because of the package size, if you multiply up to box to size you are almost always paying more.


56 posted on 01/06/2025 5:13:49 AM PST by Mastador1
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To: FrankRizzo890

That John Wayne toilet paper. It’s rough, it’s tough,
and it don’t take crap off of NOBODY!


it don’t take crap off of NOBODY.........

That’s part of the problem if not the biggest part. jmo


57 posted on 01/06/2025 5:50:56 AM PST by deport
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To: SeekAndFind

Thanks for thread Seek. Interesting info. I never went into a dollar store until I came to NC from Ohio. We had a store called Marc’s which had a huge close out section

I cross posted this AM on Trump Train!

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4287396/posts?page=594


58 posted on 01/06/2025 5:53:23 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is ~~. tell the storm how BIG your GOD is! )
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To: dmzTahoe; All

...and I don’t have a square to spare


59 posted on 01/06/2025 6:07:42 AM PST by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dollar stores are convenient and save money.

Contrary to the article’s suggestion, I bought a wireless phone charger in the form of a mouse pad for $5 at Dollar Tree. It works well and is convenient. (The power supply I use with it is from Amazon.)

Energy drinks are another good buy at Dollar Tree because they have a decent selection that is cheaper than anywhere else.

It’s a good place to buy things like dental floss, face lotion, lip balm, and many other things that are overpriced elsewhere.

I just saved a bunch of money by getting 14 pool noodles at Dollar Tree for insulating some pipes for a family member’s rental. The next cheapest place I found them was more than twice as much.


60 posted on 01/06/2025 6:25:53 AM PST by unlearner (Still not tired of winning.)
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