noozguru, when I was a little girl, my Granny would take me to Woolworth's in
Upper Marlboro, MD, yes Marlboro country! and give me a dollar to buy comic
books for reading while she was taking a nap. Even back then, I could stretch a
dollar like nobody's business!
I hadn't made that connection between five and dimes and dollar stores but it
makes sense.
On Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:06 AM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
There used to be "five and dime" stores too. Dollar stores probably arise out
of the fact that bigger stores wanted to devote their precious shelf space to
costlier hence more profitable items. It appears that Dollar Tree eliminates
vendors coming in to stock the shelves so a Dollar Tree truck just delivers all
the inventory. The companies who set up deals with Dollar Tree probably just
send their truckload(s) to a central warehouse. This obviously eliminates a lot
of cost.
There also appear to be jobbers who supply the independent dollar
stores in much the same way. Difference is that some of these
stores will have additional items priced at more than a dollar.
We just lost the nearby independent that just stocked dry goods
not food like Dollar Tree. There was something said about the
town council having something to do with pushing them out while a
steak house went in to the location. More taxes from a steak house
than a dollar store.
On 01/16/2014 07:47 AM, Share Long wrote:
>Ann, I think dollar stores began with the idea that everything in the store
>cost one dollar. That idea has not been realized. Instead I think it's proved
>itself to be a clever marketing device to get people to come into the store
>and shop, thinking they're saving money.
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>On Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:18 AM, "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com"
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>---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote:
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>Richard, I love the Dollar General in FF. The manager is really nice. We also
>have Family Dollar. But my favorite is Dollar Tree which we don't have in FF
>but there is one in Annapolis and I shop there when I'm visiting my family.
>These dollar stores are a new development in my life and I have NO idea what's
>going on with that!
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>It always makes me laugh that these types of cheapo stores are called "Dollar"
>stores because any store that handles US or Canadian currency are technically
>"dollar" stores.
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>>On 1/15/2014 9:24 AM, Share Long wrote:
>>> Richard,
here's my
debit card
adventure, a
card which I
NEVER use.
>>> Except I
had to in
order to
purchase gifts
cards from the
grocery
>>> store
here. They
wouldn't let
me use my
credit card!
That didn't
seem
>>> right to
me but I went
along with it
because I was
eager to
finish my
>>> Christmas
shopping! I
think I'm a
slave to
convenience.
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>>Yes, we used
to use our
debit card at
stores and at
the gas
station.
>>After reading
about the the
online hackers
at Target and
Neiman-Marcus
>>we won't be
using our
debit cards
there any
more! Now, we
just use the
>>credit card at
SAKS and get
cash out of
the ATM at the
bank for
shopping
>>at the Dollar
General, which
is only a few
blocks away.
Go figure.
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