Useless items at the Dollar Store

Davey Jones

Davey Jones

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Florida
Ive seen items $2 to 5 bucks in there,but I continue go in there to buy useless items cause it only cost a buck.
The items are STILL in the car trunk months later.

Am I the only one?
 
I love dollar stores. They're my favorite place to gamble.

See, while other folks around here go to the Mohegan Sun Casino up at Pocono Downs and throw away all their money without anything to show for it, I go to the dollar store with a $20 bill and I can gamble for a week on the stuff I buy there.

I might buy a box of Cheerios that had its expiration date scraped off, or a can of Bumblebee tuna-fish, dented and possibly with a pinhole in the can, then take them home, consume them and gamble on whether or not I live until the next day.

Or, if I'm in a particularly playful mood I'll buy a pack of 8 AA or AAA batteries, store-brand of course, and take odds on whether they actually power whatever I put them into.

Sometimes I stroll down the toy aisle, looking for bargains on those lead-painted Chinese toys that I can suck on. If I have any home-improvement projects going on at the time I'll be sure to pick up a hammer and wrench and screwdriver set, all $1 each, and I'll be sure to have hours of entertainment as the hammer head flies off, the wrench breaks the first time I use it and the screwdriver handles fall off and I impale my hand on the rusty metal shaft.

I LOVE dollar stores! :love_heart:
 
I enjoy dollar stores, and often find some great bargains there; so it is one of my favorite shopping places. Truly said, some of the cheap items are certainly not going to be the same as expensive tool (or whatever), but often they will do exactly what i need to do with the item. For instance, I like having a really large screwdriver, and I use it for when I want to poke a hole in the dirt to plant seeds in the ground. For tiny seeds, I usually just rake a furrow, and scatter them along the row; but for things like sunflowers, they need to be spaced further apart, and deep enough that the squirrels can't find them before they sprout, so the large screwdriver is perfect for planting them.
Like anywhere else, smart shopping is usually the key with dollar stores. Sometimes, they are more likely to put things on closeout, and I have found great buys on gardening items, and even rosebushes. I have also seen some roses that were totally dead, and would never grow, but have also seen that at Lowes.
Over all, for me, it is a good place to shop, and save money.
 
I go to the dollar store sometimes if I need something in particular. I always go there for gift bags, especially around the holidays. Nothing beats paying $1 for a bag to put your gift in, instead of $3.49. Of course back in the day when we wrapped with paper, bows, etc., it could cost quite a bit too.

I sometimes buy a cleaning item, or a kitchen utensil. I bought several packages of cheap plastic plates for camping, and was disappointed with them. No strength to them, and couldn't put anything hot on them or they would melt immediately. Some things you just have to pay normal prices for at the other stores.
 
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