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dolla dolla bill y'all
While on the successful hunt for some pool noodles from my local dollar store, I noticed there is a LOT of stuff to be found in there. Some of it is obviously cheap and subpar, but I found some surprisingly nice glassware and some decent wrapping paper. My question is: what do you regularly buy from a dollar store? Are the cleaning products just as good as name brand? How about the toothpaste? Any products you've learned to avoid (I don't think I'd buy the underwear.)?
posted by kidsleepy to shopping (66 answers total) 25 users marked this as a favorite
Cleaning supplies. Cheap sponges,chaussures de foot, mops, brooms. Yeah, the stuff falls a part after a few uses, but if you're doing some heavy duty cleaning in which you want to trash the stuff anyway you can't go wrong. Cheap garbage bags too.
I think for disposable items (think of things you need in a pinch: Styrofoam ice chest for impromptu pick nicks) they are great.
posted by wfrgms at 7:41 AM on June 30, 2009 [2 favorites]posted by Eicats at 7:43 AM on June 30,mercurial vapor 2014, 2009 [2 favorites]
It depends on the specific dollar store: some are great, some are meh.
Things I remember buying at dollar stores: Cutlery,cheap hollister, the very plain restaurant kind: it's nice having fifty forks. Everyday glassware, tupperware, hand towels, cleaning products. lots of kitchen stuff in general. Candles. Dish soap.
Some surprising and useful things I have found: USB, RCA,converse enfant, and Ethernet cables, cable ties, velcro, flashlights.
Lots of the noname or oddname brand products are exactly the same as namebrand ones, with different labels. I've hear from a few factory workers who worked in places making bleach, vinegar, windex and so on that just stop the assembly line, change the labels, and start it up again. I don't know how to tell for sure without experimenting, but I'll just guess this applies to some toothpaste, mouthwash, and other such things.
posted by rokusan at 7:51 AM on June 30, 2009
Gift bags and wrapping paper, for sure. The food always kind of skeezes me out though, and I would not trust the condoms. I also remember dollar store Chinese toothpaste getting recalled as being unsafe a few years back.
Dollar stores used to have a lot more name brand stuff that had just been discontinued,hogan on line, these days it seems like they have more crappy stuff made just for the dollar market.
posted by JoanArkham at 7:51 AM on June 30,hollister kids, 2009 [1 favorite]
Avoid the cleaning chemicals. Stuff like the 409, Pinesol, or Windex knockoffs always seem to have a weird chemical smell,hogan online, leave a sticky residue, etc.
Tools. A dollar store hammer will be inferior to the $25 hammer from Home Depot, but unless you use hammers a lot this won't matter. I just cut a bunch of dead branches off a tree in my back yard with a $1 handsaw.
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 7:53 AM on June 30, 2009
Anything disposable wrapping paper, picnic plates, cups and cutlery,
Basic stationary like staples, paper clips and what not are okay too in my experience.
I've had good luck with craft supplies too. Really,moncler sito ufficiale, a dollar bag of pom poms at a cheapie shop is going to differ little from a bag of five dollar pom poms from a craft store.
posted by Jilder at 7:57 AM on June 30, 2009
The finacee thinks the garlic salt she got there is the best ever. I think it tastes like all the other garlic salt,doudoune hollister pas cher. We're both happy about that.
My brother once got a $2 card in a pack of baseball cards,louboutin prix. I think that's a pretty good return on his investment.
Any kitchen thing I'm planning on having on a short term basis is fine as well. Silverware, plates, cups, that sort of thing.
Cheap toys for when you need to buy a lot or you know the kid won't be playing with them pretty soon,chaussures running. Same with books,louboutin pas cher femme.
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