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Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices

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510 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 07 Dec 25 14:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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parpfish ◴[07 Dec 25 16:30 UTC] No.46182908[source]▶
an interesting contrast that i think about a lot:

- in rural america, there are dollar stores everywhere that overcharge for small items. people treat them as a necessary evil and begrudgingly shop there.

- in nyc, there are corner bodegas everywhere that overcharge for small items. they are generally seen as beloved neighborhood institutions.

so... what's the difference? corporate owned vs family owned? length of time in community? presence of cute cat at the register?

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1. leipert ◴[07 Dec 25 16:36 UTC] No.46182961[source]▶
Probably „only store that’s in my vicinity“ in rural areas vs. „if that bodega sucks, I go to another“. So one is a necessity which overcharges, the other a convenience which overcharges.