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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: 0s | source
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cm2012 ◴[07 Dec 25 22:17 UTC] No.46185802[source]▶
Dollar stores have on average a 2% profit margin, just like grocery stores. They are not the villains here.
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1. tclancy ◴[07 Dec 25 23:52 UTC] No.46186660[source]▶
What does their margin have to do with anything? Or, what things do you think they should and shouldn’t be able to do given their low margins?