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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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seizethecheese ◴[07 Dec 25 21:42 UTC] No.46185465[source]▶
This comment section is full of allegations that dollar stores are predatory, yet when I look up their operating margins they are super low (4% for Dollar General, for example).
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venturecruelty ◴[07 Dec 25 22:02 UTC] No.46185655[source]▶
Just because your margins are low doesn't mean you still aren't screwing over poor people.
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1. seizethecheese ◴[08 Dec 25 01:51 UTC] No.46187416[source]▶
Wait, why? I get the emotional resonance of this, but unless their marketing spend is egregious I just don’t know how you can argue their whole business model is predatory.