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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: 0.207s | 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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bjackman ◴[07 Dec 25 22:21 UTC] No.46185846[source]▶
This is like cheating in a golf match against a professional and then saying "I got the same score as my opponent, I am not the villain here".
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cm2012 ◴[07 Dec 25 22:33 UTC] No.46185982[source]▶
Do you think large dollar stores are faking or cheating their profit margin numbers?
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1. bjackman ◴[08 Dec 25 22:50 UTC] No.46198750[source]▶
This is like me showing you my scorecard after cheating at golf, and saying "do you think the scorecard is fake?".

Real profit margin. Achieved through deceit. This is vilainy.