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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: 0.314s | source
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eudamoniac ◴[07 Dec 25 16:49 UTC] No.46183046[source]▶
As someone who typically only enters a Whole Foods or a Home Depot for her retail experiences, the one time I entered a Dollar General, I was struck by how depressing it felt. I would never go back into one. Yes, I know how out of touch this sounds.
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linsomniac ◴[07 Dec 25 20:20 UTC] No.46184765[source]▶
I think that's deliberate: you walk into a dollar store and think "they aren't spending a dime on the shopping experience, so they must be passing that dime onto me."
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1. raptor99 ◴[09 Dec 25 03:22 UTC] No.46200903[source]▶
Yes, yes of course. The leftover smell of homeless urine by the front door isn't real; it is only carefully calculated scents piped in by corporate dollar store yuppies to have you believe this is an authentic experience.