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#23376763 - 06/24/16 09:27 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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So I'm going to need everybody's input on this particular topic. What are some things that you buy from the $1 dollar store, that you would consider to be absolute deals? Conversely, what are some items that you would never buy at the dollar store?
I'm curious, because me being the thrifty bargain hunter that I am, occasionally purchase items here and there from the dollar store, and have more than once, been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the product.
Here are, in my experience, the best products you can buy for its value at the dollar store:
-Glassware, flatware, silverware, table settings, and plates. You can buy ceramic and glass plates, place-mats, glasses, forks, spoons, and cups that would have cost 5-10 times as much anywhere else. Depending on the location, I've also found more obscure items, such as plastic or metal chopsticks, cast iron noodle bowls (the same ones used for nabeyaki udon or soon tofu), martini and margarita glasses, etc. They sometimes also have a good design selection in stock... You can find the same square plates and triangle plates and charcuterie boards and sauce plates that are often served at trendy restaurants.
-Toothbrushes. Toothpaste I've noticed is not much of a bargain--even if you do find brand-name toothpaste, the tube is often half the size it would be at the drugstore, thus not saving you any money. Floss, same thing, you're buying half the amount you would buy anywhere else. But it's a good bargain for when you're in a pinch and only want to spend $1 to clean your teeth.
-Underwear! I wouldn't ever wear socks from the dollar store (the material is too thin and flimsy to be comfortable, and ultra-thin socks like that make your feet stink when you wear them). But $1 underwear makes perfect "period panties" lol, you don't want to wear anything super nice or expensive for that time of the month... If I wore bras, I would probably try them out from the dollar store, and see how they are.
-SOME drugstore medications and creams. I found a Vick's Vapor Rub knock-off at the dollar store that had the exact same ingredients as Vick's Vapor on the label. I would buy things like ibuprofen or Immodium or other medications from the dollar store (because again, many times you are just paying for a smaller quantity, not necessarily a lesser quality), but other meds and creams can be hit or miss.
-Fake nails, eyelash extensions, and manicure sets. I've bought sets of fake nails for $1 that are perfectly fine. The only thing I don't recommend is the nail glue, dollar store nail glue is very weak and doesn't hold any bond at all. The actual nail glue you should buy from a pharmacy, and the fake nails you should get from the dollar store to save $$$. Same goes for disposable eyelash extensions. Buy the extensions at the dollar store, use a much higher-quality glue from the drugstore.
-Pregnancy tests. Surprisingly shown to be more sensitive than the $15 digital pregnancy tests (see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/1ubjif/lpt_dollar_store_pregnancy_tests_are_as_sensitive/ ). Apparently dollar store pregnancy tests are also the same ones that are used at various health departments and hospitals.
Now here is the list of things I would NEVER ever be caught dead buying from the dollar store:
-Cookware. This applies ESPECIALLY to knives, pots, pans, can openers, carrot peelers, etc. Other items such as colanders or metal tongs, I would definitely buy, but that's on a case-by-case basis dependent on quality and material and other factors.
-Food. It's one thing to get a sealed bag of potato chips or canned goods, that's perfectly fine. But I would never ever buy "real" food like eggs, cheese, meats, or any vegetables at the dollar store. I would also never buy any of these things at Wal-Mart either, and I legitimately wonder whether the dollar store or Wal-Mart has higher-quality grocery food.
-Make-up. 'Nuff said. If it's low-quality it's runny, clumpy, barely lasts even an hour after application, and I don't trust overly cheap inedible material being applied around my eyes or on my mouth.
-Lotion and other beauty products, particularly any creams or washes for the face.
-Douches (I don't ever use douches to begin with, but I ESPECIALLY would never use a douche that cost only $1. That also goes for vaginal creams or suppositories or anything to do with that area). Because..... duh.
-Q-tips. I don't even buy generic brand q-tips at the drugstore. The cotton swabs are not as full on the generic stuff, and the cardboard/wooden sticks bend too easily with the slightest pressure, thus rendering it incapable of a deep ear-cleaning. Q-tips are the one of those items I only buy brand-name on.
-Batteries. Purchased them once. They didn't last nearly as long and died within 2 hours in a CD-player. Maybe it was just that particular brand and was a fluke, but it permanently deterred me from buying batteries at the dollar store. Watch batteries however, I have heard good things about.
-Condoms... I'm actually pretty 50/50 about whether dollar store condoms are safe to use or not. Could they possibly be that much more fragile and unreliable than the free condoms that they pass out at universities or gay pride parades or county health centers? I am very interested to know, if anybody knows any information about their efficacy and durability.
What are your list guys, of things you would and wouldn't buy from the $1 store?
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23376780 - 06/24/16 09:34 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Why I will never buy dollar store food products...
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23376799 - 06/24/16 09:42 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Someone I know got a hammer from the dollar store once, and the metal tubing of the handle just crumpled when they tried pulling a nail with it. I don't shop there too much, can't stand the smell of shitty plastic.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23376807 - 06/24/16 09:45 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ugh that $1 steak looks fucking disgusting. I usually buy dog toys and chips when i go into a dollar store. They have the hookup on sponges too.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: IveBeenRecycled]
#23376873 - 06/24/16 10:08 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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IveBeenRecycled said: Ugh that $1 steak looks fucking disgusting. I usually buy dog toys and chips when i go into a dollar store. They have the hookup on sponges too.
Lol, that "steak" looked more like a piece of prosciutto to me.
Interesting to know about the sponges, I'll have to grab them from there next time I need them.
Another bargain I'd like to add: Microfiber cloth!
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G] 1
#23376902 - 06/24/16 10:16 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I buy birthday cards, party supplies, art supplies for the kids, goody bag stuff, chips and candy, audio and video connectors and cable.
I don't buy shit products that I know are shit.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23376919 - 06/24/16 10:19 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I miss your menstrual art and smack days 
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23376924 - 06/24/16 10:20 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Older audio cables work ok from the dollar store, I used to get a bunch of containers to grow boomers in. Most of the stuff there is crap so I generally don't buy anything from the dollar store unless I'm planning on using it then tossing it.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23376941 - 06/24/16 10:23 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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What's a dollar store?
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Still_tripping]
#23377002 - 06/24/16 10:36 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Still_tripping said: What's a dollar store?
Do you not have them in your country? They're stores where you buy things for 99 cents or $1. They only sell items that are $1
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23377071 - 06/24/16 10:51 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sometimes those non alkaline batteries are good for shit like cheap vibrators I swear an energizer battery will short circuit 'em.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: CosmicJoke]
#23377116 - 06/24/16 11:09 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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everyone in my house has allergies to one thing or another and we go through tons of Kleenex here.
i either buy a huge box off of amazon or get smaller amounts of boxes from the dollar store, they are like a 1/3 of the price there.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23377130 - 06/24/16 11:17 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I don't know where there is a dollar store.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Sun King]
#23377279 - 06/24/16 12:07 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sponges for sure
I do buy makeup there for Costume parties and whatnot, because it's so rare that I will use it. The last party was an 80s theme so the trashier the better and the dollar store has the hookup on trashy makeup.
Gift bags and wrapping paper
Bubbles
Glowsticks
I got some pretty nice curtains there not too long ago
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Patchouli_Savage]
#23377395 - 06/24/16 12:40 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Coasters, I buy coasters, toilet paper and paper towels at the Dollar store.
I also buy my cat food at the Dollar store.
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#23377405 - 06/24/16 12:42 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ouch toilet paper from the dollar store sounds like sandpaper.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23377516 - 06/24/16 01:19 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thats a pretty extensive list there! 
u still use a portable CD player? U might wanna upgrade soon....
I buy a lot from the dollar store, a lot of it is hit or miss.
Books are a killer deal. Buy the novels.
Specific pens are good. For example, the Inc Forma pens are excellent! U get 3 pens per package. The shitty pens? Jot brand. Jot brand makes some shitty pens.
BUT, Jot makes a decent mini calculator. Theres a large format calculator that sucks ass, piece of garbage, but that mini one with rubber buttons is legit.
Frozen foodss are crappy but snacks are good.
EDIT: TP from dollar store is good, but u dont get much. Its soft
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#23377537 - 06/24/16 01:25 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Candy!!!!!
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#23377683 - 06/24/16 02:08 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh yeah, they have a smart phone screen protector. Its legit. Im using it right now, works well (surprizingly).
And the candy, i sneek it into the movie theaters, cause candy is awe-sum
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#23377723 - 06/24/16 02:22 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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CosmicJoke said: Ouch toilet paper from the dollar store sounds like sandpaper.
Word. How is dollar store toilet paper? Is it really thin and flimsy and crappy? Or is it decent toilet paper?
I never bothered with dollar store toilet paper, because even if it's good quality, you only get 1 or 2 rolls for $1 at the dollar store around here. It's actually more expensive than buying from the grocery store.
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LogicaL Chaos said: u still use a portable CD player? U might wanna upgrade soon....
Obviously I purchased those batteries well over a decade ago
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#23377919 - 06/24/16 03:54 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I buy shampoo
Stay away from their "steak"
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: hostileuniverse]
#23378185 - 06/24/16 05:24 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I love buying all my paints and bits of string, glue, pipecleaners and other crafty stuff from the $2 store (Aussies version of the same thing). You get twice as much stuff to be creative with for 1/10th of the price of what you'd pay at an art store. I don't really know if there's any difference in quality because I always give away or throw out everything I make. Seems ok though.
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#23378331 - 06/24/16 06:11 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Why would u throw away your artwork?
That seems really weird....
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#23378353 - 06/24/16 06:20 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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For me art is about making it, the experience. I learned a long time ago to let go. Besides my musical instruments and books I have very few possessions.
edit: To try to explain: I learned the hard way. Well paying job, house full of expensive stuff and a worthless miserable life. I quit my job, sold and gave away everything and bought a plane ticket out of my misery, went to Europe. Everyone thought I had gone mad, couldn't believe I was breaking this thing I had built around me. I still remember the looks on my friends faces when I was giving away my stuff. I've not been trapped like that again since. Different value system now.
Funnily enough the guy I sit next to at work did exactly the same thing, same realisation, except he came to Australia from Europe.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Northerner]
#23378443 - 06/24/16 06:55 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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legal drugs like dxm and delysym
sometimes dollar stores and places like big lots have really cheap pills that get you fucked up
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#23378460 - 06/24/16 07:04 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I understand now wise one 
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#23378643 - 06/24/16 08:25 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've got a wife children now, they have piles of crap. I find it oppressive. I go around with garbage bags when they're not home and collect up all the stuff lying around that they won't miss and toss it out.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Northerner]
#23378687 - 06/24/16 08:43 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Closest I get to buying anything at a 'dollar'store is walmart. I buy bleach, contractor bags etc. that I use for my grows. I'll grab odds and ends I may need if I absolutely need something in the middle of the night.
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#23378698 - 06/24/16 08:49 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Soap,hot sauce,wrap for left overs,foil
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Northerner]
#23378711 - 06/24/16 08:56 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Northerner said: For me art is about making it, the experience. I learned a long time ago to let go. Besides my musical instruments and books I have very few possessions.
edit: To try to explain: I learned the hard way. Well paying job, house full of expensive stuff and a worthless miserable life. I quit my job, sold and gave away everything and bought a plane ticket out of my misery, went to Europe. Everyone thought I had gone mad, couldn't believe I was breaking this thing I had built around me. I still remember the looks on my friends faces when I was giving away my stuff. I've not been trapped like that again since. Different value system now.
Funnily enough the guy I sit next to at work did exactly the same thing, same realisation, except he came to Australia from Europe.
reminds me of the buddhists and there sand mandala ceremonies
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I buy Brillo pads at the dollar store. I got a fuckton of em to make my freebase pipes. I ran out of DMT though so I haven't been useing the Brillo pads. They think I'm a crackhead now even though I use my crackpipe for deemz. Burning Brillo and putting it in a stem makes me feel like a crackhead though. I like weed and DMT better than Brillo pads and DMT but Brillo works better it tastes kinda nasty though.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Patchouli_Savage]
#23379718 - 06/25/16 05:12 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Patchouli_Savage said: I do buy makeup there for Costume parties and whatnot, because it's so rare that I will use it. The last party was an 80s theme so the trashier the better and the dollar store has the hookup on trashy makeup.
ROFL I can only imagine the clown makeup that all the street hookers use
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Patchouli_Savage said: I do buy makeup there for Costume parties and whatnot, because it's so rare that I will use it. The last party was an 80s theme so the trashier the better and the dollar store has the hookup on trashy makeup.
ROFL I can only imagine the clown makeup that all the street hookers use
I dunno where my mom buys her lipstick, but she over applies it so terribly that she looks like a sad, freaky clown Somebody needs to teach that woman how to paint face. You should see the lipstick stains she leaves on a margarita glass...... It's a tragicomedy. It's like that hippy chick muppet.
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i haven't shopped in a dollar store in a few years, but i would only go for cleaning supplies and candy and an occasional toy/neat gizmo that caught my eye while there
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Patchouli_Savage said: I do buy makeup there for Costume parties and whatnot, because it's so rare that I will use it. The last party was an 80s theme so the trashier the better and the dollar store has the hookup on trashy makeup.
ROFL I can only imagine the clown makeup that all the street hookers use
Haha yeah that's exactly it, bit I don't wear makeup on normal days- I'm too lazy and never really learned to apply it properly, so it's not worth spending a ton of money on just for silly gatherings.
Dollar store TP is indeed thin and flimsy. There are some thongs that are definitely worth spending more money on and TP is one of them.
I have bought cleaning supplies and rubbing alcohol there as well. Also candy. I'm afraid of most of their "food".
Pens and notebooks.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Patchouli_Savage]
#23382835 - 06/26/16 02:39 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Dollar store sells thongs?!
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#23383069 - 06/26/16 06:15 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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dollar stores around here, are more like tiny walmarts with a much smaller selection of many identical products at usually slightly lower prices. although there is a lot of cheap shit that is just junk. such as tools, folding lawn furnature, shoes ect.. lots of name brand perfectly good stuff at a good price. its just not as much of a one stop shop as some place like a walmart
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: trscstghst]
#23383087 - 06/26/16 06:25 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I buy razers, toothpaste, toothbrushes, water, and packaged foods like bread and stuff. The 3 blade DG brand razers are actually pretty good.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: luvdemboomers]
#23383147 - 06/26/16 07:09 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Pasty plates!
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: brandonshmandon]
#23384234 - 06/26/16 01:53 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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ah man cheap condoms are the worse thats how I got my first abortion never buy anything cheap when it comes to condoms i've never had a trojan fall apart on me while inside lol
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Konyap]
#23384313 - 06/26/16 02:28 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I stay away from the ziplok and saran wrap knck off brands from the dollar store. The bag I had would not zip and I got frustrated to a point where I just tossed the entire box in the garbage and swore like a motherfucker. It's the little things in life that can make your life great or horrible.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Patlal]
#23384382 - 06/26/16 02:55 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Mustard, Pringles, Stax, Deodorant, Multivitamins, Empty spray bottles, aluminum foil
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: YaMoonSun] 1
#23384579 - 06/26/16 04:24 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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So I was having brunch at The Observatory, one of Portland's best kept secrets for having a good brunch without waiting in line... Just on the outskirts of 82nd ave where things start getting ghetto fab, and came across this and had a lol.

3.5 ounce Rib Eye Steak for $1, even if you bought two or three of them, yuck.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23385027 - 06/26/16 06:30 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Crystal G said: -Pregnancy tests. Surprisingly shown to be more sensitive than the $15 digital pregnancy tests (see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/1ubjif/lpt_dollar_store_pregnancy_tests_are_as_sensitive/ ). Apparently dollar store pregnancy tests are also the same ones that are used at various health departments and hospitals.
to dollar store pregnancy tests My chick thought the same thing.. "they are just as accurate as the convenience store ones" She tested positive on FOUR (4) of them. Was all freaked the hell out until I convinced her to get some regular ones Two negative. Went to the doctor.. negative. Well that was some unneeded stress.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Shroomism]
#23385038 - 06/26/16 06:33 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Who the hell would cheap out on such a thing like a pregnancy test? If there's one thing you want to know for sure, it's the accurate result of a pregnancy test.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Shroomism]
#23385096 - 06/26/16 06:44 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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This is my first post.. complete mind meltdown, finding this place, (website). As well as a lot of useful info to read and digest. Looking forward to improving things on my end. I also want to thank you folks for skooling an old lo like me looking for a very bright future. whoop whoop. Me so happy!!!
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#23385760 - 06/26/16 09:26 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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LogicaL Chaos said: Dollar store sells thongs?!

I've been to a few dollar stores that sell underwear, I have bought a few pairs of $1 underwear. They were fine and comfortable cotton panties. The dollar store panties I've bought were actually much more comfortable than the 5-pack of underwear I bought from H&M for $8.99.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23385780 - 06/26/16 09:30 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I bought some LED lights that look like candles for outside of my tent at a festie a few years ago, and they still work with the same batteries after heavy use after that. Those were a good buy. I bought a few gallons of Crystal Geyser bottled water for that same event that seemed like a decent deal.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Patlal]
#23385802 - 06/26/16 09:36 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Patlal said: Who the hell would cheap out on such a thing like a pregnancy test? If there's one thing you want to know for sure, it's the accurate result of a pregnancy test.
Surprisingly a lot of women swear by dollar store pregnancy tests. They're more sensitive in detecting hcg levels, so they're actually better to use to detect early pregnancy than the expensive digital ones.
FYI, even if you go to the county health department to get a pregnancy test, they will use the exact same tests that are sold at the dollar store. I also know some hospitals and doctors offices use dollar store pregnancy tests as well.
Every time I've had a dollar store pregnancy test done, it was always accurate.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23385838 - 06/26/16 09:48 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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dont buy dollar store tinfoil for doan droogs
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Apostle]
#23386405 - 06/27/16 02:23 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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got some bubbles, a sharpy knock off, who knows how good they will be, ummmm some of those cheap batteries for low powered devices cuz i swear the good batteries will eventually short out many vibrators man saw a lot of really oldschool brands that aren't on the shelves in the grocery stores anymore, was kind of hoping to find some faygo pop, haven't drank pop in ages but there were always these whack flavors with faygo......
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: CosmicJoke]
#23387290 - 06/27/16 10:29 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Whack soda flavors?
I cant imagine what they could be
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23387846 - 06/27/16 02:05 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I just went shopping at the Dollar store, landury soap.
Found my favorite Dollar Store product by far:

Dollar Store brands FTW.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#23388139 - 06/27/16 03:58 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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LogicaL Chaos said: Whack soda flavors?
I cant imagine what they could be 
Red Pop, Rock N' Rye, Root Beer, Cotton Candy, Orange, Grape, Candy Apple, Moon Mist, Moon Mist Blue, Cola, Creme Soda, 60/40, Black Cherry, Peach, Dr. Faygo, Gold, Gingerale, Twist, Cherry Cola, Pineapple, Pineapple Watermelon, Pineapple Orange, Jazzin' Blues Berry, Raspberry Blueberry, Fruit Punch, Ohana Punch, Ohana Lemonade & Iced Tea, Ohana Lemon Iced Tea, Ohana Lemonade, Ohana Strawberry Banana, Ohana Raspberry Lemonade, Ohana Kiwi Strawberry, , Sparkling Water, Sparkling Cherry, Sparkling Grapefruit, Sparkling Orange, Sparkling Lime, Diet tonic water, Club Soda.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: CosmicJoke]
#23388330 - 06/27/16 04:54 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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CosmicJoke said:
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LogicaL Chaos said: Whack soda flavors?
I cant imagine what they could be 
Red Pop, Rock N' Rye, Root Beer, Cotton Candy, Orange, Grape, Candy Apple, Moon Mist, Moon Mist Blue, Cola, Creme Soda, 60/40, Black Cherry, Peach, Dr. Faygo, Gold, Gingerale, Twist, Cherry Cola, Pineapple, Pineapple Watermelon, Pineapple Orange, Jazzin' Blues Berry, Raspberry Blueberry, Fruit Punch, Ohana Punch, Ohana Lemonade & Iced Tea, Ohana Lemon Iced Tea, Ohana Lemonade, Ohana Strawberry Banana, Ohana Raspberry Lemonade, Ohana Kiwi Strawberry, , Sparkling Water, Sparkling Cherry, Sparkling Grapefruit, Sparkling Orange, Sparkling Lime, Diet tonic water, Club Soda.
Sounds like Juggalo heaven.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#23388381 - 06/27/16 05:08 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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LogicaL Chaos said: I just went shopping at the Dollar store, landury soap.
Found my favorite Dollar Store product by far:

Dollar Store brands FTW.
Why is the spout shaped like a butt plug
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: CosmicJoke]
#23388387 - 06/27/16 05:10 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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CosmicJoke said: 3.5 ounce Rib Eye Steak for $1, even if you bought two or three of them, yuck.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Patlal]
#23388604 - 06/27/16 06:16 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Because Yetti Pot! 
Dual purpose i suppose 
Kinda like those plungers with the clear acrlylic handles that look like dildos.
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Re: Things you recommend buying at the dollar store? Along with things you would never buy? [Re: Crystal G]
#23388743 - 06/27/16 07:01 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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You can get vitamins such as C, D and B for 2 dollars a bottle - a good deal.
You can also get hydrogen peroxide, band aids and hand sanitizer , and it's probably the best place to get batteries too.
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