I heard about the potential for this change a few months ago, but my local Dollar Tree (henceforth known as “Dollar” Tree) has now raised its prices from a dollar to a dollar-twenty-five per item.
Twenty-five percent is a big increase, but hey… it’s a dollar.
The thing I’ve loved about dollar stores in general the past few decades goes beyond cheap prices. I like that everything is the same price. It would be true if everything in the store were five dollars or 10 dollars or a million dollars. If everything is the same price, all you have to do is look at the quality of the merch.
Ever find something great in a store, then look at the price tag and realize it’s not so great anymore?
That never happens when you automatically know the price of everything in the store.
The beauty of Dollar Tree is thus: consider this shelf full of goods. Everything is the same price, so just pick the best thing.
Awesome.
Still awesome at a buck-twenty-five.