Sneaky Ways Dollar Stores Get You To Spend More Money

Dollar stores are a billion dollar industry. In 2018, Dollar Tree made $22 billion in revenue, and Dollar General's stock was worth $36.5 billion as of July 2019. From selling smaller sized products to capitalizing on private-label goods, here are some of the sneaky ways dollar stores get customers to spend more money.

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Sneaky Ways Dollar Stores Get You to Spend More Money

[ChrisInvests]

My favorite thing to buy at the Dollar stores are greeting cards. $.50 or $1 compared to $4-9 somewhere else 👍

[BusyBodyVisa]

I remember being so poor at one point I went to the dollar tree and was counting pennies. The lady in front of me tried to cheer me up by telling me 'don't worry I've been there'. Yuppies with high salaries like to criticize dollar stores but they do serve a purpose and I thank God for them.

[acrylicacidz]

the place to go before heading to the movies

[teruphoto]

2:34 it's cheaper to buy in bulk
4:38 low income families don't have disposable income to buy bulk
So...you've answered your own question of why dollar shops are popular

[JenniferC]

Is it just me or are these tactics no different than the typical ones found in larger more corporate stores just with less space, inventory, and cost?

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Sneaky? Yes. But still affordable for the average family? Definitely

[DaLomlMusic]

I love how he starts at a normal speaking volume and when he says a line that sounds crazy he says the last three words more separated and almost a whisper

[Saperwill]

Dont Talk shit about my lovely Dollar Stores

[Chid]

why's he talking and sounding like its a bad thing lol, its still cheaper than buying stuff at walmart which is THE POINT. lol out here sounding like we watching some horror mystery smh

[dylanduke]

Actually about that toothpaste the 4oz is about 4$ at Walmart and the 2.5 oz is 1$ at dollar tree so if you buy 2 at dollar tree not only are you spending half the price you’re also getting more toothpaste 😂

[raynarayskye]

No bruh. I came for 6 things. I'm leaving with 6 things.

[limemabean]

"And once they die, you have to go buy more!!" Don't you have to do that for $7 batteries? 😂

[bluejedi]

these stores are a hit an miss. Many products (chap stick, party goods for kids, some craft supplies, Easter basket goodies, party favors for kids, single-use items, greeting cards) are good. The cleaning supplies are hit and miss. In all honesty, shopping at a dollar tree/dollar store depends on what your getting, what its use is, and why your getting it. It's a life saver for many many folks. If you live in a food desert, or it's 10-15 miles (or further) from say, CVS or Walgreens (Walgreens is a 50 mile one way drive for me) and for some people in my county- there is only one walmart. Depending on where you live in my county, you can be 10 minutes away or a 2 hour drive round trip. Dollar store is 10-15 minute drive-roughly 20 minutes in some area. For some, dollar tree is a life saver.

[watchman]

I feel like they need to do more research on where dollar stores get their products from; which factories specifically. I wouldn't be surprised if a big company like Duracell for batteries goes to the same manufacturer as a third-party battery company and just slaps a different name on it and charges a higher amount because of name. The same could be said for clothes etc.

[thecatfromoregon]

We live off of a janitor's and teacher's income. We avoid dollar stores because we discovered back in college (when we were below the poverty level) that we spent less money over time buying in bulk and buying only quality items. Sure, we have to make trade-offs to do it. But we have a lot more peace of mind not having to replenish our essentials every week. We're very glad that we listened to my mom, who grew up extremely poor, when she told us to stop throwing away our money at dollar stores if we wanted to spend less.

[jakeadams]

In regards to the brand argument, you get what you pay for. Honestly, if I’m getting a $1 off-brand product which does the same thing as a $6 brand name product, then why should I complain? I’m getting the same results and saving money.
I love dollar stores 🤓👍

[ChaoticGodz]

Love these inexpensive stores. Helped my family and I go through a rough time in our life. The problems with these chains is that they’re more likely, than the a little more expensive stores, to have expired products on their shelves. I remember nearly buying some of the food there that were a month expired and the kind lady who’d worked there at the checkouts pointed that out to me, I was shocked. And it wasn’t a few items that were passed their expiration dates either. Needless to say I still go back everywhere now and then with a few dollars and in hand and come back home with a handful of items. I’m just a lot more careful with reading the expired dates though. In bigger chain stores they usually have extra color coded labels telling you the item is about to expired which is nice and doesn’t exist in those dollar chain store I’ve ever been in including family dollar, and dollar tree

[Jitatman]

But I still get genuine candy from dollar stores

[Chamelionroses]

Every store ...even online has methods too. It isn't only dollar store.

I just go with what I can afford.

[ramirotorres]

I used to work at Dollar Tree and I work at Walmart now and I've noticed that alot of things you can get at a dollar store is cheaper at Walmart. Like hotdogs are $1 a pack at Dollar Tree and they are $0.98 at Walmart and the same with some brands of water for the exact same sizes