re: My first time in a Dollar General

Posted by Scoop

RIP Scoop

Member since Sep 2005

44583 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:54 am to CommoDawg

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Holy crap..this place is the trashiest store I've ever been in.

My local Dollar Genera is run like an Apple Store.

It’s so clean you could eat off the floor.

The staff is helpful almost to the point of being annoying.

I’ve seen some trashy ones, though.

Posted by rowbear1922

Lake Chuck, LA

Member since Oct 2008

15165 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:58 am to CommoDawg

Bill's in Port Barre says hold my beer.

Dollar store WITH layaway plans.

Posted by LarryDavid

Los Angeles

Member since Sep 2010

4207 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:18 am to CommoDawg

Hard to find good mutton there.

Posted by GetEmTigers08

Mississippi

Member since Dec 2007

1236 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:42 am to CommoDawg

DG quality is directly related to the surrounding environment. They have popped up everywhere in rural MS, even along seemingly empty sections of 4lane HWY near my house that have a lot of travelers to Mobile/GS. The one in my town is legit, and even just added a produce/fresh grocery section.

Somehow our store lucked out with $1 Pepsi 2ltr products and 1.25 Coke products. The other stores in nearby towns have all had higher prices on drinks for some reason.

This post was edited on 9/4/18 at 8:43 am

Posted by momentoftruth87

Member since Oct 2013

71421 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:44 am to GetEmTigers08

Only bad thing with their soda is that they seem to leave it outside & it goes to shite.

I have noticed over the years dollar general not leaving as much shite outside, but that is my only complaint.

Posted by WildManGoose

Member since Nov 2005

4568 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:52 am to CommoDawg

The quality of DG and FD are inversely proportional to the number of stores in an area. If there are 4-5 dollar stores in an area of 4 sq. miles then you can bet that they are all equally the trashiest place that you could set foot in. (I'm looking at you Ville Platte, get your shite together)

Posted by GetEmTigers08

Mississippi

Member since Dec 2007

1236 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:53 am to momentoftruth87

With our prices the drinks sell like hot cakes. Coke is refilling their shelves at least 3 times a week. I figured our Pig would drop their prices because of this but they continue to sell for nearly $2, so no one buys that shite lol

Posted by Jim Rockford

Member since May 2011

98171 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:53 am to CommoDawg

Dollar General sandwich cookies are legit.

Posted by momentoftruth87

Member since Oct 2013

71421 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:56 am to GetEmTigers08

Lol oh I know. It's like that here too, but you can see what the heat has done to the sodas. I still buy them occasionally because they are expensive at Walmart and that's 30 mins away lol. Just saying, that they def used to leave more shite outside, but yeah, can't beat their price.

Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican

Member since Apr 2013

11152 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:56 am to DavidTheGnome

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Wait till you see a Dollar Tree

My kids love dollar tree. theyre 5 and 7. I take them there and give them a dollar, and say you can have anything in the whole store!

Posted by TH03

Mogadishu

Member since Dec 2008

171036 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:57 am to Scoop

It’s like any store. Compare any random McDonalds in say Baton Rouge to one in a nice area like Frisco here in DFW. The hiring pool will be upper middle class high school/college kids in Frisco. Every fast food place has the service everyone praises chik fil a for.

Posted by taylormade

Tumbleton

Member since Jan 2011

9802 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:10 am to CommoDawg

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CommoDawg

need to shave bruh

oh yeah.. DG has great prices on 15 pack of stones.. 7$
not a bad beer to drink watching the game..

This post was edited on 9/4/18 at 9:11 am

Posted by LSUGRAD2008

Baton Rouge

Member since Mar 2018

478 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:34 am to CommoDawg

I go there to buy my boat cleaner. Awesome is kick arse on the seats

Posted by Janky

Team Primo

Member since Jun 2011

35957 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:56 am to LSUGRAD2008

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I go there to buy my boat cleaner. Awesome is kick arse on the seats

Talk to me goose.

Posted by Pettifogger

Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

Member since Feb 2012

79160 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:01 am to PowerTool

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The Dollar Tree near me is mostly full of holiday/seasonal stuff. It's not a general store like Dollar General.

Yeah they're really not too similar

DG/FD are replacements for supermarkets in "food deserts", which is something the drug store chains do as well. Hence they're often in the ghetto or in pretty rural areas.

I'm sure they make a killing selling mostly shitty products w/o much competition. But if I ever find myself in need of a Koss CD player for like 44.99, I know where to go.

Posted by scott8811

Ratchet City, LA

Member since Oct 2014

11321 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:26 am to rowbear1922

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Dollar store WITH layaway plans.

Excuse me...I'd like to know about financing options on this rake and bag of hydrox

Posted by BlackAdam

Member since Jan 2016

6447 posts

Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:33 am to CommoDawg

Four years ago there was a line of 6 GI Joe action figures that was exclusive to Dollar General. They were $6 each in the store, but were selling for $20 to $40 online. The distribution was bad, and only certain markets could get them, and collectors in Canada and Europe did not have any access. I was hitting all the DG stores around Baton Rouge, and buying all I could find. Then I found a friendly manager who ordered me 40 cases of 6. I got about halfway through selling the 40 cases when the distribution caught up and the bottom fell out.

I kept about 10 cases and dropped another 10 in a toys for tots bin. I made a mint, made a charitable contribution, and had plenty leftover. Certain figures in the line have since heated up on the collector market, and I have started selling them again.