What's The Very Best Thing You Can Get At Dollar Tree And / Or Its Imitators?

I like their version of Fabric Refresher, Pre-Wash, and Stain Remover.

I like their version of filet minion. You can't tell it from the kind they serve at 21 or the Rainbow Room.

big selections of classic candy for movies, in large boxes for a low price.

gift bags

Mailing envelopes

Some of their cleaning supplies aren't all that bad.

Cleaning supplies and mailing supplies (tape, envelopes, mailers and kraft paper.

Poo Spray!

At the 99 Cents Only stores -- PRODUCE. They usually have a decent selection, at great prices.

Kitchen supplies (spatulas, spoons, napkin holders, etc)

Not can openers, though

This thread triggers me.

Dermasil Lotion - very moisturizing, makes for a great hand cream too. Check out the reviews on the link.

Reynolds Aluminum Foil Sheets - perfect for lining the little baking sheet for my Breville Smart Oven and other tasks.

Index Cards

Russell Stover Milk Chocolate Caramels - little white bag with the candies hanging on wall, only four individually wrapped in bag but perfect for a craving.

Ingredients for a dump cake: can of cherry pie filling, box of yellow cake mix, butter =$3

[quote]What's The Very Best Thing You Can Get At Dollar Tree

A clear-cut definition of what ghetto is after you see who actually shops there.

I love the 99 Cent Store...it’s hit or miss, but they have a lot of interesting food items that vary week to week. I never find much at Dollar Tree at all. Microfiber washcloths 4 for $1, that was a good deal.

Energy drinks

Really good useful cat toys. They sell fat catnip mice. Always a hit.

It's hit or miss, but when they have it Sun brand all-fabric non-chlorine bleach powder. It's lemon scented and works as well as Oxy-Clean if you use it to soak.

R12 My Dollar Tree is in Astoria, hardly Ghetto. White middle class, many of Greek and Italian heritage. Today lotsa 20-30 year olds in the neighborhood. Close to Manhattan on the train.

Witch hazel; shoe inserts; toothpaste; garden seeds; laundry detergent.

Greeting Cards and Gift Bags.

Before thinking things like cleaners, foil, storage baggies, etc. are a good deal there, check the amount you're getting. That's where they make some of their money as you're getting less per package/bottle a lot of the times at the DT than you would at a normal retailer.

I don't know about "best" but I usually get small containers of laundry detergent there (easier to carry, great for long road trips.)

Sometimes food storage (baggies, etc.)

I also like their cheapo mops - the old fashioned stringy mophead mops. I'm getting a little arthritic after 40 and they are great for cleaning - I don't necessarily use them just for mopping but for reaching corners, sometimes scrubbing bathroom/bathtub, etc.

Deep satifaction that we are keeping Chinese manufacturers in business.

My dad is obsessed with buying giant bags of popcorn at the dollar store.

R16: yes to the cat toys. It might be the best place ever. They always appreciate new cat toy donations at shelters also. The little kitties need to play!

Oh no. I meant r15.

Big Gumballs

[quote]Deep satifaction that we are keeping Chinese manufacturers in business.

And this would be different from every other retailer exactly HOW?

R23, r16 Another yes for the cat toys! But, no to the Dollar Tree cat litter, awful stuff. Tracks dust, doesn’t mask any odor. The 99 cent store at least has Johnny Cat, five pound bags for a $.99!

[quote] What's The Very Best Thing You Can Get At Dollar Tree

Scabies

Greeting Cards

Birthday decorations

Juanita’s boyfriend.

Apparently pregnancy tests.

Seriously, look it up.

Laid, by a hot fellow guy customer in front of or behind you whom you cruised in the checkout line successfully.

Condoms.

I agree with R8 about the 99 Cent store's produce. Lately, it's been excellent quality and variety, all for $1 or $2. Yesterday, they had enoki mushrooms (the ones that look like white knitting needles), butter lettuce, and fresh herbs, which are typically sold only at Whole Foods (for a lot more money). My city's store is in a very poor neighborhood where fresh produce has never been offered at all, much less at affordable prices. I hope this continues and that the public takes full advantage of it for as long as it lasts.

Their Mean Green spray cleaner is fantastic.

hair accessories, books, socks 3 for a buck!

Today, it’s Lisa’s boyfriend.

Cleaning products

Dollar Tree started carrying Hallmark cards about a year ago. None are more than $1, some are 2/$1 -- the original prices on the backs are usually between $2 & $3.

Bar soap, laundry detergent, bleach, cleaning vinegar. Once they had some really great Kalamata olives in a jar!

Cleaning supplies can be a fraction of the usual price. If you're having a large party you can buy dozens of wine glasses for $1 each. I've found things like great German mustards, unique pastas from Italy. Some stores like Big Lots can have really interesting products, you just need to look.

All paper products, from tablets to napkins to wrapping paper to greeting cards to gift bags.

Celebratory helium balloons.

Concur with R42; I bought 20 of these cobalt blue wine glasses, (18.5 oz.) for an outdoor party. They also have olive green and both colors come in wine, champagne and martini options. Tall and elegant. One got broke and it was no big deal at $1.

R44 those look like the free wine glasses I got for smoking 10 cartons of Parliament cigs in the early 90s. I have bought Fels Naptha laundry bars at Dollar Tree great to get grass / gardening stains out

Pound Cake!

Read the labels on those cleaning products. Some of them come from China. The spray foam bathroom cleaner comes to mind. It was not a good imitation of the name brand.

Cleaning supplies.

"Deep satifaction that we are keeping Chinese manufacturers in business. And this would be different from every other retailer exactly HOW?"

Funny how all the happy as a lark bargain hunters see no relationship between this and our present situation.

R49 Walmart should be shunned too as 85% Of what they sell is cheap shit from China.

Big gift bags for $1

R4 is George Costanza

R17 This West Villager takes the "M" to your Dollar Tree, then visits Entenmann's around the corner

Reading glasses. They're $14.99 at CVS.

Huge packs of flour tortillas. They're small size but I can't believe how many you get in a pack for a dollar. They're salty and delicious. I'm addicted to them. Gorditas or Del Barrio brand are the ones my store carries.

These

Wine glasses and mugs and plates and bowls oh my!

Prostitution whoreses!

Packs of brand-name batteries. They're never a dollar but they're damn cheap.

[quote]Big gift bags for $1

Now if only r51 has use for them.

r50 Again -- how is this different from every other retailer in the world?

At Christmas time they have decorations good enough to sort of fill in the bare spots.

[quote] I like their version of filet minion

Oh dear

I went into a Walmart yesterday on my way home from a dr appointment and it had women’s clothes roped off in the front of the store. I guess it was for social distancing , but it made me laugh. It should always be roped off.

I agree gift bags and reading glasses. I wish reading glasses were $14.99 at CVS, they are $20 here. I buy 10 pairs and leave them everywhere . If I lose a pair , so what.

My ex bought his mother a birthday card there once. Some of the words were misspelled.

I get reading glasses on Amazon. They have a better selection and are usually around $12-$15 for a four- or five-pack.

Another vote for reading glasses as the very best thing at my local Dollar Tree. A close runner-up is styli for cellphones and tablets. I now keep at least one of each in nearly every room.

The very worst thing they sell: full-size bottles of wine for $1. I can't even imagine cooking with it, much less drinking it. Maybe I'd buy it as a gift for someone I hate, but I'm not sure I hate anyone that much.

These Ultra Shine Dish Detergent Pods are, easily, the best dishwasher product I've ever used. 10 in a pack, so 10 cents for each load of dishes. Every single dish and all silverware is spotless. I'm convinced they're a top of the line product in a generic package!

R37 "Socks 3 for a buck"

Who needs 3 socks?

Big bags of good / horrible (already-popped) popcorn. Lovely if unhealthy for grazing. Moo.

Also: sunglasses. My teen-age niece loses them like there's no tomorrow and they seem no worse than those that cost at least a few bucks.

Gift bags and wrapping paper, books for a buck, reader eye glasses

Pregnancy tests. Cinnamon-flavored douches. Drug testing kits. Designer eyeshadow and lashes. Wart Cream. A few of my baby daddies. Those classy thin mints.

Mop buckets, wooden matches, some of their kitchen utensils, wine glasses.

r70=Tinymeat

A blow job in the bathroom

My Dollar Tree has hard cover books for $1, some of them haven't been that good but some have been really excellent. I have bought about 70 there but haven't gotten around to reading them all yet. I sometimes resell them to a book store, they only pay around 50¢ for them. Sometimes I donate them to Goodwill or those mini-libraries.

Yardley Lavender Soap

Some of the food products are imported from China. It may be marked as from the PRC. No thanks. I have also found cookies in tins that resemble the well-known Danish butter cookie cookie company made in either China or India. Some food comes from Vietnam, too.

Covid. This seems like a stealth poor people thread!

Toilet paper.

Gift bags, tissue paper and Hot Tamales candy.

R80, I went to a Dollar Tree a couple of weeks ago. Unlike all the middle class looking people celebrating this weekend outdoors, most of the people there were wearing masks.

They had some dishes that looked surprisingly durable. I think they were made in Canada, not China.

[quote]Unlike all the middle class looking people celebrating this weekend outdoors, most of the people there were wearing masks.

It’s not necessary to wear a mask outdoors.

In spite of their surly dispositions, the one eyed minions make for the tastiest filets.

Cheese that doesn't melt when heated, if you like that sort of thing.

Reach floss

The best bargain may be the dishes and glassware which are pretty good quality (unless they have Chinese lead in them, which I haven't checked for).

R32, DT also sells marijuana tests, and in parts of Canada, they sell fentanyl test strips to check if your drugs are spiked.

Yes some of the dishes they sell are v/v good, especially Royal Norfolk.

Cheap products for cheap people