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The Blue Flower

(6,198 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:31 PM 18 hrs ago

I went to the Dollar Tree today

I had to replace the Barbies that my dog chewed up. My almost 3 year old granddaughter was tired of the attrition. I'm here to report that the base price for items is now $1.75, with most things more expensive than that. The world turns.

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I went to the Dollar Tree today (Original Post) The Blue Flower 18 hrs ago OP

The Five and Dime store is an ancient memory. Silent Type 18 hrs ago #1

We should have stocked up back then, GreenWave 18 hrs ago #3

You can never have too many Barbies. Kablooie 17 hrs ago #4

Small cuts. OAITW r.2.0 18 hrs ago #2

I get my Barbies at the thrift stores. soldierant 17 hrs ago #5

Yeah I_UndergroundPanther 17 hrs ago #6

Silent Type

(11,350 posts)

1. The Five and Dime store is an ancient memory.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:32 PM

18 hrs ago

GreenWave

(11,752 posts)

3. We should have stocked up back then,

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:52 PM

18 hrs ago

Kablooie

(18,988 posts)

4. You can never have too many Barbies.

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:36 PM

17 hrs ago

OAITW r.2.0

(30,686 posts)

2. Small cuts.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:35 PM

18 hrs ago

That's how we die financially.

soldierant

(9,006 posts)

5. I get my Barbies at the thrift stores.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:59 PM

17 hrs ago

But I get them to make character dolls, which means not only dressing them from scratch but ofte also restylin their hair - so I don't need the hair to be perfect. So that might not work for you.

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,277 posts)

6. Yeah

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:09 AM

17 hrs ago

Well at the Walmart one of the few places I can walk to to get stuff I had a rude shock.

2 packs of fancy feast cat food 12 cans each, a half gallon of milk and an 18 pack of eggs set me back 32 bucks today.

This Walmart mind you is close to a subsidized housing complex and if you can’t afford or drive a car it’s one of the few places you can go without taking a hike. Carrying heavy bags on a hike home really sucks btw.

I am awaiting the gullotine.

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