I Love the Cheap Store!
By snowy
@snowy22315 (179752)
United States
September 17, 2019 12:22pm CST
There is a store in the slightly bigger town (The County Seat) I have talked about before on here. It is a grocery close out store...but of course they sell other items as well. I love that store because you never know what you will find. Not everything is a great bargain, and some things are more than you would pay elsewhere...plus they don't stock that much..but I can always find some good bargains. I found a large package of rubber bands for .35 the other day. I am always looking for rubberbands..and I was happy to have found them for a good price. They also had a large can of My Essentials Coffee for 4.95. It might be a little cheaper at Aldi. but I am not driving 45 minutes to Aldi to save a few cents on coffee. I got a good quality durable mouse for kitty for .88...and 300 count aspirin for two bucks. They usually have great meat prices as well. Like I said, not everything there is an amazing bargain..but you can often find something that is..Do you have a "cheap store" in your area?
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
No, I don't like Big Lots, it is wasn't Ollie's. It is called Shoppers Value. It is the second best store like that I have been to. There is one in the Shenandoah Valley called Sharp Shopper which is amazing.
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@moffittjc (121503)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Sep 19
We just had an Ollie's open here recently. That place was pretty neat, although it was packed with people when I stopped by, so I didn't get a chance to browse as much as I would have liked.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
@moffittjc Ollie's is a pretty good store. They have excellent prices on sheets.
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@moffittjc (121503)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Sep 19
I always thought Walmart was the "cheap" store in every town and city! lol
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
They don't always have the best prices on everything.
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@moffittjc (121503)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Sep 19
@snowy22315 I don't think any one store has the best prices on everything, but overall you have to admit Walmart is pretty cheap. Although, I hate that place so I try my best not to ever shop there.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
@moffittjc Not a big Walmart fan myself
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@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
17 Sep 19
I like The Country Seat shop very much indeed by your description. I like a cheap shop called Proper Job it sells cheap toilet paper, kitchen rolls and house cleaning materials. I love a shop called Home Bargains however it is a longer drive from. It is close to another cheap shop called BM Bargains. On the high street of my local town there is another BM Bargains. Close to the one there is Pound Land where many things are sold for £1.00. The British Heart Foundation sells cheap furniture. Much of what is sold is second hand. In my local town they have one second hand clothing shop where all there is £1.00 each.
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@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
17 Sep 19
@snowy22315 I was so happy when Home Bargains opened up. They sell cheap food, toiletries and home goods. BM Bargains is very pleasing too. I liked seeing the Pound Land begin selling cheap clothing.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
@maximax8 Yes, you probably wouldn't want to get everything there...but certain things are simply too cheap not to buy.
@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
It sounds like you have a lot of good stores to choose from there. Those that don't cost an arm and a leg.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
Aldi is good...and low cost stores are great.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
@LadyDuck I go there when I get a chance..I might be going to NOVA next week mystery shopping, and if I do I am going to go to Trader Joe's which is another good store.
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@LadyDuck (470823)
• Switzerland
18 Sep 19
@snowy22315 I like Aldi, I buy most of my grocery there.
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@just4him (317004)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Sep 19
That's great you were able to find bargains on things you need and use a lot.
Dollar General is good when they have their clearance sales. I got a large bottle of Worcestershire sauce for 30 cents. It was a brand name too, not an off-brand.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
If you have Family Dollar in your area, you should check in there too periodically. I have gone in there a couple of times when they had things on clearance..Two big cartloads and some in the fridge case too for like a .25 a piece. They were items that had just passed their expiration date by like a day. They were fine though.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
@just4him Yes, Aldi is really good. You are right about the sodium...but as long as you don't eat a lot of it, and just sporadically, you should be OK.
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@just4him (317004)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Sep 19
@snowy22315 I don't buy food from those stores as most of it isn't on my food program and loaded with sodium. I've found Aldi is very good lately. I love their prices and their food is awesome! Great quality and most of it is non-GMO. 
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@Janet357 (75646)
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18 Sep 19
the cheap store in my area promises products of low quality.
there is a mall that offers good products for the right prices. so it is okay.
my husband is a member of this supermarket that offers everything for 50 percent off.
the sale happens just twice a year. we.will do massive shopping by the end of sept
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
That's the thing some are very low quality and others are not. You have to buy what you feel comfortable with, but for most things..I don't see a reason to pay more. Clothes would probably be the exception, and meats, have to be of a certain quality to be good.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
@Janet357 Just thigns I like, I dont have a brand preference
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
18 Sep 19
Places like that are great when you can find a good bargain. The main thing I always look at now though is expiration dates since we have a store around here that sells Sell by April 28th still now and swears the food is still good?
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
You are right I don't generally get too hung up on expiration dates though.
@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
17 Sep 19
THe cheapest here is 99 cent store.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
Yes, we don't have those here...but we do have Dollar Tree, and various other outlets.
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@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
17 Sep 19
@snowy22315 same type of store.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
22 Sep 19
Just don,t buy the processed junk. I am sure they have other things as well.
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@sallypup (60798)
• Centralia, Washington
22 Sep 19
@snowy22315 Its an 80 per cent processed junk store. I pay more for produce at Safeway but I also get food that I can eat and that doesn't make me ill. Grocery Outlet is party food central.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
The Big Lots that are in this area don't seem to have great prices, but I have seen some good stuff online.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
Yes, its pretty exciting to find things at a low price.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Sep 19
Yes there are so many cheap stores in my place in fact this is where you can see lots of people. Mostly products being sold here came from China.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
@ilocosboy Probably better than coming from China anyway.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
18 Sep 19
The store I am talking about..gets alot of imports from South America and some from Poland too.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Sep 19
@snowy22315 that's really nice because they are quality products.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
Yes, those stores sound a bit like Dollar Tree here in the US. This store is not like that, it is primarily a grocery, but it does sell other things as well.
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@Michellekidwell (29370)
• Sonora, California
17 Sep 19
We have a similar store called Grocery Outlet, they sell more than just groceries though and most things are priced low! We also have a 99 Cent story, A Dollar Tree and a Dollar General in the Town over who’s here is only about 4 miles from Old Town!
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
It sounds like some good bargain shopping there. I am not much of a fan of Dollar General, and they saturate this area, but ocassionally they have some good deals. Their Clover Valley Brand is usually priced well, but alot of their brand items are junk.
@psanasangma (7280)
• India
18 Sep 19
Cheap stores are always like a bonus point.it really help us. At my home we don't have such stores
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
18 Sep 19
Really the only cheap store around this way is Big Lots. And they do not have everything.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Sep 19
Yes every block there is a cheap store or thrift store in town. Most of them I have never been inside.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
It's not a thrift store. These aren't second hand things.
@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
17 Sep 19
I love cheap stores!! Of course there's Dollar tree and family Dollar!! The new Walmart up the street ain't bad either!! The clearance racks have some real good deals!! Last year I bought packs of gloves for .90 a pack!!
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
17 Sep 19
End of the season shopping at Walmart is usually pretty good. I would say this store I am talking about has Walmart prices beat on quite a few items.
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