no nothing rip off ten dollar store items that are actually a rip-off chips and soda potato chips
some items at Dollar Stores might get you a money-saving deal but chips are not one
of those items in order to offer them to you at a reduced cost the weight of the
bag of chips found at a dollar store is almost always much smaller everyone has calculators
on their phones these days so if you do the math and compare the actual cost per
ounce you'll see that you would save a lot more money buying the chips at a grocery store soda
is another item you will get completely ripped off on at the dollar store I'm getting a soda
you will spend more on a single liter of soda than you would for a 2-liter bottle almost
everywhere else now why would you want to pay twice as much for items you're trying to save
money on if you are indeed a lover of soda you would be better off recognizing the true lack
of value it's true sometimes you get distracted by a cute tiny sized can of soda but you somehow
forget your cost per ounce amount but again use those math skills and don't lose focus cereal
oh we keep hearing in the news that the cost of cereal is going to keep going up and yet we walk
into the dollar store and magically unbelievably the cost of our favorite Brands appear to be lower
than those in the supermarket the key word here is appear buying a box of cereal for
a buck sounds like an amazing deal but usually if you're looking at your favorite name brand item on
the Shelf at the dollar store the size of the Box you're staring at is way smaller than the Box you
would get at your local supermarket you are about to spend way more per ounce than you thought it's
easy to get fooled sometimes however you will see a generic brand of your favorite cereal and
you'll think to yourself well okay I will buy the generic brand because it will taste the same and
it truly will cost less he just saved me a lot of money however the truth is the generic brands that
are at the dollar stores are usually there because they were a hard product to sell elsewhere usually
the taste of a generic product is substandard compared to the brand name one so you have a
choice to get less cereal for your money in the smaller sized brand name box or you can get a
cereal you will not be able to bear eating once you get home and then you'll have to go and buy
the real one all over again after you've thrown the poor tasting one out Dollar Store Burger
equals Dollar Store taste I'd have a burger do you want a burger I could go for a burger yeah
seriously are you going to try and lower your grocery bill by daring to buy your burgers at
a dollar store compromising your health not to mention your taste buds is just not worth it
there's a potential of the packaging itself to harm you some of the burgers from Dollar stores
are wrapped in plastic wrap which may contain BPS and or phthalates it's full of toxic chemicals
these are both chemicals linked to not only male reproductive development problems but to prostate
cancer as well it's just not worth it when you imagine how the burgers at the dollar store may
taste your wishes are plainly not going to be fulfilled reviewers have noted that the burger
patties were salty odd tasting and crumbly we know you hoped they might be the best deal ever
discovered at the dollar store but they are not juicy they are not tasty and after your first bite
you won't be inclined to continue with your meal not only that but you've thrown your hard-earned
money down the drain and now you'll have to come up with more money to buy more food to make dinner
all over again getting milked buying milk milk you need to pick up milk on your way home and
just don't want to bother having to stop at yet another store to pick it up so along with some
other items you just had to have from the dollar store you toss in a carton of milk thinking how
bad could this be after all it's just milk and it's cheap well not so fast mathematical Jedi
let's do some math some of the curtains at the dollar store near San Francisco contain only
16 ounces when you figure out how many ounces you are getting for what you thought was their cheaply
priced milk you were paying almost eight dollars per gallon too much too much this costs you way
more than had you gone into a very expensive grocery store and purchased the very best organic
milk reports have warned against purchasing any kinds of perishable foods at Dollar stores because
their freshness may be compromised and their quality as well might be dubious jeez e cheese
you think to yourself how bad can a cheese at the dollar store be it's cheese it's cheap
and you have it listed on your grocery list so you reach out and toss some into your shopping
cart but if you bother to read the ingredients on the package sure you noticed it looked like
cheese it felt like cheese but if you'd read the ingredients you'd have noticed that most
likely out of the first eight ingredients listed on the package none of them were Dairy chances
are the product is called something that reminds you of cheese but is not actually labeled cheese
it's fake several reports online quote reviewers as calling out the so-called cheeses for tasting
bad they also mentioned the fact that the Imposter is unable to melt it has been noted that the
cheese product actually Sparks when people try to melt it you don't want a burnt cheese
product on your toast nor as your pizza topping the real stuff at the grocery store will suit
your purposes better and if you pay attention to prices and sales you can often find cheese
for reasonable prices sometimes you just can't beat the real stuff not so spicy spices we can
put spices in that spices are not cheap the top of the line ones can truly gouge your monthly grocery
budget so who would not be inclined to indulge in the dollar store offerings you automatically
feel like you're getting a deal but if you take out your calculator or even a pencil and pad of
paper you will realize that you are in fact not getting a deal to make up for those posted cheap
prices usually the amount of spice you're getting in the container of spice of your choice is way
less than you would in regular grocery stores but who says you have to buy all your spices at
once if you buy one spice at a grocery store when it's on sale and you do this every few months you
will eventually build a stockpile that did not throw you out of your spending comfort zone I
don't like going outside of my comfort zone also at your regular grocery store you might find some
spices which are not the top brand name but taste just as fine then when those are on sale buying
them can really make you feel that you scored an amazing deal sometimes less is more even just
for a short time and what's the point be patient with your spice collection and be smart with your
money impulse be gone they're buying it they're buying it no matter the store you're going in
you're standing in line and you're waiting your turn to pay well the stores know that what quells
your irritation and waiting in a slow moving line being able to shop for even more items while not
losing your place in line does it get any better than that it doesn't even matter what store you're
at it happens everywhere at the hardware store at the hairdresser at the gas station at the
pharmacy and at the dollar store many items are conveniently placed in these strategic locations
near the cache to grab your attention if you want me come and get me they distract you from
the boredom of waiting to pay and keep you focused on purchasing more instead of looking at the items
inside your basket and reevaluating whether or not you truly need them hence the packs of gum sitting
and waiting to be chewed and you think you're getting a good deal cheaper gum at the dollar
store checkout well it may be cheaper but you are not getting any prized deal the gum package is
at the dollar store are usually smaller than the ones that you would purchase at the major grocery
chains the gum ends up costing you more per piece and while it may not make a huge dent in your
pocket over time these purchases do add up to you getting ripped off always do the math on your face
how do I look you're out of your favorite makeup and you notice a reasonable facsimile at the
dollar store how bad could it be you think to yourself well ask yourself what exactly
is in that makeup read the package are there ingredients you may be allergic to has the
product been approved by the higher ups you don't want to put inferior products on your
skin only to end up with a severe reaction or a rash you may have sensitive skin and your
skin may not tolerate the cheap ingredients in the lower priced product there may be alcohol
of a harsher grade used in producing it or sunscreen is concerned purchasing this at
the dollar store is taking quite a risk since SPF is known to degrade over time
is too risky it's even possible the sunscreen product at the dollar store has already expired
how long has it been sitting there if it is of an inferior quality the sunscreen's packaging might
say 30 SPF when indeed it's really only 15 SPF some items are simply not worth taking a risk on
no matter how much cheaper they may seem to be when an innocent mistake can cost you big time
in ways other than just dollars think safety over thriftiness besides you can always buy sunscreen
at the pharmacy and there are always name brands going on sale One Stop shopping might seem to
sometimes save you time but time is not the only thing to consider always look for expiration
dates anywhere you buy especially anything you're going to apply to your skin and always look at the
ingredients list can the cans I have all the cans marked I can in the morning and a can at night we
have been brought up thinking that there's nothing wrong with canned goods those that are made
carefully with the right materials are safe and they preserve food for long stretches of time when
you're in the dollar store with your grocery list and you're in front of a wall of cans stocked with
just the items you need how can it not be tempting to toss in those dollar a can items it seems like
a smart thing to do but grocery stores often sell canned goods for even less than a dollar sometimes
there are even deals on multi-can purchases you can end up spending more on your cans and
defeating your whole purpose of saving what are savings if you familiarize yourself with flyers or
notice the prices of your favorites while you're in a grocery store you will not be ripped off when
at a dollar store and remember it's not always about the price if you get home with your five
cans of asparagus and you think you've scored a great deal imagine how you might feel if the
asparagus inside is so mushy you can't even remove one stalk without having the entire contents turn
into a bottle of green mush just saying and to top things off some of the dollar store canned goods
can contain harmful chemicals a report by the center for environmental health found that even
after the chemical besphenol a BPA became widely known as one to stay away from many lower grade
cans still contain it heat protection electronics and oven mats this is for my protection many of
the electronics found in dollar stores may be lacking a UL label according to Consumer Reports
the Underwriters Laboratories is one of the best known safety certification companies in the United
States sometimes there may be counterfeit labels on the electronics products and when you see them
you automatically assume that the items are indeed safe but you were smarter than that if it's in a
dollar store chances are that the quality of the item is inferior to those at legit hardware stores
a power bar could be made with thinner wires for example which will not be able to tolerate
the power loads you attempt to run through it also with inferior Brands they often utilize different
parts from different companies often they are not reliable nor are they safe they are dangerous and
unreliable just because your cousin managed to get something worthy the one you chose off the
shelf could be the many lemons of the bunch and then you will need to pour out more money to buy
a higher quality one from somewhere better of all the potential hazards in trying to save a
buck the electronics arena is the worst this is not the place to skimp this could be a dangerous
choice to make when at a dollar store next really examine the cute and colorful oven mitts you're
thinking about buying at the dollar store who doesn't love a fresh pair of mints especially
when the parent home is rampant with cookie dough and meatloaf runovers well the ones in the dollar
store will do you more harm than good in fact with this item you may literally get burned study the
item usually the oven mitts in dollar stores are a bit skimpier they do not have enough padding
to protect your hands and fingers against the scorching baking dishes you pull out of your
oven or the heated cookware on your stove refrain from this inferior oven mitt Danger