- These are the 10 things you should be buying
at the dollar store, whether it's Family Dollar,
Dollar Tree, or another local dollar store.
Hey guys, I am the Deal Guy Matt Granite.
I watch out for your wallet.
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Whether you shop at the Family Dollar or the Dollar Tree,
I'm going to provide insight right now
on things that you may not know bring better quality,
and I'll also impart some advice on what I would not buy.
Let's start with flip flops.
Of the 10 things you might wanna buy at the dollar store,
this is something to consider at a dollar apiece.
Now the big question you may be wondering
is how does that fare year to year?
So last year, when the local dollar store in my community
had a one dollar flip flop sale, we purchased,
and my fiancee grabbed these, and wore them
from one summer to where we are now,
and I will tell you, while they did wear down
faster than a pair of Adidas or something along those lines
that might cost double or triple the price,
for a dollar, and the fact that she could still wear these,
might be worth a consideration, especially if you have kids.
I'm a father of a two year old, and her feet grow very fast,
so this is something where parents
can definitely take advantage of that
and you don't need to worry about feet growing
very quickly or outgrowing what you've spent money on.
The number two suggestion of what you should buy
at the dollar store, party supplies.
Not only are the deals incredible, but if you were to look
on Amazon, Target, Walmart, you're not going
to find prices as low as this.
The party supplies are absolutely incomparable
with reductions you receive at Dollar Tree
and Family Dollar and other local dollar stores.
Now, quality for quality, how does it compare?
Well, we recently, or I should say, I can't take credit
for this, but Mama recently decorated our home
unbelievably well for our two year old daughter's birthday.
Mara, she's celebrating all sorts of fun milestones,
and she wanted a Little Mermaid themed birthday.
This is actually a mermaid tail,
and with dollar store decorations that may not be
of the same quality if you went to a party store outlet,
our view on this is, well, we really just needed
the decorations up for a day or two,
and I don't need them up for two or three weeks.
So while the quality may be less on something like
birthday party decorations, that may be all you need.
And you could save a substantial amount of money.
As a bonus, if you are looking for gift giving
tied to a party, like gift bags, things like this,
these cost three to five times more from a CVS,
Walgreens, Rite Aid, or even an online retailer,
so I will definitely tell you that the quality
of some of the paper bags, a little bit less,
but you're giving a gift once in some cases,
where that will suffice.
And the number three spot of what you should buy
at the dollar store, outdoor toys, not regular toys.
Regular toys are not a great buy at the dollar store,
and I will explain that in another video in the future,
but for outdoor toys, things like pails and shovels
for the beach or poolside, that is a great purchase
in the number three spot.
In the number four spot, sunglasses.
In fact, a dollar per sunglass, you'll be amazed,
if you frequently lose sunglasses,
the dollar store is your best friend.
The exact same line that you see carried
for $15, $17, and $22 at your local pharmacy,
a dollar per unit at the dollar store,
and that is worth taking into consideration.
So obviously, these were the outdoor toys
I was alluding to before, but if you look
at the polarized sunglasses for adults,
you're gonna do very well in that category.
There's actually a lot, the styles, I mean,
they're complete knockoffs of more popular styles,
but whether you're looking for aviator style,
or things that look like they may have
a much higher price than what you're
actually wearing, this is great.
If you frequently sit on your sunglasses, check.
If you lose them everywhere as I do,
I'm not the type of individual where I could handle
an $80 or $100 big boy pair of sunglasses,
nor do I wanna spend that money.
Some of the sunglasses that I've looked at
have both UVA and UVB protection,
so you have to look specifically at the models.
It's not this blanket, one size fits all,
but that is a great purchase of what I would buy.
I do wanna mention that sunscreen is not
a good purchase from the dollar store.
Sunglasses are, sunscreen not.
We'll get into that for another video, but basically,
sunscreen is often mislabeled, many of the times
that I check, and the other thing that I wanna mention
about sunscreen, they have very quick expiration dates,
and you sometimes have to buy a large quantity to get
that deal, so don't buy sunscreen at the dollar store.
Sunglasses, on the other hand, awesome.
In the number five spot of your best buy
at the dollar store, anything plastic
tied to organization generally has an incredible price.
And you will find, whether you buy this from any
big box retailer, or you go directly to a store
that specializes at organization,
the prices you will see are unprecedented
from Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, and dollar stores,
tied to these organizational products.
So for kitchen storage, if it's for food storage,
I don't recommend it to the same extent,
because a lot of the containers are not BPA free,
they're not great for the microwave,
you wanna be very careful with that,
and although they claim they're dishwasher safe,
in my test, they haven't been fantastic.
But laundry room essentials, all of the other
plastic products that you may be needing
for closet organization, those are great
purchases from the dollar store.
In the number six spot of hands down,
one of the best purchases you could possibly make
from a dollar store, school supplies.
A lot of people think that the big box retailers
bring discounts that are superior to the dollar store,
but if you actually look, the dollar store
carries many of these identical brands,
so 3M, Scotch, Avery Dennison in terms of labels,
Bic pens, Crayola, the school supplies and the deals
that are available year round
at the dollar store are unbelievable.
Strangely enough, and I've noticed,
the back to school promotions are not as aggressive
in August and September from the dollar store,
so when all of the other stores were running rampant
with the discounts, they may actually win
in those two months, but if you're buying year round
supplies, if you are looking for homeschooling,
if you're looking for products even in July,
you cannot touch the discounts at the dollar store.
They are the best.
Flash cards, things that I am using right now.
Wonderful elementary, middle school, and high school,
so just throwing that into your consideration right now.
In the number seven spot, cleaning supplies,
but this comes with an asterisk.
Cleaning supplies, one of the best purchases
you can make from the dollar store,
and that comes down to the brooms, the dusters,
the mops, the microfiber cloths that you just saw me
holding up, are very well made, given what you would
get these for anywhere else, and the aggressive pricing
that you will see from Dollar Tree,
Family Dollar, and other local dollar stores.
And I've tested a bunch of these.
If you are looking for a sponge, a mop, a broom,
anything along those lines.
The one thing I would not recommend buying
from the dollar store in the cleaning category,
actual cleaning solvents and solutions
and the sprays that you need to clean
your windows, your floors, your counters.
There is a clearance section, and a hidden coupon section,
actually available on Amazon, where you're going
to find from laundry detergent to all of the products
that you need from soaps and sanitizers,
much more aggressive at Amazon.
And if you actually look back at,
I can't remember how many uploads ago that video was,
but if you're not subscribed to the channel,
turn on your notifications, and you will find that video,
hopefully, in your feed.
Better, better at Amazon, but the cleaning supplies
themselves, the cloths, everything else, dollar store.
In the number eight spot, home accents.
A surprisingly awesome purchase from the dollar store,
and whether that, I don't actually think
the succulents were that great, I saw them in person,
those look really fake.
But the vases, just as an example,
this was purchased from the dollar store,
and I apologize, you can see that we've been using them
for flowers, it needs to be cleaned a little bit better,
but glass is glass.
I realize there's different degrees of breakability
tied to glass, and how thick glass is,
but generally, your run of the mill flower vase,
or vase, much better grab at the dollar store
compared to what I've seen at Pier 1, and many of
the other stores that specialize in home accents.
100% get that at the dollar store.
You will not be disappointed.
In the number nine spot of a best buy
from a dollar store, candles.
You will find that the dollar pricing you find on very
nicely scented candles, if that is your thing, beautiful.
Is the variety as enormous as Yankee Candle,
or another store that specializes in candles?
Absolutely not, but they've got your basic scents,
they're well made, they're large candles.
You can see from the reviews on this Dollar Tree page,
they're incredibly well rated,
and for the prices they offer, it is worth your money,
in my opinion, if you are someone that frequents candles,
or you frequently purchase candles.
If you are looking for the organic, soy,
in a glass vase, that burn for six years, no.
But if you're looking for just really good scents
to illuminate your home, the dollar store has,
ingredient for ingredient, a lot of the candles
that I've read, and the clean burn candles,
identical to what you would find anywhere else,
Walmart, Target, and so on.
And then in the number 10 spot of your best buy at,
that was really too enthusiastic,
that probably scared some of you.
In the number 10 spot of what you might want to consider
at the dollar store, it's something that we buy frequently
in our household, arts and crafts.
The arts and crafts, the arts and crafts kits,
and the brands, that are all available,
from glue sticks to glitter to paint,
the glue gun was actually not a good purchase,
we did buy one, wouldn't buy that.
But everything else has been wonderful in terms of crafting.
Now yes, if you look at the paint, and some of
the generic brands, offered at the dollar store,
the paint quality might not be on the exact same par
as what you would find at a typical local retailer,
but I will tell you, as much as I like to think
that my daughter is a budding artist,
for the very abstract photos and paintings
that she provides right now, at her level,
and then probably for the years to come,
the glitter quality at the dollar store,
the paint, the crayons, perfect for us.
Might not be good for an artist in college,
or someone working in architectural school,
but I will tell you right now, you'll be impressed,
and there are some great ways
to entertain your kids on a dime,
whether it's the Family Dollar or the Dollar Tree.
So those are the 10 purchases that I recommend that you make
your best buys, your 10 best buys at the dollar store.
For what I would not buy, and that's a list.
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