- Here are 10 huge shopping secrets
to save you big at the Dollar Tree.
If you are a frequent Dollar Tree store shopper,
these 10 secrets will save you big, not just there,
but possibly at other dollar stores
and Dollar General as well.
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The first big shopping secret for the Dollar Tree
actually stems from one of its major complaints.
A lot of us know that if you go to a Dollar Tree store
and you buy something that would be like
a shampoo or conditioner, a moisturizer,
you're getting a great price.
But it's often a much smaller quantity
than what you would find from another retail store.
So in essence, you get a good price,
but if you actually compare the ounces per dollar,
you're not doing as well sometimes
on major brands at the dollar store.
If you did not know,
there is a very special section of the Dollar Tree website,
and some of their stores,
where they offer something called Bonus Buys.
And for savings secret, number one,
this is the exact same product
that you would find at the dollar store,
except it's actually at the size you should be getting
in the same size you'd be getting
at a Costco or an Amazon or a Walmart.
And you can see when you see things like 20% bonus free,
don't get overly excited about that.
If it is a Dollar Tree website that just usually means
you're getting the normal size of that specific product,
but the Bonus Buy section gives you
a full wide range of products
you would otherwise be overpaying for at the size
they should be at.
So don't forget that when you are shopping at Dollar Tree.
For Dollar Tree shopping, secret number two,
don't forget that not all Dollar Tree stores
are created equal.
In fact, some have freezer section,
some have more extensive food and things like $1 steaks,
actually pop up from time to time at the Dollar Tree.
Now, would you, or should you consume a Dollar Tree steak?
I did it once.
I won't say it was the most perfect piece of filet.
I think it was mignon that I've ever had,
but compared to what you would find at a Walmart
or some of the steak selections
you might find at a place where you wouldn't really get
overly excited buy meat.
I didn't get sick.
It wasn't awful.
It just wasn't as incredible as their greeting card section
and I'll leave it at that.
And that whole steak comparison
and building upon the fact that not
all Dollar Tree stores are created equal,
that will actually take us to secret number three,
which is there's a central liquidation section
for all Dollar Tree stores.
Sometimes I'll hear one of my friends mentioned,
they found this awesome deal
in their Dollar Tree clearance section,
or there was an extra sale at a different Dollar Tree store.
And I've wondered, well, how is that possible
that that store has this and this doesn't,
they're actually all amalgamated when there is stock
with a special section online called Closeouts.
And the closeout and liquidation page is very aggressive.
And this includes the best of the best
and some really well-picked well-reviewed items.
So keep in mind that just because you don't see something
in a Dollar Tree store in your neighborhood or community
doesn't mean it's not available right now
while I'm speaking online.
The fourth shopping secret
for the Dollar Tree stores as well.
They do have the most incredible selection of greeting cards
at really low prices with high quality
and some awesome stickers that my two-year-old daughter
can benefit from.
The vitamin section is really lacking.
And I wanna strongly urge you guys
not to make your way to buy vitamins
and supplements at the Dollar Tree store.
Mainly because Kiplinger and many other people
that are far more intelligent than I am,
have reviewed the vitamins available at Dollar Tree.
And they've concluded that the correct level of vitamins
that are advertised,
don't always correlate with the product that you ingest.
And in my pure price comparison
that I've been able to do as a consumer advocate
of now nearly I guess almost two decades,
the CVS and Walgreens branded vitamins are awesome.
They're just aggressively discounted
to the extent the Dollar Tree products are.
And you're getting a much higher grade nutrient
just from what I've read and what I've seen.
Again, I'm not a doctor,
but I just thought I would pass that along.
For Dollar Tree shopping secret number five,
I don't know if you are aware,
but you can actually get additional money back
on many of the purchases you make at a dollar store.
So I've heard people say,
oh, I should never buy food items at a Dollar Tree.
Some of the grocery items are almost as cheap
as a liquidation or a clearance rack at a grocery store.
And some of them are better,
but I don't know if you are aware,
you can scan your receipts, earn points,
get rewards for major product lines
that are in fact carried at Dollar Tree stores.
So for example, just as this goes by very quickly,
I see jello here.
Some of the water brands Aquafina appears from time to time
at Dollar Tree stores.
Aleve has been there, Klondike bars.
So these are all items where, Cocoa Puffs.
Anyhow, you can tell, I don't get out much.
This is a way to save additional money.
And if you thought this was helpful,
stay tuned for shopping secret number 10.
I'll tell you an additional way to get
even more cash back on your purchase.
But before we get to that,
let's talk back to school supplies.
They are being aggressively marketed.
I've read a lot of vloggers, actually seen some YouTubers,
just blindly telling people to go run to the school supply
section at the Dollar Tree store.
And just as I'm sure you guys know,
because I've heard from the very intelligent viewers
and subscribers of this channel,
not everything at every store is a good purchase.
If you love Costco, not every single thing in Costco
from a Kirkland brand is going to be the lowest or the best.
And that's true with notebooks.
And I wanna show you a stark comparison right now,
'cause I think it's important to see.
And the secret that I'm going to impart right now
for number six is that the back-to-school notebooks
and some of the school supplies really aren't
that good of a deal at all.
So let's just take into account these spiral composition
notebooks, 70 pages each.
You have to buy a case,
which means you need to buy 24 of them.
And they're a dollar per unit.
Guys, if you go into Target,
just as an example, for a 70 page notebook, 25 cents,
no minimum quantity that you need to buy.
So please, if you can,
I know we all love the Dollar Tree,
and some of the products they have are just amazing.
School supplies, not so much and not on every single item,
which actually brings me to the next shopping secret,
which is I think an important reminder for parents.
And this actually comes from Cheat Sheet.
They did a whole breakdown.
And in addition to jewelry,
which I did not know could contain harmful chemicals
to the same extent that children's toys could.
Lead and all sorts of other potentially harmful chemicals,
including chlorine were found in many
of the toys sections at the Dollar Tree.
In fact, I wanna show you just some
of what I've seen at dollar stores in my local
dollar store and at the Dollar General and at Dollar Tree.
There are some toy brands I've never heard of
and some products that are very reminiscent
of other items that were recalled from major retailers,
not too long ago.
So I'm not saying they're identical,
but it is definitely something to keep in mind
when you are shopping at Dollar Tree.
As I said before, the stickers are great for kids.
The toys just keep your eye open if you can.
The eighth shopping secret,
I don't know why I keep doing this.
It's like, you guys need me to invest
in better graphics or just maybe be less annoying.
That's fine.
The eighth shopping secret for Dollar Tree,
I need to sit on my hands or something,
is the bulk versus the singular item purchase misconception.
So a lot of people believe if they're shopping
at a Dollar Tree store, it's for non-bulk related purchases.
If you see random owl and other decor items
for your garden or random glasses or bottles,
if you are looking to buy many of these products,
you believe that you just are limited
to what's on the store shelf.
For candles, a lot of people believe that too.
Online, you can actually bulk buy
many of the items in the store.
And I'm going to just let you guys know that for,
for example, the candles you see right here,
not only are they bulk buys,
but you're required to buy 12, a whole case of them.
So you can ship these to your local Dollar Tree store.
If their stock that is not available at your local store,
or you see some items online
and you wanna match them with what's available in store,
you can actually cross match the collection.
So if you see four particular floral plates
in blue that you love and you know, you need six,
actually score those other two online.
You can have some carry through from the store
to the website, which is kind of rare to see
for any type of dollar store chain.
One of the other things that I really want to point out
about saving secret number, there I go again,
For savings secret number nine is
you do not need to be held hostage to the quantities
that Dollar Tree wants you to buy.
So I did show you that they've got a minimum here
and a limited quantity sometimes in store.
I'm gonna show you a really cool section of Dollar Tree
online that a lot of people don't know exists.
And by the way, party supplies, amazing,
great Dollar Tree purchase,
could not be more excited by what they have.
On the shop by department list,
scroll all the way down to smaller quantities.
Aha.
There you go, you don't need a full case.
You don't wanna buy four, you have the ability to actually
go through all of the categories in the specific store,
including the crafting supplies
and rather than buy an entire case
or a huge level of quantities,
you can actually search through categories.
And many of these brain huge discounts
from home accents to crafting supplies,
where you get specifically what you want.
Maybe you just need one wine glass,
or maybe you want to know,
put a flower of some kind in here or rocks,
whatever your reason being, that looks really good.
You want mismatched glasses.
You do not need to buy any specific quantity
if you know that this section exists
for the Dollar Tree store online.
And for shopping secret number 10 at the Dollar Tree,
they accept manufacturer coupons.
A lot of people, many of the folks that I've spoken to
were just completely unaware
that they accept manufacturer coupons.
Now, while they do not accept retail specific coupons,
obviously you can go in with a Target or a Walmart coupon.
You can actually go in with a coupon
and further reduce the price of something
at a Dollar Tree store.
So please keep that in mind.
If you guys are looking for other tricks tied to coupons,
primarily at CVS or Walgreens,
I've got that covered on this channel.
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