Ltorivia485 Member Username: Ltorivia485
Post Number: 2253 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 70.225.112.1
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 7:15 am: | |
Are Detroiters sick of seeing nothing but Family Dollar stores? I visit my folks in rural country who have dollar stores, but this is Detroit for goodness sake! Build some REAL stores around here. |
Publicmsu Member Username: Publicmsu
Post Number: 554 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.65.11.17
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 8:09 am: | |
Doesn't the surrounding market drive the demand for these stores? Have to provide people with what they can afford. :| |
Arab_guyumich Member Username: Arab_guyumich
Post Number: 709 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 24.192.47.93
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 10:03 am: | |
We've got a ton of dollar stores in Dearborn too. They're somewhat profitable, so don't take it personally. |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 5255 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.42.168.211
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 10:08 am: | |
Doesn't like Dollar stores:
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Publicmsu Member Username: Publicmsu
Post Number: 556 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.65.11.17
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 11:21 am: | |
You'll see an influx of 2 for a dollar stores in the coming months. Twice the shit for the same price! |
Ed_golick
Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 216 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 12:15 pm: | |
The dollar stores replaced the dime stores I grew up with in the 1960s. Allowing for inflation, my dime in 1963 is probably worth a dollar today. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 2082 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.58.137
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 12:29 pm: | |
Does anyone else go into these places and ponder, "How can they manfacture this, ship it from China, pass along cuts to the wholesaler and retailer and sell it for one dollar?" |
Arab_guyumich Member Username: Arab_guyumich
Post Number: 710 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 24.192.47.93
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 12:40 pm: | |
Rule of Thumb: Never buy anything that you plan on eating from a dollar store. |
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies
Post Number: 1468 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.255.237.214
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 12:51 pm: | |
That's the problem with the crap in the dollar stores. Most of the stuff in them cost more than a dollar to produce and ship. The manufacturers were unable to sell it for the full price. They had to discount the prices to a level that someone was willing to buy them for. Usually at a loss. Dollars stores are full of manufacturing and marketing mistakes. They were either produced in too high a volume for the demand or have serious manufacturing flaws. All of this loss of money is baked into the price of successful products you buy at the higher end stores. Some of these costs are also added to the interest rates you pay on loans to make up for the manufacturers who have made mistakes and gone bankrupt. Dollar stores are a last resort to help stem production losses. |
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19
Post Number: 592 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.47.170.119
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 1:47 pm: | |
Dollar stores are huge over at the west side of the state. The people at my work talk about them opening like a new apple store or something. I can see how they might be getting a little old in Detroit though. There does seem to be alot of them. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 603 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 216.203.223.109
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 1:57 pm: | |
If anyone is interested, there is still an old fashioned, dime store still open in Warren. Burler's is located at the southeast corner of Nine and Ryan (between the ACO and Kowalski's), and still has some of the old counters and displays that were in five and dimes. |
Jiminnm Member Username: Jiminnm
Post Number: 268 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.241.164.222
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 2:17 pm: | |
Thanks for the memory jolt hornwrecker. When I was a kid, I spent a lot of nickels and dimes in Burlers on E. 7 Mile and Westphalia or Goulburn. |
Futurecity Member Username: Futurecity
Post Number: 203 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 69.215.247.41
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 3:56 pm: | |
Lowell: Chinese prison labor goes a long way. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 2085 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.58.137
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 4:11 pm: | |
Yeah, I know Futurecity, but even all their prison slaves they could only produce a small percentage of this. |
Noggin Member Username: Noggin
Post Number: 36 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 68.40.107.240
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 4:25 pm: | |
There was obviously a need. Why overpay at CVS or Rite-Aid. Makes sense to me. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 604 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.246
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 5:31 pm: | |
Jiminnm, and thank you for remembering the location of the one on 7 Mile. I knew there was one around there, maybe someone in the store will know how many there were, and their locations. Now to find a still open Neisner's. |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 2852 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 6:13 pm: | |
This isn't a Detroit problem. With the continuing loss of the middle class this is happening in most urban cities across the state. I live within walking distance of three different dollar stores. Surprisingly, there is a new one (Family Dollar) going up in south Lansing with *gasp* red and brown brick facing. lol Usually, they are ugly little painted cinderblock boxes. As for what they mean for a community they simply mean that the community has been deemed largely low-income by the builders. I frequent my neighborhood dollar stores from time to time, but I've always been of the school of thought that there is an in between concerning low-income and high-end retail. Many of these stores aren't giving urban areas a chance, though, and ironically could probably make a killing in these underserved areas. |
Psip
Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 711 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131
| Posted on Monday, December 26, 2005 - 6:53 pm: | |
It looks like Detroit has a long tradition of dollar type stores. And this was in the heart of Campus Martius |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1680 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 207.69.138.12
| Posted on Monday, December 26, 2005 - 7:59 pm: | |
Dollar stores are everywhere, not just in low income areas. They have several in St. Clair Shores, Roseville, Fraser, and Clinton Township. I recently purchased paper products, and Colgate Toothpaste... the toothpaste came recommended by the SADA (South African Dental Association). Looks like they also sell some American items meant for overseas. As far as not eating food items, I would only be concerned if the food items were from Asia. You can buy American cookies, crackers and candy without fear. But those 4th of July patriotic red white & blue peppermint candy made in China (to go along with those flags and other 4th of July items made there) are things I would avoid. Reason #1 why a USA Flag Burning Amendment should never pass Congress: Most American Flags are made in China and Vietnam. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 160 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.134
| Posted on Monday, December 26, 2005 - 8:07 pm: | |
Dollar stores are all over the place here in Las Vegas. Well, none on the strip yet, but the neighborhoods have plenty of them. |
Hagglerock Member Username: Hagglerock
Post Number: 188 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 68.248.0.68
| Posted on Monday, December 26, 2005 - 9:04 pm: | |
^^^yep they are springing up everywhere, we have about 4 of them for a town of 2,000 down here in Florida. Most of them even sell meat. Beef or dog I think, whatever it is, I steer well clear from those type of stores when I see ground beef for less than a dollar a pound. |
English Member Username: English
Post Number: 467 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.248.8.214
| Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 8:11 pm: | |
There's plenty of dollar stores here in Ann Arbor. *smh* |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 2864 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 10:27 pm: | |
My point was that they are often times the ONLY shopping option in poor neighborhoods, and it's where they have the greatest concrentration of store, and were they do the bulk of their business. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 622 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 216.203.223.110
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 2:53 pm: | |
Here's a pic of the Bur-Lers at Nine and Ryan in Warren, probably one of the last dime stores around. Still holding its own against a few dollar stores in the area.
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Bibs Member Username: Bibs
Post Number: 433 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 205.188.116.201
| Posted on Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 5:56 pm: | |
I can see the headlines in twenty years. Walmart stock is down 50% this year due to strong demand at the Dollar Store. Walmart will sell its headquaters on Big Beavers in Troy and merge with Sears in order to reduce fixed costs and maintain market shares. |