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The Blue Flower

(6,268 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:31 PM Oct 6

I went to the Dollar Tree today

I had to replace the Barbies that my dog chewed up. My almost 3 year old granddaughter was tired of the attrition. I'm here to report that the base price for items is now $1.75, with most things more expensive than that. The world turns.

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I went to the Dollar Tree today (Original Post) The Blue Flower Oct 6 OP

The Five and Dime store is an ancient memory. Silent Type Oct 6 #1

We should have stocked up back then, GreenWave Oct 6 #3

You can never have too many Barbies. Kablooie Oct 6 #4

Small cuts. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 6 #2

I get my Barbies at the thrift stores. soldierant Oct 6 #5

Thanks for the suggestion The Blue Flower Oct 7 #7

Yeah I_UndergroundPanther Oct 6 #6

Silent Type

(12,120 posts)

1. The Five and Dime store is an ancient memory.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:32 PM

Oct 6

GreenWave

(12,052 posts)

3. We should have stocked up back then,

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:52 PM

Oct 6

Kablooie

(19,022 posts)

4. You can never have too many Barbies.

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:36 PM

Oct 6

OAITW r.2.0

(31,108 posts)

2. Small cuts.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:35 PM

Oct 6

That's how we die financially.

soldierant

(9,165 posts)

5. I get my Barbies at the thrift stores.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:59 PM

Oct 6

But I get them to make character dolls, which means not only dressing them from scratch but ofte also restylin their hair - so I don't need the hair to be perfect. So that might not work for you.

The Blue Flower

(6,268 posts)

7. Thanks for the suggestion

Reply to soldierant (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 06:01 PM

Oct 7

I haven't seen Barbies at the thrift stores. In my experience, the granddaughters destroy the hair and costumes in the first half-hour of playing. None of our used ones would make it at the thrift store.

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,323 posts)

6. Yeah

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:09 PM

Oct 6

Well at the Walmart one of the few places I can walk to to get stuff I had a rude shock.

2 packs of fancy feast cat food 12 cans each, a half gallon of milk and an 18 pack of eggs set me back 32 bucks today.

This Walmart mind you is close to a subsidized housing complex and if you can’t afford or drive a car it’s one of the few places you can go without taking a hike. Carrying heavy bags on a hike home really sucks btw.

I am awaiting the gullotine.

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