1.You are Canadian owned an operated.
2.You are friendly to my pocket!!! (I was torn between making this my number one point or not. Nationalism or thrifty? My two things I try to be.) Sure, not everything is a dollar at Dollarama, but it still is less expensive then anywhere else.
3.You have the best-priced chocolate bars and candy. (Chocolate had to be in the Top 3) The other day I went to the Avondale down the road for my work, as I was jonesing for chocolate, and I paid $1.49 for a regular sized bag of Peanut M&M’s. It broke this lil’ol’ cheapskates’ heart. Dollarama sells name brand, regular sized chocolate bars for $0.69, (King size for $1, Avondale King size are $2) that are packaged in Canada and not expired. In fact, Dollarama’s chocolate is usually fresher compared to Avondale’s stale and dusty chocolate bars, because they sell so many of them, they have great turnover.
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4.Your cat and dog treats are the cheapest around. Again, not expired and named brand. Milkbone, Hartz and Temptations.
5. You sell Milkbone brand dog toys, for $2. My dog is a champion toy shredder. She tears a toy apart in about 2 minutes, so why spend $10 to $15 on a toy they she will destroy? We have wasted money on supposed “indestructible” toys, I swear she had them ripped apart quicker then the regular toys. It’s like she says: “Challenge accepted.” We stick to the Milkbone toys now to give her, her thrill. Far more economical.
6. I once heard an older family friend talk about how she wished that the Dollarama (dollar stores in general, I believe) were around when she was raising her children as they had a hard time putting food on the table, that a store where you can buy stuff so inexpensively would have been a huge benefit. I think a very tight budget could outfit a house for dishes, cutlery, décor etc using a dollar store. They have inexpensive children’s books, kitchen utensils, school supplies, office supplies, toys, home décor, and seasonal décor. If you didn’t have a lot of money you could find something to use at Dollarama.
7.You have the most inexpensive gift bags/gift wrap/party stuff. Why spend a fortune on something that is literally going to be torn off and thrown out? Dollarama has a nice selection of gift-wrap!
8.You are always neat and tidy. I went to Walmart on my lunch break and it looked like a tornado had run through the place. Then I walked into Dollarama and you were neat, tidy and well organized. I like neat, tidy and organized.
BIGGEST PET PEEVE: People who snub Dollarama because everything is “cheaply made”. Dude. They have brand name stuff in there. Betty Crocker Cooking Utensils, Palomolive dish soap, Milkbone dog treats, etc. Common sense says you may not want to purchase electrical stuff in any Dollar store, but the brand name stuff is safe to use and frankly, the other stuff is decent too. Why spend a fortune on something? Buy the two-pack of fly swatters for a $1, why go to Walmart and pay $4 for one? Dollarama has cute seasonal décor! Why spend $20 on a Hallowe’en sign that some brat in your neighbourhood is going to steal anyways? Buy a cute one for $2. I saw the awesomest M&M Hallowe’en costume for kids today for $3. This costume was nicely made, out of a nice fabric (not felt, like a real fabric) and big enough for a kid to put their winter coat on underneath (we are in Canada, you just never know what your kid will be exposed to Trick or Treating). The kid is only going to fit in it for a year, maybe two: so why spend a fortune?
My only beef with Dollarama is they don’t take coupons. They do however take debit cards now and have gift cards, which is awesome.
Can you tell I am passionate? Dollarama has good stuff! I LURVE Dollarama. (Go ahead and bring this up in conversation with me, I get as worked up as that guy defending Britney.)
Yes, I just wrote a tribute to my love of Dollarama. Yes, I am slightly crazy, but that doesn’t dismiss the fact that the Dollarama is awesome.
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