Pound Stores

[poliphilo]

I don't like pound stores. There's a kind of metaphysical griminess about them  They make you feel poverty-stricken even if you're not.  The lighting is dim, the aisles are oppressive, the music is intrusive.

But...

Yesterday we bought two alarm clocks (two alarm clocks!) for 99p. 

Comments

[ingenious76.livejournal.com]

They depress me as well. The staff always seem overly cheerful, and the shops never seem to be very clean or well cared for.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I suppose it costs to make a store attractive.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

We have dollar stores here. A sign in a local one says, "Due to increased transportation costs everything is now $1.09. And yes, it causes quite a bit of existential angst among their customers.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

$1.09 is a silly price.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

In Canada, we have stores where everything is a loonie or a toonie (plus tax). They are all amazingly clean, well-organized, and well-lit. I'm not sure why there is such a difference.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I'm overstating the negative. Ailz likes these places well enough. My instinct is to grab what I want and head for the cashier.

[seaslug-of-doom.livejournal.com]

Are there truly enough appointments for two alarm clocks?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We have one each. I like to have a bedside clock I can blink at blearily in the early morning.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I assume pound stores are like dollar stores. We have several chains here -- Family Dollar and Dollar General are the most pervasive. Family Dollar is always fun in a weird kind of a way, possibly because all the staff I've seen always seem to be cheerful and pleasant. Dollar General is more oppressive.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, they're the same thing. Everything in store retails at a single price. You have to be careful. Some of the bargains aren't bargains at all. Others are.