Money Beat

I shopped at the 99cent store in Las Vegas for years. I love that store. Since I moved to Colorado I have emailed the corp. and begged them to open one here in Grand Junction, Co. but so far NO RESPONSE. I don't care if they raise the prices to above 99 cents as long as we get a store here.

Change the store name from "Only 99 Cents" to "Around 99 Cents" :)

Once again Bianna, where is the real news?

Does anyone remember the Woolworth five and dime stores? You don't think they just sold things for 5 cents or 10 cends, do you? This is a "not news" item...

Does anyone think any of those people at the Republican Convention have ever been in a store like that? I once heard a rich woman discussing the 'Big Lots' store in our town. He comment was "I wouldn't be caught dead in a low class place like that". Enough said.

Wow. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought this headline came from The Onion.

Dear Richard and JP,

Thank you for showing how stupid you are to read an article about a subject that you were not interested in and then further adding to your stupidity writes a post about said article. I for one enjoyed the article very much.

Sincerely,

B.

To Mary,

Check your facts, the richest people I know are Democrats. In fact, look at the richest senators in the Senate, they're Democrats too. Check before you post.

As far as the 99 Cent stores are concerned, it was only a matter of time.

Mary, being a Republican who did attend the RNC I can tell you that I shop at our local Dollar Tree store on a weekly basis. No need to assume that all members of the GOP are rich or even if they are that they don't appreciate the value of a dollar or shop discount stores.

Family Dollar has lots of GREAT items for over a dollar and never changed thier name. I'm adding some dollar deals to my Web site...I hope yall stop by for a visit! :) BDavis...sundaycosmetics.com

Unbelievable. People are coming in here throwing politics around into even this, and whining when a news outlet covers a store that is violating the very promise in its name. If you have a store that brags in somewhere that fundamental that it charges no more than a dollar, you'd better expect there to be a reaction when you break that promise. And, if you hate the story so much, what made you click the link to read, what made you fill out the form, and what made you post? Guess you didn't hate it that much after all.

Come on I'm a republican and I have shopped in dollar type stores all the time. Great for gift wrapping paper!

Remember - a penny saved is a penny earned...but with inflation guess we now need to say a dollar.....

I agree with the comment about Family Dollar having a lot of great items over $1.

The original price of a night's stay at Motel 6 was just $6.00, and thus established the brand name. But it's been a few years since you could stay there for that price...

I love to shop at this store. But you do have to watch the expiration dates on the food products and don't expect many of the products to last very long either. Mostly generic brands and low quality products--but hey a box of envelopes is a box of envelopes. Makes no real difference where I buy them except for price. As long as they don't raise the prices too high I'll still shop there for the odds and ends in life that can sometimes cost 5 to 10 times more somewhere else.

well, I remember the Ben Franklin 5 & 10, gas at 23 cents a gal and day old bread 10 loaves for a dollar. Somehow in those simpler days, befor all this high tech stuff, people did live better.

More big news.

As the dollar loses strength the price of things go up. Remember the 5 and dime stores. They are a thing of the past and so is 99 cent stores.

If they're going to raise their prices above .99c or $1.00 change the name of the stores to reflect that or they'll be very missleading. I get a lot of craft supply & household items at the dollar store. Most of the things they sell i wouldn't give .50c for let a dollar or more.

Are there any of these stores in Alaska?

Some communities have gas for $9 a gallon and heating oil for $10. Maybe you would like to pick up a $23 chicken at your local supermarket?

Jason, you gave me a good chuckle

Going to have to change the name of the store.I shop at dollar stores all the time.In this economy,you can't afford WalMart most of the time.

Tiara - YOU check before posting. Typing what you want and claiming it's true is called LYING.

Tiara No YOu check the richest people in congress are Republicans all the rich people I know are republicans not by much the top senate 25, 13 are republicans and 12 are dems so YOU should check before you post in the House the top 7 out of 10 are GOP members and only 7 of the top 25 are democrats !!!!!6 of the first 7 are republicans in the house get your facts straight

I'm NOT rich, I AM Republican AND I shop at the Dollar Tree. By the way, one rich snob who won't shop at a discount store and may or may not be Republican does not suddenly speak for ALL Republicans. If you want to generalize, let's talk about angry, vicious democrats and their caustic remarks. . .