Just saw on the news that all specifically "The 99c Stores" are closing. This is /toy/-related because they do have a notable toy section that currently has what little is left of CG He-man, unsellable Skylanders and a bunch of other rejects and bootlegs. Clearance starts April 5https://ktla.com/news/local-news/99-cents-only-to-close-down-all-stores/
>>10940128Do they close or do they raise the price and need to re-brand their concept.
>>10940128Wait, skylanders in 2024? Haven't those been dead for a decade?
>>10940228Theyre just the Superchargers like Splat and Pop Fizz. They suck...in-game at least
>>10940227The dollar was destroyed by the coof. It'll only be a matter of time for Dollar Tree and Five Below to leave forever too
>>10940234Dollar Tree has already switched to 1.25 and the offerings there for pretty much everything are trash. Their days are numbered for sure.Five Below though, they're experimenting with products and prices but poised to be the next Dollar Tree thanks to inflation. I'm sure they'll be fine, though product quality is gonna steadily drop until the stuff we buy there in 5 years is the quality of Dollar Tree 20 years ago.When companies blame Covid what they're really blaming is unchecked capitalist greed driving inflation. Everyone raised prices during the pandemic because they could and never dropped them again. Without any regulation to prevent it, it's only going to get worse. Pretty soon the only B&M stores in the USA will be Wal-marts and everything else will be Amazon.
>>10940240Dollar Tree is planning on having products up to $7.
>>10940128Honestly, didn't even realize 99 cent stores still existed.
>us economy is better than ever>People are making so much money that people no longer buying low cheap products from dollar storesAnd this is a bad thing?
>>10940240You should blame captitalistic bank loans, investors and stock market. They expect that their investment makes their money back + 12%.So companies are doomed to grow their market or raise prices. As long as they dont can get more productive without using money they will imcrease inflation.
>>10940244They already do, since last year in my area, its all in a special aisle that is clearly denoted as being higher priced. Its just name brand stuff thats cheaper at wal mart. >rip final faction. Ill be here when you return.
Probably go for craft supplies.
>>10940291Biden Build'n Back'n Better'n
>>10940240>When companies blame Covid what they're really blaming is unchecked capitalist greed driving inflation. Everyone raised prices during the pandemic because they could and never dropped them again. Without any regulation to prevent it, it's only going to get worseWhen people type things like this, it makes me worry greatly since you’d think any amount of critical analysis would tell you that this isn’t remotely true. Prices went up specifically BECAUSE of heavy-handed government intervention, not despite it.
Damn, Americans can't make anything.
>>10940240>When companies blame Covid what they're really blaming is unchecked capitalist greed driving inflation.>mommy when are my chickie nuggies duuuuuun???
>>10940556shhhhhh his socialist comrades on facebook told him the truth chud. Its the corporations fault, except for disney!!!
>>10940556>Nooo, don't look into who's fucking with the ecocomy. Just be a good little goy and consume.
I still think it's wild how many of you regularly buy your toys at discount stores like Ross, TJ Maxx and these types of places. I mean it's not like they ever have anything of any value anyway. I can count on one hand how many actually good, desired toys I've found at these places.
>>10940581I actually bought most of my toys from HLJ and AmiAmi. I mostly collected Figma and Figuarts. I didn't even bother with western lines until Classified. That and Jada Toys Street Fighter are still the only western lines I fuck with. But, I'm also not a whiny poorfag for limpdick redditor. I can afford to pay full price.
>>1094058199c store is just a special rare case. Ross is a regular for shelfwarming toys
>>10940291These low cheap places thought they could get away with increasing any of their junks beyound $1. Dollar Tree about to go under as well, trying to sell chinese garbage for $1.25-$3. Might as well go to walmart for that price.
>>10940609That just means the dollar is getting weaker. Either way dumb americans will keep buying it lol.
>>10940581I guess toy hunting has its charm but I order everything online even cheap/secondhand stuff.
>>10940556Dollar Tree made $9 Billion in profit the year before they raised their prices. Corporations are not hurting.
>hear this news >remember I never got around to grabbing a set of the GI Joe miniatures they had a couple years ago that are now sold out everywhere >remember one location that still had some >go>the place is a madhouse, the line is half way around the inside perimeter of the store >somehow manage to find a full set of the miniatures I came for >ignore the hour long line walk out without paying Thanks for the parting gift, 99! These are gonna look great with my Transformers
>>10941256Why so many americans steal stuff like it's nothing
>>10941279I dont, ever. Except today bc there was 2 employees and about 150 people in the store. Opportunity knocks, anon
>>10940227They already raised their prices and kept the name, most of their shit hasn't cost a dollar in years.
>>10941256you should post this on r/shopliftingmemes
>>10941279black excellence
>>10940609>These low cheap places thought they could get away with increasing any of their junks beyound $1. Dollar Tree about to go under Consider there are no alternative to these stores rising up- if the demand is there, I can only assume people are not buying dollars stuff anymore because they no longer have to buy cheap because they now have more money. And all the data shows american makes more money and have higher employment rate than ever just further support thisEven the higher stock market proves more money are being made by american that they now have money to invest in stock and spend more resulting in higher corporate earning
>>10940128F. Another artifact of yesterday’s world gone. I remember when I was young, there was a ninety-nine cents store right next to Walmart and my mom would always get me a toy from there went we went because they were so cheap. That store closed down ages ago and was a local business, but it’s still sad to see the entire concept go. Five Below keeping their name despite now having a cap of fifteen dollars is funny though.
>>10941256>engaging in nig behavior for some shitty cake toppers Do better anon
>>10940128R.I.P., I remember in the early 00's the computer would play the old ICQ uh oh sound when a transaction went through.https://youtube.com/watch?v=RhGHerssyk4
>>10941315>esl
>>10941466>EslI amSo?My argument is not valid because of it?Only us haa bargain stores?
>>10941461I remember the chimey/aesthetic ding dong
>>10940609>Might as well go to walmart for that price.I don't know why they didn't consider this. Most the ones i know if are close to walmarts too.
>>10941471You argument is invalid because it's based on lies.
>>10941315They may make more money, but they are worthless than ever
>>10941415Literally, unironically not a crime in California.
>>10940556Yes, lets feel sorry for the mega corporation who can't even pay their own employees livable wadges while they make billions.
>>10940240>When companies blame Covid what they're really blaming is unchecked capitalist greed driving inflation.>>10940352>blame captitalistic bank loans, investors and stock market>>10940556>not despite it.Son, in this specific instance, the company was profitable when it was purchased by a private equity firm. Most Private Equity firms have bought companies and did so with a lot of debt, and made money off them and when that stopped being easy and cheap, either turned around and resold them, saddling someone else with the debt, or making the banks and others suck up losses in debt, or let the company go bankrupt, which also saddled the banks and insurance companies with debts.Who turn around and raise premiums, fees, costs, etc., on everyday consumers and other (smaller) business to make up those losses.>>10940234>>10940568>>10940566>>10940536
>>10940391>Probably go for craft supplies.Dollar Tree is better for this. Unless you want poster paint and REALLY cheap paint brushes. The only thing I'm going to bother to stock up on is some cleaning stuff.
>>10941787>Based on lieWhich one?Employment is up same goes with the wages along with stock market.
>>10940227Stores have stayed open; they aren't restocking and eventually the fixtures and stuff will be sold. Probably the smaller stores will close by the end of the month and most everything by May 15-May 30. Definitely everything save for the California stores are history by June 1st. Supposedly some former suits before the company was sold and the former guy behind Big Lots wants to buy the name and the California locations ONLY, but that's a big ask.
>>10940240>unchecked capitalist greed driving inflation. Everyone raised prices during the pandemic because they could and never dropped them again. Greedy businesses can always raise prices and consumers react accordingly. Stores can't just raise a 2 liter of soda to $10 or $100 dollars and expect people to keep buying them. Walmart uses low margins to make the most money they can. Their greedy calculations tell them not to just arbitrarily raise prices, that this would lower their profits. Governments gave people and companies billions in stimulus for doing nothing and the federal reserve printed a ton of money. This causes inflation. Basic economics.
>>10942345A Big Lots would be great. I'll take anything but another goddamn clothing store. Everything good to me turns into a clothes store
>>10940240Dollar tree has practical stuff, five below has nothing practical just zoomer toys
>>10941379My favorite memory from the 99 cent store was how they had a big bucket of water with tall bamboo sticks like these for sale, $1 each. Haven’t ever seen another store with something like that in TX
>>10940291Don't try to explain this kind of stuff to /toy/ No one here understands money, they think driving store to store to scalp things is worthy investment.
>>10941230Yeah and now they have to earn 10bn a year and next year they have to earn 11bn and the year after that they have to earn 12bn etc etc etc
>>10942373Ross and Burlington both sell stores but both stores I recently checked out were very cleared out and I don't think they were restocked since the holidays. We have Aldi's in the States and there's even an Aldi about 15 miles from me, but I wouldn't mind if they put in one of those closer to where I live to take the place for one of the three 99 Cents only stores that has closed/will be closed down (They already closed on store a month ago).>>10940291>buying low cheap products from dollar storesPeople are still buying cheap certain things. I shop at Target and Ralphs and Vons, but I get something like Comet/Ajax/bleech, generic q-tips, etc. from a 99 Cents only store. It has noting to do with the economy being better. It also doesn't cost me more gas since I bike ride or take public transit plus there are three stores near me.
>10942588>samefagging
>>10940391Sir, I love your work
>>10942861>Ross and Burlington both sell TOYS>10942898>angry anon>>10941946Stealing is still a crime, son. Whether the cops will come out and whether you will spend the night in jail or not is something else.
So, are they staying open in California? My local store is swamped with people trying to buy stuff but reading this thread makes it seem they are staying open in California?
>>10942345>>10943324https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6kCxpc9a-MBig Lots guy is reportedly trying to save them. For now, I'm still planning a quest to go to as much as I can, but it'll be smaller scale than my Toys R Us quest
>>10941982So as long as we vote for Biden it will all get better?
>>10944587Absolutely! America is being Built Back Better, but that takes time!
>>10940560It's a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point. Not alot of manufacturing jobs out there so forget about working one an d learning enough to manufacture your own product. Also forget about finding a place to manufacture a product for you unless you know Mandarin and have connections in China to boot.What, you thought it was a coincidence that all we seem to "make" any more are phone apps and podcasts? Software development is pretty much the only way I could make something, what with not being enough of a grifter to run a YouTube channel.
>>10944587america's fucked either way, lmao.
>>10945502Yep, build back better will start working about the time trump gets back in office. When they'll change the saying back to "make america great again".Its amazing how many brainlets dont realize both retards are saying the exact same thing.
>>10947590>I am duh most smartist than every bodies
>>10940128I wish i lived in the USA for this and get cheap skylanders
>>10947994Too late. Just ended that 99c store quest because the stores are just about bare. And it was just Splat and Birthday Pop Fizz anyway, so not worth it
>>10943354Looks like all the stores will close before the end of April. They are not restocking. So they lied to all the employees and didn't even bring merchandise in to their warehouse in SO CAL. A lot of the perishable food was gone today and the manager I spoke to at the second store I hit said that as soon as they get down to 10-20% of the stock, they are closing a location down and moving that to the nearest store. They are already selling fixtures.>>10944587I didn't vote for Joe but in California my vote wouldn't have helped or hurt. I would never vote for an idiot orange that cheats on golf to give himself a trophy, and then brags about it on a social network that's today's Game Stonk nonsense, even if it will likely make him a million.If you think Orange Jesus profiting off his supporters is any better than private equity firms profiting on employees and shoppers, you're an idiot that deserves everything awful that will happen to you over the next 8-12 years no matter who wins any election.When AI robots take your fast food job from you and reduce you to working on something that still needs to be done by human hands, like picking produce that would otherwise bruise, in a hot sweaty sun, I'll just laugh and laugh and laugh.
Imagine thinking this unironically.
>>10949668>>10940556
Most stores are closing by next weekend, so anyone wanting to look needs to do so by then, but a lot of the toys left are not crap you are going to want unless you luck into it at a location. I'm going to see a movie this evening and have to stop at a print shop on the way so going to leave an hour earlier and hit two stores by the print shop.
>>10943259Im sorry gramps, but you are mistaken. Shoplifting under $900 of merchandise in CA is now an infraction. An infraction is NOT a criminal offense. Its the same as a parkint ticket. Look it up if you dont believe me. Not a crime. Have a nice day.
>>10940240>When companies blame Covid what they're really blaming is unchecked capitalist greed driving inflation. Everyone raised prices during the pandemic because they could and never dropped them again.In case this isn't bait, let me ask you this anon. If companies can set whatever prices they want, why don't they just sell everything for 1 million dollars so they can make as much money as possible? If you answered "because nobody would pay that much" you are correct, that is the first step in understanding supply and demand. There was more supply of money due to stimulus checks, government blowing money on random crap, and money printer brrrr-ing shenanigans in general, so people who would previously not pay 1.25 for their doodads are now willing to do so. It's not going to "go back down" to 1.00 because that money is still in circulation. If you dont want inflation to happen stop printing money
>>10942367>>10940556>>10940568I'm glad there's some other anons with brains here and this place hasn't been fully taken over by redditors just yet
>>10940556>>10940568>>10953821>>10953814>because that money is still in circulation.If you think people still have any of the $2-5K they got in 2019/2020 and it wasn't spent on groceries, rent, utilities, or non-necessities, you aren't paying attention to the absurdly low saving rates in the USA, the amount of revolving credit debt in the USA (highest on the planet by far), etc.tl;dr you're too stupid to breath and be taking up valuable real estate, son
>>10955454Yeah, the same dude saying they won't raise prices too high because they need stuff to sell apparently forgot about the PPP loans that were forgiven, meaning that, no, the don't need stuff to sell because they already got a trillion dollar handout from the government.
