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The "Buck" Stops Here ......

You don't hear "Price check?!?" booming over the PA too often at the Dollar Tree Store or at Dollar General.

Of course, as a friend of mine explained, "You don't have to get all dressed up to shop there like you have to at Wal-Mart."

In Toronto, Canada a few years ago, I was surprised to see a "Just Loonies" version of the low price concept.

That was not that long ago and the Canadian dollar (called a Loonie) WAS worth less than 99 cents in US money. Now, of course, it's equal or better.

Last month, in Amsterdam, I saw today's equivelent...because people in the Nethelands are cost conscious too. On "The Continent" the Euro now is worth $1.50 US dollars.

Those souvenir nail clippers I was looking at would really have cost me $7.50. But, they did have the eye-catching logo of Amsterdam which is "XXX."

That would have been a bargain as a conversation-starter.

Labels: - Euro store, 5, dollar general, dollar tree, loonies, nail clippers, XXX souvenir

posted by chucker @ 12:07 PM