Dollar Tree being only a single dollar on everything.

I didn’t know Dollar Tree existed further back in the years like the 80s. But, I didn’t discover the store until like late 2000s. That store was a godsend for my then mostly broke ass. Sure the quality of products could’ve been better and the food selection could’ve been better, but they were there for me and others who’re strapped on budgets.

And it was a good 16 years while that lasted. It is a little annoying at times to shop there and know it is no different than Dollar General and Family Dollar. But it could’ve been worse.

    • TVA@thebrainbin.org
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      5 days ago

      Yeah, but MP was very obviously a “designed for Enshittification” company when they were charging like $20 for unlimited movies in a month and paying out full price for movie tickets that in my area were around $16 … if I used it twice they lost a lot of money. Hell, if I used it 3x in 2 months they still lost money.

      For my family, it was very much a “this isn’t going to last, enjoy it while you can” program…

      It did definitely show that people not going to movies isn’t a shift in people’s enjoyment at theaters and is instead very clearly a cost issue. Price it appropriately and people will be back in the seats. Price it too high and they’ll just wait the 3 months until it comes out on streaming/disc or just completely forget about it altogether

      Just my $.02

      ETA: You’re willing to overlook sticky floors or whatever at a $5 matinee, you’re not going to overlook it paying nearly $20 and the nicer chairs are now an expectation and not just a ‘value add’, so that’s not enough!

      • manxu@piefed.socialEnglish
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        5 days ago

        “this isn’t going to last, enjoy it while you can”

        that was of course the original assignment by OP!

        I am with you, although I don’t understand the logic of movie theaters. The ticket is stupid expensive, the food is even worse, and then the quality of both the movie watching (if you get a bad seat) and food is absolutely terrible.

        I haven’t visited since Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022), where before COVID I’d go about once a month. Some of it may be due to movies being duller these days, but the vast majority of my reticence is the terrible experience and cost/value ratio.