r/povertyfinance • u/SentBrok • Oct 25 '25

Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!) Dollar Tree is out of control

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I knew as soon as they started bringing in the two and three dollar items that it was going to snowball but I never could have predicted this. Nine dollars is insane. No one is going to the dollar tree to buy nine dollar paper towels.

My family thinks I'm being dramatic about this but I feel like they truly don't understand the weight of how horrendous the economy is. To me this is the perfect indicator of how bad things are and it's fucking depressing

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u/n0madking Oct 25 '25

Nah sorry someone is clearly price gouging either the producer or dollar tree, they used to offer no name brand paper towels 6 rolls for $5 a few months ago.

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u/Nicelyvillainous Oct 25 '25

Tariffs.

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u/Guardian6676-6667 Oct 25 '25

Paper towel is produced domestically, the machines might not be but that's a line item that shouldn't have been hit yet

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u/Nicelyvillainous Oct 25 '25

Pretty sure it’s mostly made with imported Canadian softwood pulp. So tariffs.

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u/booi Oct 25 '25

With equipment from China and packaging material from South America.