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The 99-cent store has essentially disappeared. Now they are pretty much "99-cents and HIGHER PRICES" stores. There used to be one by me, and I would stop by now and then to see what they had received. A fair bit of mis-manufactured stuff (misspellings, etc ) that makes them unsellable at normal prices. So, lots of surprises at what comes in. Once, I got 5-lb bags of whole wheat spagetti at $1/bag. Stocked up. Had some visitors from Brazil, so took them to the $1 store--they were THRILLED. It is traditional to bring souvenirs from a foreign trip for others, so they got lots of gift stuff CHEAP--and that made their day. Pretty soon, they will be the $4.99-$5.00 store....

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