The selection of items aren’t even the same.
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Ledivin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is a completely valid opinion, though. The products in Japanese dollar stores (in the US) are of significantly higher quality than those in dollar tree/etc.
einlander@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
That’s because the Japanese dollar stores sell goods designed and made in Japan and the American dollar stores sell goods made and designed in China.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
Made in Japan? I was in a daiso in Japan this year. Bro, most of shit is made in China.
Quality is still better than western dollar stores yes, because it’s destined in Japan, but it’s made in China for the most part.
bedwyr@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
Those goods in US stores were all designed in the US originally, and made in China. Now maybe they tweak the design, but they didn’t come up with it, wall street gave them all of our tech to save a buck on labour and environmental, and not have to mess around with any of those pesky democratic norms.
The dollar store sales are often the defectively designed products, as are all the manufactured goods for that matter, the redesigns are to save money on materials. Less of this, cheaper of that, to the point it breaks and then you buy the same product so many times it cost more than if they still built quality for more money.
farmgineer@nord.pub 3 weeks ago
It depends on the products. Some are made domestically, but it really depends.