# The End is Nigh:  99 Cent Only Stores

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 23, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-99-cent-only-stores/715818 "2015-03-23T22:06:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-99-cent-only-stores/715818/21 "2015-03-26T21:16:50Z")

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> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#):
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> I was in a 99 Cent store (a long time ago) standing in the checkout line. A guy was calling out over my head to a clerk a few rows away: Holding up an item, “How much is this?” 99 cents, she says. “How much is this?” 99 cents she says. “How much is this one?” 99 cents - they’re all 99 cents. “How much is this one?”:smack:

I saw that episode of the Animaniacs also.

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**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-99-cent-only-stores/715818/22 "2015-03-26T23:19:57Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> You know those 6-packs of ramen noodles? They’re 5-packs now.

> [@Diceman](#):
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> Oh, don’t get me started. I’ve noticed that cereal boxes have gotten thinner in recent years. My son like Toaster Scrambles (like a Toaster Strudel, but with egg & other breakfast-y stuff). They used to come 6 to a box; now they come 4 to a box, for the same price. It’s basically hidden inflation, because you’re spending the same amount of money, but getting less for it.

Yeah, I’ve been seeing some finagling going on over the last few years. I complained at the checkout line that a package was marked at $3.96 and the girl turned around to look at the manager who was standing nearby. He stepped over and said, “Well, they are 99-cents each. That’s a four-pack.”

I said, “For heaven’s sakes, that’s a swindle! You’ll be selling your 99-cent rolls of toilet paper at 99 cents per square next?”

He just walked away. I didn’t like the gleam in his eye. :smack:

—G!

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