# What's one thing sold at the dollar store that you would NOT buy there?

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**Created:** [February 11, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-one-thing-sold-at-the-dollar-store-that-you-would-not-buy-there/650023 "2013-02-11T21:19:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-one-thing-sold-at-the-dollar-store-that-you-would-not-buy-there/650023/61 "2013-02-15T16:53:55Z")

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> [@ralph124c](#):
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> The canned foods at these places come from weird places-like China, Pakistan, India. I once bought a can of Chinese bamboo shoots-and my American can opener could not open it! (The sealing seam had different dimensions than American cans).  
> In general, its stuff that nobody else can sell-or old stock from bankrupt distributors. Consume at your own risk.  
> I wonder when the canned horsemeat from Europe will wind up in these places?

China’s a weird place? Don’t look at where the items around you and in your closet come from. Dollar Tree has a sweet pickle relish from India that’s the best I’ve ever had. And funnily enough, they don’t stock it at the Indo-Pak grocery store I buy our other Indian food from.

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