# Who supplies the clothes from

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-supplies-the-clothes-from/619702>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-supplies-the-clothes-from/619702 "2012-04-23T16:25:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-supplies-the-clothes-from/619702/21 "2012-04-24T18:03:29Z")

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> [@Corcaigh](#):
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> (they were called Pound £ Shops here

That reminds me of someone I know who grew up in the States near a shop called “Everything’s a $1 dollar” (i.e. everything’s a one dollar dollar).

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**Author:** ![lover454](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@lover454](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lover454)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-supplies-the-clothes-from/619702/22 "2012-04-24T20:59:20Z")

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In other words no one on here really knows where they get it from. Just to let you all know the managers of the 99 cent stores buy the merchandise from someone that brings in boxes and the managers of the 99 cent stores pay him. He is an independent contractor that they buy from. I just wonder where he (the supplier) gets it from.

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**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-supplies-the-clothes-from/619702/23 "2012-04-25T13:43:12Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> That reminds me of someone I know who grew up in the States near a shop called “Everything’s a $1 dollar” (i.e. everything’s a one dollar dollar).

LOL

We used to jest that the Pound Shop was where you went to be beaten with a blunt instrument.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-supplies-the-clothes-from/619702/24 "2012-04-25T14:50:16Z")

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> [@lover454](#):
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> In other words no one on here really knows where they get it from. Just to let you all know the managers of the 99 cent stores buy the merchandise from someone that brings in boxes and the managers of the 99 cent stores pay him. He is an independent contractor that they buy from. I just wonder where he (the supplier) gets it from.

If it’s from a $1 store, I think I may see the flaw in his business model.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-supplies-the-clothes-from/619702/25 "2012-04-25T14:51:36Z")

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But he makes it up in volume.

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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-supplies-the-clothes-from/619702/26 "2012-04-25T16:27:53Z")

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I used to buy old band tour shirts for a dollar each at a local grocery chain, the shirts were clean and new and in good condition just concert shirts from various bands all from old tours. I saw plenty of people snapping them up.

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