Readers, Daiyu Tang here taking a gander at the Rag Dollar store owned by Andy Fabers. Will it be the fabled Aladdin’s Cave of bargains and offers galore, or will you come to regret your purchases? Stanley decided that I should be the guinea pig since Andy and I get on so well on Twitter… (see below for evidence).
Anyway, parking Twitter aside I visited Rag Dollar on the 15th and 16th of June 2023 and asked the clerk there what was good in the land of discounting. While perhaps slightly less than adequate in their response I was able to elicit that Rag Dollar had the following special offers on now:
- Super Cheap Toilet Paper (2 ply – Chinese Import – mint smelling)
- Frozen Food (Foreign imports, generally 50% cheaper than Clam Frozen prices)
- Canned Goods (Estrella Del Mar brand canned fish products is having a sale. 2 cans for $1)
- Halloween masks (All masks are BOGOF (Buy One Get One Free), Imported costing c $1 to $20 each)
In addition to the special offers listed above there are a range of basic children’s toys, gift supplies, household products such as cleaning supplies, books and magazines, dry snacks, candy, alcohol and various other smaller things.
((Note that many of the sale items have IC potential impact. Obtain the RP Notecard in store from behind the till!))
I walked around the store and with the limited Observer budget I was given from petty cash ($10) I was able to obtain enough 2 ply ‘Poop Man’ toilet paper to be able to wrap the next HPD car I see in minty smelling paper. I was thinking maybe that Officer Lee could use some fresh mint flavour considering sweat stains and other reasons…
Otherwise, the Halloween section upstairs was suitably scary considering who owns the shop. If citizens need a cheap mask for their next Halloween (or crime – sadly) then this is a pretty good place to go get one without venturing too much cash.
Overall, this is the place to find a quick cheap item, easily beating the Clam on anything they both stock. I think though that ‘buyer beware’ has to be order of the day. The old adage, ‘you pay for what you get’ probably holds true and even exploited workers on the other side of the world need to eat. Therefore if you’re buying food for $1, how much of that is actually food, vs. the can, packaging, shipping, the wage for the worker, bribes… etc… Maybe that $1 can only has $0.15c of food in it?
Best of luck Andy with your business, be sure to let the Observer know how it’s doing as you continue to grow your ranges.
Taxis to Rag Dollar (although you should be walking if you need to save money) can be ordered to go HERE.
