The stimga of "dollar stores".(Country conversation & feedback)

COUNTRYSIDE: I was looking through a few back issues of COUNTRYSIDE when I took it upon myself to re-read Ken Scharabok's sad tale of how his bargain store failed.

I truly hate it for him. By all accounts he should have been prosperous. I have my own theory of why his business did not thrive:

For many people, frequenting a dollar store is an admission of fiscal guilt. Seriously. Frugality wags can prattle all they want about the great deals to be found at Goodwill stores but how many people actually feel comfortable with it? Sure, I've found a few good barga