One $ Store

I won’t go one star because they do have cute stuff (and a craft section) but NOTHING is $ 1 – it’s all $ 1.49-$ 1.99. WTF?! Don’t call it a dollar store or label your stuff. I’m so tired of fake Dollar Stores.

Like virtually all the so-​called «Dollar Stores» in San Francisco, this one may have started out as a «Dollar Only» store, but is now like, «$ 1.35 At Least» store. It does have a great selection of gadgets and electronics behind a counter and in a glass case. They are priced a little higher, but still reasonable.
Actually, this is one of my favorite «cheap-​everyday-​item» stores in the City! Whatever you’re looking for at that other store and could not find, they’ve probably got it here! Just check your bulky bags to the right of the entrance and you’ll be alright!

Most things are now $ 1.99. I understand prices have to go up because of cost of living but don’t trick people into thinking this is a $ 1 dollar store. At least place visible signs so people know what they will be paying instead of getting a nice surprise at the register.
For 50 cents more or paying around the same price (maybe even less), I can walk a block down and go to Walgreens for better quality things. Will not be coming back here.

Alas. You have lost me as a customer why support a store where you don’t know how much items are till the cashier tells you. Ha ha I’d rather go to cute as a button Daiso in Japantown where I know everything is 1.50 instead of this struggling ghetto dollar store who has bumped up their prices by 50% without price tags.
I used to be a fan when everything was a dollar told all my friends to visit and they did but when they started bumping up the prices with no warning or labeling, g’bye! Won’t enable that who needs the hassle of that skeezy hood? Hello safe and cute Daiso!

What’s up with all dollar stores smelling like plastic? It’s kind of a weird phenomenon.
One $ Store (yes, that’s how it’s spelled) has plenty of paper towels and plastic flowers to peruse, but they also have «high end» products like irons and coffeemakers behind glass. Nothing too fancy here, but you probably already knew that.

They need to do a better job labeling prices if almost everything is going to be more than $ 1. There’s almost no labels anywhere so who knows what you’ll get charged when you get to the register. I think the cashier girl might just make it up on the spot.
They have a pretty good inventory and a good amount of floor space so shopping isn’t a nightmare, it would be fine if you didn’t have to play Price Roulette at checkout.

This dollar store was so disappointing. Nothing has price tags, so when I went up to the register to pay, the guy told me that everything starts at $ 1.49 and half the stuff in my basket was $ 1.99 – I am talking cheap party favors like bouncy balls and keychains that should really be 10 cents each! The one good thing that I bought which was a steal were nice large sketch pads for drawing which were only $ 1.49. Ultimately you should not call yourself the One Dollar Store if not one single item is a dollar. Furthermore, the lack of price stickers makes me thing the pricing is discretionary to the person ringing you up. I won’t be coming back.

Not what it used to be. Things at a Dollar Store are supposed to be a dollar. And even though the sign says most things are a $ 1.25, mostly I’ve got charged more than a $ 1.25. Still good for buying some cheap things, but the fun of being a dollar store is gone.

Avoid this place if you can! Signs says $ 1 from outside. But everything that’s inside is $ 1.50. Are you serious? They need to take down that big ass sign if you going to sell your damn products for $.50 more. Some items are marked $ 1.50 like paper towels, tissues. And other items like plates, cups, aluminum foil didn’t have price tags. So I thought it would be $ 1. I was wrong, everything in here is $ 1.50. I rather spend my $ 1.50 at Daiso, better products and quality.

Extremely good for what it is. Most things start at $ 1.25, but nothing is extravagant (even for those of us occasionally pinching pennies). I came looking for several tools that I only needed for limited use, and I left with six tools, a pack of lightbulbs, and a soda for $ 15. They also carry a variety of things I wouldn’t have expected like solder. Great if you just need something cheap and acceptably decent.
Minimum on cards is $ 10 or you can pay a $ 0.50 fee. Staff are fine and helpful if you need them. It’s close, it’s decent. Why not?

When is a dollar store not a dollar store?
Others have mentioned this store charges $ 1.25 up but this is not all there is to the place.
I buy my garbage bags and other things that Target sticks it to us on everyday and I have been shopping in this place since it opened. My current photo taken yesterday clearly shows the store says it is a dollar. Yes, I’ll cut them some slack since SF is expensive but the most of the items I have purchased lately are not $ 1 or even the $ 1.25 someone else mentioned.
Yesterday it finally registered how very mich they charge for some things which were only $ 1 a buck last year.
In general their items appear to be $ 1.49 + tax each or something like $ 1.62 per item which is 62% over a dollar if you include tax. Yesterday I needed shipping envelopes and the guy says they are $ 2 for the pack. Last time I bought them there they were $ 1 for the pack so it is double the price last time and not the $ 1.25 nor the $ 1.49 I mentioned — $ 2.00 is way over $ 1.00 the store front signs would indicate…
But there is still more to this — lets talk about quality. I recently bought some shipping tape and when I tried to use it the tape was so poorly made or so old it would not stick to anything and had to be tossed into the trash. I may have only paid $ 1.49 for it plus tax but the two rolls I got were worthless. Then I recalled I bought velcro there and after about a week the velcro fell off of what it was glued to since it too had old or bad glue on it. Then cable ties which had no zip on them and could not be locked or were so poorly made they broke when you tried to wrap them around a cable. The plastic was faulty on them too. Then I recalled the masking tape I bought to do some painting and it would not even stick back on the roll after I initially lifted it off of the roll let alone the baseboard I was trying to paint.
When you add all of this up charging double what their sign on the store front says, selling poor quality items you wind up throwing out and have to buy somewhere else this place is not a good deal…
I went down the street to another dollar store and got my envelopes for guess what $ 1.00 plus tax so this place is really sticking it to you folks.
If you are smart you will pass this place because they charge more than you realize and the quality of their items often results in you having to throw out the junk they have and buy the item you needed at a real store.
If I could give these people a –10 stars I would they are bad news…
If you consider all of the above you probably are not saving anything shopping there as they are charging up to double what they advertise on the front of their store and many things you buy are so bad you wind up buying them again to get the job done and have gained nothing for your efforts to save a few bucks…

Way better than Dollar Only! This store actually had items, lots of them, and all were only a dollar. I bought a pair of sunglasses since I forgot to pack mine on this trip. They lasted me a few days! I was surprised. I also picked up a bottle of (brand name) soda for only $ 1!!! woooo!

The $ 8 credit card minimum can be annoying when you want exactly 7 crappy dollar store items. Your total will come to $ 7.88, and rather than just saying «eh, what’s 12 cents» the checkout girl will refuse, saying «8 dollar minimum» whilst pointing at the handwritten sign taped to the front of each register. Yes, but it’s just barely under $ 8, you might argue. Well, since she doesn’t speak English well, you’ll be referred to her manager. He’ll say the same thing, gesture at the same sign, but speak English a little better. Then he might offer to let you complete the purchase if you’ll pay a 50 cent surcharge. Wait, why 50 cents, and not just 12 cents to round up to that magical $ 8? No one knows. Here, they would rather put back your 7 items than round up to their minimum when your total is just 12 cents off. Talk about petty. Isn’t the time and effort wasted by whoever has to return those 7 items worth at least 12 cents, I’d hope?
About the selection: there are things that are certainly a deal: where else can you get a splatter screen or dental trees for $ 1? OTOH, many things are not. Hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol, for example, cost less at Target. So do most of the food items. I did happen upon a fancy salad dressing that’s usually $ 5 at the supermarket, but I checked the date and, yup, it was expired. So there’s that. They sell expired food. Maybe I should yell that so that people see it despite my wall of text.
THEY SELL EXPIRED FOOD. Watch out for it, if that sort of thing concerns you.

One $ Store is the mission’s version of a dollar store. it’s an huge store, with long aisles, shelves full of the usual chips, sodas, canned goods, sundries, small hardwares, napkins, toys, etc.
no check out lanes though, just the old fashioned counters
buys: binder clips (1)
–they were out of reading glasses.
notes:
–nice guy checks in packages at the door.
–just street parking.

I’ve lived in the neighborhood for years and remember this corner spot. I think the store used to be an electronics shop or something. It then morphed into a Christian Bookstore which didn’t last too long. Then it became the $ 1 store as it is today and has been there for a few years now.
I can’t remember how /​why I decided to stop by the store, but it’s a good place to pick up some quick nick-​nacks and the occasional snack or drink. One plus is the store is OPEN during holidays so you can have somewhere to shop during the quiet days.
Items tend to change over time but overall it’s a place you can pick up some useful items at a pretty small price. As someone noted, hard to complain if you’re short on $$$.

I’ve been going to Thrift Town across the street forever for props and materials to make art and have only just started going here and am kicking myself for not coming in sooner. I can’t believe the specific items I bought that I could have got for pennies on the dollar here. Don’t get me wrong, I am an expert on dollar stores. Most dollar stores you find the same stuff in, but this one is unique.
Hint, if you don’t find it in the aisle, it may be behind the counter/​register. Don’t be intimidated, just ask. Really random stuff is back there. I got electrical tape (just a $ 1 per roll) from behind the register today… electrical tape. The other tape you can find in the aisles.

I normally don’t review dollar stores, but I had to review this one.
Two words: Fake Eyelashes.
. and lots of them! For a freaking buck man! Man, I forgot what brand they are but I have drawers of them on my makeup counter. They’re very similar to Red Cherrys or even MAC lashes! At first I was carefully picking out which style I would think looks best on my eyes, but then I was like «forget it, my sisters and I go through these like toilet paper» and I started grabbing whatever I could get. Loveee this place for the lashes!
ONE STAR though for the beta fishies that are just sitting there waiting to be fed… poor fishies. :(

Not the most upscale-​looking establishment, but i love paying a fraction of the usual cost for things like tools & hardware, glassware & ceramic bowls, stationery supplies, kitchen utensils, hair color, vacuum bags, etc. Granted, some items turn out to be duds, but the price is so low, it’s worth the gamble.
Also check out the dollar stores on Mission & 24^th and 16^th & Mission for a somewhat different selection.
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Came here to get some pirate gear for YEE. A big place and an abundance of items. The whole isle of toys got a bunch of kids totally excited with the colorful items stacked all the way up like a tree to them.
Truly i think most items are a dollar each including scarfs, party utensils such as colorful knives and folks, baby shower party decoration and wrapping, loads of blooming supplies and also quite some food items.

This weekend I did a little last minute 4^th of July party shopping for our last minute picnic and stopped into the Dollar Store to pick up a few items.
I really only needed some cups and plastic utensils, but ended up finding so much more. I also found some hangers, socks, bottled olives, olive oil (OMG), crackers, eyelash curler, big plastic food containers, etc.
My friend picked up some puppy pads and chew toys that would normally be over a buck. We both did well and saved money (compared to other stores).
They have everything and for a dollar, which is a good price in this economy today.