Dollar Tree

Living in the suburbs, I have MANY better Dollar Tree stores than this one nearby my house.
I actually feel bad for the people living in this area (Brighton, Brookline, Newton, Watertown), as Dollar Tree has a large presence throughout the rest of the state, yet this area only has one, smaller, old Dollar Tree… if you can, make the trip to the West Roxbury Dollar Tree (the closest GOOD location to this), as it is brand new, cleaner, and is much, much larger. Anyway, The store sits in the Stop&Shop plaza between North Beacon & Everett Streets, and is a normal size for the average Dollar Tree. PROS: (1) Organization & Selection. For a BUSY store, it was very organized, and was extremely well stocked. (2) Customer Service. I don’t expect «over-​the-​top» customer service at any Dollar Tree, but when 2 registers are open when no one in line is always a plus… and when the cashiers are friendly it’s another plus! Parking. For a city store, it has a large parking lot, and is very easily accessible. CONS: (1) Traffic Flow. As I said above, this is the only Dollar Tree within 10 miles and also in the city, so (as you probably guessed) this location is MUCH MUCH busier than most of the other Dollar Tree stores I’ve been to. (2) Floors. All of the new Dollar Tree’s act smart and have learned from the terrible, terrible decision Dollar Tree made for their first sets of stores in the area. The new ones are more updated, but better yet, they all have FLOORING, not an ugly RUG! These rugs are terrible! There are spills all over and lots of gross looking stuff stuck to them. One of the most least-​appealing features of the Allston store.
Overall, it’s a fine, average Dollar Tree, but I prefer the «over-​acheiveing» Dollar Tree, and am thankful that some of the stores in my area are like that. 3 stars.

Dollar Tree is Dollar Tree in every location and got the same products. But this store is special, every time I shop here either my mom, my boyfriend or I get mistreated here! Is it because of my race? Or they are just plain rude.
The cashiers are all very rude! Not once but three times already. I will remind myself not to go to this particular store anymore. I bought some Christmas wrappers and some scent bubbles for the car yesterday. My boyfriend bought some Panasonic batteries here. We go to school, work really hard, stay out of trouble! What are we doing wrong?
I’m just going to visit the Dollar Trees in South Shore, Hingham, Weymouth or Quincy areas next time. Never would they treat us bad there! They got the same selections anyways. I usually come here for thank you cards. There’s lots of selections l buy but will not visit this store anymore!

This place is pretty classy for a dollar store. I love the selection here and I usually get kitchen supplies here such as plates, bowls, napkins, wine glasses, coffee mugs, etc. The best part about this place is leaving with tons of bags of stuff and also tons of money still left in your wallet.

This place is great! Everything I purchased was $ 1 and they had such a variety in items. They open early, 8am to 8pm I believe. Staff was friendly too.

I actually love this place, even though I need to sanitize my hands immediately afterwards (in fact, you can get two mini bottles for, you guessed it, a dollar).
I stock up on mailing supplies (bubble mailers, bubble wrap, envelopes, etc) here because they’ll run you a heck of a lot more anywhere else. Seriously. It’s been my saving grace for sending things out. Plus, sometimes I like to walk around the aisles and get things that I didn’t know I needed (okay, more like things no one really needs), like dual-​scented (apple and vanilla cream) candles and 400 yards of curling ribbon, etc.
As long as you keep carrying my precious office materials, I’ll be seeing you, DT, sanitizer in hand and all.

I love the dollar store — especially for stationary items, it is the perfect place to go to if you need something simple. You have to be careful, but they even have food that is way cheaper than stop & shop

I’ve purchased aluminum foil, fake eyelashes, halloween cups, spooky gravestones, dog toys, 4^th of july decorations in may, and wrapping paper here – all for $ 1 each. I thought I loved the dollar store as much as I possibly could at that point. The staff is extra friendly and once I brought Woofie in and no one minded.
Then, Christmas comes along and the lovely Lauren M. gives me one of those infinity scarves, the kind that is a big circle and loops around and is knit with two colors and keeps your neck super warm. I wore it maybe 3 times in her presence before she told me, «I’m glad you like that scarf so much; I got it at the dollar store.»
No freakin’ way. I knew that’s where she’d gotten the Gross Anatomy (remember Daphne Zuniga from Melrose Place?! I DO
) BlueRay, but I had no idea about the scarf, which totally looks like it could have cost real money. Nope, just 100 pennies, like all the other awesomeness in that store.
Any chance they sell blue ray players? :/

Oh, Dollar Tree. We have such a complex relationship.
This place is great. Sure, some stuff is crap, but as long as you take a good look at what you’re buying you can usually tell if something is junk.
I mostly come here for little household items– plastic baggies, aluminum foil, toilet paper, envelopes, tupperware (some of their muli-​pack tupperware is really brittle, but for the price, it doesn’t matter if some of it breaks after a month…)Their cleaning products are hit-​or-​miss; some work wonderfully, others barely work.
They generally have most small household goods that need, but sometimes they’re weird and out of something that they really should have (like cellophane sponges– Ion three separate occasions I’ve come here looking for them, only to find that they didn’t have any…)
They have a good grocery section. Nothing too extensive– just shelf stable stuff. But what they have tend to be pretty solid staple items– pasta, tomato sauce, spices, cereal, tortillas, soymilk (their soymilk is more watery/​less rich than what you’d get from Trader Joe’s, but it’s hella cheap.) Sometimes you can find bread here, but it seems to sell out pretty fast when they get it in. The bread isn’t anything special– just rye or whole wheat sandwich bread– but it’s good for those lazy days when PB&J or grilled cheese seem like a viable dinner. Also, while most of their food items are fine, I’ve occasionally gotten things that tasted foul– I didn’t know that plain white rice could taste so bad until I bought some here. It could have just been the brand, or the batch, but there was something really off n the last bag of rice I bought here. Ditto for some of the crackers I’ve bough here.
I’m quite fond of their medicine section. It’s modest, but I can pick up asprin, antibiotic ointment, bandages, gauze pads, and generic pepto bismol for way cheaper than CVS.
If you have oily hair, don’t buy shampoo here. I’ve tried most of the ones they sell here, and they’re no good. And their lotions aren’t that great if you have super-​dry skin. But their other body products (hand soap, shower gel, and so on) are a-​ok! Their nail stickers are hit-​or-​miss, but they’re cheap and come in cool designs, so I’m fine with them only staying on for three or four days.
Their batteries are crap if you plan on using them for a digital camera, but for small things (like bike lights) they work fine.
I’m a bit wary of their pet care section. I do buy kitty litter here, but some of the other items bother me (like their cat collars-they’re not break-​away ones! That’s not safe! I’m also wary of their pet food…) They have cat toys on very rare occasions. The cat toys I’ve gotten here have held up well, but I wish that they had cat toys in more often, since my cat keeps dragging her toys off to Narnia… or more likely, just bats them under the stove.
The staff are friendly enough, and don’t make me feel awkward when I’ve come in and bought some weird assortment of stuff. But then again, they see that sort of thing every day. There have been several times I’ve come in here and watched people buy a cart-​load of some weird item or other– be it plastic bowls or canned chicken salad.

Yea savings! This is one of the largest DTs I have seen in the Boston area. The store is neat and very well organized. The staff is also friendly. Get your things like lighters, cards (2 for $ 1) and snacks here. They also sell tons of cleaners and house hold items at a fraction of the big chain store costs.

I went here a few months ago and it was a great place to go when you need simple items such as toiletries and things of that nature. I was amazed by the things that they have in this store. The people that work there were always very friendly to me when I couldn’t find something. Also when i moved into my apartment and wanted to get a few cleaning items such as brooms and mops and cute little knick knacks Dollar Tree was the perfect place to go.
Unfortunately I live on the otherside of town now and can’t make it down there as often, but when i am there it takes a lot to get me out of that store lol

It’s a dollar store. Not everything’s a dollar. The «fancier stuff» can be a couple bucks more.
This is a gold mine for college kids!
I just wish most of the workers there didn’t look so angry or miserable that they’re at work.
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I will be the first to admit that I love good dollar stores and this Dollar Tree is pretty gosh darned good. Where else can you go to find Maybelline, Sally Hansen and other perfectly fine makeup for $ 1? Just the other day I purchased some name brand body wash for… you guessed it… $ 1! From scooping up branded goods, to providing no name alternatives… I love this place. I also happened to buy K-​PAX and Carbon Copy (Denzel’s first movie)… This place is like the best treasure hunt ever.

Wait a minute,
I can get Nivea Lip Balm for 1 $ or Sally Hansen Lipgloss for 1 $
or a gift card for a friend’s bday for 1 $
OR 4 MARGARITA GLASSES with little cacti on them for 4 $
it’s hit or miss, but a lot of stuff there that I would normally spend a few extra bucks on at a drugstore… I’d say it’s worth the stop!

I think it is funny that this place is categorized as a department store!
Anyway, I go to this place to get greeting cards, gift bags, helium balloons, stickers, pipe cleaners, and other random items I need for my personal or classroom use. Everything really is $ 1, but I still managed to spend over $ 20 on my visit today.
As I was waiting to be rung up, I noticed some of the most bizarre items that you can only find at the Dollar Tree. $ 1 princess shaped bubble gum. .. Doritos in a can. .. and the clincher, a pregnancy test for $ 1!!! I pity the person who relies on the accuracy of that kit, but hey, at least it’s by the register so you can grab one if you forget you needed one!

When I walked into Dollar Tree for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised. I expected a LOT of crap, and a lot of things that weren’t a dollar. But, the store was pretty neat and clean, and everything there was a dollar!
There are some good deals to be had at Dollar Tree: $ 1 gift bags, $ 1 office supplies, $ 1 Hanes T-​shirts, etc. I’m waiting for someone to have a birthday, so I can buy some $ 1 gift wrap and a $ 1 balloon to go with it (seriously…they have the same balloons as the supermarket, but for $ 3 cheaper!) I also bought myself some $ 1 clear plastic shoe boxes to put near my door, so I have somewhere to put wet shoes on rainy days. And I’m definitely going to come back when it’s planting season for some $ 1 flowerpots.
That said, there are some buyer bewares here. I’d be skeptical of buying, say, $ 1 crayons, in light of the recent issues with cheap imported things being contaminated with lead, and I feel the same for some of the other toys/​food/​beauty supplies/​some of their kitchenware. They sell $ 1 composition books and $ 1 folders in dud patterns, but I know you can get them in normal patterns for mere pennies at Staples in August. Nail polish remover is definitely less than $ 1 at Target. And I’m definitely going to pass on the no-​name $ 1 douche…
They also sell some name-​brand things, like a single Sharpie, Mead security envelopes, double-​sided Scotch tape, and lots of name brand candies that are great deals, as well as some no-​name things where it just doesn’t matter what brand it is. It’s conveniently located next to Stop and Shop, so you can pop in when grocery shopping, too.

As presents from coworkers began to pile up on my desk, I realized I was in need of some creative (cheap) gifts for all my coworkers this holiday season and then there you were Dollar Tree.
This place is great. Maybe I just got lucky but I found EVERY thing I needed for 11 presents the second I walked in. There was a reasonable level of craziness when I walked in but that is to be expected for dollar tree around christmas. Everything was pretty easy to find and relatively well organized and not thrown everywhere.
The best part is that everything I found was actually a dollar. There is nothing I hate more than going to a dollar store and things are $ 3. That is ridiculous… the whole point is everything should cost a dollar.

There’s a massive amount of respect afforded to a dollar store that actually practices what it preaches. When you enter Dollar Tree, every item is a dollar. That is truth in advertising if I’ve ever seen it, and it leaves the buyers knowing what to expect.
It’s a dollar store, so that expectation should come with a rather obvious caveat. You’re not going to buy high-​class anything here. It’s all low level knock offs, but because they’re a buck even, it should be easy for anyone to stomach.
As stated, however, the major reason any Dollar store will get solid ratings from me is if they adhere to the dollar rule. It’s common nowadays to go to a dollar store and somehow find goods that are priced higher than $ 1. That’s a load of crap, and I appreciate that Dollar Tree doesn’t try to hoodwink it’s customers.
You want cheap stuff for a buck? Come on in.

It’s the best dollar store I’ve been too. They have everything from party stuff to foods, kitchen, candy, and housewares. It’s a good place to get kitchen soaps, disposable dish-​ware, and other cheap cleaning products. Oh and they have tons of christmas wrapping paper! They even hair some cheap kid gifts.

It’s a Dollar Tree people. Don’t go expecting major finds or you will be disappointed. For instance, most of the greeting cards have no envelopes. Yeah, that makes mailing difficult, but they also cost ¹⁄₅ of any Hallmark or American Greetings card. Plus, it’s 2008, send a damn e-​card and save a tree. Sheesh.
The Dollar Tree is good for: disposable drinkware or plates, seasonal disposable drinkware or plates, sandwich bags, shower curtain rings, cheap cleaning products, gift wrapping items, cheap hand soap or dish soap. The Dollar Tree is also a great place to bump into people who are just plain weird and/​or have children with no social skills/​manners.
I would not recommend the trash bags as they are very flimsy. In the end, you always get what you pay for.

Yes, everythang here really is ONE DOLLAH. This does not mean you should shop here though. The store is messy messy messy. I don’t recommend this place.