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Poor Girl Polly

I realize this comment is (very) late, but I have to say I am with Jonny. Growing up in a low single- income home, my family had to make do with things we could get at discount stores like Honest Ed’s and Bi-Way, among others.
I now live about an hour from the city, and am far from well off myself. Stores like Honest Ed’s do not exist everywhere (probably why boycottdatshiz is ok with shopping there. If it became a chain, it would likely be boycott, as well.), and it is Dollarama, Giant Tiger and Walmart that provides affordable merchandise to us less fortunate consumers.
Although I do not shop at Walmart, I am a proud and loyal Dollarama customer. It is a Canadian company, they provide many stable jobs through opening so many locations and it is easily accessible in many towns.
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12:38 am on February 1, 2012

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Jonny Bargain

Stores like Dollarama have a loyal clientele: They are called poor people. All you rich folks that have an issue with the poor accessing affordable merchandise, should try to live on a minimal income and see how you feel about Dollarama after awhile.
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9:20 pm on November 17, 2011

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boycottdatshiz

have you heard of this little place called honest ed’s?
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2:46 am on November 18, 2011

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