BARGAIN HUNTER
My inner Bohemian loves a good deal, and this Dollar Tree in Romeoville might be the best one yet.
For some strange reason, the location on S Weber Road was listed as "temporarily closed" on Google maps, but it was definitely open when I stopped in to grab a few birthday cards & stocking stuffers on 12/1/23. It was fairly busy on a Friday at noon.
The shelves were full, everything was neatly organized (unlike some other DTs that are a hot mess express), and they had everything in stock that I was looking for. They carried a few different flavors of sunflower seeds (my wife's preferred salty snack these days) as well as Herr's jalapeno popper cheesy poofs, a personal favorite of mine.
I will never, ever understand why people spend so much money on greeting cards. Why would you pay $7.49 to say "happy 6th birthday, Little Timmy"??? GTFO with that foolish hokum. Little Timmy wants the video game/shiny object, he doesn't give two shits about who the card is from, much less its contents. For the love of god, please stop overspending on throwaway cards (I'm talking to you, MOM!)
Anyway, Dollar Tree carries Hallmark's Expressions line of greeting cards for the low price of $1. You can literally get a year's worth of birthday / bereavement / Mother's Day / congratulatory cards for the cost of 1-2 "fancy" cards at CVS. To me, buying cards at Dollar Tree should be a no-brainer.
The previous reviewer gave this store 1* (bah humbug!), so with my gleaming 5* post they're now at an even three stars. As Thanos once declared, this Yelp page is now "perfectly balanced, as all things should be". Dollar Tree corporate may not care, but seeing things in a state of equilibrium brings me joy.
* TL;DR *
It doesn't phase me that Dollar Stores are now charging $1.25 for their stuff; on the other hand, I nearly had a conniption when I paid more than 99¢ for a tall can of Arizona green tea at a gas station (I think Circle K & Arizona Tea are in cahoots for price fixing).
This Dollar Tree was clean, the employees were chill, and the store was bursting at the seams with wonderful snacky-snacks and inexpensive holiday decorations.
Overall, I'd recommend this discount variety chain, and this location could very well be at the top of the heap....or should I say, top of the cheap. read more