Does anybody know when the Dollar Tree is supposed to open up for business? Thanks!

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I think the question was when, not where, but thanks for the "where".

The 20th or earlier!

I was told the 23rd.

The sign on the front door says the 23rd. I suspect they want to have a 'soft' opening. That will never happen.

the sign at dollar tree said the 23rd at 10am

I agree with Amorette. The Dollar Tree, given the nature of its business, is sure to be completely overrun by Miles Citians searching for bargains. Thank the lord my mother doesn't live there anymore.

Replace "Wall Mart" with "Dollar Tree", eliminate the mountains, and I'm sure on the 23rd the scene will resemble this:



I wish the owners the best. May God have mercy on their souls.

The 23rd might be a great day to go shopping at the Dollar Plus store in downtown Miles City... kinda like the 17th of March is a great day to go to a Mexican restaurant and the 5th of May is a great day to go to an Irish pub.

Now the sign says 3/24 2014 Monday at 9:00 a.m.

Wow.

It's. A. Dollar. Tree.

The Opening can't come soon enough.

All over Miles City, blue hairs are breaking into the butter and eggs money.

I'm still seriously baffled.

Better baffled than dead....in 20 minutes, the Dollar Tree in Miles City is going to resemble a late 1970s Who concert.

You can buy "Baba O'Riley" for a dollar but of course it'll be half the length of the real song and break halfway through the first chorus.

At least it was only a dollar.

The thing about Dollar Tree that I hate is you just know it's going to kill some downtown businesses like Riggs or Ben Franklins.

Riggs and Ben Franklin have been gone for some time now, so we need a Dollar Tree.

Dollar Stores nothing more than additional crap to dust and sell at a garage sale or estate auction. I'm sure the local blue hairs will make their offspring proud.

I shop at the one here in Billings. Ziplocks for sandwiches, party supplies and all those disposable things are much easier to pay for when they're only a buck.

There are lots of seasonal things along with kids toys and books. LOTS of coloring books, puzzle books and regular books. I've bought a couple of really good biographies for only a buck each.

And they have some teaching supplies, for both regular school and church school.

Should be a good opening. I hope they realize how much they are needed by the end of the day!

"Needed?" You mean Miles City has actually been suffering from the lack of a Dollar Tree all these years?

C'mon now. The Airport Inn is "needed." A Dollar Tree is just a store for Chinese-made cheap stuff.

I suspect they want to have a 'soft' opening. That will never happen.

The reason for a soft opening is not to discourage big crowds...a soft opening gives the store an "out" if things go wrong. "Well, we're not officially open yet so that's why the computer is screwed up."

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Here is food for thought. Now that Miles City has a Dollar Tree, there is no reason why family can't buy you something for Christmas. LOL

We could buy a bag of 50 plastic pennies for a dollar as a gift.

Ya see? This is why I was always so ticked off when I walked into Woolworths with my dime!!

FH

"I'm sure the local blue hairs will make their offspring proud."

Where the hell do you guys get off, bad-mouthing blue hairs? Next time you shave Gents, take a good look.....

You can probably get a swell deal on "Just for Men" at the Dollar Tree.

"Only for Man" hair color. Made in China from lead paint.
1 oz bottle. Applicator not included ($1 in paint aisle). Various colors, red, blue, heliotrope, glitter.

Well, that didn't last long. Drove down Main Street today and noticed that Dollar Plus is already out of business, according to the sign in the window.

The dollar plus will be opening again soon with a different theme. If you haven't been in the new Dollar tree don't knock it. it's nice and serves its purpose.

I was just wondering if the Dollar Tree is going out of business, because I was in there the other day and a lot of shelves were empty, and they get a truck on Monday morning ( this was on Wednesday)

I was just in there last night,all the shelves were full,and the ladies that were working were very kind and helpful!

Well last week there were empty boxes on shelves and empty shelves.......and I go in there at least once a week if not twice......

Their home office is in Georgia. Very often, shipping estimates are off when you are shipping cross-country. I once worked for a vendor in Florida who honestly thought we could place weekly orders and get the freight here in four days.
I would guess they have a shipping schedule that forgets to take into account how BIG the western US is.

I believe there home office is in Virginia, and the reason I know the truck is always been there on Monday is I am a x employee there has only been 1 or 2 times the truck came on Tuesday they need someone who knows how to run the back room........and knows how to rotate stock.. Make sure you check the dates on thing (food that is)

FWIW, Dollar Tree apparently has 10 Distribution Centers across the US. Here's a map showing the location of each and the area they serve (from their web site). It looks like Miles City is served from a distribution center in Ridgefield, WA.



http://www.dollartree.com...tics%20Map

Good God. Who gives a fig?!?!

Wait...

If I read this thread correcty and take from I learned from it, and then I read Wendy's above comment..

Then, now correct me if i'm wrong, But I am going to conclude that Fig Newton Cookies are going to be going out of business?

No, it's just that Fig Newtons are out of stock at the Dollar Tree store in Miles City. I think.

Wendy, if the Dollar Tree goes out of business, I do believe half of the retail market east of Billings is soon to follow.

I am heading to MC the first weekend of August to attend a wedding. Rest assured, the first place I intend to drag my lovely bride of nearly 24 years is the Dollar Tree store. After that, the sky is the limit.

In California, one time I saw an 89 cent store across from a 99 cent store. Seriously. At first I wondered, why undercut the competition so much? (So brutal.) Then I thought, can anyone actually make a profit cutting 10 cents off the same stuff the store across the street is selling? How, I dunno. It's still a mystery.

Only dime will tell.

FH

Dollar Tree Agrees to Acquire Family Dollar for $8.5 Billion

Dollar Tree Inc. (DLTR) agreed to buy Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO) for about $8.5 billion, creating a sprawling discount chain with $18 billion in sales and more locations than any other retailer in the U.S.

Dollar Tree will pay $74.50 a share in cash and stock, 23 percent above Family Dollar’s closing price at the end of last week, according to a statement from the companies today. Including debt, the deal has a value of about $9.2 billion.

Given the information Tim posted about the merger, I would say Main Street Miles City has about a year left to live.

I went into the Dollar Tree yesterday to do a little shopping and shelves are empty alot of empty shelves..... they say there truck comes on Monday but there is alot in the back room....

I'm still puzzled by the comparison to Riggs being out of business therefor a Dollar store is needed?

Last I worked and shopped at Riggs "low-cost" wasn't really a description I would have used.