Dollar Tree Penny Items—The Wild Truth about How Shoppers Find Secret Deals
See how lucky shoppers snag these phenomenal deals
We’ve heard so much about Dollar Tree raising prices and selling more name-brand items and products for over their usual $1.50 to $1.75 price point, but what about their secret penny items? This crazy-good deal has been slipping through the cracks because it is not advertised by the store and shoppers often discover the products by luck.
But this penny policy is also not a firm policy, meaning the stores don’t have to sell the items for one cent. So, how do you actually shop Dollar Tree’s penny items? Read on for the details.
What are Dollar Tree’s penny items?
It’s possible you’ve never heard of Dollar Tree’s secret penny items and that wouldn’t be surprising, especially since this isn’t a legit policy. The penny items are more of a luck-based find. These penny items are generally discontinued products or out-of-season items, such as holiday or seasonal finds, priced at $0.01 in Dollar Tree’s system, due to a change in its SKU code.
So even though these products are priced at $0.01, they are meant to be pulled off of the shelves and discarded. This is their “pull and destroy policy,” which has employees remove items that are discontinued, recalled or out-of-season. But with a store as busy as Dollar Tree, sometimes staffers don’t find these items in time or forget about them, which is how customers can snag them for $0.01.
How to find the penny items
If you’re wondering how you can snag one of these penny items, there are a few things you can do to look out for them, according to shoppers and employees in a recent Reddit thread. One easy way is to download the Dollar Tree app and use the built-in scanner that allows you to scan items when you’re unsure of the price.
To find these popular buys, be on the lookout for items that seem out of place. If you’re going through the party or seasonal section of the store and you find a Christmas decoration on a shelf full of Easter items, it might be a penny item. You can also keep an eye out for carts full of holiday items from past seasons or holidays. This is likely an employer collecting old items that can’t be sold anymore, but if it’s left in a cart, you can likely grab it for a penny (or maybe 25 cents).
Check out online coupon sites or social media groups on Facebook or Instagram to see if anyone has spotted penny items because finding them takes teamwork. And make sure to shop at off-hours, say during the day on a weekday when the store is less busy store and cashiers are more likely to sell the penny items.
But remember, this is really based on luck, so even if you find an item, the manager or another employee may say they can’t sell it to you due to their “pull and destroy” policy. So, if you find a penny item, getting to buy it for that price a bonus, not a right—but you might’ve just gotten lucky.
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