Is there anything really worth the price at a dollar store? I took the opportunity to browse for something actually useful to me, and wasn't disappointed. If you aren't in the USA, you probably know of a similar sort of establishment in your region: Everything in the entire store has a price in a fixed unit of your local currency, and most items are either cheap junk or overpriced goods that could be bought elsewhere in bulk for less per unit.
While pondering whether knockoff pens or mystery brand junk food was worth the risk, I noticed some cellophane packages containing comic books and an advertised bonus of collectible cards. I am not a comic book collector, and my card collecting is limited to Magic: The Gathering of late, but I bought two that looked like they had potential. Unfortunately, I tossed the packaging before realizing this was an ideal silly Steemit post, but I do have a picture of the contents.
So, was it worth it? I have to give this an emphatic MAYBE.
The Dungeons and Dragons comic book does include a pre-generated character sheet and an interesting scenario I can adapt as a story hook for a campaign I am working on, so that counts as a win in my books. And I am a fan of Turok: The Dinosaur Hunter on the old Nintendo 64, so that's good too. They aren't in pristine mint condition, and I doubt very much any collector would want them, but since I am not a collector, I don't care. Maybe I'll send the Turok comic to Linkara. I'm sure he could use it.
The trading cards were as amusing as I had hoped. Each had two Elvis Presley movie cards and a pack of X-Files Season 2 cards. I doubt either of these has any real value whatsoever, but they amused me, so that counts for something.
Giveaway:
If this post reaches $20 in payout, and at least 5 Steemians comment, I will send the four Elvis cards to a random commenter below. You know you want them!
EDIT This giveaway will run the full 30 days to the second payout if and only if the conditions are not met by the first payout window.