That's a bit sad. Guess I'll need to keep an eye out for closing sales. I swear it's every months a store is closing nearby.
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Unless they're keeping the managers around to run sales, it doesn't sound like they'll have the staff for clearance. Maybe you could do a little morally justified looting, though?
If I ever forgot I was on Lemmy...
I mean, who can afford parties any more. Not even joking. None of my friends are buying anything extra for parties. Kids parties as well. Just the essentials.
Idk, what circles you’re moving in, but consumer spending is up markedly, consumer sentiment is up, the economy is strong, and inflation continues to come in at healthy levers month after month for almost a year now.
Yet not long ago I recall reading that people were spending unbelievable amounts of money on Halloween. Even for their pets! Expensive costumes. You name it. People don't seem all that wise on these things.
"Winding down"?!
Motherfuckers set off a nuke!
Edit: I'd be down for a year-round Spirit-light
Yeah, "winding down" isn't compatible with "effective immediately".
"You misunderstood. We're winding down (gestures to C-suite suits). You are packing your shit and getting the hell out of my store. Release the hounds Smithers."
When you use corporate lingo (that happens to also be everyday lingo with the exact same definition) but don't know what it means.
Spirit-light, nothing! Halloween should be a state of mind, not a holiday!
Party City has been circling the drain for a while. All the stuff they were good for has been replaced by dollar stores, spirit Halloween, and Amazon delivery. All they really carry that I can't get anywhere else in a couple hours/overnight somewhere else is helium/filled mylar balloons. This is just the "time of death" declaration.
vulture capitalism at it's best. and when I say best I mean the absolute worst.
Man, in my city, the Party City building used to be the 99 cent store about 20 years ago and has been Party City ever since. Now they're going out of business so what will be the next 20-year-viable business to occupy the space?
Pickleball courts
Crap. Where will I get single-color M&Ms now?
Times Square M&M store. If you don’t live near NYC, well whose fault is that?
I coulda sworn this happened like a decade ago. Idr the last time I even noticed a Party City.
Yeah, $10 for 5 regular ballons seems reasonable. Get fucked Party City.
The price of those balloons includes helium and the labor to fill them. It’s not entirely unreasonable.
Im taking about a package of shitty balloons.
I’m on their site and 15 ct not inflated is only $1.49 before a small discount.
Poor Sharon Needles, she'll be homeless now.
“Go back?! I CAN’T, PHEE PHEE!!”
Damn, where will we send Sharon Needles to now?
the party is over