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MyspaceA 99¢ Only Store is opening July 26 in the old location of Pep Boys at 424 State Street. The store, according to a company press release, expects to receive 200-300 shoppers at the 8 a.m. opening where early birds may have a chance to buy a 22” flat screen TV for 99¢.
The chain, the release goes on, sells brand name products at discount prices including food and beverages. Like most 99¢ stores, not all items for purchase will only cost you the advertised 99¢, but the store does promise “exceptional values” for everything from food to beauty products.
The chain has over 298 stores in California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada. More than two-thirds of them are in California.
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The store is "moving to" lower State Street? From where? Shouldn't that be "opening on" lower State Street?
Nockamixon (anonymous profile)
July 10, 2012 at 9 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Who cares Nock... just yay that it will be there! :)
santabarbarasand (anonymous profile)
July 10, 2012 at 4:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Here we go again! Just one more backward spin in the downward spiral of State Street. It's already bad enough that out of town tourists, disembarking cruise ship passengers, and sightseers have to pass through a quasi-skid row, sleazy looking section of lower State St. amidst all of the bars and junk-souvenir shops before entering the "real" Santa Barbara downtown. Now we have our own deep-discount '99 Cents' store with cheap foreign made trinkets, wrong-sized clothing, child-endangering plastic toys, unsold and out-of-date supermarket products, packaged food with labels in foreign languages, and gaudy porcelain dishware and imitation statuettes!! Welcome to Santa Barbara, friends!! C'mon down and see what poor city management hath wrought on the once beautiful and picturesque 'American Riviera!' (cough, cough!)
scoop9324 (anonymous profile)
July 11, 2012 at 9:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
And, I forgot to mention our city management's newest tourist attraction -- almost hourly helicopter flights and landings in the middle of town!
scoop9324 (anonymous profile)
July 11, 2012 at 9:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)