Five Below

Colorful Duck tape on sale (Yes, they have sales) 2/​$ 5.00.
I try to spend as little of my own money for school supplies, and Five Below lets me do that. There’s so much to explore here. Some of the stuff is junky, but there are some real bargains here. Lots and lots of toys.
Years ago when this place first came to town I thought it was a pop-​up glorified Dollar Store for kids to do their Christmas shopping. Years later, it’s still here, and they’ve multiplied in the area. I don’t think I’d buy my make up here, but nail polish remover is a bargain.
The young cashier was very cheerful. I think this place is best for moms looking to appease their young children, or thrifty teachers like moi.

Poor customer service. When in the store my 4 year old had to use the bathroom very badly. I asked a clerk who told me to ask the manager (while my son was doing the «have to pee» dance.) The manager told me he didn’t have a bathroom to the shocked faces of his clerks. I told him my son was 4 could we please go and he repeated his obvious lie. We did this dance one more time because I couldn’t believe he wouldn’t let a 4 year old use the bathroom. No luck. If this is the way management behaves, the place is in trouble.

This is probably the BEST Five Below I have ever been to, and I have gone to many of them not only in Maryland, but also in Ohio. I was able to find SOOOOO many things in here that I needed that I would have paid 3 to 5 times more than what I paid for it here!

I can’t believe no one has reviewed Five Below! Well look out Unilocal world, this is my new favorite recession-​friendly pace to shop!
The first time I was told the name of this store I had never heard of my thought was «One of those teenager clothing stores with paper clothes that cost $ 10 and last a week.» Wrong!
Then someone said, «Everything in there costs $ 5.00 or less.» So I thought, ‘Great, another tacky dollar store with incense and off-​brand dishwashing detergent.” Wrong again!
First of all at a dollar store most items cost around a (all Harvard grads stand up and be counted) …dollar. When you go up to 5 dollars that invites a whole new level of merchandise. Their offerings go way beyond the insece and dishwashing soap categories, not even stopping off for a passenger pickup.
Second. (Never say secondly, thirdly, etc. This I learned in college NOT Harvard, by the way…) Second, Five Below does not have that mentality of «cheap stuff for cheap». They have the mentality of «real stuff for cheap» Now we’re talkin’! A recent trip yielded a «Dreamgirls» DVD (unopened, unused) for the absolutely dreamy price of, you guessed it, «fi dolla.»
Third, Five Below is a store that is cute to look at and fun to be in. The design (and popularity) can make things a little crowded, for sure, but they have a very open plan — none of those floor to ceiling shelves that make you feel like a rat in a maze. The color scheme is great. Blacks and blues, I think. The lighting is good and cheerful.
And, of course, the merchandise. Totally fun place to shop and filled with lots of good things everybody needs or wants. Some things I have puchased, seen purchased or seen on the shelves are: footballs, basketballs, Ravens sports bag, mirror and brush set, Star Wars hat and glove set, Star Wars lunchbox, candy, sodas, T-​shirt, lots of toys, board games, DVDs, DS games, DS car adapter sets, need I go on? Everything is great quality. Their buyers really know what they are doing.
Five Below is a place to take the kids where you can be a hero for $ 5 and also a place to treat yourself to a little something too. Everyone’s a winner. (The next time I go I’m going to bring a stack of $ 5 bills and walk around saying, «I’ll take that!,» slapping fives on the counter like a depression era Michael Jackson on a buying spree.)
P. S. The staff is really nice and well-​informed here, too!