Do NOT buy THESE

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Summary

The creator reviews several items from Dollarama, warning viewers not to buy them due to poor quality and durability. She highlights solar garden lights that break after winter, swim masks that leak, a tabletop water fountain that breaks quickly, silly straws that are impractical, a vacuum cleaner that falls apart, and shoe racks that are not durable. Despite these negative experiences, she believes there are still valuable finds at Dollarama and encourages viewers to follow her for more recommendations.

Structure

1Introduction and warning about Dollarama purchases
2Review of solar garden lights
3Review of swim masks
4Review of tabletop water fountain
5Review of silly straws
6Review of mini vacuum cleaner
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These Dollarama items had me fooled too 🙃 • I’ve bought a LOT of duds so you don’t have to • Not everything cheap is a good deal • Consider this your friendly heads up 😅 💬 Which one surprised you the most? Still one of my favourite stores, you just gotta know where the real value is hiding 😉 ➡️ Follow @maureenfindsvalue and I’ll show you what’s actually worth it #Dollarama #dollaramafinds #dollarstorefails #budgetfinds #CanadianMoms

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Dollarama: (a) it ACTS - it is the store where the video takes place, and the creator is showing items from it. Removing it would change the context of the video. (b) it merely APPEARS - the name is visible on the shopping cart handle. Removing it would not change what happens in the video. Aqua View: (a) it ACTS - it is the brand of the swim masks being reviewed. Removing it would not change the review of the product. Home Deco: (a) it ACTS - it is the brand of the tabletop water fountain being reviewed. Removing it would not change the review of the product. Celebration: (a) it ACTS - it is the brand of the silly straws being reviewed. Removing it would not change the review of the product. Scrubber Cleanz: (a) it ACTS - it is the brand of the mini portable vacuum cleaner being reviewed. Removing it would not change the review of the product.

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Do NOT buy THESE At DOLLARAMA these are items might but after doing some testing they broke they broke really quickly or they were just really poor quality these these solar powered garden lamps especially the ones that look like stone they look really pretty I got a bunch of them in and this is what they look like after the winter completely destroyed just rubble and rocks no clue why just don't next is this particular type of swim mask all the water gets in and it doesn't do anything to protect my kids detest them this next one this next one is actually a dupe of that's selling for way more online but I got comment after comment saying that this broke on them like a week after so maybe go for something else now both of my kids asked me to get straws and they literally used it for 2.5 seconds before they realized that not much liquid gets into them so I would say I don't get these I know I'm gonna get a little hate but I bought this vacuum and it worked well for all of like a week before it came apart came apart and is no longer usable and I was scared cause I had a bad experience with these shoe racks before but people comments swore that these lasted for a long time so I went and tried again and look at what happened I have no clue I could tape it together but so that's kinda ghetto many of you to see the things that from Dollarama but I wanted to be because sometimes I make mistakes but despite these I still believe that there are so many valuable at the Dollarama and I hope that you'll follow me so that I can share them with and share this with a friend to save see see you in the next video

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Save your money and do not buy these Do not buy these at Dollarama These are items I initially might have thought were great but after doing some testing they broke they broke really quickly or they were just really poor quality These solar powered garden lamps especially the ones that look like stone they look really pretty I got a bunch of them in and this is what they look like after the winter completely destroyed just rubble and rocks no clue why just don't next is this particular type of swim mask all the water gets in and it doesn't do anything to protect my kids detest them This next one is actually a dupe of one that's selling for way more online but I got comment after comment saying that this broke on them like a week after so maybe go for something else Now both of my kids asked me to get them these silly straws and they literally used it for 2.5 seconds before they realized that not much liquid gets into them so I would say I don't get these I know I'm gonna get a little hate for this next one but I bought this vacuum and it worked well for all of like a week before it completely came apart and is no longer usable and I was scared cause I had a bad experience with these shoe racks before but people comments swore that these lasted for a long time so I went and tried again and look at what happened I have no clue how it broke I could tape it together but so that's kinda ghetto Many of you come here to see the things that are worth it from Dollarama but I wanted to be real with you too because sometimes I make mistakes but despite these I still believe that there are so many valuable finds at the Dollarama and I hope that you'll follow me so that I can share them with and share this with a friend to save see you in the next video