'Everything's $10,000' Chain Goes Out Of Business

WHEELING, WV—Citing “phenomenally poor sales,” the retail chain Everything’s $10,000 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday. “When we started, we were all really excited about the concept,” the chain’s CEO, Carl Rasmussen, said. “You could walk in the store, plunk down 10 grand and walk out with anything you saw on the shelves. We carried everything from pillowcases to staplers to toy rifles for the kids. Unfortunately, the public just never seemed to respond.” When pressed for the reasons for the chain’s failure, Rasmussen was unsure: “It’s hard to say. Perhaps we didn’t do a good enough job marketing ourselves.” Rasmussen said he would eventually like to open a “more upscale shop, perhaps in the five to seven million dollar range,” to fill the space housing Everything’s $10,000, located in the Wheeling Plaza strip mall between Pat’s Laundromat and Arby’s.