Walmart...Taking on the world
Laughing Gas
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From: Denver, CO
Originally Posted by Old Rust Bucket
If you ever had to work for them you would find out. And for the record I do work for them. I know first hand how they operate. It's not just second hand gossip. I can honestly say I have never in my life seen so much absolute waste as I have in the past 3 months. Whole pallets of never opened merchandise thrown out because it does not fit on the shelves or it's not listed in inventory. And don't get me started on faulty merchandise. 1 in every 3 car batteries is returned. I know this becuase I'm the one that has to haul them out every day.
I really dont see the difference between Walmart, Target, KMart, Lowes, or Home Depot. It wasnt that long ago that you had a mom and pop grocery store in every town. Now you have the mega chains like Albertsons, Safeway, and others, things change. The mom and pops still have there place my town is full of small shops.
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
Originally Posted by jake00
My HD carries American made lumber / building products
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
Originally Posted by MadMedic20
The mom and pops still have there place my town is full of small shops.
Postmaster
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From: Clearwater, Fl
take the general us census of median income to lower income homes, they make up the majority, walmart has always been needed and always will.
they do put a damper on mom and pop shops depending on location, and they dont.
sometimes long lines and b.s. at wally world is what keeps small shops open, plus getting votd on in small rural areas they usually arnt allowed to build.
they do put a damper on mom and pop shops depending on location, and they dont.
sometimes long lines and b.s. at wally world is what keeps small shops open, plus getting votd on in small rural areas they usually arnt allowed to build.
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These days when I need to re-experience that noise of my boots on a wooden floor looking on every bit of shelf space for that Unique Item, I drive to a little place call Elnora about 40 minutes away.
I miss those days of the screen door slamming of a General Store slamming shut behind a customer.
My visits to Wallyworld are short because I have a list.
The Clearance signs in the men's department get my attention. Plus, the display at the front of the store with High Quality Canadian Made 3-pak socks for $1.00 are always a hit.
Once a week or once every 2 weeks shopping there.
What do I buy there alternately?
Prescriptions
Dog Food (sometimes at costco)
Laundry & dishwasher detergent
Cd's/Video's
Motor Oil
Coolant
W/W anti-freeze
For some people, Wal-Mart is a Mecca of consumerism
For others it is Blaise' and never considered.
I miss those days of the screen door slamming of a General Store slamming shut behind a customer.
My visits to Wallyworld are short because I have a list.
The Clearance signs in the men's department get my attention. Plus, the display at the front of the store with High Quality Canadian Made 3-pak socks for $1.00 are always a hit.
Once a week or once every 2 weeks shopping there.
What do I buy there alternately?
Prescriptions
Dog Food (sometimes at costco)
Laundry & dishwasher detergent
Cd's/Video's
Motor Oil
Coolant
W/W anti-freeze
For some people, Wal-Mart is a Mecca of consumerism
For others it is Blaise' and never considered.
Laughing Gas
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From: Denver, CO
Originally Posted by preppypyro
The town where I live has a bunch of small shops too, and I will admit they are pretty cool, well kept, etc. I still wait and drive the 20 kilometers into the nearest city to the walmart to shop. I go when I have more stuff to do in the city, and I figure I save about 20 bucks, ontop of the fuel I use, and pay for the trip for the other stuff I have to do. For me it just doesnt make sence to waste that money in my small town!
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My brother in law is a union electrician and adamantly opposes any patronization of any Wal-Mart. His hatred (and it's hatred) is due only to the fact that it's non-union. He says he doesn't care about the mom and pops or the noise and traffic. Only the union part. I think that's funny.
I happen to like Wal-Mart quite a bit. They have saved me a LOT of money over the years, a lot. And I have seen more than one small town flourish after a supercenter opened up there. Many ancillary business open up as a result: car washes, gas stations, banks, restaurants, cleaners, strip malls, etc. All the haters either hate them for the non-unionization, used to own a mom and pop, or live close to where one was built and resents the noise and traffic. My opinion only.
I happen to like Wal-Mart quite a bit. They have saved me a LOT of money over the years, a lot. And I have seen more than one small town flourish after a supercenter opened up there. Many ancillary business open up as a result: car washes, gas stations, banks, restaurants, cleaners, strip malls, etc. All the haters either hate them for the non-unionization, used to own a mom and pop, or live close to where one was built and resents the noise and traffic. My opinion only.
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From: Enjoying the real world.
Originally Posted by Jim242002
But I believe that Wal-Mart will be here till the end of time...
Laughing Gas
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From: Denver, CO
Originally Posted by FXForistell
My brother in law is a union electrician and adamantly opposes any patronization of any Wal-Mart. His hatred (and it's hatred) is due only to the fact that it's non-union. He says he doesn't care about the mom and pops or the noise and traffic. Only the union part. I think that's funny.
Back to WalMart. Its a free market, if you dont like working for WalMart dont. No body that works at WalMart has to, there are other jobs out there.
Cargo Master
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From: Central NY
Originally Posted by 77ford guy
I prefer Kmart cause there i can get craftsman tools now.
Post Fiend
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From: North west La
You might be right Ken. I remember the old A&P but I bet lots of members have never heard of them. I agree about union members hating Wal Mart. I know a few that never shop there just because of the union thing. I could care less. I never look for the union label on a product I buy.
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I've not always been a Union member and..
Originally Posted by lariat97
You might be right Ken. I remember the old A&P but I bet lots of members have never heard of them. I agree about union members hating Wal Mart. I know a few that never shop there just because of the union thing. I could care less. I never look for the union label on a product I buy.
EVERY wage earner should know that their wages and benefits were originally bargained for by a union at some point in time. All wages of all jobs are in some way pegged to a union scale somewhere, somehow, sometime.
Do you get time-and-a-half? It didn't exist before unions won that. Yes it finally became law....after the fact.
Do you like having toilets and a break to be able to use it? Unions got all that for you years ago....before it became law.
All you people want to do is crap on the unions, but if you knew your history (that isn't taught anymore by the UNION TEACHERS), you'd know all this labor stuff.
But, ignorance is bliss.
Oh, by the way, I do shop there, begrudgingly. Their products are often sub-standard, their service is frequently non-existent when you need it, and the prices are not all that wonderful. Some are good, some not...average...just OK.
