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I think walmart is Evil and i to like a small mom and pop store. I definitly like going in there and knowing everyone.
However I still shop there. Im sorry but when i can buy a 20pound bag of Kibbles and Bits from Walmart for 8 bucks and it costs me 15.99 at wegmans, im gunna shop at walmart. I dont get anything else there really. Its the small stuff that helps.
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I think walmart is Evil and i to like a small mom and pop store. I definitly like going in there and knowing everyone.
However I still shop there. Im sorry but when i can buy a 20pound bag of Kibbles and Bits from Walmart for 8 bucks and it costs me 15.99 at wegmans, im gunna shop at walmart. I dont get anything else there really. Its the small stuff that helps.
i agree with you. they are evil. i actualy like the mom and pop stores.
can you really blame walmart for having market power? they know how to run their business. and your right. nobody is going to pay 15.99 for a bag of dog food when they can get it for 8 bucks. so you really have to question who is at fault. Walmart and their competitveness? the shoppers for wanting lower prices? or the Govt for the inflation crisis?
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CSK aka PROCOLD wrote:so you really have to question who is at fault. Walmart and their competitveness? the shoppers for wanting lower prices? or the Govt for the inflation crisis?
That doesn't make sense. Businesses are supposed to be competitive, that's the basis of capitalism. Shoppers will always want lower prices for obvious reasons, and what does inflation have anything to do with it?
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ToBoGgAn wrote:we are gonna take it in the ass and like it, cause thats what america does.
Slo2pt2 (Projekt Unknown?) wrote:One my SON is ADHD N.O.S and Autistic Spectrum Disorder. I will nto medicate him he will battle throught this himself and learn to control it.
People just can't stand to see a sucessful corporation.
McDonalds was under heat for selling food..
Wal-Mart is under heat for selling products...
Starbucks will soon be under heat for selling coffee.
People just get pissed off because they aren't as sucessful as these people.
Glace wrote:CSK aka PROCOLD wrote:so you really have to question who is at fault. Walmart and their competitveness? the shoppers for wanting lower prices? or the Govt for the inflation crisis?
That doesn't make sense. Businesses are supposed to be competitive, that's the basis of capitalism. Shoppers will always want lower prices for obvious reasons, and what does inflation have anything to do with it?
it does make sense. human behavior with shopping is to go for lower prices because money is limited in a household (think budget constraint). therefore firms will compete for lower prices. inflation affects the way consumers buy. would you like me to elaborate more on the effects of inflation for prices and consumer behavior?
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Cav-E (Ewoka) wrote:It's an anti-WalMart, pro-union film. I worked at WalMart for 4 years and my boyfriend has worked there for 6. While both of us were employed there, we purchased a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house on our own.
Wal-Mart pays the same wages across the nation. Here in California, $12 an hour between two people won't buy you a 1 bedroom house most anywhere. My wife worked at Wal-Mart for 4 years back in the mid-nineties and never made more than $10 an hour.
Wal-Mart does several things that's bad for an area...
By not providing health-care, the state is left to pick up the tab. That means everyone else pays. I'm constantly flabber gasted by how in one thread (the illegal immigration thread) people are bitching about picking up the tab on health care, but in this thread it's no big deal. Wal-Marts are HUGE drains on social services, which is inexcusable for a company that makes 2 billion profit on 59 billion in sales during a NON-holiday quarter!
Wal-Mart also drives down wages. For example, we have a chain of stores called Longs Drugs that is like a 1/4th Wal-Mart. They used to pay $15 an hour plus health. They are now paying $8, no health. They and many stores like them had to drive down costs at any price.
Wal-Mart is bad for the enviroment. Wal-Mart unloads their ships from China in the Bay Area, loads them up onto thousands of trucks each day, drives them to a huge distribution center in Porterville, CA.
Here's a google map of this trip...
This spews unimaginable amounts of pollution into a valley that is among the worst in nation, competing with LA and San Bernardino. And they do it because labor is cheaper here in my valley.
I know some people are blinded by the word "union". But just because information is coming from a union doesn't mean it's incorrect. Check this link out...it links to non-union resources..
http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/walmart/walmart_3.cfm
If anyone has any data countering that, please, I'd like to see it.
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AGuSTiN wrote:Cav-E (Ewoka) wrote:It's an anti-WalMart, pro-union film. I worked at WalMart for 4 years and my boyfriend has worked there for 6. While both of us were employed there, we purchased a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house on our own.
Wal-Mart pays the same wages across the nation. Here in California, $12 an hour between two people won't buy you a 1 bedroom house most anywhere. My wife worked at Wal-Mart for 4 years back in the mid-nineties and never made more than $10 an hour.
Wal-Mart does several things that's bad for an area...
By not providing health-care, the state is left to pick up the tab. That means everyone else pays. I'm constantly flabber gasted by how in one thread (the illegal immigration thread) people are bitching about picking up the tab on health care, but in this thread it's no big deal. Wal-Marts are HUGE drains on social services, which is inexcusable for a company that makes 2 billion profit on 59 billion in sales during a NON-holiday quarter!
Wal-Mart also drives down wages. For example, we have a chain of stores called Longs Drugs that is like a 1/4th Wal-Mart. They used to pay $15 an hour plus health. They are now paying $8, no health. They and many stores like them had to drive down costs at any price.
Wal-Mart is bad for the enviroment. Wal-Mart unloads their ships from China in the Bay Area, loads them up onto thousands of trucks each day, drives them to a huge distribution center in Porterville, CA. Here's a google map of this trip...
This spews unimaginable amounts of pollution into a valley that is among the worst in nation, competing with LA and San Bernardino. And they do it because labor is cheaper here in my valley.
I know some people are blinded by the word "union". But just because information is coming from a union doesn't mean it's incorrect. Check this link out...it links to non-union resources..
http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/walmart/walmart_3.cfm
If anyone has any data countering that, please, I'd like to see it.
Can i say AMEN???
Mikedirntrulez wrote:People just can't stand to see a sucessful corporation.
McDonalds was under heat for selling food..
Wal-Mart is under heat for selling products...
Starbucks will soon be under heat for selling coffee.
People just get pissed off because they aren't as sucessful as these people.
since when does starbucks sell low cost discount coffee? ummm I dont think ever...
secondly mcdonalds food is not healthy thats why they were being scorned...
thirdly walmart.... well... is walmart...
duh?
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its not that mcdonalds food is not healthy. TOO Much mcdonalds is unhealthy. people have no self control .
QBE> i dont think he meant selling coffee at a lower price. he was talking about how people cant stand to see the success of a corporation.
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Selling product isn't a problem, selling it at a loss leader or what not, again, it's a business decision...
Walmart, McDonalds and Starbucks are killing their competition... that's called monopolism. That's what I have a problem with.
Transeat In Exemplum: Let this stand as the example.
I don't know how you could come up with such a ridiculous justification for why people hate Wal-mart. Because their jealous? Last time I checked...nope, not jealous.
I think Agustin and a couple others explained it best. Wal-Mart is a horrible company. They prey on Americans, destroy towns and other business, and cost all of us millions in taxes because they don't bother to give their employees reasonable wages or healthcare and rely on state governments to prove healthcare for them. And to the original poster, Rob I believe, I have and will continue to not step a foot in Wal-Mart or the Wal-Mart "Neighborhood" Market that has recently popped up in my town. I refuse to support such a horrible corporation even it costs me more money.
At wal mart you can get a hair cut, get an oil change, buy tires, a car Battery, CD player with speakers for your car, buy a CD, buy a TV with surround sound, buy a computer, get a weed-eater, buy food and drinks for the weekend, file your taxes, take a family picture, get your prescriptions and medicine, get get a blood pressure check, buy you a bicycle, buy a Play Station and games, buy a Gun to go hunting, exercise equipment, get you a greeting card, eat at mc Donald's or subway.
What's next? an apartment complex for people to live in wal mart
it won't surprise me.
I'm staying away from wal mart the best I can.
CSK aka PROCOLD wrote:it does make sense. human behavior with shopping is to go for lower prices because money is limited in a household (think budget constraint). therefore firms will compete for lower prices. inflation affects the way consumers buy. would you like me to elaborate more on the effects of inflation for prices and consumer behavior?
Yes please. I always assumed that inflation affects everything that you buy no matter where you buy it. So in a way, inflation is not a factor to consider since you will have inflation whether you shop at WalMart or Mom's Homemade Cookies.
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ToBoGgAn wrote:we are gonna take it in the ass and like it, cause thats what america does.
Slo2pt2 (Projekt Unknown?) wrote:One my SON is ADHD N.O.S and Autistic Spectrum Disorder. I will nto medicate him he will battle throught this himself and learn to control it.
In fact, buy holding prices down, they are creating an anti-inflation device. The problem is where the labourforce comes into play. They are also holding wages down. So while the cost of living may be kept in check, the earning side is actually deflating making it tougher on people. Exactly the opposite effect low pricing should have.
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