Walmart strikes again!
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JustROLLIN
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I hope to god you guys actually look at what Wal-Mart is doing to the American economy and decide to never shop there again. I am not gonna get into it, cause my blood boils when I do. But, lets just say I have not stepped foot in one since their debate with their worker's health care/wage issues.
For cripe's sake, shop at Target! Support a MN company! Plus, 99% of their items are not from China and Cambodia.
For cripe's sake, shop at Target! Support a MN company! Plus, 99% of their items are not from China and Cambodia.
mndsm
I'M OFFENDED!
Yeah, but it takes a lot more than a juggernaut like Walmart to collapse an empire. Good retailers will always survive. Circuit City sucks. When's the last time you saw a Rex? (I saw one in PA in November) And that other one? Plain and simple, Walmart for better or worse is forcing bad business practices out in the open. Sure they are all going to hell for it, but they are forcing a few things.
1-Customer service. They are forcing people to quit badgering their clients, because they have 0 customer service. People want to be left the fuck alone, Walmart does that. Circuit City recently went commission free and changed their entire MO as a result.
2-Prices. For better or worse, they are lowering prices. Big boxes can afford to do so, they just are reluctant, because the CEO won't get a third Bentley.
When it comes down to it, Walmart is probably going to collapse itself. In the meantime, we get to go to Best Buy, not be harassed, and get cheap LCD goodness.
1-Customer service. They are forcing people to quit badgering their clients, because they have 0 customer service. People want to be left the fuck alone, Walmart does that. Circuit City recently went commission free and changed their entire MO as a result.
2-Prices. For better or worse, they are lowering prices. Big boxes can afford to do so, they just are reluctant, because the CEO won't get a third Bentley.
When it comes down to it, Walmart is probably going to collapse itself. In the meantime, we get to go to Best Buy, not be harassed, and get cheap LCD goodness.
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WhiteSpy9
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I spend $50 more when I shop at Target than Wal-Mart for weekly groceries.
That is $2,600 more I would spend if I went to Target instead of Wal-Mart every week.
That is $2,600 more I would spend if I went to Target instead of Wal-Mart every week.
dmention7
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I don't get idealistic very often when it comes to my shopping habits, but walmart is one of my few exceptions. There has always been something about the store and its business practices, etc that creep me out a little bit. If ever there was a company that was going to be one of those evil "take-over-the-world" corporations, it would be walmart.
I know I could save money by shopping there, but frankly it's just not the kind of company I want to give my monetary support to.
I know I could save money by shopping there, but frankly it's just not the kind of company I want to give my monetary support to.
dmention7
Hater
Yeah, I'm lucky that there are like 6 targets closer than the nearest walmart, so i don't really have to be in the quandry of saving money vs better stuff. Although, I shop for groceries almost exclusively at Cub (3 of em within about 5 miles). But hey, they're another MN-based company, and the gf always knows about the sweet deals.
Jana
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Cub = way over priced groceries and you have to bag yourself
I actually shop between Super Target & Super Walmart (for groceries), although I prefer Super Target just because you don't get as much of the "trash" shopping there (at least in the area I live).
I don't see the problem. They have the ability to keep lower prices that most places, but about 80% of the time it's because the quality of what you are buying is not as good. Yes, they do sell some name brand electronics, but the majority of their inventory is crap. I think you know if you want something decent and that will last, you go to places like Best Buy.
I actually shop between Super Target & Super Walmart (for groceries), although I prefer Super Target just because you don't get as much of the "trash" shopping there (at least in the area I live).
I don't see the problem. They have the ability to keep lower prices that most places, but about 80% of the time it's because the quality of what you are buying is not as good. Yes, they do sell some name brand electronics, but the majority of their inventory is crap. I think you know if you want something decent and that will last, you go to places like Best Buy.
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WhiteSpy9
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Drumfreak
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Walmart sucks. End of story. Dont even get me started on that fucking company. I hate Walmart, and they deserve to be hated. Sidenote: I have never worked there so that isnt why.
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spek1098
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Yea, I personally hate Walmart myself, although, thanks to Tom, and being really cheap yesterday, I've been there twice in the last month. But anyway, I'll play devils advocate on this one. As much as Walmart has hurt the US economy (loss of jobs in smaller retail and manufacturing, lack of health care, abuse of employees) it has been even more helpful. It has brought well need competition to the market by, as said before, weeding out less completive, less efficient businesses. It has also help the US become more competitive on the world market by weeding out the lower tech, lower profit manufacturing businesses. A lot of people complain about them driving manufacturing over sees and the loss of jobs as a result, I'll argue that it is a good thing. For one, it lowers prices on goods to such an extent that, I've heard, it saves the average US family something like $1500 (don't quote me on that number) even if they don't shop at Walmart. Second, it moves lower quality, lower paying manufacturing jobs over sees, which forces some of that population that once held those jobs into training and higher skilled jobs. With an unemployment rate below 5%, no one can blame Walmart for not being able to find a job. Thirdly, when those manufacturing jobs move over seas, they help stimulate the local economy, driving economic growth, there by increasing demand for the more highly skilled product and services, which are the mainstay of the US economy.
There are also additional benefits that Walmart provides. There push to sell more compact fluorescents could help stop millions of pounds of carbon from going into the atmosphere. Also, they are demanding there truck suppliers increase the efficiency of their trucks by some 33% (again, don't quote me on this number) in the next 10 years. Because of their size and influence in the market, this we inevitable cause the majority of the truck market to adopt these standards.
So yea, in ways Walmart is evil, and I avoid shopping there at all costs, in the end, there good for us, IMHO.
There are also additional benefits that Walmart provides. There push to sell more compact fluorescents could help stop millions of pounds of carbon from going into the atmosphere. Also, they are demanding there truck suppliers increase the efficiency of their trucks by some 33% (again, don't quote me on this number) in the next 10 years. Because of their size and influence in the market, this we inevitable cause the majority of the truck market to adopt these standards.
So yea, in ways Walmart is evil, and I avoid shopping there at all costs, in the end, there good for us, IMHO.
mndsm
I'M OFFENDED!
See, that's what I'm saying. Walmart is a bunch of pirates, but they're forcing the rethinking of old stodgy US logic, and it's making it better. I sure as hell won't buy more than maybe some small bag of chips there, but I could be paying triple for an LCD if it weren't for them slashing the shit out of prices. Now they just need to do that to gaming system prices, and we'll be all set.
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Z-licious
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Gaming systems are already being sold at a loss (to the manufacturer). I don't think it's fair to ask for those prices to be dropped already given the amount of technology in them. HD or blu-ray DVD player + a computer system (fairly high end) for several hundred dollars is a steal.
Jana
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I actually worked there for 2 years during college. I didn't mind it, but our store was fun.
