Do you shop at Walmart?

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Mal-Wart sucks the blood of community.

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Saving us $trillions and $trillions is sucking our blood????????? Only a liberal could get everything 100% backwards

 

[thanatos144]

Mal-Wart sucks the blood of community.

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Saving us $trillions and $trillions is sucking our blood????????? Only a liberal could get everything 100% backwards

Progressive must mean to fucking stupid to pay a lower price.

 

[skookerasbil]

.............regularly go to Walmart for my ammo.

Noticed some limpwrister giving me the evil eye just before Christmas.......was later in the wiffle ball bat section checking out his own home defense options.

 

[Unkotare]

Nope. I don't believe in supporting Commie Walmart nor supporting them to give my dollars to Commie China.

1) China is not communist since most companies are now privately owned

It's not quite that simple.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Almost never, and on the rare occasion I'm forced to I feel like I'm walking into a porn shop and I get the hell out of there as fast as possible. Then I go home and shower and try to forget what I just did.

Down where my parents live the Mal-Wart has driven many local businesses out, and when they moved from the old store to the new supercenter they just abandoned the old one (rather than building it up) and it sits there to this day, seventeen years on, empty, dominating a moribund parking lot. Plus they strongarmed the town into putting up new lanes and traffic lights. Now the town is dying everywhere but that supercenter. Mal-Wart sucks the blood of community.

I ain't supporting that.

What bullshit. Every walmart around is surrounded by small shops that were not there before walmart. So if you honestly believe that drive away business then you are a fucking retard.

Pogo "stick in his asshole" is just another one of these pro union maggots that is pissed off about the downfall of organized labor and is using Walmart as a scapegoat.

 

[Pogo]

Almost never, and on the rare occasion I'm forced to I feel like I'm walking into a porn shop and I get the hell out of there as fast as possible. Then I go home and shower and try to forget what I just did.

Down where my parents live the Mal-Wart has driven many local businesses out, and when they moved from the old store to the new supercenter they just abandoned the old one (rather than building it up) and it sits there to this day, seventeen years on, empty, dominating a moribund parking lot. Plus they strongarmed the town into putting up new lanes and traffic lights. Now the town is dying everywhere but that supercenter. Mal-Wart sucks the blood of community.

I ain't supporting that.

What bullshit. Every walmart around is surrounded by small shops that were not there before walmart. So if you honestly believe that drive away business then you are a fucking retard.

Well this one sure isn't. The supercenter is built up all by itself, and the parking lot the abandoned one dominates (because of its size) is virtually dead. Half the storefronts are empty and the ones that get rented don't last long. And the two near where I live follow the same pattern. But hey what do I know, I'm only an eyewitness.

However I'm not aware how "you are a fucking retard" actually makes any valid point at all, so thanks for playing and be sure to play the Fucking Retard board game at home.
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Pogo "stick in his asshole" is just another one of these pro union maggots that is pissed off about the downfall of organized labor and is using Walmart as a scapegoat.

This would be Mississippi. There are no unions, even in the businesses that got driven out, and certainly Mal-Wart has done everything it can think of to keep them out of its business. So none of this is about the "downfall of unions". It's about the downfall of Community.

 

[koshergrl]

Whatever. Our community was hugely enriched by the huge Walmart that opened up. People can afford clothes for their kids now, and school supplies, and toys that they would otherwise have to travel a hundred miles to pick up at comparable prices.

Thanks to the excruciating regulations and fees associated with small community business, ordinary people can no longer afford the things they offer. So Walmart fills that need. Thanks to Walmart, my children today are much better equipped than my children were 20 years ago.

 

[zakdavis]

I haven't been to a wally world in ages because
1) I'm in Hawaii, and they don't sell ramen.
2) The shopette is across the street.

 

[AsheedMidrarwz]

So there are some people who are unhappy with Wal*Mart wages? That's their own fault. Make yourself more valuable and find a better job. Dumb asses.

 

[Foxfyre]

So there are some people who are unhappy with Wal*Mart wages? That's their own fault. Make yourself more valuable and find a better job. Dumb asses.

Yep. Walmart is a for profit business that exists to benefit its owners and shareholders. Its motive for hiring anybody at all is solely to benefit its owners and shareholders and it won't pay any more than it needs to to accomplish that any more than it pays more than it has to pay for its building costs, taxes, utilities, inventory, and other costs of doing business. Those employees who merit promotions and raises do so because it is in Walmart's interest to benefit from their experience, abilities, work ethic etc. The fact that the employees are also benefitted is secondary to Walmart's motives.

But do not think those employees have anybody's interests in mind but their own when they go to work for Walmart. They work for their own benefit and reasons and not for Walmart's benefit. The fact that they do benefit Walmart is secondary to their motives.

Neither is forced into doing what they do. But because they choose to do what they do, both are inadvertently benefitted. That is how capitalism works.

 

[Samson]

I do not like to shop at Wal-Mart.




Too many economically disadvantaged minorities shop there.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

I do not like to shop at Wal-Mart.




Too many economically disadvantaged minorities shop there.

of course its silly to pay more at other places, and bad for the economy to pay more than necessary too!

 

[thereisnospoon]

Almost never, and on the rare occasion I'm forced to I feel like I'm walking into a porn shop and I get the hell out of there as fast as possible. Then I go home and shower and try to forget what I just did.

Down where my parents live the Mal-Wart has driven many local businesses out, and when they moved from the old store to the new supercenter they just abandoned the old one (rather than building it up) and it sits there to this day, seventeen years on, empty, dominating a moribund parking lot. Plus they strongarmed the town into putting up new lanes and traffic lights. Now the town is dying everywhere but that supercenter. Mal-Wart sucks the blood of community.

I ain't supporting that.

What bullshit. Every walmart around is surrounded by small shops that were not there before walmart. So if you honestly believe that drive away business then you are a fucking retard.

Well this one sure isn't. The supercenter is built up all by itself, and the parking lot the abandoned one dominates (because of its size) is virtually dead. Half the storefronts are empty and the ones that get rented don't last long. And the two near where I live follow the same pattern. But hey what do I know, I'm only an eyewitness.

However I'm not aware how "you are a fucking retard" actually makes any valid point at all, so thanks for playing and be sure to play the Fucking Retard board game at home.
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Pogo "stick in his asshole" is just another one of these pro union maggots that is pissed off about the downfall of organized labor and is using Walmart as a scapegoat.

This would be Mississippi. There are no unions, even in the businesses that got driven out, and certainly Mal-Wart has done everything it can think of to keep them out of its business. So none of this is about the "downfall of unions". It's about the downfall of Community.

Generally, Walmarts and for that matter most big box stores built as anchor stores in shopping plazas, help attract news businesses.
In some instances, yes, in run down areas or those areas where the neighborhood is in decline, it is not the fault of the anchor store what happens around it.
Could be that the type businesses located and subsequently moved out, were doomed in the first place. Could be the lease terms make it impossible for a business to make a profit.
What the Walmart scapegoat people like to forget is there are many other brick and mortar stores such as Best Buy, Target, K-Mart, Office Max, Office Depot that are in the same boat as Walmart.
Your anger is misplaced.

 

[Pogo]

What bullshit. Every walmart around is surrounded by small shops that were not there before walmart. So if you honestly believe that drive away business then you are a fucking retard.

Well this one sure isn't. The supercenter is built up all by itself, and the parking lot the abandoned one dominates (because of its size) is virtually dead. Half the storefronts are empty and the ones that get rented don't last long. And the two near where I live follow the same pattern. But hey what do I know, I'm only an eyewitness.

However I'm not aware how "you are a fucking retard" actually makes any valid point at all, so thanks for playing and be sure to play the Fucking Retard board game at home.
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Pogo "stick in his asshole" is just another one of these pro union maggots that is pissed off about the downfall of organized labor and is using Walmart as a scapegoat.

This would be Mississippi. There are no unions, even in the businesses that got driven out, and certainly Mal-Wart has done everything it can think of to keep them out of its business. So none of this is about the "downfall of unions". It's about the downfall of Community.

Generally, Walmarts and for that matter most big box stores built as anchor stores in shopping plazas, help attract news businesses.
In some instances, yes, in run down areas or those areas where the neighborhood is in decline, it is not the fault of the anchor store what happens around it.
Could be that the type businesses located and subsequently moved out, were doomed in the first place. Could be the lease terms make it impossible for a business to make a profit.
What the Walmart scapegoat people like to forget is there are many other brick and mortar stores such as Best Buy, Target, K-Mart, Office Max, Office Depot that are in the same boat as Walmart.
Your anger is misplaced.

Thanks but my "anger" is nonexistent. You'll notice it was two other posters who invoked "stick in his ass", "maggots" and "fucking retard". So the anger comes entirely from two people denigrating what is for them an abstract description. It's interesting to ponder why that might be but they would have to explain that.

As for the "anchor" theory -- sounds nice but I haven't seen it. The Best Buys and Office Maxes, they're specialty stores and it stands to reason they'd be attracted to some large pre-existing anchor of some kind. But let's be honest, their clientele is not in the least congruent with that of Mal-Wart, so I don't see an affinity that would make that happen. Perhaps that's the PR line Mal-Wart says. If so, it resembles the rest of their wares: cheap.

 

[Foxfyre]

Well this one sure isn't. The supercenter is built up all by itself, and the parking lot the abandoned one dominates (because of its size) is virtually dead. Half the storefronts are empty and the ones that get rented don't last long. And the two near where I live follow the same pattern. But hey what do I know, I'm only an eyewitness.

However I'm not aware how "you are a fucking retard" actually makes any valid point at all, so thanks for playing and be sure to play the Fucking Retard board game at home.
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This would be Mississippi. There are no unions, even in the businesses that got driven out, and certainly Mal-Wart has done everything it can think of to keep them out of its business. So none of this is about the "downfall of unions". It's about the downfall of Community.

Generally, Walmarts and for that matter most big box stores built as anchor stores in shopping plazas, help attract news businesses.
In some instances, yes, in run down areas or those areas where the neighborhood is in decline, it is not the fault of the anchor store what happens around it.
Could be that the type businesses located and subsequently moved out, were doomed in the first place. Could be the lease terms make it impossible for a business to make a profit.
What the Walmart scapegoat people like to forget is there are many other brick and mortar stores such as Best Buy, Target, K-Mart, Office Max, Office Depot that are in the same boat as Walmart.
Your anger is misplaced.

Thanks but my "anger" is nonexistent. You'll notice it was two other posters who invoked "stick in his ass", "maggots" and "fucking retard". So the anger comes entirely from two people denigrating what is for them an abstract description. It's interesting to ponder why that might be but they would have to explain that.

As for the "anchor" theory -- sounds nice but I haven't seen it. The Best Buys and Office Maxes, they're specialty stores and it stands to reason they'd be attracted to some large pre-existing anchor of some kind. But let's be honest, their clientele is not in the least congruent with that of Mal-Wart, so I don't see an affinity that would make that happen. Perhaps that's the PR line Mal-Wart says. If so, it resembles the rest of their wares: cheap.

You have a problem with cheap? If I can buy a DVD at Walmart for $5 that I would pay $12 for at Amazon, I consider myself fortunate. And if I can buy a replacement TV for our kitchennook at Walmart for 30% or more less than I can buy the same product at Best Buy, I also consider myself fortunate. The advantage the specialty big box stores have over Walmart is that they specialize and therefore can offer a larger selection and, on occasion, even deeper discounts on some products.

Back during WWII, my great aunt, widowed fairly young with four girls to raise, owned and operated a general store in a tiny little town in New Mexico. She offered everything from sewing fabric to tractor tire repair kits to hardware to groceries. Because she was big enough to withstand the risk, she was able to offer credit that others couldn't. But because she could not carry large selections of anything due to space limitations, speciality stores existed alongside of her impressive business. She was the Walmart of her day and amassed quite a nest egg in the process. When the war ended, the neaby base closed, and the guys were returning home from overseas to start up their own businesses, and she closed the store, bought a farm in West Texas and lived quite comfortably for the rest of her life.

'Walmart is not a specialty store which is why it offers no serious competition to the successful specialty stores. Walmart is a big general store with the same appeal that such stores have offered for two hundred years in this country.

And American commerce is thriving just fine alongside Walmart as it has thrived competing with general stores over the decades.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Well this one sure isn't. The supercenter is built up all by itself, and the parking lot the abandoned one dominates (because of its size) is virtually dead. Half the storefronts are empty and the ones that get rented don't last long. And the two near where I live follow the same pattern. But hey what do I know, I'm only an eyewitness.

However I'm not aware how "you are a fucking retard" actually makes any valid point at all, so thanks for playing and be sure to play the Fucking Retard board game at home.
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This would be Mississippi. There are no unions, even in the businesses that got driven out, and certainly Mal-Wart has done everything it can think of to keep them out of its business. So none of this is about the "downfall of unions". It's about the downfall of Community.

Generally, Walmarts and for that matter most big box stores built as anchor stores in shopping plazas, help attract news businesses.
In some instances, yes, in run down areas or those areas where the neighborhood is in decline, it is not the fault of the anchor store what happens around it.
Could be that the type businesses located and subsequently moved out, were doomed in the first place. Could be the lease terms make it impossible for a business to make a profit.
What the Walmart scapegoat people like to forget is there are many other brick and mortar stores such as Best Buy, Target, K-Mart, Office Max, Office Depot that are in the same boat as Walmart.
Your anger is misplaced.

Thanks but my "anger" is nonexistent. You'll notice it was two other posters who invoked "stick in his ass", "maggots" and "fucking retard". So the anger comes entirely from two people denigrating what is for them an abstract description. It's interesting to ponder why that might be but they would have to explain that.

As for the "anchor" theory -- sounds nice but I haven't seen it. The Best Buys and Office Maxes, they're specialty stores and it stands to reason they'd be attracted to some large pre-existing anchor of some kind. But let's be honest, their clientele is not in the least congruent with that of Mal-Wart, so I don't see an affinity that would make that happen. Perhaps that's the PR line Mal-Wart says. If so, it resembles the rest of their wares: cheap.

Then you have not been looking. Or you've been seeing it but dismissing it because it does not fit your template.
There are three walmarts within ten miles of here. All three are accompanied by several other specialty shops and restaurants.
As far as anger, do you REALLY want me to dig up your posts and quote them in the thread? C'mon. You hate Walmart because you have a particular perception of the company or the stores themselves.

 

[SteadyMercury]

Generally speaking I'll shop where the product I wish to buy is cheapest.

The argument that they are driving competing Mom & Pop stores out of business doesn't make sense to me, seems more like they are offering a more efficient alternative that is an improvement is price and selection. If Mom & Pop can't compete it isn't my job to subsidize them by shopping there anyway, it is there job to figure out how to compete or find a different way to earn a living.

 

[Foxfyre]

Generally, Walmarts and for that matter most big box stores built as anchor stores in shopping plazas, help attract news businesses.
In some instances, yes, in run down areas or those areas where the neighborhood is in decline, it is not the fault of the anchor store what happens around it.
Could be that the type businesses located and subsequently moved out, were doomed in the first place. Could be the lease terms make it impossible for a business to make a profit.
What the Walmart scapegoat people like to forget is there are many other brick and mortar stores such as Best Buy, Target, K-Mart, Office Max, Office Depot that are in the same boat as Walmart.
Your anger is misplaced.

Thanks but my "anger" is nonexistent. You'll notice it was two other posters who invoked "stick in his ass", "maggots" and "fucking retard". So the anger comes entirely from two people denigrating what is for them an abstract description. It's interesting to ponder why that might be but they would have to explain that.

As for the "anchor" theory -- sounds nice but I haven't seen it. The Best Buys and Office Maxes, they're specialty stores and it stands to reason they'd be attracted to some large pre-existing anchor of some kind. But let's be honest, their clientele is not in the least congruent with that of Mal-Wart, so I don't see an affinity that would make that happen. Perhaps that's the PR line Mal-Wart says. If so, it resembles the rest of their wares: cheap.

Then you have not been looking. Or you've been seeing it but dismissing it because it does not fit your template.
There are three walmarts within ten miles of here. All three are accompanied by several other specialty shops and restaurants.
As far as anger, do you REALLY want me to dig up your posts and quote them in the thread? C'mon. You hate Walmart because you have a particular perception of the company or the stores themselves.

It is true that a Walmart can put some folks out of business, but that is only because the competition is unable to adapt or find ways to successfully compete. The new restaurant down the road can easily put a substandard nearby cafe out of business, and Sears and Penneys have closed down many a small dress shop. How does the small town tire dealer compete with a Big O?

Those who think they are in the business of running a hardware store or gift shop won't compete effectively against the new Walmart in town. Those who understand that they are providing products and services that people need and want, who recognize and provide what those are, will do much better.

Many a small town has had its commercial base saved by the presence of a Walmart that keeps folks home instead of them driving to the nearby city to shop. And in the city, Walmarts are almost always anchor stores in the shopping centers they occupy.

 

[wavingrl]

Generally speaking I'll shop where the product I wish to buy is cheapest.

The argument that they are driving competing Mom & Pop stores out of business doesn't make sense to me, seems more like they are offering a more efficient alternative that is an improvement is price and selection. If Mom & Pop can't compete it isn't my job to subsidize them by shopping there anyway, it is there job to figure out how to compete or find a different way to earn a living.

Where could we shop to find products that aren't made overseas and available at a lower cost?

 

[Foxfyre]

Generally speaking I'll shop where the product I wish to buy is cheapest.

The argument that they are driving competing Mom & Pop stores out of business doesn't make sense to me, seems more like they are offering a more efficient alternative that is an improvement is price and selection. If Mom & Pop can't compete it isn't my job to subsidize them by shopping there anyway, it is there job to figure out how to compete or find a different way to earn a living.

Where could we shop to find products that aren't made overseas and available at a lower cost?

If Americans can make products that people need and want and are willing to pay for, and if they can offer these at a lower cost than the foreign competiton, it is a no brainer that such a business will thrive. But when you have 'do gooders' constantly pushing for higher taxes, more and more regulation, higher minimum wage, etc. etc. etc., it makes it much more difficult, if not impossible, for Americans to compete. Which is why we have lost a huge chunk of our automobile manufacturing base and are making precious few electronics, appliances, components, etc. and our textile industries have been decimated.

So American business has adapated with a much larger dependence on service industries and marketing what is manufactured elsewhere. Walmart chooses to offer products people want at prices people are willing to pay. It is not Walmart's fault that Americans aren't offering the same products at a better price.