Author Topic: Wally World (Read 2195 times)

nirvana · « **Reply #45 on:** August 22, 2005, 11:40:41 PM »

Shuckins has franchised a Wal Mart?

I actually went into that POS store tonight for a cleaning kit for my gun, well first they didn't have the daisy kit, so I went to the other kits, no help from the staff. Blah blah blah, we go to check out. We wait half an hour (parents are overly patient) before we switch lines. There were about 5 check out lines open with the manager watching in what appeared to be sheer bliss. I was about ready to let him have a piece of my mind as we walked by. Too bad there aren't any receipt sentry's at our Wal Mart though, I may have delayed us another 20 minutes.

Nash · « **Reply #46 on:** August 22, 2005, 11:48:46 PM »

Whah?

Walmart is for welfare folks in small towns who have let Walmart come in and beat the snot out of everyone else, forcing them into welfare and subsisting on Walmart's welfare prices.

Sandman - yer in San Diego, right? What's your excuse for even going there in the first place? Surely you have alternatives.

Walmart sells cheap crap, and by cheap I mean garbage at a very low price.

rpm · « **Reply #47 on:** August 22, 2005, 11:53:38 PM »

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Whah? Walmart sells cheap crap, and by cheap I mean garbage at a very low price.

The voice of wisdom.

Sandman · « **Reply #48 on:** August 23, 2005, 12:00:44 AM »

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Sandman - yer in San Diego, right? What's your excuse for even going there in the first place? Surely you have alternatives.

Not even close... I'm in Ridgecrest (100 miles east of Bakersfield, and a couple of valleys west of Death Valley). The nearest real alternatives (other than K-Mart, Rite Aid, or Walgreens) are eighty miles away in Lancaster/Palmdale.

In the past, I avoided K-Mart because they were fairly apathetic WRT customers. I've discovered that I prefer apathy to distrust. Rite Aid is limited for selection and costs more. Walgreens is also limited.

rpm · « **Reply #49 on:** August 23, 2005, 12:03:22 AM »

It's worth the effort, Sandy.

Nash · « **Reply #50 on:** August 23, 2005, 12:11:38 AM »

Ah.

Turns out you live in the middle of a desert. You have dick-all for choice.

No wonder a Walmart store turns up there. Makes total sense.

If they can't force a town into having no other choice, they will pop-up in places that literaly already have no other choice.

Me - I'd drive the 80 miles over handing my money over to those leeches.

SOB · « **Reply #51 on:** August 23, 2005, 12:12:55 AM »

When I decided on which model of GPS I wanted to buy, I searched around online for the best price. The best I could find from a reputable online only retailer was $149 - from Amazon. I then searched around for prices from stores I could pick up from...including Walmart, which as luck would have it, was selling the same unit for only $134. I thought that was great, since I could get it immediately. So, I went to the Walmart closest to me, but they didn't have it. They are kind of a Walmart and a half, but not a full blown super duper Walmart. So, I went to the SD Walmart on the other side of town, and sure enough, they had the unit. Only, instead of $134, it was priced at $169.99. After managing to get the counter guy to help me, I asked if I could get the item for the price posted on the web site. No was the answer, followed by a rambling of other garbage including "different supply sources", "shipped out of Texas", and blah blah blah. Whatever, not worth arguing about, so I just left.

I decided to check Circuit City just for the hell of it, 'cause I didn't figure they'd be selling it, and if so, I didn't figure it'd be at a decent price. Wonder of wonders, they do sell it, and it's on web-only sale for $144. Of course, with Circuit City, web-only doesn't mean you can't get it from the store, it just means it's extra convenient to get it from the store. I ordered it online with my CC, selected in-store pickup, and had my new GPS waiting for me when I dropped into the store an hour or so later.

Moral of the story? I like pizza. Also, Circuit City has the biggest friggin' receipts I have EVAR seen! I think an acre of rainforest and a thousand species of stinkbugs no one has ever seen had to die just so I could get a receipt from 'em. But still, pretty neat setup with the online order / in-store pickup. Oh, and Walmart blows.

Sandman · « **Reply #52 on:** August 23, 2005, 12:47:30 AM »

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Also, Circuit City has the biggest friggin' receipts I have EVAR seen!

Which is odd, because Circuit City doesn't need them for a return.

Chairboy · « **Reply #53 on:** August 23, 2005, 09:14:54 AM »

It's for gift wrapping your purchase.

J_A_B · « **Reply #54 on:** August 23, 2005, 02:44:31 PM »

For every story of a Wal-Mart destroying the fabric of a community, there is probably another story of a Wal-Mart building a store in a remote location which becomes a draw and causes OTHER stores and small businesses to pop up all around it, ultimately resulting in a considerable economic bonanza for the community. The latter is a good description of the last 10 years since a local Wal-Mart was built.

As for their security:

Depending on the individual store, a lot of those black globes in the ceiling may well be fakes with no cameras inside. Many of the ones which aren't fakes will be focused on the employees, not the customers. Employees are a massive souce of shrink, actually worse than shoplifters for some specific stores. If you think these stores don't trust YOU...well, they trust their employees even less. Between employee theft and "normal" shoplifting, the costs add up fast. One local K-mart lost a little over $620,000 dollars worth of merchandise in '02--and they were bragging about how GOOD that was for them. That works down to about $1700 worth of stuff a day, all year long. $1700 at K-mart prices is a lot of stuff. Stock room employees are known for stealing entire boxes of jewlery and other such high-value merchandise. CD's seem to be the most common item stolen by regular customers, although items ranging from lipstick to underwear disappear with surprising frequency.

J_A_B

Maverick · « **Reply #55 on:** August 23, 2005, 02:59:41 PM »

Heheheehe,

I just went to wallyworld today. I got a couple RV water filters, some fishing gear (hooks and stuff) and checked out the "bargain" software for anything I didn't have already. On the way out no one wanted to see my receipt either.

Urchin · « **Reply #56 on:** August 23, 2005, 03:48:17 PM »

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As for their security:

Depending on the individual store, a lot of those black globes in the ceiling may well be fakes with no cameras inside. Many of the ones which aren't fakes will be focused on the employees, not the customers. Employees are a massive souce of shrink, actually worse than shoplifters for some specific stores. If you think these stores don't trust YOU...well, they trust their employees even less. Between employee theft and "normal" shoplifting, the costs add up fast. One local K-mart lost a little over $620,000 dollars worth of merchandise in '02--and they were bragging about how GOOD that was for them. That works down to about $1700 worth of stuff a day, all year long. $1700 at K-mart prices is a lot of stuff. Stock room employees are known for stealing entire boxes of jewlery and other such high-value merchandise. CD's seem to be the most common item stolen by regular customers, although items ranging from lipstick to underwear disappear with surprising frequency.

J_A_B

Gee, I wonder if that is because they pay for ****, so they only get people who think it is O.K to make up for the money they aren't getting working by taking it out of the store's inventory. You think that might be part of it.

Wal-Mart can't have it both ways forever, they've built a retail empire by lowering the wage floor across the board, but eventually the only people that'll be willing to work there will be stealing from them more than they are working for them.

J_A_B · « **Reply #57 on:** August 23, 2005, 04:03:13 PM »

So it's the store's fault that people steal from them? Give me a break. Being poor isn't an excuse to steal. At the same time, the underlying suggestion there is that only poor people steal, which we know is patently false.

J_A_B

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #58 on:** August 23, 2005, 05:58:35 PM »

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For every story of a Wal-Mart destroying the fabric of a community, there is probably another story of a Wal-Mart building a store in a remote location which becomes a draw and causes OTHER stores and small businesses to pop up all around it, ultimately resulting in a considerable economic bonanza for the community. The latter is a good description of the last 10 years since a local Wal-Mart was built.

Odd the only place I ever see Wallmart stores popping up here are places where other stores already are.

Wont say I wont shop at Wallmart but I dont particularly like to. Will still rather hit the smallers stores whenever I can.

One thing I lerned though. Never buy anything mechanical at wallmart not matter what the brand. Dunno if they get the seconds or whatever it is but everything mechanical I ever got there didnt last very long.

Though my wife seems to like to buy vacume cleaners there. On the upside she simply returns them every few months and gets a brand new one for no extra charge.

This has been going on now for like 4-5 years LOL

nirvana · « **Reply #59 on:** August 23, 2005, 10:13:01 PM »

Sticking it to the man known as 'Wal Mart'?

Think of all the money they are losing! Possibly $600+ depending on the price and how often she returns it. You must be very proud of her Drediock:)