Wal-Mart is Bad For America

[Skilless]

See Rule #5, #15

[lazs2]

My daughter is starting out in her working life.  Wall mart is very good for her.

lazs

[Mickey1992]

The article pretty much hits the nail on the head, and is the prime reason why I refuse to shop there.

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

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[Skilless]

In a town like mine it's almost impossible not to shop there.  After they drove the local record shop out of business, I went in to the local "SUPER CENTER"  to get a lopy of Radiohead's cd "Pablo Honey".  It's an older album and I didn't expect them to have it in stock so when they didn't I wasn't surprised.  I asked the clerk if I could order it and she LAUGHED AT ME!  She told me, and I quote, "We only get what the vendor sends us honey."

Americans have confused value with cheap prices and the vicious cycle that a bullying retailer has creates with jobs and choices for the consumer will be felt for generations to come.

[Skilless]

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[StarOfAfrica2]

With the spotty selection Wal Mart carries in their music dept. if they put a local store out of business, then the local store already had problems.  Wal Mart coexists in several markets with niche stores that either duplicate Wal Mart departments or complement them.  Music stores are a perfect example, video is another.  Wal Mart's prices are great if they have it.  But they also dont carry "adult" versions of albums with questionable lyrics, and the movies may not be the best version available.  

To simply say Wal Mart puts locals out of business is a stretch, at best.

[Chairboy]

Without as many exclamation points as the post two spaces above this one, I have to say I'm surprised that a PBS link classifies as trolling too.  

Perhaps it's because you just posted the link without saying anything?

[AWMac]

INexplicable.....


 

[AWMac]

LMAO Skilless and WalMart in the same sentence... who'd a thunk it?

[Mickey1992]

"Along with other giant retailers such as Best Buy and Target, Wal-Mart willingly loses money selling CDs for less than $10 (they buy most hit CDs from distributors for around $12). These companies use bargain CDs to lure consumers to the store, hoping they might also grab a boombox or a DVD player while checking out the music deals."

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6558540/thekillers?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1&rnd=1097616001120&has-player=unknown

They sell products at a loss to drive out competition, and get you in the store in hopes you will buy something else.

Wal-Mart recently lobbied (and failed) to get the Federal transportation laws changed so that it could allow its truck drivers to work 16-hour days instead of the current Federal restriction of 14 hours.  All in the name of lower prices.

[Skilless]

Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
With the spotty selection Wal Mart carries in their music dept. if they put a local store out of business, then the local store already had problems.  

To simply say Wal Mart puts locals out of business is a stretch, at best.

A record store makes it's money by selling massive amounts of Britney Spears and Garth Brookes CDs, not by selling a few Radiohead CDs.  In comes Wal-Mart with Britney Spears CDs as far as the eye can see for two dollars less and the local record shop is left selling a few Radiohead CDs.  

Can you see the financial implications?

[Skilless]

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[Mickey1992]

Originally posted by Skilless
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Skuzzy always locks threads that just have a URL and says "Discuss".  Don't take it personally.  

Consider it a learning experience.

[Skilless]

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