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Nobody takes s*** from Wal-Mart
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Lord Blackadder said:F*** Wal-Mart! (repeat over and over again, screaming).
They are evil, oh so evil. Let's all protest by creating a manure pile at the front doors of every local Wal-Mart.
Add me to the roster of Team F*** Wal-Mart. If I didn't have enough reasons to hate them before this story...
rainman::|:| said:
And while you shop at Costco, you can enjoy the free, endless snacks very large pizzas for only $10. What a great place.
Hey, there's nothing wrong with Wal Mart, Sam's or Costco -- they fill a need in the market. The problem is that us cheap-a**ed American consumers keep going there and giving them every last dollar so we can fill our homes with more useless crap.
It still blows my mind how people flock to these places, knowing that their dominance in most communities is ruining local economies and stripping towns across the country of their local flair and color.
It still blows my mind how people flock to these places, knowing that their dominance in most communities is ruining local economies and stripping towns across the country of their local flair and color.
CanadaRAM said:
You may feel differently when Wal*Mart takes over Canada as well, begins selling computer components en masse, demands suppliers sell to them at a loss, and bankrupts you in the process.
Wal*Mart is a vicious, vicious, vicious corporation with no regard for anything but profit.
At the present time, they are battling with recording companies (a**holes themselves) to sell cd's much cheaper than they are currently sold (about $10). This is just one example of their crimes against other faceless corporations, which are just a small facet of their crimes against humanity itself.
Wal*Mart is the embodiment of the current American business climate, that is to say infinite growth (=infinite waste) at any expense.
Wal*Mart and others are engaged in a race to the bottom, which, if carried on for much longer, will destroy the U.S., Canada, and the rest of the world.
SharksFan22 said:
Um, yeah, I'm pretty sure that's why people bash Wal-Mart to begin with. Most of us aren't upset that Wal-Mart sells Tupperware, we're upset over the effects of their business practices, both economically and culturally. They don't have to behave as carelessly as they do.
apple2991 said:
Good point -- let me clarify. There's nothing wrong with the fact that WalMart/Sam's/CostCo exist. What irritates me is that people continue to patronize these retailers and therefore accelerate the community's demise. If people stopped shopping there, I'm positive the business practices and other problems would change. Quickly. If we could just get people to quit shopping there -- hmmm, maybe we should try to cure cancer as it might be easier.
SharksFan22 said:
The problem is not with Americans. Nobody can say with any sort of pragmatism or credibility that Americans are born dumber than others.
We just happen to be born into an incredibly dumb political and economic system. No thought is given to anything else but money.
In actuality, nearly every economic activity in American capitalism is ludicrously unprofitable if the real costs are taken into account.
For one example, fields in the Mississippi River Basin (i.e. most of the U.S.) are fertilized with phosphates and nitrates in order to squeeze a few more percentage points of profit from the land and make ConAgra and other food distributors happy. Meanwhile, those phosphates and nitrates have created an algal bloom in the Gulf of Mexico, which has decimated a very valuable fishery (worth incalculably more than the farm profits) yet we continue to fertilize.
I could go on, but my head might explode. I don't suppose it's getting better anytime soon either...
rainman::|:| said:
Costco really isn't much better. But they do have one HUGE redeeming factor: They are Wal-Mart's #1 competitor in the US!
Has anyone seen Is Wal-Mart Good for America? (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/) It is a great documentary, and you can watch it online!
Absolutely. This one just reeks with "ya, right"...."whateverrrr" Leaves no doubt, where this other little thingySun Baked said:Which is why you should use
leaves you hanging. "Um, maybe, maybe not?" "I wonder". We need a new rolleyes 
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I'm curious, why do you say that? I haven't heard anything about CostCo's business practices that makes me think they are as bad as WalMart.quackattack said:
Before reading this I really had no problem with Wal Mart. But now I must say I feel a bit @ Wal Mart. I mean geeeez I mean I could see if they couple didn't admit to it and didn't paid for the product (they paid for it, right?), then technically that is stealing no matter what your opinions on Wal Mart are, and they could have some grounds for that law suit. Eh w/e.
btw, love how literal the title of this thread is
@ Wal Mart. I mean geeeez I mean I could see if they couple didn't admit to it and didn't paid for the product (they paid for it, right?), then technically that is stealing no matter what your opinions on Wal Mart are, and they could have some grounds for that law suit. Eh w/e.btw, love how literal the title of this thread is
chucknorris said:
me too!
I used to shop at Wal-Mart until I stepped into a Target store. Never looked backed since!
(Ok, I did venture into wal-mart a couple of times since then with friends or if I was in a hurry, and I always end up cussing the place and hating myself and swearing I'll never set foot in one ever again, it has been well over a year and counting!)
CanadaRAM said:
I hate Wal-Mart, but they are getting a bad wrap for this.
The people didn't pay for the manure, they walked out of the store, and store security stopped them for theft (they would have had to been stopped by store security for Wal-Mart to send the civil demand). How in the world you can forget to pay for 10 bags of manure is beyond me...maybe 1 bag.
Store security calls the cops and the people are arrested or given a ticket for shoplifting. All the information goes into Wal-Mart's computers.
Beyond that, Wal-Mart has no control over what happens in the criminal justice system. And corporate HQ has no idea what is going on...they get the information of who was caught stealing and out the civil demand goes. The letter for the civil demand goes out like a bill, usually within days.
Wal-mart didn't have to rescind the civil demand just because it got dropped in court.
Hate to break it to you, but most companies, including Target, sends out civil demands, unless the demand is prohibited in that state.
mactastic said:
Well, they are not quite as bad. I haven't heard about any child labor issues or anything of that nature... But they are still compete solely on the basis of low cost. This by nature creates several issues that could be considered shady business practice: paying less than they could, pushing around suppliers, destroying local business, etc.
Beside have you ever been there? I can't stand the atmosphere. But let me say again, not as bad as Wal-Mart!
mactastic said:
I have a friend who refuses to shop at Costco. He doesn't like the exclusivity of the memberships.
It's not that he doesn't like the concept of paying a membership fee ($50 or whatever it is) to access the store. It's the fact that not just anyone can pay the $50 and become a member.
I don't recall the exact criteria but there are particular criteria you have to meet in order to be a Costco member. (I don't qualify, for example, so I have to go with my parents or sneak in.)
My friend, I think, questions the motives and/or agenda behind only allowing particular groups of people to become Costco members.
Wal Mart is doing nothing different than countless other private and governmental entities: civil court has become the de-facto way of subjecting we citizens to double jeopardy. If you want to be outraged by it, be outraged across the board, not just when Wal Mart does it.
No kidding. I usually say this in just about every Wal-Mart thread, Apple is hardly different in my eyes. Sure they do very different things but retail dominance is their mission. I bet I could find some people in this thread who hate Wal-Mart and every aspect of what they do but will flock to their local Apple Store when one opens close.Moof1904 said:
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iJon said:
The differences being that Apple pays a living wage and doesn't attempt to stronghand cities into allowing them to build wherever they choose, dominating culture and countryside. This just happened yesterday in my town.
Also, a big problem with Wal-Mart IS their scale. Is it fair that we don't hold Apple to the same standard of business ethics as Wal-Mart simply because Apple isn't as big? Maybe not, but then again, Apple isn't as big. Wal-Mart has far-reaching influence into almost every aspect of retail business in the United States--from food to phones, music and dvds to clothes. Everything. Because Wal-Mart simply volumes so much business, they can force the companies who manufacture everything sold at Wal-Mart to lower their wholesale prices so Wal-Mart can maximize profit and "lower" their prices on the consumer level. This appears to benefit the consumer, but actually depresses the economy by decreasing the amount of jobs available to the middle-class because so many other companies in the economy are forced to cut costs any way possible to stay on Wal-Mart's shelves. But hey, at least Cheerios are 9 cents cheaper.
We are not a society obsessed with moral justice, nor are all immoral acts the same. There is no way to know whether or not Apple would attempt to bribe my city into selling its public land to make way for a Super Apple Store, but we know that Wal-Mart does do this.