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Walmart has done it again
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Joe- This is exactly why I purchase all of my lumber & building materials at local lumber companies, vs. The Home Depot. Aside from giving me a headache, THD, is one of thee most poorly run business I've had the displeasure of shopping in (sometimes it's unavoidable & I have to purchase there).
As for knives: I'd rather purchase a new Spyderco, or what have you, from one of the reputable dealer's here, who support this forum, rather than a Walmart...regardless if it's less expensive.
From this day forward, whenever I drive by a Walmart, I won't be able to stop myself from thinking about Brother Krav, & his urinal experience.
I've seen that urinal experience in many places...along with instances where people somehow many to get their feces all over the wall. Not a pretty sight.
As for prices of things, I use the example of vitamins and shampoo, with the exact same brand being sold at two different stores.
Same country of manufacture (Canada for one, USA for the other).
At Shopper's Drug Mart, it costs exactly twice the price normally; on sale it's only 25% more expensive.
Why should I pay up to double the cash for the same product, when both are chain stores that pay minimum wage or very slightly more?
Stabman- I can completely relate & respect the fact, that shopping smart, helps you save $$$ on your budgeting. Likewise, when I do my shopping for food and necessities, I always try to find things that are on sale to keep my cost down. I'm right with you on the vitamins: usually I only buy the buy one get one free sales.
We have so many different retailers to choose from here in San Diego, which I guess is part of the reason why I choose to shop elsewhere. That, & the fact that I have a very good friend who used to be a manager at a Wal-Mart. What she told me (the way they treat their own employees), vastly changed the way I feel about them.
I don't think that he actually did that. I think that this was Krav's way of saying that he despises, Wal-Mart. BTW- I've seen behavior like this on Tosh.O, & it isn't pretty! :barf:
Having more options to shop at would certainly help; more competition should lead to decent prices at more than one place. :thumbup:
I think individual Walmarts may differ greatly in how they treat employees; some people I've talked to who worked at certain ones had horror stories to tell, whereas at other locations, it seemed okay for a low paying job.
I know different management can really screw up a good thing; one place I worked was pretty decent, and we all had good morale till the new regional managers came in to "fix" things...ugh. :barf:
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Extension cord and potting soil? What are you up to?
They played a major role in closing down US production of a company I worked at. On the bright side the son of the CEO was in sales for the company. He thought he was better than the blue collar workers at the plant. Guess who's working for WalMart now?
A friend of my son recently went through the same thing. He is a full time student and they knew it when they hired him. They completely disregarded his class schedule when making "their' schedule.
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Totally read that in ricks voice.
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^k mart ... Duh.
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Spyderco doesn't need walmart's distribution network. The internet beats it.
There are 3 of them on the outskirts of the city I live in. Everything that surrounds them looks like a 3rd world dump, seriously. Trash everywhere. The people look like they're ready to give up and die. That place is nothing more than outright poverty. They see everything and everyone as nothing more than cattle to milk and then you know what. F that place. They tried to set-up shop on the near east side. Smart people who lived there understand how that company operates and told them to get lost.
There are 3 of them on the outskirts of the city I live in. Everything that surrounds them looks like a 3rd world dump, seriously. Trash everywhere. The people look like they're ready to give up and die. That place is nothing more than outright poverty. They see everything and everyone as nothing more than cattle to milk and then you know what. F that place. They tried to set-up shop on the near east side. Smart people who lived there understand how that company operates and told them to get lost.
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I read the link you posted, I always thought it was interesting that people say "Walmart brings jobs to the community" being as that in the town near me Walmart put more than a few business out of business and then hires some of those same people who lost their job for less money then they were making.
Many Walmart employees draw on government assistance JUST TO GET BY.
The reality is Walmart makes billions of dollars and pays its employees peanuts and then tries to SQUASH any and all employee attempts to get paid a higher wage.
Read up on the current issue of employees being monitored and fired for speaking to one another about coming together. Perhaps you already know and just don't care.
How much do you think a Walmart employee makes? They (Walmart and its supporters) constantly boast about how many people they employ but can the VAST majority of those workers afford a mortgage, car payments, health insurance, groceries, baby formula , diapers, a movie every so often or a yearly vacation to a family member in another state? I HIGHLY doubt it.
Like I said, find out the number of Walmart employees receiving government assistance and calculate that into how helpful Walmart actually is to a community...
Many Walmart employees draw on government assistance JUST TO GET BY.
The reality is Walmart makes billions of dollars and pays its employees peanuts and then tries to SQUASH any and all employee attempts to get paid a higher wage.
Read up on the current issue of employees being monitored and fired for speaking to one another about coming together. Perhaps you already know and just don't care.
How much do you think a Walmart employee makes? They (Walmart and its supporters) constantly boast about how many people they employ but can the VAST majority of those workers afford a mortgage, car payments, health insurance, groceries, baby formula , diapers, a movie every so often or a yearly vacation to a family member in another state? I HIGHLY doubt it.
Like I said, find out the number of Walmart employees receiving government assistance and calculate that into how helpful Walmart actually is to a community...
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