Walmart Knife Selection

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I still say sam walton would be rolling in his grave if his eyes could see what has become of his and buds creation!
 
mean said:
I still say sam walton would be rolling in his grave if his eyes could see what has become of his and buds creation!
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I completely agree.

I very rarely shop there anymore. Ideological reasons aside their customer service is CRAP. Every store, every time, guaran-effing-teed.
 
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I still say sam walton would be rolling in his grave if his eyes could see what has become of his and buds creation!
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And I'm sure the handicapped who are deemed "unemployable" by other employers are ecstatic to have a job there.
Idealism aside, Walmart provides many jobs, and I'm sure that he wouldn't be ashamed of that.
And I can't imagine that the jobs created by Walmart are bad for the economy.
 
It is paradoxical. Walmart is one of the biggest employers in the country, yes. Walmart directly creates many jobs.

However, Walmart directly and indirectly removes a lot of jobs. All of hte other businesses put out of business not to mention the effect Walart has on its suppliers, forcing suppliers to do whatever it takes to reduce costs...including cutting salaris, cutting employees, moving manufacture to overseas, etc.
 
A_Blade_Afficionado said:
And I'm sure the handicapped who are deemed "unemployable" by other employers are ecstatic to have a job there.
Idealism aside, Walmart provides many jobs, and I'm sure that he wouldn't be ashamed of that.
And I can't imagine that the jobs created by Walmart are bad for the economy.
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as to handicapped people, yes sam felt everyone deserved a chance to earn a living, as to what use to be the best philosophy in america, "MADE IN THE USA" he would prolly puke if he could see the way it has become more of quanity and money verses quality! sam and bud were simple people and let me tell ya something, simple people made and keep this country running, not exporting jobs an importing product!
 
somebody else break the news
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It's Hell being a nube! :)
LOL, Teague, I work for Kai USA/Kershaw Knives.
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That's OK Thomas. I'll still buy Kershaw knives despite the fact that you work there. (LOL) BTW, I do have 7 Kershaws and I love them all. I really like my JYD II. And, I've had my Kershaw Alaskan Blade Trader on many elk hunting trips over the years. And, I plan to buy more. I've got five sons and seven SILs that always get a knife for Christmas and their birthdays.
 
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A_Blade_Afficionado said:
And I'm sure the handicapped who are deemed "unemployable" by other employers are ecstatic http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=7225750&nojs=1#usercptoolsto have a job there.
Idealism aside, Walmart provides many jobs, and I'm sure that he wouldn't be ashamed of that.
And I can't imagine that the jobs created by Walmart are bad for the economy.
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WalMart sends decent paying manufacturing jobs to China,and then people who had this jobs get hired working for minimum wage and think WalMart is the saviour. Maybe it's just me, but I think that is a problem, not something to encourage.

I do think we should support dedicated knife dealers and other businesses that support the knife business.
 
Gmountain said:
I do think we should support dedicated knife dealers and other businesses that support the knife business.
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I do think we should support dedicated "usa" knife dealers and other businesses that support the "usa" knife business.

sorry had to fix that 4 ya!
 
Josh K, you should really step outside yourself an maybe take a look again at your initial posts in this thread. If you can't tell how trollish they look, you are clearly not nearly as intelligent as you like to represent yourself to be.

Josh K said:
Blister packs are also garbage.
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Not really sure what you mean here, blister packs end up being garbage maybe? I would guess that few people save their blister packs like they might their boxes. Of course you also mentioned how difficult they are to open, of course that is intentional, loss prevention is a consideration in packaging. Most blister packs are not too difficult to open with a decent pair of scissors, and of course since blister packs are so ubiquitous, there are plenty of dedicated devices for opening them.

Blister packs are actually a useful marketing tool and can benefit the retailer and shopper. Of course there is nothing like shopping in a full service store dedicated to a particular type of product with knowledgeable staff, but realistically we will likely continue to see a decline in what retailers are willing to spend on staffing. The average typical cardboard knife box provides very little information to a potential buyer, and even less of a retail presence since they are locked away in a case somewhere. Most blister packs are designed to provide at least some basic information about the contained product and will often provide the potential buyer enough information to make a purchasing decision. Since you can actually see the product the retail presence typically exceeds the what you would get from larger boxed products with glossy photos.

Josh K said:
Knife selection at Wal-Mart is a joke.

If you're incredibly lucky you might find a Kershaw or two. Once in a blue moon you'll find a Spyderco.
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You mention it eventually, but this post could have been a much more useful contribution to the discussion if you had simply said "Knife selection at Wal-Marts in my area is a joke." Clearly from the initial post, this is a pretty impressive selection of knives for a generalized retailer. You even pointed out they are not a specialist.


Teague, Thomas addressed most of your questions, but I just wanted to mention one other thing (and I do respect your choice not to shop at Walmart), being selective when shopping at Walmart (or Target, or Sears, etc.) can also help get your point across to the corporate bean counters. If you support the companies (like Kershaw ;)) that are fighting to get U.S. made products into retailers by buying the U.S. made products, the bean counters are that much more likely to think U.S. products are a good idea.
 
I bought a couple Leeks and an OD-1 from Walmart and got a great price.
Thumbs up to Walmart. It's great to be able to walk into a brick and mortar store and get near internet prices.
 
I will say this and then I am out of this thread and this is to all knife makers, dealers and anyone who does mass marketing in the u.s in our knife industries, please just let me know that your product is made in the good ole us of a, and when I say that that means all of the materials,parts and assembly, that way I know what I am buying and what I am protecting and that is american jobs, keep yer chicom products to yourselves.

I shopped walmart for years because when I spent a dollar it went back into our pockets and if I had a problem with the product I could get good customer service, now it just seems like we are willing to pay for junk and throw it away when it breaks/fails to preform the task it was bought to do, keep america, american.
 
Kdarmy said:
FWIW...
With all the talk lately about Walmart etc...I took a pic with my phone today while there.

My local Super Walmart is one of the newly designed stores they just switched over to....no more knife cabinet, just blister packed items on a rack.

This is their entire selection...
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Note: I had to morph two pics together to make it into one.
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Meant to put this in my other post, sorry.

Thanks for posting that pic, I hadn't seen a board filled in, its been a while since I'd been in a Walmart and the last few were just transitioning the boards.
 
So what you guys are saying, is that Walmart does more damage than anyone to the economy? And the jobs Walmart provides, shouldn't be provided? I'd like you to go to your local Walmart and tell all the employees you would rather have them jobless, tell me how it works out for you.
 
Oh come one, this has gone on long far enough. We quit, why must you continue?

kneedeep said:
Josh K, you should really step outside yourself an maybe take a look again at your initial posts in this thread. If you can't tell how trollish they look, you are clearly not nearly as intelligent as you like to represent yourself to be.

Perhaps I have the wrong thread. Nope.

Not really sure what you mean here, blister packs end up being garbage maybe? I would guess that few people save their blister packs like they might their boxes. Of course you also mentioned how difficult they are to open, of course that is intentional, loss prevention is a consideration in packaging. Most blister packs are not too difficult to open with a decent pair of scissors, and of course since blister packs are so ubiquitous, there are plenty of dedicated devices for opening them.

I have yet to see a dedicated blister pack opening device. CD cases sure, but not blister packs. I fully understand the intent, and the conveniences they provide retailers. I still think they are garbage.

Blister packs are actually a useful marketing tool and can benefit the retailer and shopper. Of course there is nothing like shopping in a full service store dedicated to a particular type of product with knowledgeable staff, but realistically we will likely continue to see a decline in what retailers are willing to spend on staffing. The average typical cardboard knife box provides very little information to a potential buyer, and even less of a retail presence since they are locked away in a case somewhere. Most blister packs are designed to provide at least some basic information about the contained product and will often provide the potential buyer enough information to make a purchasing decision. Since you can actually see the product the retail presence typically exceeds the what you would get from larger boxed products with glossy photos.

You're defending blister packs with walls of text now? Come one, you opened the thread and found the argument long over. Now you're calling me the troll?

You mention it eventually, but this post could have been a much more useful contribution to the discussion if you had simply said "Knife selection at Wal-Marts in my area is a joke." Clearly from the initial post, this is a pretty impressive selection of knives for a generalized retailer. You even pointed out they are not a specialist.

It's an example of one store trying to do everything. Most of the time you and up with a majority share of crap. West of me it appears they do carry several Kershaw models with regularity. As you said, I have acknowledged that, why are you repeating it?

Teague, Thomas addressed most of your questions, but I just wanted to mention one other thing (and I do respect your choice not to shop at Walmart), being selective when shopping at Walmart (or Target, or Sears, etc.) can also help get your point across to the corporate bean counters. If you support the companies (like Kershaw ;)) that are fighting to get U.S. made products into retailers by buying the U.S. made products, the bean counters are that much more likely to think U.S. products are a good idea.
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I've never met a blister-pack that my P-Mil couldn't handle.
If everything came in a blister-pack, it would make no difference to me.:cool:
 
Josh K said:
Oh come one, this has gone on long far enough. We quit, why must you continue?
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The original post has a photo of of a pegboard with blister packs.
The OP mentions no more cabinet, just blister packs.

Seemed pretty on topic.

I am merely presenting a contrasting opinion to yours with an actual explanation. I am trying to help other participants in the thread understand why such a change was made. Other people mentioned lack of sales staff and loss prevention issues so I tried to tie it all together.

I won't link to them here, but a quick google search will turn up blister pack opening devices such as OpenX, Package Shark, the Zipit. A rotary bladed can opener will work as well. (Not an endorsement of any of those products).

I do generally find the Spyderco Cricket to be pretty effective and controllable to open blister packs.
 
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