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ORIGINAL: NuevaVida

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ORIGINAL: wandersalone

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ORIGINAL: YourBigDaddy67

What ever happened to hiring AMERICANS to do these jobs. You can't tell me that some welfare mother could do that same job and get her off the public dole

This will happen when these large companies stop hiring people offshore simply because it is cheaper.

Bingo. And here's my mini Walmart soapbox - their prices are so low because they demand their suppliers to sell at a certain low cost. Suppliers can't do that while manufacturing in America, so they manufacture offshore. Because it's cheaper. Because if they don't, they're out of business. That almost happened to Rubbermaid.

And we (generic we) keep shopping there because we like the lower prices.

And it's not just Walmart - they're just my example - it's everywhere. It's cheaper for companies to hire manufacturing, customer service, various IT functions, etc., offshore. Otherwise we're spending more as customers, and we don't want that, either. Vicious circle.

And I agree with Athena - was kind of shocked to see a bad customer service thread pointing to attacking those on welfare.

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

Ally doesn't have a physical building. The entire bank is online only.

You want better customer service? Get a bank with a physical building you can go to.

It's one of the large reasons I don't use Ally.

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ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie
Manufacturers can also say no.

I was approached by WalMart 16 months ago to sell one of my products in their stores "but we have to get a 65% discount on the product and always have the lowest retail price anywhere". I informed that that the highest level we offer retailers was a 40% discount, you had to purchase $125,000.00 worth of product to achieve that level of discount and if we discovered that they deviated from our MSRP by more than 5%, they would not be allowed to retail our product or order a second time.

They said that wasn't a good enough discount and that they couldn't agree to my pricing policies.

So....they don't get to buy my product.

"No" is still in the dictionary. (It's in the "N" section).

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

Yes, that's the headquarters but they do not have physical banks that you can go to in person to deposit your checks or talk to someone about loans, etc...Instead you have to talk to someone on a phone line or through email.

I personally like to talk to people face to face. It solves the problem faster and easier.

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

Yes, that's the headquarters but they do not have physical banks that you can go to in person to deposit your checks or talk to someone about loans, etc...Instead you have to talk to someone on a phone line or through email.

I personally like to talk to people face to face. It solves the problem faster and easier.

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ORIGINAL: tj444

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ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie
Manufacturers can also say no.

I was approached by WalMart 16 months ago to sell one of my products in their stores "but we have to get a 65% discount on the product and always have the lowest retail price anywhere". I informed that that the highest level we offer retailers was a 40% discount, you had to purchase $125,000.00 worth of product to achieve that level of discount and if we discovered that they deviated from our MSRP by more than 5%, they would not be allowed to retail our product or order a second time.

They said that wasn't a good enough discount and that they couldn't agree to my pricing policies.

So....they don't get to buy my product.

"No" is still in the dictionary. (It's in the "N" section).

How.. unAmerican of you Lookie! Ya know.. you could have just raised your "retail price" so ya could give em a 65% discount (so it would still be the same actual price but hits their % off buttons)..

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ORIGINAL: absolutchocolat

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

Yes, that's the headquarters but they do not have physical banks that you can go to in person to deposit your checks or talk to someone about loans, etc...Instead you have to talk to someone on a phone line or through email.

I personally like to talk to people face to face. It solves the problem faster and easier.

good point, LW. it's kinda silly to expect the same kind of warm and fuzzy service with an online bank than with one of the local branches. real-time makes a difference.

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Letter friend recently got the moms medication wouldn't be paid for, but hospice care would be. Kind of anti-euthenasia when it comes to parents. I mean if we are keeping the criminals & pedophiles alive why is euthing old people ok?

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ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie

Manufacturers can also say no.

I was approached by WalMart 16 months ago to sell one of my products in their stores "but we have to get a 65% discount on the product and always have the lowest retail price anywhere". I informed that that the highest level we offer retailers was a 40% discount, you had to purchase $125,000.00 worth of product to achieve that level of discount and if we discovered that they deviated from our MSRP by more than 5%, they would not be allowed to retail our product or order a second time.

They said that wasn't a good enough discount and that they couldn't agree to my pricing policies.

So....they don't get to buy my product.

"No" is still in the dictionary. (It's in the "N" section).

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ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie

I kinda like the price I'm selling at....and so does the general public.