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Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/14/2006 7:22:07 PM   
cuddleheart50


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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/14/2006 7:43:13 PM   
LTRsubNW


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Status: offline 		Now, I'm not even going to read that headline...don't know if it's pro WalMart or con....not important (don't wanna know).

I just did an estimate for my tax accountant (gotta do it every year at this time) and, last year I just about threw up on what I was going to pay in taxes (it was an astronomical/disgusting amount),...actually shocked the shit out of me) this year, my projected taxes are almost 3 times last years.... (Not said to impress...just to clarify, I can afford to shop elsewhere...I don't).

I shop at WalMart.  I love the place.

(And my friends would be shocked that I do {but oddly...they ALL love my shirts}).

My shirts cost 17 bucks (yeah, I know....but I've checked, and your stories about sweat shops just ain't true) and they look better than anything I USED to buy from Nordstroms for $125.00 ea.

(And by the way....4 of the 9 suppliers that Nordstroms uses...are suppliers to WalMart...all of which are suppliers of my WalMart shirts).

I pretty much only buy shirts from WalMart (as to clothes), the rest is Tupperware, pots and pans and of course, food.

All of which are the same products everyone else buys from Albertsons, Safeway, Kohls, J C Penny, K-Mart, Costco, and a variety of others...but for 10 - 65% less.

(And I'm all good with that).

Flame away!

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/14/2006 7:45:54 PM   
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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 6:03:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		That was interesting.  i love Wal Mart    and i think with the amount of money i spend there, i really should buy stock in it 
 
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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 7:17:05 AM   
MrrPete


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Status: offline 		Unfortunately the nearest Wal-Mart to me is a 75 mile round trip. I can't save enough
money to pay for the gas so I don't go shopping there very often. :(

I'm of Scottish ancestry and frugality is in my blood and WM appeals to
that part of as well as Big Lots, which used to be named McFrugals,
and dollar stores.

When I lived in Chalmette, LA I was in Frugal heaven. WalMart, Big Lots and
Dom depot were all in the same mall with 3-4 dollar stores across the street.
WalMart closed and opened a Super WalMart just 1/4 mile from the old location.

All of it was destroyed by Katrina.

Since Wal-Mart lost the lawsuit, as they should have, it will not effect my shopping habits.

I have boycotted Target for no longer allowing the Salvation Army santas in front of
the stores. But I have switched the to boycott to the Salvation Army as they denied
assistance any to me  after Katrina. The SA will never get another cent out of me.

The Red Cross on the other hand was fantastic and FEMA came through beyond expectations.

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 7:59:53 AM   
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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 8:33:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		You can buy goods even cheaper if you simply shoot people and take them from them which is only slightly more evil than shopping at Walmart, a corporation busy selling out America.

I have never and will never set foot in one.  Costco however, is the complete opposite, it actually pays it workers HIGHER than average, so high in fact that Wallstreet bitches about it.

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 8:42:34 AM   
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You can goods even cheaper if you simply shoot people and take them from them which is only slightly more evil than shopping at Walmart, a corporation busy selling out America.


If you slap a smiley face sticker on the person after you shoot him -- or even better, some combination of a smiley face and the American flag , it will speed up the acceptance of the image of your practices as Good and American. Before long, it'll be considered un-American to not shoot people and steal their goods, and people will start saying how they really have no choice but to shoot people to take their things because if it werent for shooting people and taking their goods, they couldnt afford to acquire the necessities of life such as cheap plastic garbage made in China, Frito-Lay products and a television for every room in the house.

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 9:14:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		I can't stand Wal-mart or their policies for employees at all.  I have a good friend that has worked there over 10 years now, and can still hear the inside part of what goes on.
 
They are now making employees wear "uniforms", but they very nicely supplied them with two shirts.  They just have to buy the pants, shoes, and any more shirts they want.  Of course, they don't stop and think that most workers there, can't even afford their rent some months, and haven't bought new clothes in sometimes years.  They are putting salary caps on all employees.  Once you reach this amount, you won't get another raise unless you are promoted.  They always talk about how employees are family, but they treat them like the unwanted stepchildren.  It's the workers that help each other, not the place of business.  With the holidays coming up, it brings back fond memories of 9 and 10 hr shifts with maybe two ten min. breaks if you were lucky.  They got away with this, though I am not sure how.
 
I think what makes it worse, is I know all of this, and still have to shop there.  No store is perfect, and a good portion don't pay crap to employees.  When I move some place there is a way to shop somewhere different, goodness knows I will.  The fact is, they are cheaper and I don't have much of a choice.  You do what you can to help you and yours, and hope maybe things will change down the road.
 
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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 9:17:18 AM   
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ORIGINAL: SlaveAkasha
With the holidays coming up, it brings back fond memories of 9 and 10 hr shifts with maybe two ten min. breaks if you were lucky.  They got away with this, though I am not sure how.


Actually, Im an alleged "professional" and I work many a twelve and thirteen hour shift without a break, and one half hour break is taken out of my check.
Big corporations can do just about anything they want to.

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 11:58:41 AM   
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ORIGINAL: CrappyDom

You can buy goods even cheaper if you simply shoot people and take them from them which is only slightly more evil than shopping at Walmart, a corporation busy selling out America.

I have never and will never set foot in one.  Costco however, is the complete opposite, it actually pays it workers HIGHER than average, so high in fact that Wallstreet bitches about it.


Crappy, that is exactly why I shop at Costco.
I'd rather spend my money in a store that takes good care of their employees.

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 12:23:55 PM   
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Good.

I hope similar lawsuits are pending.

Its the only thing we can do to make these bastards change their SLAVE loving policies.

Welcome to slave mart.

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 4:58:49 PM   
LTRsubNW


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ORIGINAL: RiotGirl

i hate walmart - i always end up going broke in there


Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

(WalMart may quote you on this post lol)

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 5:00:59 PM   
LTRsubNW


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ORIGINAL: CrappyDom

You can buy goods even cheaper if you simply shoot people and take them from them which is only slightly more evil than shopping at Walmart, a corporation busy selling out America.

I have never and will never set foot in one.  Costco however, is the complete opposite, it actually pays it workers HIGHER than average, so high in fact that Wallstreet bitches about it.


Uhm...just for the record (try to hold on to your indignity)...Costco buys 38% of their merchandise from wholesalers that manufacture in China. 

(WalMarts number is closer to 31%).

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 5:06:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I find this interesting.. my mother works in a Sams Club in PA.  They make her take breaks even when she isn't entitled to them....

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 6:13:22 PM   
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ORIGINAL: amativedame

I find this interesting.. my mother works in a Sams Club in PA.  They make her take breaks even when she isn't entitled to them....


(Shhhh...keep that shit to yourself...you'll piss off all the "I fucking hate WalMart" peeps).

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 6:27:55 PM   
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http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/061008/16asda.htm

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 6:40:18 PM   
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ORIGINAL: justheather

quote:

ORIGINAL: CrappyDom

You can goods even cheaper if you simply shoot people and take them from them which is only slightly more evil than shopping at Walmart, a corporation busy selling out America.


If you slap a smiley face sticker on the person after you shoot him -- or even better, some combination of a smiley face and the American flag , it will speed up the acceptance of the image of your practices as Good and American. Before long, it'll be considered un-American to not shoot people and steal their goods, and people will start saying how they really have no choice but to shoot people to take their things because if it werent for shooting people and taking their goods, they couldnt afford to acquire the necessities of life such as cheap plastic garbage made in China, Frito-Lay products and a television for every room in the house.


You sound suspiciously unamerican justheather, please report to the nearest walmart for re-education and cheap plastic shit you do not need and never really thought you wanted until you saw a "falling prices" sign above it. If you do not have your regulation Chinesian made American flag on your front lawn tomorrow your National ID card will be frozen along with all of your credit cards and debit card.... we mean business missy!

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 6:47:52 PM   
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Please report to the nearest WalMart for re-education and cheap plastic shit you do not need and never really thought you wanted until you saw a "falling prices" sign above it. If you do not have your regulation Chinesian made American flag on your front lawn tomorrow your National ID card will be frozen along with all of your credit cards and debit card.... we mean business missy!


Hey...stifle...you're speaking logic...that won't work here.

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RE: Our Friendly Neighborhood Wal-Mart - 10/15/2006 7:05:50 PM   
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ORIGINAL: LTRsubNW

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ORIGINAL: amativedame

I find this interesting.. my mother works in a Sams Club in PA.  They make her take breaks even when she isn't entitled to them....


(Shhhh...keep that shit to yourself...you'll piss off all the "I fucking hate WalMart" peeps).




That cracked me up!



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