Going to Wal-Mart while in Port

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:21:37 GMT, Bob Gow wrote:

I have been to a few and quality and selection wise, they are for
bottom feeders.

I don't know what you term bottom feeders but they carry electronics that
range up to nearly $1,000.

Yes, the prices are very low, but there are tradeoffs
for those low prices. Add on that they tend to drive wages down,


Minimum wage is controlled. Wages in the urban areas are the same as at
Target etc.

drive out smaller retailers

Sure did. This moniker could also be placed on KMart, TG and Y, any of the
larger drug or food sellers.

and cater to the christain right on media
selection and I see little reason to throw money away there.

They sell to their public. If their customers wanted liberal left, they
would most likely sell that too. Take a look at their rock n roll catalog.

On 27 Mar 2005 20:22:55 -0800, Linsifer wrote:

As I said, it
evolved into a dump--now defunct, as it should be.

KMart got milked by the Mafia as the Mafia controlled the majority of
shares and almost all of the construction in the 70/80s. They stripped the
company of cash to build more stores = more construction/development
profits and refused to reinvest in their ageing facilities. Shareholders
made out like bandits but the handwriting was on the wall very early on
that physical depreciation would bring KMart to its knees.

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:49:55 GMT, Karen Segboer wrote:

Do you honestly think that the Wal-Mart greeter is going to understand the
21-page ADA guideline if he or she can't comprehend the 7-line
interpretation on the back the Heidi's certification card?

If he/she doesn't, the store manager should. It's a law. It should
be brought to his/her attention, if not for you, then for others who
want to shop there.

Look, if Danni-Stephanie Troll doesn't understand the basics of her own
disabilities, and isn't willing to stand tall on her own legal status, no
one else will. You're preaching to a stump. A retired one at that.

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:31:37 -0500, Charles wrote:

Charles and Danni,
Are the greeters at Wal-Mart paid employees? This might explain the training
part.

I am sure they would have to be paid employees. Why would anyone do it
for free?

Because, like you Chuck, they are boring/bored to tears.

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:31:37 -0500, Charles wrote:

Charles and Danni,
Are the greeters at Wal-Mart paid employees? This might explain the training
part.

I am sure they would have to be paid employees. Why would anyone do it
for free?

Because, like you Chuck, they are boring/bored to tears.

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:18:03 -0500, Stephan in Burlington wrote:

The CEO of Wal-Mart begins every work day with 2 activities.

First, he goes over yesterday's chain-wide sales reports.

His second activity *each day* is to sit down with the General Counsel
and go over the new lawsuits (Wal-Mart gets over 3,000 a year).

That's the truth. WalMart has put a bullseye on its head but what goes
around. They have also a history of being extremely litigious as
Plaintiffs. Ever heard of The Rose Law Firm? Hilary was a Walmart Board
member for years and Walton (along with Tyson Foods) damn near bankrolled
(by guarantees supplied by The Stephens Group) Bill's political success in
Arkansas.

But, of course, as we all know, Walton/Walmart stand for Christian values
and all.

That must have been "snow" from Jesus and guns from Allah that was flown in
by Barry Seals (among others) into that Mena AR landing strip during the
late 70s. Of course, like any good CIA asset of the time, Seals got his ass
handed to him since one cannot do much damage after the IRS hits you for 30
mil in back taxes and they slop you away in jail for years. Ah,
Iran-Contrary.

Mena, now who owned that land? Hmmmmmmmm. Could it have been a blind
corporation, six levels deep, plausibly deniable by Sam Walton? No, no way.
How dare I say that.

Bad Chrissy.

Tom K wrote:

There are places in the country where it's the only game in town. In
a lot
of rural places, people travel hours to get to a Wal-mart.

And, why is that? Look at how Wal Mart became what it is today...by
targeting small town America. They opened stores on the outskirts of a
thriving downtown area, undersold the local merchants (how can these
small town merchants compete with the buying power of Walmart?) and
forced these small shop owners to shut their doors. Bustling downtown
areas became vacant store fronts. Once the competition from local
merchants was eliminated, once WalMart became the only game in town,
they were free to raise their prices - what choice did locals have but
to spend their $$ there? When it became too expensive to shop at the
WalMart and business suffered, the WalMart shut its doors, leaving the
locals with nothing. Great company - not.

Lee

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:24:07 GMT, Karen Segboer wrote:

Wal-Mart

Note the dash. This was one of Sammy's little ego trips. They still use
that spelling to this day but like to put a star in the middle. The star
was also his bidding.

Arkansas is one of the least populated states in the Union. you can drive
for miles and see nothing but cotton and soy in the Eastern part of the
state. There are tow distinct classes, haves and never will have. The
number of "famous" men coming from this state is amazing and the
concentration of wealth even more so. Walton, Clintons, Wilbur Mills,
Tyson, Dale Bumpers, take a look....

http://www.arkansasmediaroom.com/new...lay.asp?id=236

Why? If you are a "have" and play the game, you are in a small club with an
immense amount of resources.

villa deauville wrote:
Just a thought. When we lived on Long Island, depending location of
stores. we found great discrepancies re same stores but different
locations.

To bring it back on topic - kind of like cruising. Like the people who
say you haven't been on Carnival unless you've tried one of their new,
bigger, better ships.

Lee

villa deauville wrote:
Just a thought. When we lived on Long Island, depending location of
stores. we found great discrepancies re same stores but different
locations.

To bring it back on topic - kind of like cruising. Like the people who
say you haven't been on Carnival unless you've tried one of their new,
bigger, better ships.

Lee