"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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On 22 Apr 2006 14:19:38 -0700, "MajorOz"
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wrote:
...I'm still waiting to hear about y'all's favorite local
home-town cheap crap purveyors that Walmart put out of business...

Walmart hasn't, won't, and couldn't do many, if any, of the places with
which I regularly trade any harm, much less put them out of business...

That is true almost everywhere WM has located. In most cases, they
IMPROVE local options, by bringing in other stores -- kind of the
"anchor stor" concept in a shopping mall.
And, yes, the "mom-and-pop" stores are still there -- they are called
"7-11"
Virtually all the whining is done by union activists and the Amy
Goodman types.


When Walmart opened a store in my small town, I thought that would be
the end of the good hardware stores. Not so. The original three are
still open after many years of WM, and they will never be displaced by
them.



I run a little, and I mean LITTLE, tackle shop out of my garage. With a
little research I was able to find wholesalers that let me compete with
walmart on price. I order very sparingly to keep the kids in fishing gear.
Those customers who are really interested in good gear will come to the shop
and put in an order for nice cortland Rods and high end lines and reels.

Walmart isn't too far away and everyone knows thats where to get the good
price. The folks looking for quality and someone who has time to chat about
fishing and what to use will come to my shop. Even when I don't know what to
use, i usually know who caught what fish and where.. and have asked them
what they used. Walmart guys don't have time to talk about fishing for 20
minutes while they count out your worms, offer you coffee and show your kids
how to cast a line out.

Walmart isn't competition for me. I shop there regularly even. They have
cheap prices on yummy groceries, I bought a sweet laptop there... You just
can't really stop an associate and ask for an opinion or which product is
best... most honestly they don't know. They can point you to where the stuff
is, but not help you with your choice or offer advice. Not many can tell you
what the stripers were being caught on last week or how to oil/grease a
reel.

They do create a helluva lot of jobs. When you are down and out, they will
be hiring, and don't mind working around your availablility. I have never
worked there, but as a single dad, feel a bit of comfort knowing there is a
job for me there if I need one that will accept I am a parent and need to be
home when the bus pulls in.

How do you guys know there are so many welfare fat slobs there shopping
unless... you are there shopping with them? If it offends you to shop
there..... don't. Spend more money somewhere else and you will never see the
folks in the Walmart store again!.
Maybe the folks with less money are more concerned with product usefulness
instead of paying extra for the "privilage?" of buying the same things at
Target for 30% more.

I would personally rather buy a product for 30% less at walmart than shop
with upper middle housewives at target for the SAME thing. The housewives
might be a bit prettier... but they don't save me money.

Their clothing lines and what not aren't the best at walmart.. blah blah
blah... but when you need to get through a business casual interview those
$12.00 kahkis work just as well as the $40.00 ones.
90% of millionaires don't look like millionaires and many of them DO shop
walmart, Salvation army, goodwill, and bargain lots. Millionaires have all
that money because they don't spend it on status, and wasteful expenses.

It could be some of those "fat slobs" have a stockpile like no one else....
could be some are just fat slobs. either way, the place saves me money
everytime. When I don't know what I'm shopping for and need quality, I go to
a small mom and pop, like mine. I shop a local video game shop because they
give my daughter tips on what gameboy games are cool and when the prices
will drop. they take time to show her the games and talk to me about what
types of games I like and whats coming out, what to rent and what to buy....
and what they thought of them. Well worth the extra $3-$5 per game.... and
they save my daughter that same $3-$5 in allowance money.

win/win
-Sprattoo

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