Movie: Wal-Mart : The high cost of low prices

[427king]

They are making caskets now because they feel they wont get many returns on them..... They still cant make a pulley that spins straight,but damn they make a good Generel Tsos chicken.

[southernfriedcj]

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they make a good Generel Tsos chicken.

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If they could just figure out a way to make food that didn't leave you hungry 30 minutes later.

[Salvatore]

[redvetracr]

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they make a good Generel Tsos chicken.

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If they could just figure out a way to make food that didn't leave you hungry 30 minutes later.

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where is the percentage in that??

[427king]

They say there is so much Mercury in the Tuna sushi rolls that if you place two of them close together on your plate they become one.

[GRB]

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Dollars are votes and the American people have elected W-M. Maybe we should just cast out their votes and make the people shop at govt. owned and operated stores. Higher prices, even worse service and the requisite, eventual shortages. Yeah, that's the American way!

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Immediate Satisfaction from low Prices doe's not provide Long Term Fiscal responsibility........Why should we pay and live with sub-standard Chinese Junk, so a Corporation can make more Profit......Short Sighted Mentality only Feeds the Problem and sends more Jobs overseas....My $.02

Ken

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True. But what does that have to do with WM and the fact that they are the people's choice? Do you want to take away yet another choice in America?

I love the hypocrisy of humans. Show me one person who says, "I think I'll go pay the highest price in town for a new car'. Happens every day in the land of denial.

[VintageMusclecar]

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...I love the hypocrisy of humans. Show me one person who says, "I think I'll go pay the highest price in town for a new car'. Happens every day in the land of denial.

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For the most part I agree with you, but there are still a few of us "hold-outs" from the old school of thinking that will gladly and willingly spend the extra dollars for the same basic item/service if it means the difference between a lousy buying experience/poor customer service and a great buying experience/great customer service. If the decision comes down to a difference in the quality of an item or service, for me the better item/service wins hands-down.

This is the basic philosophy of my own business; I know I'm not the "cheapest" show in town, but I try to treat each and every customer with the same dignity and respect I expect when I'm the consumer. (Believe me, there's more than one vendor who has lost my business due to poor customer service) As far as quality goes, I spend the extra money for the best parts I can buy and I absolutely refuse to cut corners on a job, which of course drives up the cost of my services.

Thankfully my customers recognize this and are willing to spend a few extra dollars with me over my competitors, otherwise I'd be out of business since cutting corners and/or costs through lesser-quality components is absolutely out of the question for me.

Yes, this mindset is completely in contrast to modern "business principals" (if you'll pardon the oxymoron), but it still seems to work for me.

Eric
"Old School"

[Kim_Howie]

As I stated two years ago I have NEVER been in a WALLY WORLD yet. I wlll pay more, but the funny thing is I have found the product last a lot longer than a week. CHINA SUCKS

[kwhizz]

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Dollars are votes and the American people have elected W-M. Maybe we should just cast out their votes and make the people shop at govt. owned and operated stores. Higher prices, even worse service and the requisite, eventual shortages. Yeah, that's the American way!

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Immediate Satisfaction from low Prices doe's not provide Long Term Fiscal responsibility........Why should we pay and live with sub-standard Chinese Junk, so a Corporation can make more Profit......Short Sighted Mentality only Feeds the Problem and sends more Jobs overseas....My $.02

Ken

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True. But what does that have to do with WM and the fact that they are the people's choice? Do you want to take away yet another choice in America?

I love the hypocrisy of humans. Show me one person who says, "I think I'll go pay the highest price in town for a new car'. Happens every day in the land of denial.

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Look.......This is the Dog chasing it's Tail.....and it's spiraling downward..........After a while the people that buy the Cheapest "Junk" will soon (Hopefully) understand that they "Need" to get Value for their Money.."Value" not "Cheap"..........Put yourself in Charge of resolving this issue on a Nationwide Scale....Not Easy....But...Which way do you go first.....More local Jobs so people can buy better Items......or Cater to the Cheap crowd and keep the Jobs overseas so we can Buy "Cheap" and continue to have local jobs evaporate forever......Pretty soon all the water has drained out of the proverbial "Bucket" and then everyone won't even be able to afford the "Cheap" stuff.....No Simple solution, But ...."Cheap" is not the answer.......

my $.02

Ken

[rat tuned]

i deliver goods to a couple of walmarts. i make a decent wage and even selling at a reduced retail they are my largest customer. i refuse to shop there. the general attitude of the management is unbelievable. look a man in his face to say hi and he/she will not even acknowledge. i'm blown away at the way a lot of the help gets treated. there are some decent respectful managers but the percentage of idiots is definately far greater than the rest of my customers. i happen to have made pretty good friends with quite a few people who are employed there. one incident that really sticks with me happened to a girl on the hot foods section. a customer was upset that a certain item was out of stock(very common). she appologized stating she has no control of items ordered and not shipped. this guy started yelling at her and said "listen you effen c*nt just go out back and get it for me). even though there were several witnesses who backed up her story the store manager felt he needed to "coach" her. stated that she did not try hard enough to satisfy the customer. i have dealt with a lot of companies and i have never seen a place that has virtually no class or sense of fairness or decency. this manager should be thankful that wasn't my wife or daughter!!
his ass would get a serious coaching. there are a lot of good hard working people in that company that have been misplaced from companys that went out of business because of walmart and now have to work for them because there uis not much else. absolute power corrupts absolutely. mike