Proof that Walmart are evil
 

It's never enough for them!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2009090...08599192069800

you need proof?

go to walmart

right? BIG surprise.

That's free market capitalism at its most robust. Either love it or git out.

I read the article. I dont know. What part am I supposed to get worked up about? "OMG! Walmart might put Target out of biz! Yikes!"

whatever/

i just read the article. all of it.

i miss to see how anything reported there paints them as "evil".

please explain. i am curious about your interpretation.

Maybe it doesn't prove they're evil per se, but it does show that they'll never be satisfied. To me, that is evil.

I guess I'm just reacting that way because Yahoo put it under "Walmart's plan to crush the competition". Maybe Yahoo are the REAL evil ones because they don't care how Walmart is already suffocating smaller businesses...

i don't see how uncluttering their aisles and aiming to take over some ailing retailer such as kmart (kmart!) is any kind of evil.


smaller businesses going toe to toe vs walmart? foolishness-- adapt or die. story of the world.

this dude i know owns a restaurant which used to be a bakery owned by his parents-- when walmart came to town & started selling bread, did they cry & keep doing the same thing? no-- they started making sandwiches and serving coffee-- they've been in business for nearly 30 years now.

things are always changing. anybody who deals with reality on a regular basis knows that. why is kmart ailing while walmart prospering? cuz kmart sucks and walmart (in the bigger world, hipsters notwhitstanding) doesn't.

attempting to have yr business succeed and continue growing is evil dudes. You didn't know?

yeah. failure is good-- failure is... holy!

success if for jerks!

All we have to do to put them out of business is stop shopping there.
Pretty simple. I've never spent money in a Wal Mart in my life.
Companies like this are only concerned with the bottom line; all you have to do is make it shrink and they go away.

SC is correct. Problem is, they're cheap. So people shop there. I buy stuff there when I need to. Know why? Cuz they're cheap. It's pretty straightforward.

since they support universal health insurance, walmart is currently my friend and political ally.

i bought some camping supplies there this past summer-- great prices, all in one place, no questions asked returns, blah blah blah. they even had fishing licenses. they are also the largest retailer of organic products in the US.

on the other hand, i haven't set foot in whore foods lately-- their fucken right-wing CEO can rot in a pile of his own shit.

Well, we'll see how long your camping gear holds up.
I gave major credit to Toro lawn mower co. for not caving in to Wal Mart's demand to produce a POS $100.00 lawn mower that would fall apart in one season.

I just got back from shopping at Wal-Mart.
I go there at least once a week for groceries.

it's coleman brand. sells all over. nothing fancy. $23 inflatable mattress-- cheap. the little propane cans are awesome, so is the stove-- boils agua in 3 minutes. the fishpole is small but good for beginners and for $20 comes with lures & shit-- crayfish love them (ha)-- the so-called "ugly stik" is supposedly unbreakable & has a 5 year warranty. the fishing license is good for a year.


i dont have a lawn and i know nothing about those awful & noisy machines but yeah i believe in not compromising your brand. that's a business decision, however. it's just business. i personally think that lawns are fucked and toxic and wasteful, but that's just me.

How can anyone not love the $5 DVD bin?

Is the death of competition good?

Winn Dixie matches the $4 generic prescription price

winn who? what?

Grocery store down here in the south. What do you guys have?

no, but

a) you can't ask businesses not to compete

b) beating your competition is not illegal if you use legal means to do so

c) there are antitrust laws to deal with monopolies and anticompetitive practices.

Some interesting points here. How many manufacturers have caved in to Wal-Mart's demand for cheap prices, and started making inferior products? And the less competition, the more those manufacturers will be forced to produce it for Wal-Mart. Of course a lot of manufacturing is already going to Mexico and places where they can employ cheaper labour.

errr.. smiths? (sucks)

hippie food co-op (my favorite)

various farmer's markets around the state

costco (love it)

wal rats (temporary alliance -- yes)

safeway (getting nicer)

traitor ho's (nice, but way overrated)

whore foods (fuck you, john mackey)

7-11 and it's ripoff competitor "7 2 11", allsups (yuck)... not sure what else...

whole foods <3

i don't give a fuck about their CEO, everything in there is delicious.

hmm don't have time to reply, im shopping at wal-mart right now!

i get much of the same and better at my local food co-op + the wine section at costco. but fuck yeah, salmon candy, yum.

fuck whole foods today though. fuck them. INFIDEL DOGS MUST DIE.

what's your beef with the ceo?

i actually do prefer the 4th st. co-op to whole foods. no lie.

the cockbags opposes health care reform

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=8322658&page=1

the fuck wants to put health care in the hands of charitable contributions from rich fucks- fuck him and his patronizing ways

the motherfucker can eat a bag of dicks.

fuck that guy. i'm going to the co op.

<3 <3 <3

d) the consumer doesn't have to like any of it, regardless of how legal the means

Competition is.

in case somebody hasn't seen this site:http://peopleofwalmart.com/

Are you one of those annoying costco members? Trying to return a five year old dirty mattress?

yes, yes-- Schadenfreude for middle-class snobs

we know how wearing pumas and ipod earbuds makes you better & all

...and enter the innermost circle of Hell.

I use a quiet electric mower and grass grows naturally where I live, but yeah, I know what you mean. Lawns in desert climates (and their even-more-annoying cousins, GOLF COURSES) are stupid. 2-stroke gas-powered lawn mowers are gross. There is barely any grass left in my back yard, what with all the plants. I couldn't be happier about that. In any case, that's not really the point. Just an example from a local company in my area.
Wal-Mart really does encourage shoddy merchandise in exchange for "the cheapest price" mantra, though, which ends up in a lot of waste.