[rollei_list] Re: New to the list
- From: CheshireCCat <cheshireccat@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:01:08 -0700 (PDT)
DAW,
This is off topic, so I won't reply anymore to walmart posts, but they come
into
small towns, lower their prices so that none of the family owned businesses can
compete, run them out of business because of all the cheap people around who
would rather have a deal than a relationship with their local stores and then
they raise their prices back to normal. I lived in San Diego for many years and
I saw it happen there, northern california, Florida, Oklahoma, and a few other
places. They give their employees just under full time so that they do not have
to pay benefits, and they fire anyone that even mentions starting a union to
get
better working conditions. I have seen them fire a full store of employees and
shut down the store until they could hire new staff. They run everyone out of
business, and then they hire them at low wages so that the only place they can
afford to shop is at walmart. They are an unethical and immoral company and I
have never and will never shop there because I still have my self respect and I
care about my local community more than a cheap deal on some plastic item that
will break after 3 months. My rant is over and I will not post off topic
anymore. Costco is not so bad, they givve full time and pay competitive pay to
employees. They sell cheap because they do it in bulk and they don't make the
place pleasant to the eye. White floors, walls and ceilings are too sterile
anyway.
It used to be that buying American was enough, but now that greed has overcome
so many in this country, it's more important to buy local and support your
local
businesses. walmart using local farmers is great, but they are doing this only
to give you a little ammunition against those of us that know what they do to
communities. One good thing with so many evil does not make them honorable nor
does it convince me that they care about anything but the bottom line.
It's better to care about people than money.
J.D.
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From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 10:26:21 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: New to the list
At 12:00 PM 7/22/2010, Eric wrote:
Hi JD -
>
>Understand and sympathetic to your position on WalMart. This is not an attempt
>to defend them but an update... they use local labs for film processing and
>are
>actually changing some of there practices and now are beginning to support
>local
>farmers/growers as grocery suppliers.
>
>Eric Goldstein
We now live in "WalMart" country, something that was rare in San Diego. Even
though I have heard some pretty bad things about their employment practices,
the
folks working there are happy to have a job, especially older folks who
otherwise would be sitting around at home worrying about where their next check
will come from.
I have noticed that about half of the customers in our closest store (we live
in
a development carved out of farm land) bring in cash in a paper envelope, no
credit cards, no wallet, etc.
We now live on a fixed income and WalMart saves the day for us.
And, yes, it's true that they are adjusting their arrangements with suppliers,
and have set aside funds to help employees go to school and I think, some lump
sums to vendors.
They are also remodeling their stores and the new versions are very nice.
In San Diego we did a lot of business with CostCo. Same situation with both
companies, if you see something you need and can afford it, buy it today, it
may
not be there tomorrow. After 4 years I'm still drawing on supplies of alkaline
batteries from CostCo in SD.
Also, WalMart and CostCo big box prices are far below those of Best Buy, etc.,
and you get the same level of tech support at all those stores, none.
DAW
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