[GeneticKiss]

It's never enough for them!!

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

[Satan]

you need proof?

go to walmart

[noisereductions]

right? BIG surprise.

[pbradley]

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

[noisereductions]

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!"

[king_buzzo]

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.

[GeneticKiss]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

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...

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by GeneticKiss

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

Originally Posted by GeneticKiss

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...

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.

[noisereductions]

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

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by noisereductions

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

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

[noisereductions]

success if for jerks!

[Savage Clone]

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.

[noisereductions]

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.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

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.

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.

[Savage Clone]

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.

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

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

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Well, we'll see how long your camping gear holds up.

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.

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

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 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.

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

How can anyone not love the $5 DVD bin?

[pbradley]

Is the death of competition good?