i hate going to walmart

If I had my way WalMart would be the prosecuted by the U.S. Dept. of Justice Anti-Trust deparment.

Nothing wrong with free enterprise, but selling sub par products at bare minimum prices is just a recipe for disaster in the long haul.

"Plus they have dictated to suppliers (farmers) the prices and its causing farmers to go bust."

Not that I am pro wal mart, but I am going to take up for Wal mart and disagree with that statement. Saw article on TV 2 different times. One was about a pickle maker crying about the prices Wal Mart was giving him for his pickles. Well he shouldn't have contracted them for that price if he couldn't make money at that price. They interviewed a couple other pickle makers that declined Wal Marts offer on pickles and those pickle makers were still in good shape because they were selling their pickles at a price they could make a profit at.

Another case was Snapper lawnmower. That company was bought out and when contract with Wal mart expired the new owners went to Wal Mart and told them that they had to have more money for their mowers. Wal mart wanted Snapper to make a cheaper mower that they could sell. Snapper said no way they were going to lower the quality of their mowers so Wal Mart could sell cheaper. You know Cub Cadet and John Deere both make a cheaper mower that sell through Lowes and others and those mowers aren't really John Deere or Cub Cadet. Thew are a cheap line with the John Deere or Cub Cadet name on them.

So you see Wal Mart can't dictate a price for someone to sell their product. Wal Mart can tell a supplier what they will pay and it is up to the supplier to take it or leave it. So there are a lot of suppliers that won't take what Wal Mart is willing to give and that is the way it should be.

Many of the things Wally world are selling are rebranded and sold for lots more in other stores.

If you want a good mower go to to a Cub Cadet dealer, they sell a good mower...But you will have to take some money with you ~ $7,000....

Put the blame where it belongs. It's not Walmart that kills all the little mom /pop stores,It's you,me and everyone else that drives past the little store to buy cheaper stuff at Walmart.

The fact that the price is so low that no competent service can be built into the price is the fault of the guy you see in the mirror. We seem to be willing to give up good service and repairability for a cheaper price item that we toss in the garbage at the first sign of trouble. That should be up on a bilboard somewhere.

Your video store has lots of videos, but depends on the best sellers for much of their profits. Bookstores have lots of slow moving titles, and depend on the best sellers for their profits. At your hardware store, they don't stay in business selling those odd items in the back, it's the common stuff.

Walmart ignores the slow moving stuff because the profit isn't there, but we need stores to stock that stuff. That is how WalMart hurts communities the most, they wipe out selection.

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