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Catty. Chatty. And Occasionally Trashy.

Apr 24
The Wal-Mart Effect

Wal-Mart can now be blamed for the recent layoffs at Circuit City and the closing over hundreds of electronics stores across the country. The reason? They're forcing suppliers to give them the lowest price on high demand items like flat panel televisions. Wal-Mart is a phenomenon that invites harsh criticism. Sure, they offer deeply discounted prices on a variety of craptacular products, but they leave devastated communities in their wake.

How? The electronics market meltdown is just the latest. The first were mom and pop retailers, then regional retailers, then grocery store chains (including my favorite, Winn-Dixie) and so on and so forth. Additionally, Wal-Mart receives tax concessions to enter a small town then hires part-time employees that are not provided with health insurance and use county services putting a burden on the county budget, etc. Fun, huh?

What does this have to do with politics? Everything and nothing...it just pisses me off.

PinkDome at 10:18 AM
 
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Thank God we have folks like you looking out for the little guys like Circuit City.

snrub at April 24, 2007 12:23 PM

It's too bad they aren't putting Bust Buy out of business, that place is hell on earth.

anon at April 24, 2007 1:11 PM

PD, I agree whole heartedly. While it's an elementary statenent, I hate Wal-Mart and refuse to step foot in that store.

Sam at April 24, 2007 2:02 PM

It's not Wal-Mart putting CC on the ropes...its Amazon and internet sales.

The REAL Blue at April 24, 2007 2:51 PM

this be called Red Dome you socialist

Anonymous at April 24, 2007 5:10 PM

Whhhaaaaaaa! Free enterprise allows the consumer to be the winner. Circuit City needed to evolve in an ever changing market. PD must be a social worker. I'm the conservative that appreciates knowing there is a great place for all of us low income families to still buy shoes for our kids and feed our families at a reasonable price. SAM sounds like a liberal elitist. Thank goodness I won't run into him at Walmart!

Anonymous at April 24, 2007 6:55 PM

I don't shop at Wal-Mart. I hate the crush and conquer greed driven mentality it's owners operate with. It isn't socialistic to dislike one clan controlling that much of our country's commerce. They have also helped the Chinese to export lots of their cheaply made products that end up in our landfills. Buy quality once - not junk several times. Craftsmanship - not crap! It pays off all of us in the long run.

anon at April 24, 2007 9:53 PM

I can't believe how many of you fucking morons are criticizing me for saying something negative about Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is everything I hate about America...cheap crap sold to poor people under flourescent lighting.

Pinkdome at April 24, 2007 10:16 PM

PD,
Winn-Dixie? Where's the love for Piggly Wiggly? I hope your employers aren't reading this.

anon at April 24, 2007 11:13 PM

Well, anon, we can't ALL work at Old Navy...

mcblogger at April 25, 2007 1:18 AM

McTool,
Congrats on your new gig at Old Navy, I guess you can now forget having to ask people if they want to: "supersize that".
Where have you been? Did your Commodore 64 finally give out? I thought maybe you had gotten some bad gerbils or something.

anon at April 25, 2007 11:23 AM

As much fun at it is to blame Wal-Mart for just about anything - it's our fault as consumers that Wally World continues to MONOPOLIZE every market they attack. Don't shop there, people! Our hard-earned money supports these bullies!

frying dragon at April 25, 2007 12:06 PM

"Wal-Mart is everything I hate about America...cheap crap sold to poor people under flourescent lighting."

See, now that's a good reason to not shop there.

snrub at April 25, 2007 12:23 PM

YEAAAH!!!
That's right people, don't shop there, boycott the hell out of them, I'm sure they will go tits up any day now!!

Sorry tools, most people and especially people that shop at Wal Mart can't afford to make a political statement by buying more expensive goods somewhere else. I thought you numb nuts on the left were all about helping the poor people?

BTW, I saw McTool working as a Wal Mart greeter the other day so blame him.


anon at April 25, 2007 12:29 PM

AMIGA, you douche. Get it right.

Seriously, work has been busy. So many lenders out of business, so many loans still to get closed:)

It's hard to not dance with glee over the graves of your competitors.

mcblogger at April 25, 2007 3:13 PM

Dude, only dweebs had C-64s. Real computer guys had Atari 800s.

The REAL Blue at April 25, 2007 10:31 PM

McTool,
Nice fantasy life, is this what you think about as you're greeting folks? "I want to be a dentist".

anon at April 27, 2007 11:34 AM

Actually, no... I'm thinking about going out to the let the air out of their tires. I'm fun like that.

Honestly, I don't think I could handle being a greeter. I'm not nearly old enough...

mcblogger at April 28, 2007 1:07 PM

McTool,
But I'm guessing your syphilis ravaged body makes you at least feel that old?
Certainly it makes you look that old.

anon at April 30, 2007 12:23 PM
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