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Ohh ...NO Walmart is teh evil (Californians sueing to keep their supercenters out)

What that measure says is that ANY retailer who wishes to BUILD in UNINCORPORATED areas must build a store that doesn't kill a few hundred acres. We value our open space in CA. We have the right to restrict commercial developement if we choose to do so, as a community.
Wal-Mart already has stores in Contra-Costa County, they are just restricted to the City Limits.
Wal mart wants to build wherever they want and they have a BAD HABIT of building a store working it for a few years and then pulling out, leaving a big old parking lot, instead of the natural habitat that once existed.
Cheaper prices is not always the best value, BTW. With apologies to Rossman, and my fellow Ferengi.....
 
boxes store like walmart are inevitable..

they will start building outside the cities, and guess what? people will drive there and shop there..

supermarket chains like albertson will be extinct in the future..
 
WalMart has a business model that many people and communities find objectionable because it is monopolistic. Essentially, WalMart moves into an area, building several stores almost on top of each other, and discounts the prices at the new stores until they have taken out all the local competition. Then they close any excess stores and raise the prices back up. The end result is a local community stuck with empty vacant lot WalMart stores and a devastated small business environment.
 
WalMart should allow low income families to live in their stores. maybe then, people would let them build around their cities.
 
Walmart is the American way
you can't stop them because they will continue to exploit other countries and buy their low priced goods and we will keep sucking up the savings.
 
Originally posted by: AlienCraft
What that measure says is that ANY retailer who wishes to BUILD in UNINCORPORATED areas must build a store that doesn't kill a few hundred acres. We value our open space in CA. We have the right to restrict commercial developement if we choose to do so, as a community.
Wal-Mart already has stores in Contra-Costa County, they are just restricted to the City Limits.
Wal mart wants to build wherever they want and they have a BAD HABIT of building a store working it for a few years and then pulling out, leaving a big old parking lot, instead of the natural habitat that once existed.
Cheaper prices is not always the best value, BTW. With apologies to Rossman, and my fellow Ferengi.....
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Yep, they do that around here too. Also I have a bit of information about Dalton, GA's new walmart. It is to be the new "English" speaking walmart. While the old walmart is to be delegated to the "Spanish" speaking people. And NO im not kidding either. Segregation anyone?
 
Originally posted by: Vic
WalMart has a business model that many people and communities find objectionable because it is monopolistic. Essentially, WalMart moves into an area, building several stores almost on top of each other, and discounts the prices at the new stores until they have taken out all the local competition. Then they close any excess stores and raise the prices back up. The end result is a local community stuck with empty vacant lot WalMart stores and a devastated small business environment.
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Do they ACTUALLY raise the prices back up though? I've no doubt that they could, and huge walmart stores is not really great for everybody I think, because it gets to the point where competing with them is difficult. Capitalism thrives not on total freedom, but on competitiveness (from the consumer's standpoint anyway), and walmart is a tough nut to crack when it moves into town.

 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Do they ACTUALLY raise the prices back up though? I've no doubt that they could, and huge walmart stores is not really great for everybody I think, because it gets to the point where competing with them is difficult. Capitalism thrives not on total freedom, but on competitiveness (from the consumer's standpoint anyway), and walmart is a tough nut to crack when it moves into town.
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Yep, they do. I witnessed it first hand when Walmart built a couple of stores a few years apart in Vancouver, WA. (fyi: Walmart is totally new in my area, I never saw one until ~1995).

 
Originally posted by: Vic
WalMart has a business model that many people and communities find objectionable because it is monopolistic. Essentially, WalMart moves into an area, building several stores almost on top of each other, and discounts the prices at the new stores until they have taken out all the local competition. Then they close any excess stores and raise the prices back up. The end result is a local community stuck with empty vacant lot WalMart stores and a devastated small business environment.
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Sorry but that is wrong. Yes they move into areas and build stores but they do not close "excess" stores, only old ones. They do not raise the prices up like that either. Yes, I work for the company.

 
They should turn the whole state of California into one giant Wal-Mart, and the residents could be the employees. Those few that are qualified to hold such a demanding job (for them), anyway. 😉
 
Originally posted by: amdskip
Originally posted by: Vic
WalMart has a business model that many people and communities find objectionable because it is monopolistic. Essentially, WalMart moves into an area, building several stores almost on top of each other, and discounts the prices at the new stores until they have taken out all the local competition. Then they close any excess stores and raise the prices back up. The end result is a local community stuck with empty vacant lot WalMart stores and a devastated small business environment.
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Sorry but that is wrong. Yes they move into areas and build stores but they do not close "excess" stores, only old ones. They do not raise the prices up like that either. Yes, I work for the company.
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Sorry but I use to work at walmart and they do raise prices when others go out of business. There was a Kmart across the street. When it closed several of the garden shop and sportings good items went up. The other walmart in town has their paint and items like cheaper as they are closer to a Lowes. Even the employees noticed this and we joked about it.
Wal-Mart got into trouble when they would sell drugs cheaper then they cost then put the local places out of business then the prices came back up. Wal-Mart settled with the goverment on that.

So yes they do that, even the federal goverment knows about it.

 
Wal-Mart is evil. Ever since a Wal-Mart Supercenter opened up in my area, local businesses have suffered greatly, especially the downtown area.
 
Originally posted by: Vic
WalMart has a business model that many people and communities find objectionable because it is monopolistic. Essentially, WalMart moves into an area, building several stores almost on top of each other, and discounts the prices at the new stores until they have taken out all the local competition. Then they close any excess stores and raise the prices back up. The end result is a local community stuck with empty vacant lot WalMart stores and a devastated small business environment.
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THe gov't is paying for my education because of walmart. I have around 15k in loans to payoff because of walmart. My dad had to layoff 4/5th of his workforce because of walmart. My parents who were thinking of a early retirement couldn't retire (they're now in their late 40's..they were thinking about retiring around early 50's or so) because of walmart. My parents have to suffer through hard work again that they went through in their 20's because of walmart. My parents are not young anymore and are working harder just to get by because of walmart. my family's beautiful home is not ours anymore because of walmart. seeing my parents work so hard compared to others in the same age is painful.

i hate walmart. walmart is the reason why our economy is going down. screw china and india.

i say coerce a war w/ NK, get china involved so our economy can be upped... I don't mind paying 100 bucks for a dvd player instead of 30 if it means it will help a lot of my fellow americans.

have bush stay in power so we can make weapons and make war and boost our economy...if defense companies are hiring, i'm happy because i'm an engineer and i'm actively looking for any entry lvl job/intern/experience w/ a company, and if defense companies are hiring engineers, it's a good thing.



walmart is bad for everything and everyone. Their 3rd rate made-in-china POS is screwing us up. go to hell walmart


 
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Originally posted by: Vic
WalMart has a business model that many people and communities find objectionable because it is monopolistic. Essentially, WalMart moves into an area, building several stores almost on top of each other, and discounts the prices at the new stores until they have taken out all the local competition. Then they close any excess stores and raise the prices back up. The end result is a local community stuck with empty vacant lot WalMart stores and a devastated small business environment.
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THe gov't is paying for my education because of walmart. I have around 15k in loans to payoff because of walmart. My dad had to layoff 4/5th of his workforce because of walmart. My parents who were thinking of a early retirement couldn't retire (they're now in their late 40's..they were thinking about retiring around early 50's or so) because of walmart. My parents have to suffer through hard work again that they went through in their 20's because of walmart. My parents are not young anymore and are working harder just to get by because of walmart. my family's beautiful home is not ours anymore because of walmart. seeing my parents work so hard compared to others in the same age is painful.

i hate walmart. walmart is the reason why our economy is going down. screw china and india.

i saw coerce a war w/ NK, get china involved so our economy can be upped... I don't mind paying 100 bucks for a dvd player instead of 30 if it means it will help a lot of my fellow americans.


walmart is bad for everything and everyone. Their 3rd rate made-in-china POS is screwing us up. go to hell walmart
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This diatribe is the antithesis of the theory of economics.
 
Originally posted by: amdskip
Originally posted by: Vic
WalMart has a business model that many people and communities find objectionable because it is monopolistic. Essentially, WalMart moves into an area, building several stores almost on top of each other, and discounts the prices at the new stores until they have taken out all the local competition. Then they close any excess stores and raise the prices back up. The end result is a local community stuck with empty vacant lot WalMart stores and a devastated small business environment.
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Sorry but that is wrong. Yes they move into areas and build stores but they do not close "excess" stores, only old ones. They do not raise the prices up like that either. Yes, I work for the company.
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Sorry, but not only have I witnessed this firsthand, but what I described is a documented and well-known business practice of Walmart. They've even settled lawsuits and paid government fines for it. Simple denials don't make it go away.
I find it confusing that you would defend Walmart as your employer, when it is also a documented fact that their pay/compensation packages are the lowest in their industry, and that they have a > 50% employee turnover rate. One of my favorite things about Walmart is how they call 28 hours per week "full-time", and brag how more than 50% are their employees are "full-time", when they know full well that the government considers 30+ hours per week as full-time. Why do you defend an employer who pays you less than everyone else would and who doesn't provide you with adequate hours and benefits?
Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
What tardjobs. Where else would you shop?
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Uhh... lots of places. Walmart is not that great. Due to the sizes of their stores (and their parking lots), shopping there is anything but convenient. While their prices tend to be low, so does the quality of their merchandise. And their customer service is abyssmal...
 
I just hate Wal-Mart so much. I refuse to shop at one. Will the money I do not spend there affect their bottom line? Hel no, however I think I have a moral and ethical obligation to spend my money elsewhere.

Long live Cotso!
 
Originally posted by: Babbles
I just hate Wal-Mart so much. I refuse to shop at one. Will the money I do not spend there affect their bottom line? Hel no, however I think I have a moral and ethical obligation to spend my money elsewhere.

Long live Cotso!
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Is Cotso anything like Target?

:evil:
 
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