POLL: Typical Wal Mart experience?

[CPA]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: TWills
Oh, and zoo = Any major retail store the day after thanksgiving.

:disgust: They don't mean "zoo" as in "busy," they're implying that the people there belong in the zoo because they dress and behave like slobs, which is true.

thanks for lumping all of us together.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Cooler
One time people there gave me the worng change. When i said you owe me $3 the lady looked at me like i was crazy . The manger had to come and get me my missing 3 dollars some people cant count.

..and some people can't spell, either.

😛

Originally posted by: jkersenbr

Originally posted by: marvdmartian
Let's face it, there's those that have no problem shopping at Wally-world, and then there's some that wouldn't be caught dead there. I knew a fella once that would only shop at Macy's, mostly because he thought he looked better carrying a Macy's shopping bag through the mall, versus a JC Penney or Sears bag!! :laugh: And that's their right, if they're bound and determined to spend twice as much as they have to, to get what they want. I do get a kick out of someone that has a $200 watch for doing "dirty" activities, though. Even if you don't realize it, bud, you're an elitist. But that's your choice, and I'm proud to say that in America, you've got the freedom to make choices like that. 😀

In the meantime, I'll be wearing my Wrangler jeans, with my Hanes pocket-T, and telling the time on my $50 Timex watch, all the while glad that you and yours aren't clogging up the aisles in my local Super-Wallyworld. Oh yeah, and I did shower and shave before I went there, just in case I ran into you! 😉

QFT

:thumbsup:

 

[xrax]

Some Wal Mart's are good, some are bad. It really depends on the manager and area.
I buy mostly buy comsumables there (allergy medicine, shampoo, soap, deodorant, toothpaste and food).

 

[TallBill]

Walmart is decent. But I get food much cheaper and tax free at the Commisary 😛

I buy a decent amount of ammo at Walmart though. Never had any problems at the one I shop at.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I went to wal mart the other day and had a typical wal mart experience. Rude people who dont know how to drive or park in the parking lot (which is typically littered with dirty diapers and soda bottles). People crawling all over each other as they maneuver various tight aisles. Little kids taking toys out of packages and scattering them all over the place. Absolute weirdos who think they are on television or something acting out every single moment dramatically and loudly. And of course your assorted shirtless, shoeless lowlifes and other sorts of ne'er do wells.

But I did manage to find the keyboard I was looking for which unfortunately had to be returned, requiring yet another trip to the 'zoo'.

Whats your typical experience?

That sounds remarkably similar to my trips there. Add in a line that is 5000 people long (50% of these people have apparent soap aversions) behind the one cashier there. Although I haven't seen many shoeless and shirtless lately, a bit to cold. These days, they usually have on their soiled cheapo sweaters featuring disney characters that no grown person has any business wearing. (Why do they even make those in XXXL anyway?)

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
It's not the customers I have a problem with, it's the fvcking worthless employees. I went to a mardigras party this weekend so I needed plastic beads. I asked Jewelry where to go, they told me toys. I looked high and low in toys and they told me to go to arts/crafts. Arts/crafts told me to go back to toys and the manager I grabbed told me to go to stationary. One hour of my life wasted later, I still had no fvcking mardigras beads. :|

LOL...I don't even ask them. I just look for it myself. I know they aren't going to know where to find it.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Walmart is decent. But I get food much cheaper and tax free at the Commisary 😛

I buy a decent amount of ammo at Walmart though. Never had any problems at the one I shop at.

FHKDSFHDSKFHKASJFDHKSD??? They sell ammo at Walmart? Geezus they sell everything.

 

[daveymark]

I swear every time I go to wallyworld, there's something odd going on.

some examples:

lady changing her baby's diaper on an ironing board (of course, the soiled diaper was left on the shelf)

Guy trying on shoes with no socks on

Guy trying on pants without going into the dressing room(he was wearing boxers)

Guy opening toys in the toy aisle to "see if they work right"

Lady opening a can of pringles, eating a mouthful of chips, then closing the can and returning it to the shelf

Two kids under 4 years old by themselves playing on a treadmill

Guy smoking a cigarette in the sporting goods section

I seriously can go on and on. I'm going to take a picture the next time I'm in there.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

I can't stand wallyworld. I avoid the ones here in AK like the plague. The few times I ever set foot in one were awful. It seemed like the lowest-class people in the state congregate there. Single mothers yelling at their nine kids across the store; people reeking of vomit; people who generally look like losers...

I for one, probably not unlike JLGatsby, prefer to shop in a comfortable environment and pay more for it, than shop at a discount mecca for the lowlifes and bottomfeeders. I didn't climb out of the sewer to still swim in its filth. Alaska doesn't have any of the ritzy stores like the lower 48, but it's still quite easy to do better than walmart.

 

[40Hands]

I have never enjoyed shopping at Wall-Mart. I have not been back in a few years and I do not plan to. Call me elitist if you want but I would rather pay a few bucks more for a higher quality product and a better experience.

 

[EGGO]

I'll just leave it as I don't go there. Store workers don't help (be it offer or give any help), a lot of the stuff they sell are things I wouldn't buy anyway. You get what you pay for. It also seems to attract the unlikable people around my area (and we live near Moorestown, which is supposedly the best place to live: http://money.cnn.com/best/bplive/snapshots/45245.html).

For those who had a good experience, all the more power to ya, you found a place, I just found a place I'll pretend doesn't exist.

 

[Indolent]

Originally posted by: daveymark
I swear every time I go to wallyworld, there's something odd going on.

some examples:

lady changing her baby's diaper on an ironing board (of course, the soiled diaper was left on the shelf)

Guy trying on shoes with no socks on

Guy trying on pants without going into the dressing room(he was wearing boxers)

Guy opening toys in the toy aisle to "see if they work right"

Lady opening a can of pringles, eating a mouthful of chips, then closing the can and returning it to the shelf

Two kids under 4 years old by themselves playing on a treadmill

Guy smoking a cigarette in the sporting goods section

I seriously can go on and on. I'm going to take a picture the next time I'm in there.

I'm pretty sure the peole doing this would do this anywhere. Walmart is helping you by rounding them all up into one store so you don't have to run into them anywhere else.

That said, some of you peole seem to live in an area with really stupid people. I've had very few, if any, problems like some of the ones you guys are describing.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Indolent

I'm pretty sure the peole doing this would do this anywhere. Walmart is helping you by rounding them all up into one store so you don't have to run into them anywhere else.

That said, some of you peole seem to live in an area with really stupid people. I've had very few, if any, problems like some of the ones you guys are describing.

Agreed. It all depends on the location of the Wal-Mart. I live downtown, and it is an equidistant trip for me to two different wal-marts, one is in a lower class neighborhood and the other in a middle class neighborhood. The one in the lower class neighborhood is a mess, with all sorts of weirdos pulling the shenanigains people are talking about here. The other one is usually pretty clean, and the people, while not the cream of society, aren't the type that would make my shopping experience unlpleasant. Of course, during daytime hours, both stores have long lines, but the nicer one really isn't bad. Needless to say, you can guess which one I visit more often.

 

[JDrake]

You can see lots of different kinds of people at WalMart, learn some good lessons..

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Walmart is the only store in my area that has the items that I want for sale. All department stores in my area have closed down, as well as all but a few grocery stores. The grocery stores that are open have about 10% higher prices (on average) than walmart and do not have the selection. So, I shop at WalMart, its not that bad.

Sounds like Wal-mart is having their desired effect. When those last grocery stores close down, watch Wal-mart raise their prices 10-15%. 🙂

 

[So]

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Walmart is the only store in my area that has the items that I want for sale. All department stores in my area have closed down, as well as all but a few grocery stores. The grocery stores that are open have about 10% higher prices (on average) than walmart and do not have the selection. So, I shop at WalMart, its not that bad.

Sounds like Wal-mart is having their desired effect. When those last grocery stores close down, watch Wal-mart raise their prices 10-15%. 🙂

That's a rather big assumption, and it's not like they could anyway. The barrier to entry for a grocery store is relatively low (it's not like starting an airline 😛). If they raised prices back up, new grocery stores would multiply like mushrooms.

Edit: The same goes for any retail outlet really, the barriers to entry in say, the colthing market, are even lower.

So, unless wal-mart starts illegally leveraging their monopsony powers (look it up), we really needn't worry about that.

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Walmart is the only store in my area that has the items that I want for sale. All department stores in my area have closed down, as well as all but a few grocery stores. The grocery stores that are open have about 10% higher prices (on average) than walmart and do not have the selection. So, I shop at WalMart, its not that bad.

Sounds like Wal-mart is having their desired effect. When those last grocery stores close down, watch Wal-mart raise their prices 10-15%. 🙂

That's a rather big assumption, and it's not like they could anyway. The barrier to entry for a grocery store is relatively low (it's not like starting an airline 😛). If they raised prices back up, new grocery stores would multiply like mushrooms.

Then Wallyworld would just lower their prices again. The barrier to opening a grocery store is actually fairly large. There's a lot of inventory to buy, lots of people to hire, a massive store to rent. It would be a major undertaking...

 

[So]

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Walmart is the only store in my area that has the items that I want for sale. All department stores in my area have closed down, as well as all but a few grocery stores. The grocery stores that are open have about 10% higher prices (on average) than walmart and do not have the selection. So, I shop at WalMart, its not that bad.

Sounds like Wal-mart is having their desired effect. When those last grocery stores close down, watch Wal-mart raise their prices 10-15%. 🙂

That's a rather big assumption, and it's not like they could anyway. The barrier to entry for a grocery store is relatively low (it's not like starting an airline 😛). If they raised prices back up, new grocery stores would multiply like mushrooms.

Then Wallyworld would just lower their prices again. The barrier to opening a grocery store is actually fairly large. There's a lot of inventory to buy, lots of people to hire, a massive store to rent. It would be a major undertaking...

Not really -- I mean, yeah, you need to purchase goods, but those are barriers for nearly any business. It is certainly a low enough barrier that wal-mart would have to keep prices low or face competetion.

 

[Shadowknight]

My Wal-Mart is in a middle class area, the only real problems with it are:
1. slightly dirty
2. Long lines
3. Large number of customers
4. Some substandard, cheap, no-name brand items
5. Those stupid in vogue turn-stiles where you have to do your own bagging and there is zero room, vs. the old style bagging areas. To be fair, they've done the same thing in the Bloom grocery store around here.
Workers are okay, polite, usually know where to find what I'm looking for.

I go to Target instead because
1. Cleaner
2. Higher quality no-name items than some Wal-mart brands
3. Better selection of food
4. Better and bigger variety of items in the electronics section
5. Less foot trafic, so I'm not trying to dodge other people constantly like at Wal-mart
6. They have the old style bagging area, unlike the type Wal-mart uses
7. Better looking women work there than Wal-mart 🙂
8. Better organized, less mess in some departments (toys, hardware...)

 

[Pepsi90919]

only in America.

 

[Ornery]

The patrons at your Walmart are a reflection of your neighbors and neighborhood, NOT Walmart. Whatsamatta? Don't like looking in a mirror?

 

[gsellis]

Your experience depends on your WalMart. We have 4 Supers to choose from in 10 miles. One is right out. Rude folks, bad behavior, etc. Our closest is nice. The occasional clueless, unaware of their surroundings shopper (which would be in Publix or Kroger any other day), but good. WalMart tends to be conservative on new products, so we tend to buy most of the bulk stuff at Sam's, a majority at WalMart, and more speciality stuff at both Kroger and Publix. Hey, with the little free time we get, WalMart is about the only 'date' my wife and I get 😉

If you are looking for the nicest people, that tends to be Publix. Genardi's (spelling for sure) is similar the few times I have been in them in Philly.

 

[LtPage1]

I've never set foot in one, and plan to never do so.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Ornery
The patrons at your Walmart are a reflection of your neighbors and neighborhood, NOT Walmart. Whatsamatta? Don't like looking in a mirror?

I wouldn't mind so much, but this particular mirror seems reflect and amplify body odor.

 

[Ornery]

1. Nice neigborhood you live in, sport.