walmart...

[ChrisJ]

well lets see----parking out in Egypt doesnt keep cars from parking out there too. It also makes dents/dings from runaway carts a much bigger problem. ---- It does HOWEVER help keep us "fat/lazy Americans" a bit more slim & trim. (because all these steroids and other additives that the farmers are adding to our food supply has nothing to do with bad health).

Walmart is no good-but Sams club is???? WTF!!!!! Do you not understand that they are the same company? ---- Im glad that you all do like Sams over COSTCO.
SAMS=an American owned company that gets everything from China
COSTCO=a Chinese owned company that gets everything from China
Chinas
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As far as NEVER going in a Walmart. Well All I can say is.... Thats fine and good until you become real adults, then real parents who has real Children, a real house (payment or rent), real utilities (elect/gas/phones/ETC) to pay, real car payments (usually 2) and a real job (that pays not so real pay)
Whether you agree with all of Wallyworlds politics or not, SOMETIMES it is the only place you can afford to buy some essentials.

Now I do still prefer to buy most electronics at Best Buy, and we dont buy too many groceries at Walmart either. Our Rx stuff is mail order (not that I really like them by the 90 day plan, but our insurance forces that).

So in a nutshell. I do agree that Walmart may not be your best neighbor, but they are cheaper on lots of things. And that is WALMART! Other places COULD sell their stuff as cheap as Walmart does, they choose not to. (Yes I know Walmart buys in big quantities so they likely get a price break, but other retailers have the same right to negotiate prices from suppliers. If they dont, then it is their fault, NOT Walmarts fault.

I really do agree with the NO WALMART (when I can) but really just to keep the other guys in business. I do like a selection of places to shop.

Im really just trying to explain that the low prices is because they fight the supplier for that low price. The other guys SHOULD also. They do have the right.
Of course - we the consumer - also have the right to negotiate the price we pay at the register. We just never do.

Are you retarded or something? The statement I bolded is only something a retarded person would say. We have a house, a family and two car payments and crappy normal jobs, are "real adults" and I DO NOT GO INTO WALMART. If I absolutely had to just to put food on the table I would but I'd rather do without other things than go in there.

Also, COSTCO is not owned by China. This is another statement I'm not impressed with. Costco is by far one of the better stores out there.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/costco.asp


Next,
You're right, all of the small mom and pop stores and local grocery stores don't fight for lower prices. It has nothing to do with quantity.

My feelings towards Walmart vs Sams is about how the stores run their business, treat employees as well as the kind of people I typically see there. For some reason you seem to think stores are manufactures because if they weren't then the place the goods comes from is irrelevant. Sam's cannot control were Sony and other companies manufacture products. That is an entirely different discussion.

FYI "real adults" think before they speak.

OP : sorry for sidetracking the thread. Please accept my apologies as you don't need this on top of the PITA you're dealing with.

 

[Gsrdude]

This thread is way funny.

I have always bought oil and filters at Walmart as it is down the road.

Plus it is the only place that sells Rotella T6 local for the misses Forester XT. The companies most of you all work for are likely just as big of crooks/scum as Walmart is

I don't have the time in my life to go out of my way, nor do I give a **** about giving Walmart my money, sounds like the hatred I have for the AMSOIL company.

 

[sonic24740]

I just love when a thread goes sideways... LOL people...

 

[talldude67]

wal mart parking

I'm 3 blocks from the store...have a handicap mirror card and I go real early in the a.m. hopefully before the elderly get up to shop, there are always end parking spaces. And the parking spaces are big N wide. Sorry to hear about your "crunch".....

 

[Breezybro]

My feelings towards Walmart vs Sams is about how the stores run their business, treat employees as well as the kind of people I typically see there. For some reason you seem to think stores are manufactures because if they weren't then the place the goods comes from is irrelevant. Sam's cannot control where Sony and other companies manufacture products. That is an entirely different discussion.

I just have to point out quick that while my Aunt hates Walmart with a passion, she shops a lot at Sams. The difference is they are each run by a different Walton son. One gives no ****s, the other actually cares. I would be proud to work at a Sams!

As for parking, one space away from all vehicles + curbs and parking towards the sides always works out great for me.

 

[trollbait]

With Sams you are paying a membership to buy stuff at the same price as Walmart. Perhaps even more because you can buy less of an item at Walmart.

 

[pounamu]

I'm with Chris. I love Costco, and never shop at Walmart simply because unlike at Walmart, Costco employees get a living wage and are treated as human beings. This is reflected in customer service and in the way shoppers are treated. I'd rather my money went to a decent place like this than to the Waltons, who have more money than the bottom 30% of Americans, and still ask for donations to help feed their workers, and expect the rest of us to pay for their employees' health expenses. Talk about corporate welfare.

Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. Truth is, if you live in a place removed from decent shopping options, you just shop where you can. It is what it is. But those of us who have choices, we can make a difference.

 

[ChrisJ]

I'm with Chris. I love Costco, and never shop at Walmart simply because unlike at Walmart, Costco employees get a living wage and are treated as human beings. This is reflected in customer service and in the way shoppers are treated. I'd rather my money went to a decent place like this than to the Waltons, who have more money than the bottom 30% of Americans, and still ask for donations to help feed their workers, and expect the rest of us to pay for their employees' health expenses. Talk about corporate welfare.

Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. Truth is, if you live in a place removed from decent shopping options, you just shop where you can. It is what it is. But those of us who have choices, we can make a difference.

Costco is definitely one of the best.

 

[old guy]

I assume this was reported to the police. Did you ask Walmart, or did the police ask to view the security footage. Walmart is security camera crazy! Get a plate number and the bad guy is in deep trouble with Johnny Law!

 

[angus]

 

[ChrisJ]

I see you contribute an awful lot to the forum with your 42 posts.

 

[trollbait]

Costco is definitely one of the best.

I prefer them.
The receipt checker on exit that all these membership places have is irritating to mildly insulting though.

 

[Hemplacrosse4]

I have had this same exact scenario happen to me, except mine was 3500 worth of damage and then when I sold the car my resale value was 3000 less of KBB because it showed up on a Carfax. So what I suggest and what I'm going to be doing myself is getting a Viper security system to alarm your keys when the vehicle gets bumped into.

 

[ChrisJ]

I have had this same exact scenario happen to me, except mine was 3500 worth of damage and then when I sold the car my resale value was 3000 less of KBB because it showed up on a Carfax. So what I suggest and what I'm going to be doing myself is getting a Viper security system to alarm your keys when the vehicle gets bumped into.

We had a neighbor that had a Viper system a few years back.

Oh, we loved waking up to 'protected by viper, stand back" every time it rained. As far as I'm concerned Viper = garbage.

 

[Hemplacrosse4]

My brothers truck doesn't have that problem. They must either have the low end model Viper security system or user error when installing it. Regardless the moral of the story is there are ways to help prevent hit and runs.

 

[ChrisJ]

My brothers truck doesn't have that problem. They must either have the low end model Viper security system or user error when installing it. Regardless the moral of the story is there are ways to help prevent hit and runs.

It might, other than security systems are so common everyone ignores them.

 

[ahtoxa]

We had a neighbor that had a Viper system a few years back.

Oh, we loved waking up to 'protected by viper, stand back" every time it rained. As far as I'm concerned Viper = garbage.

LOL

 

[ChrisJ]

LOL

Oh, there is a MUCH funnier story involving "protected by viper, stand back" and someone having to pee. But I can't post it here.

 

[angus]

I see you contribute an awful lot to the forum with your 42 posts.

That's because I spend More time driving my Sonic , The posting about about it!

 

[ChrisJ]

That's because I spend More time driving my Sonic , The posting about about it!

I bought my 2nd Sonic in October 2012 and I'm currently at 31,000 miles. Almost 2000 miles a month.

I don't drive my Sonic enough?