So they have a death on their consciences. Good cause, too, defending Chinese stuff that cost 5% of the sale price to produce.

Wasn't there a Walmart employee that was killed in a stampede a few years back?

Seems like a dangerous place to be during the holidays.

Walmart is the parasite in this example. Spawned by a society of parasites, tax avoiding globalists.

Make the globalists pay like the rest of us. Outlaw transfer pricing, link all tax breaks to domestic capital investment.

F**k the FED and all of their spawn. Remind me again, what were the issues in the recent elections and who defined them?

I paid right at $70 for a pitch fork and a rake today at the local True Valve. Both have the TV brand stamp on them and both were made in China. I remember back in the day you could get em for less than $10/each.

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YEP.

Easier to let the U. S. taxpayer pickup the tab. More dinero for the stockholders.

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Guy was a thief. Beginning, middle & end of story. No sympathy from this quarter. Unwarranted force? Perhaps, but lets hear the "rest of the story" before we hang the employees.

Same thing coulda happened where I was yesterday...Macy's in Phila. A security guard I talked to said shoplifting was a HUGE problem. Place had more employees watching every move you made than you could shake a stick at. Market Street in Philly is different moonscape than a parling lot in DeKalb Cty GA. You make it out the door there, you get lost in the city crowd quickly.

For the interested, some scenes you never see at WalMart.

Opera Company of Philadelphia "Hallelujah!" Random Act of Culture - YouTube


Peter Conte played Virgil Fox's interpretation of Silent Night after the 2 pm light show on the largest pipe organ in the world. Outstanding to be there and hear it live.

Silent Night-Wanamaker Organ - YouTube

Interesting. In the last Wallmart thread from a week or two ago I said that they prey upon the poor and got trampled by someone for saying that. I wonder if that would happen in this thread?

The place is just another place to shop for most people. I rarely go there and shop at Mark's Work Warehouse for most of my clothes. At least the stuff they sell is quality made and it fits me. At 6'3'' and 260 lbs, most of the PRC stuff doesn't quite merasure up. ( pun intended )

If you're low income you go where the prices are low. Walmart provides that. Raising prices will put a greater burden on low income workers. Great plan.

I detect a strong smell of elitism in this thread -- looking down your middle class noses at people who can ill afford to shop at Macy's.

We don't have a Macy's for at least one hours drive away. I try to do all my grocery shopping at WalMart although it is a 20 minute drive from my hometime.

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Just raise the wages as much as the prices...

that's funny.

I do 90% of my shopping online. Do not miss visiting retail stores of any kind....
except those sweet high end stereo shops which don't really exist anymore....

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THIS.

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Tax the **** out of the poor.

NO free rides for hot plates..

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1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Because Macy's has a lot of the same stuff!

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Although both Walmart and Macy's are retail stores, I don't think Macy's has half the impact that Walmart has on small businesses, so IMO, this is not a legitimate comparison. Last I checked, Macy's was not into the grocery business either.

To Walmart's credit (from a shareholder's perspective), they have managed to infiltrate all segments of the consumer market, including those niches typically enjoyed by the smaller retailer. One might argue these retailers failed because of their inability to adapt and remain competitive, and not because of Walmart's monopolistic control of the retail segment.

However, from my observations, I don't believe these small retailers stood a chance against Walmart. I believe Walmart is a monopoly and intentionally enters new markets with dirt cheap products to put out the competition. They control every aspect of the retail business model, from the supply chain through to delivery channels, and they continue to expand into new sub-sectors of the consumer goods market. How they treat their employees is no coincidence either. Walmart is to poor folk what crack is to a junkie, and the employees are like street level dealers, easily replaced. The American people are the losers here.

Good thing you didn't have to buy any nuts & bolts. Have you noticed how OUTRAGEOUS such prices have gotten?

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