07-26-2013, 09:51 AM
When the alternative is going to WalMart I pay the higher price.
Agreed.
- This year, [almost] everyone in the world will make an average of 1.1 purchases at a Walmart.
Fixed that for you.
I have not, nor will I purchase from WalMart. Their business practices have pretty much been covered by previous posts.
I don't begrudge those who do, particularly those who can't afford to shop at other stores. But I won't.
My feeling is the ratio of people who feel they're too good to shop at WalMart to those who find WalMart's business practices despicable, evil, and unacceptble is very small.
I grew up with a mom and pop grocery store just down the street from me. Even at a young age, I could walk to the store with a list of stuff from Mom.
Then a SuperMarket (Lucky's) moved in, several blocks away. I hated carrying a bag, then bags of groceries all that way, and we still couldn't buy brand name, nationally advertised products. But we did get more for our money. A lot more.
It was years before I understood why the little market went out of business, but I missed them all the same. We knew them and they knew all of us. But I got to eat three times a day, and we sometimes had seconds at dinner.
As I said, I will never shop at WalMart but I won't begrudge those who do, especially if they need to.
Agreed.
- This year, [almost] everyone in the world will make an average of 1.1 purchases at a Walmart.
Fixed that for you.
I have not, nor will I purchase from WalMart. Their business practices have pretty much been covered by previous posts.
I don't begrudge those who do, particularly those who can't afford to shop at other stores. But I won't.
My feeling is the ratio of people who feel they're too good to shop at WalMart to those who find WalMart's business practices despicable, evil, and unacceptble is very small.
I grew up with a mom and pop grocery store just down the street from me. Even at a young age, I could walk to the store with a list of stuff from Mom.
Then a SuperMarket (Lucky's) moved in, several blocks away. I hated carrying a bag, then bags of groceries all that way, and we still couldn't buy brand name, nationally advertised products. But we did get more for our money. A lot more.
It was years before I understood why the little market went out of business, but I missed them all the same. We knew them and they knew all of us. But I got to eat three times a day, and we sometimes had seconds at dinner.
As I said, I will never shop at WalMart but I won't begrudge those who do, especially if they need to.