"monkeyboy" > wrote
> Of course Walmart has put some places out of business, but it's hard to
> ignore their sheer convenience.

No, they have not. Show me one instance. Retailers go out of business
because their former customer decide other stores suit them better.
Suppliers to some big stores (or other big manufacturers) go out of business
because they willingly sell product for less than it costs to make.

My company had an opportunity to sell to Wal Mart. They offered to buy 15
truckloads on an item and they would pay 85¢ a piece. We normally sell it
for about $1.20. We declined.

A few years back, Frigidaire was a bug customer of ours. They wanted us to
reduce the price by 25%, go from 90 days to 150 days for payment, and give
them a 5% rebate on the previous year purchases. We said, "no thanks, where
do you want us to ship the tools?" Another company stepped up and took the
business from us at the reduced price. They later filed chapter 11. I've
seen this happen often over the past 40+ years. Different companies,
different names, same sad result.


> Does anyone still complain that we
> don't do most of our manufacturing in our own countries anymore? Of
> course not.


No, because deep down, they want to save a few pennies even if it puts you
out of work.