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On 9 Sep 2006 13:05:36 -0700, "Sheldon" > wrote:

>
>The Bubbo wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>> >
>> > Blair Pinhead. Houghton wrote:
>> >> Jim Davis wrote:
>> >> >No matter what anyone has written, and no matter what their political
>> >> >views, IMHO Walmart, weighing all the goods vs all the bads, has been
>> >> >good for America.
>> >>
>> >> Well, you can't do the math.
>> >>
>> >> Crappier and crappier products being offered
>> >
>> > Bullshit... you mean the model 100A Sony TV at Walmart is different
>> > from the model 100A Sony TV at say Macy's? Walmart sells the same
>> > brand names as all the other stores... I'm sure the Gilette blades and
>> > Colgate toothpaste I buy from Walmart are identical to those sold at
>> > the chain stupidmarkets and all other stores, but why should I pay 20%
>> > more?!?!? The same is true of most everything else Walmart sells, all
>> > national brand name suff, the exact same quality as sold everywhere
>> > else, but Walmart sells for less, sometimes only a few pennies less but
>> > less nevertheless. Sure Walmart sells crappola products too, but so
>> > does every other retailer... um, don't buy those and quit yer
>> > bitchin'... so why does your LOW IQ dumb ass buy those $6 Pakistani tee
>> > shirts and then bitch how they suck... wouldn't matter what store you
>> > bought those schmatahs from and they're sold all over, you moron! Even
>> > shops like Bergdoff Goodman and Nieman Marcus sell crap products, and
>> > at very expensive prices.... wake up, dumb cluck. Hey, you can buy a
>> > garbage PC desk at Walmart, exactly the same particle board garbage as
>> > they sell at Staples, Awfuss Max, etal.... but Walsmart sells that
>> > garbage for less. If garbage is what you're after, why not... but if
>> > you want to pay more for it by shopping other than Walmart than not
>> > only are you dumb, you're also retarded.
>> >
>> > Sheldon
>> >

>>
>> Walmart consistently has their manufacturers make similar, but cheaper models
>> of well known products. They play on peoples need for cheap price (like you)
>> and their blind faith in retail. Sure, Walmart sells a Sony tv and sure, the
>> picture on the box certainly looks the same and maybe you don't notice that
>> its a model 100Ai instead of just the model 100A.

>
>Puh-lezzze... the name brand products are all exactly the same... if
>you think Colgate stuffs inferior toothpaste into a tube or Sony goes
>out of it's way to screw folks by sneaking in slightly inferior
>products special for Walmart then you are severely delusional.... I
>already know you're ignorant, pulezze lets not demonstrate your
>retardedness.
>
>And I don't buy everything at Walmart, same as I don't buy everything
>at any one store... I'm not going to Walmart for shoes, I don't wear
>plastic shoes. But if I needed some small kitchen appliance you can
>bet your bippy Walmart is one of the first stores I will check
>
>> Plus, I don't know what your Walmarts are like but the ones here are filthy,
>> messy, poorly staffed and if you actually can find someone to ask for help
>> they are underinformed and surly.

>
>The Walmarts where I live in NY's Capitol District are super clean
>(even the rest rooms), the staff is pleasant and helpful... you must
>live in the South.
>

The WalMarts in the South are very nice with polite and helpful staff.
If you ask one of the clerks where to find something, they actually
take to where it is.

I do my shopping elsewhere when I can, but in a very small town there
is not much choice. Forty miles to the next large town is not
something we do every day. Once or twice a month maybe.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974