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DrMoab said:I heard an interesting point of view on Wal-Mart the other day.
Basically it goes like this...Every Generation has to have some institution to pick on...This generation its Wal-Mart. Next Generation will most likely be Google. Last Generation it was Sears, Montgomery Ward, and so on.
It kills me that most people on this site (or at least it seems this way) are generally proud Americans who believe in this country and what it was founded on.
Wal-Mart is what they are BECAUSE of American values. If you don't like it then you don't believe in Capitalism and the American way....Sorry.
I shop at Wal-Mart. I buy the things that I can get anywhere else but they have cheaper. I don't buy their clothes. I don't buy electronics. I don't buy anything there that looks cheap...as in not made well.
But when I need a can of paint, sandpaper, or tools I do not shop at Wal-Mart. Nor do I shop at Home Depot usually. I go down to my local True Value store...The reason? Because I like walking in and knowing where I need to go to find what I want. Even though its not even a 1/4 the size of Home Depot I can find almost everything they sell and usually its close to the same price.
I just wonder how many of you who have posted on this thread about how much you hate Wal-Mart and what they stand for are only doing it to jump on the latest popular bandwagon...and then leave to go buy your Nylint wheeler from Wal-Mart.
I agree to some extent. Wal-Mart got big for doing one thing VERY well, finding what people need/want and having it in stock 99% of the time. If the mom & pop stores had done this in the first place there wouldn't have been any room for WM to get as large as they did, but they filled a huge void.
The good I see of it is that now the little stores have to keep stocked up on what sells in order to stay in business, very good for them and the customer- they just got away without doing it before. I think WM's power will fade, they cater to the cheap-shopper these days, and they get more bad press than a crooked rebublican which can't help. Do I shop there? Not often, I'm a lot more likely to shop at Target but I prefer to stay out of such stores altogether.