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Re: [ST] Wally World Batteries (devolved into a rant, read only if you have a minute to waste)



I forgot about Home Depot and Menards coming and nobody bitching about 
them either.......

George

Young, Mike wrote:
> You're absolutely right George.
> I buy 99% of my groceries from the local co-op, Beer from the brewery,
> bike stuff from the independents when I can, etc. I do belong to the REI
> co-op, but my member number is 00034XXX. I try to be an equal
> opportunity avoider.
> Oh yea, Ballard Hardware is where I get most of my DIY supplies.
>
> Mike 
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George K
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:53 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ST] Wally World Batteries (devolved into a rant, read only
> if you have a minute to waste)
>
> You know it's funny how everybody blames Walmart for putting all the 
> little guys out of business.  That started in our town when the big 
> shopping malls including a KMart opened up long before Walmart came to 
> town.  One is about 10 miles north and the other is about 7 miles 
> southeast.  Nobody complained about them even when they got big tax 
> breaks from the neighboring towns to go there.  The local grocery store 
> and pharmacy closed because of the big supermarket chains with built in 
> pharmacies that moved into the area but nobody complained about those 
> either.  Walgreens and CVS quickly followed but again nobody complained 
> about them.  Also nobody complained about Target or Kohls when they came
>
> to neighboring towns.  It appears to be the same no matter what business
>
> a company is in.  The largest one always seems to get all the law suits 
> and blame for everything.  Remember the BS about Big Macs being made 
> with worms?  You never heard anything like that about Wendy's or BK.
>
> George
>
>
> Matt Knowles wrote:
>   
>> On May 9, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Young, Mike wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> I'm happy to say that I have only purchased one item from Wally World
>>> ever: a boat cover for my dad's little fishing boat.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Haven't even stepped inside one myself.
>>
>> Why bother touring when every town looks the same?
>>
>> My tour with Blake last summer was disappointing on several levels,
>>     
> but 
>   
>> it was really sad hitting town after town that had their Main Street 
>> businesses wiped out by Walmarts. Really hit hard when in one town in 
>> Utah with the temperature in the high 90s we couldn't even find a
>>     
> place 
>   
>> to buy ice cream.
>>
>> Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA
>> Where the only chain sign in town is the Rexall Drug Store
>>
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