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



I had a professor tell me once that "price" is only important in the 
absence of "value"
Al

George K wrote:
> 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-----
>> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [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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