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Re: [ST] Wally World Batteries (devolved into a rant, read only if you have a minute to waste)
- Subject: Re: [ST] Wally World Batteries (devolved into a rant, read only if you have a minute to waste)
- From: Al Garvin <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 16:36:11 -0700
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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