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

["Young, Mike" <myoung@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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. 
That's the only time I've ever been in one, and I won't go back. I also
don't buy coffee at Starbucks. (Note the geographical reference in my
salutation.) I won't contribute to big fish getting bigger. Diversity is
the consumer's only hope. 
I am also willing to drive an extra mile or two to buy fuel. I
absolutely will not buy gas at any station just because getting to the
one across the street is harder to do. I've never seen convincing data
that one brand of gas burns better than another. My personal experience
runs counter to the "collective wisdom" or what ever you call it. My
vehicles tend to run better on the cheap stuff, but I have no
quantitative data either way. In my "home area" I travel within a radius
of about 20 miles from home. I see variations of up to $.35 per gallon
in the price of 92ron fuel at different stations of the SAME BRAND!
Throw in different brands, and the variation is upwards of $.60! One
thing I am absolutely convinced of is this: if nobody buys gas at the
expensive station, that owner WILL lower his prices. He has to. The
problem is getting people to stop buying there........ 

OOOO... See what you've done? Got me started on one of my favorite
rants.....

Mike 
'06 ST 
Seattle
 

-----Original Message-----
From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Montville
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:58 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] Wally World Batteries

Price or convenience alone isn't enough to induce me to buy from them
-- the item has to be something that can't be purchased elsewhere
locally.

I've had good luck with the Battery Warehouse-type stores, when it
comes to stock and pricing.

Mike

---  Kevin Dicks <rawsonboy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a confession.  I bought some oil from WW on Sunday :(
> 
> Sorry.
> 
> I, too, try and avoid it like the plague but sometimes it's hard ya
> know....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bil Swartz
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:44 AM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ST] Wally World Batteries
> 
> 
> Nathan Maher wrote:
> 
> > I'm sort of with you, I'd almost always prefer to go somewhere
> other 
> > than
> > Wally world.  
> 
> Right-on, I can't stand what WallyWorld is doing to our economy in
> general
> and 
> I've tried to refuse to shop there too.  But now there is one a
> mile and a
> half 
> away, like we needed another, and that convenience and pricing you
> mentioned
> on 
> oil and filters is hard to pass up.  I feel so dirty, I need a
> shower!  ;^{D
> 
> 
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