Reply #18: You know those products they mark 1/2 off, 75% off?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

The distributers, the ones that walmart gets their stuff from, have to absorb the difference. Say Walmart puts something for sale at regular price, say 28.50. It doesn't sell, so they knock the price down by 1/2. The distributor now owes walmart 14.25 for that item, per item. That's how much walmart gets back. That's why they're the number one company and they make so much...because they are squeezing a lot more money back from those middle men. My bf used to work for the distributor of the bullets and black powder that Walmart uses. He caught a glimpse at the contract once. Not a pretty document, he said.
Duckie