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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 01:49 AM Original message |
Critics: More Turning Away From Wal-Mart |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, the savings. I'll bet for every dollar people "save" on their |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Yeah, like unconscionably high medical bills left over after the |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wal Mart gives employees a job ap & a state welfare ap |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 02:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. and don't forget that sam walton tried to get the company exempted from |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Now THAT I've never heard! Story? Link? |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I know its true in Missouri |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. She wasn't paid minimum wage??? |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. She was, but not allowed to work enough hours to qualify |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Sorry -- I was asking the other poster about WM not |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. What's particularly gross |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. Paige Laurie, whom I believe is a grandchild |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'd love to see the background on this WM comment! |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 02:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Or maybe they knocked off $2,300 from a living wage |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 02:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. yea, I heard about that. Dumb broad. I don't recall what |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 02:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's right |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. USC |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
57. "She is not a graduate of USC" |
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dennisnyc (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. "Are you happy to subsidize walmart employees with foodstamps and |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. it's from the bureau of making shit up. |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I love that - Bureau of Making Shit Up, aka BOMSU |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. me too |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. No - they priced comparable things at Nordstrom's and Zabar's |
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durablend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Couple of hundred a week at least in spending |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. And yet profit is up... |
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Jamison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good news! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 04:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Wall Street says Costco is "too good to its employees" -- works for me! |
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Born Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 04:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. read many good articles about Costco... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 08:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Gas Savings |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. James Butler better be careful about what he buys at Wal-Mart. |
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kstewart33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. I absolutely will never shop there. |
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Arianrhod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. I've never shopped at Wal-Mart. And never will. n/t |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Same here |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Same here. I've only been in a Wal-Mart store once. |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. I have not stepped into a Walmart for years. |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. same here c_d! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. And me! |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. here's to you (and all the others that have cut Squal-Mart off) |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Great minds think alike!! |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
18. Give your money to anybody but Wal-Mart |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I used to shop there |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Welcome to DU! Good hearing from you. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. Alright, Missouri wakes up! |
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oneold1-4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. WM price of savings |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
25. The bottom line for me: Wal-Mart is an unpleasant place to shop... |
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Nickdfresh (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. You forgot to mention... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
26. I saw an anti-walmart poster yesterday |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
28. The closest W-Mart to me is 75 miles away. So is Bi-Mart. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
31. Save a dollar now, lose your paycheck and your planet in the near future |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Some of the richest, greediest people on the planet can't treat their |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. We don't shop there at all. When their store came to our town, it hurt |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
47. bravo! Bravo! |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. Hell...I haven't shopped there since 2000. |
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Trish1168 (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. I try to avoid it. Once in a blue moon, I'll shop there |
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Piedras (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. No Wally World for this leftcoaster |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. I saw a bumper sticker somewhere that said: |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
54. Kick |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
56. I just don't like shopping at Walmart, period. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
58. Two more Walmart documentaries |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
59. Walmart's predatory capitalism |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
60. have only been a couple of times |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
61. I have spent money there, but not for 6 years now. |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
62. I absolutely despise Wal-Mart and haven't |
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