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Originally Posted by THGL
This is a lengthy read but well worth it. You'll dislike Wal-Mart a little more after reading it.
I try very hard not to shop at Wal-Mart (I buy my contact lenses there and that's about it). I'd rather spend a couple of extra dollars and shop at other stores I like.
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If you bothered to click the link that I submitted in my initial post, you'd see that the program I referred to makes the exact same claims.
But let me ask you... you are willing to spend extra at other stores... why just your contacts? why not an all out boycott? If I don't like a store I'm not going to give them one single red cent, not even to a sale item or loss leader product.
I did watch the show finally last night.
I must say it didn't change my opinion of Wal-Mart. They are shrewd doing business, and they have revolutionized the logistical process of bringing goods that consumers want to market when the consumer wants it at the highest quality for the lowest price. That's what business is all about, that's what American captialism is all about.
I did not see any expose on Chinese sweatshop factories, while they may exist to some degree for the most part, I saw bustling cities where rice fields used to stand.
I will continue to shop at any place that provides me the lowest prices for goods that I'm looking for... If I think that wal-mart is giving me all the goods at the lowest prices, I'd be fooling myself. All stores have low loss leaders next to the high margin items. It's been that way for as long as I can remember.
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