Originally Posted by pan6467

What Wal*Mart did is basically told RubberMaid "This is what your product will sell for, and this is what we will pay." Hence, RubberMaid ending up out and Sterilite in.

This is all fact that I posted awhile ago in here with the newspaper story and I believe, interviews of RubberMaid officials linked.



True, that is why people need to truly be told and open their eyes to what is happening.

Also, when people are paid less they look for the cheaper prices because they have to out of necessity.

There is no reason on God's green Earth that people who work 40 hour weeks cannot be paid at least $35,000/yr. Perhaps, if we paid more, we wouldn't have to have both parents work, and thus we wouldn't be expecting the schools to babysit, teach morals and raise our kids.

Aw well, keep paying people shit, keep lowering prices and quality (and by lowering quality that means that you end up having to pay more in the long run because the product falls apart faster and then you need to buy a new one). Eventually, even Wal*Mart will be too expensive and people will go to Dollar Generals.

Yes, the inconsequential items are falling and will, but health insurance, medical care, utilities and so on will keep going up. And your dollar will buy less and less no matter how far down those non-essential prices fall.