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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
You don't shop at Walmart do you? That's voting with your wallet.
I don't shop at Sears because of deceptive automotive practices unless there is a sale. Each time I've been there it's been a challenge if not difficult. Again, voting with my wallet.
No one forces a consumer to shop at Walmart.
You're making it sound like Rubbermaid doesn't sell at alternative locations like Ace Hardware, Costco, CVS, Home Depot, Kroger, Lowe's, Rite-Aid, True Value, Family Dollar, and Dollar General. According to their website they are carried at Sam's Club and Walmart.
You cater to a clientele, you try to guess what that clientele wants to buy and how much they want to pay for it. If one supplier cannot supply you goods at the cost you think your clientele will buy, then you find another.
Again, why is this wrong in a capitalistic society?
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It would be fine, but the people had voted, had showed what they wanted and Wal*Mart made the decision to say "fuck what the people want."
They owned the competition, they knew pulling Rubbermaid would make a market for their own product that they couldn't sell. It's manipulation.... not capitalism, not choice..... manipulation of the market.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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