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Cynthetiq · 09-28-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by pan6467

What I fail to see is that you had a company Rubbermaid, selling at a price that the public set and yet it wasn't good enough for Wal*Mart.

Wal*Mart then pulls the product and sells only their own product?

So basically what you are saying is, "fuck the public, fuck the company because they have one of the best employee/employer relationships".

And yes, Rubbermaid's sales still were strong outside of Wal*Mart, but losing your biggest outlet and having to raise prices everywhere else is a hit that is hard to recover from.

Wal*Mart effectively destroyed Rubbermaid, their employees, a community and made a market for their own half assed made shit.

edit: I'm sorry, the PUBLIC set the price??? Where did the PUBLIC set the price on Rubbermaids goods? The public purchased the goods because they thought the prices was FAIR. because if the public set the price they'd want it to be free....

I'd also state that Walmart is part of "public"

And is that not what a free market dictates????

If the consumer consumes it then it's what the consumer wants. We have shitty television because that's what the consumer apparently wants, research and development shows and supports this trend.

Research and development probably factored in with respect to Walmart's sales as well.

Does it make it right or wrong? I vote that it does neither. People vote with their wallets.

I have lots of mom and pop shops in my neighborhood. If I don't buy at their stores they either have to entice me or others to do so. If they do not, they fail as a business. Cuttthroat sure, but unfair? Isn't that the nature of business in a capitalistic society?