Friday, January 27, 2006

I'm not loving walmart

Oh How i can't stand walmart. My husband refuses to go into one, and I have learned that he has really good reason. Not only are is the experience of walmart horrific, the long lines, sketchy people, and rude workers, but the fact that the prices are so low scares me, ever time i've gone into a walmart I felt like something was very wrong it was scary, and I know why....

Ever wonder why Walmart has such cheap prices? Well if you think that it's because they make low quality products with well established labels... DING DING your right.

And a major manufacturer is saying no! If you can't see that link here is the original article from FastCompany

Snapper, the lawn mower company, has been selling at walmart, but now have pulled the products from the shelves. Snapper is a well established company, with quality lawn mowers, but have brought down the price and quality in order to be sold at walmart. What will happen in a few years is the company will lose money by selling at walmart, and the good rep they have.

If you think the head offices at walmart, whose ceo's are the wealthiest people in the us, Lee Scott Jr make $17.5 million a year, would have a prestigous office, reading this article you find out that they have vistors sit on lawn chairs, sounds so seedy.

A great movie, actually a few movies, have come out to show the truth, the high cost of low price
Basically, when a walmart moves into town, most of those neighborhood shops go out of business because they can't beat the prices. The wealth has been taken out of the neighborhood and given to those few at the top of walmart. The Corporation is another great movie that sheds much needed light on the american corporations, and just how low they will go to get your dollar.

2 Comments:

Blogger happy roy said...

i hate walmart for the way they treat employees. it's really tragic.

January 27, 2006 9:09 PM  
Blogger Shawn said...

I still have one of those hate/love relationships with walmart - still not at the point where i can give up on the cheap prices -- but you are totally right - they do a lot of messed up things

January 28, 2006 12:54 AM  

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