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Against the decade long protest of the erudite throng here, Walmart
finally got their Estero store open. It is disguised as a line of small Mediterranean shops in keeping with the Estero Design Committee requirements that try to make the whole town look like the house of Zorro designed it. I have avoided it but I needed propane and they have a Blue Rhino franchise that is $5 less than anyone else. (yeah I know it is 3 pounds less propane but so are the $20 ones) I was surprised when a guy met me at the door, told me he would have my jugs swapped out by the time I could go into the garden center and pay. A couple minutes later I was carrying them to the truck. I decided to go in and look around. The first thing I noticed was the customers were not walmart people. They were yuppies (no fat women in sweat suits or bunches of screaming kids) The other thing I noticed was lots of people were actually trying to sell me something. It wasn't that vast wasteland with no employees you expect there. I suppose that may change as soon as they get established. Another thing I noticed is a few familiar faces from other stores. The guy I knew the best said walmart had a better pay and benefits package than Ace Hardware so he jumped. My FIL said a lot of his "McDonalds" old timers jumped too. I was surprised. |
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On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:31:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: On Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 4:03:40 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/26/15 4:48 PM, wrote: Against the decade long protest of the erudite throng here, Walmart finally got their Estero store open. It is disguised as a line of small Mediterranean shops in keeping with the Estero Design Committee requirements that try to make the whole town look like the house of Zorro designed it. I have avoided it but I needed propane and they have a Blue Rhino franchise that is $5 less than anyone else. (yeah I know it is 3 pounds less propane but so are the $20 ones) I was surprised when a guy met me at the door, told me he would have my jugs swapped out by the time I could go into the garden center and pay. A couple minutes later I was carrying them to the truck. I decided to go in and look around. The first thing I noticed was the customers were not walmart people. They were yuppies (no fat women in sweat suits or bunches of screaming kids) The other thing I noticed was lots of people were actually trying to sell me something. It wasn't that vast wasteland with no employees you expect there. I suppose that may change as soon as they get established. Another thing I noticed is a few familiar faces from other stores. The guy I knew the best said walmart had a better pay and benefits package than Ace Hardware so he jumped. My FIL said a lot of his "McDonalds" old timers jumped too. I was surprised. Thankfully, Walmart's plan to build a new "superstore" in the mid to south county area failed thanks to citizen opposition, and so we just have the evil regular-sized store that's easy enough to drive by... Yeah, you don't want that hacienda looking thing to literally suck you off the street and through their front door. I'm sure that when walmart has something he wants, on sale for 20-30% less than they have it at his regular store, he pulls his hat down over his eyes and slinks in for the bargain. |
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On 9/26/15 6:28 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:31:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 4:03:40 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/26/15 4:48 PM, wrote: Against the decade long protest of the erudite throng here, Walmart finally got their Estero store open. It is disguised as a line of small Mediterranean shops in keeping with the Estero Design Committee requirements that try to make the whole town look like the house of Zorro designed it. I have avoided it but I needed propane and they have a Blue Rhino franchise that is $5 less than anyone else. (yeah I know it is 3 pounds less propane but so are the $20 ones) I was surprised when a guy met me at the door, told me he would have my jugs swapped out by the time I could go into the garden center and pay. A couple minutes later I was carrying them to the truck. I decided to go in and look around. The first thing I noticed was the customers were not walmart people. They were yuppies (no fat women in sweat suits or bunches of screaming kids) The other thing I noticed was lots of people were actually trying to sell me something. It wasn't that vast wasteland with no employees you expect there. I suppose that may change as soon as they get established. Another thing I noticed is a few familiar faces from other stores. The guy I knew the best said walmart had a better pay and benefits package than Ace Hardware so he jumped. My FIL said a lot of his "McDonalds" old timers jumped too. I was surprised. Thankfully, Walmart's plan to build a new "superstore" in the mid to south county area failed thanks to citizen opposition, and so we just have the evil regular-sized store that's easy enough to drive by... Yeah, you don't want that hacienda looking thing to literally suck you off the street and through their front door. I'm sure that when walmart has something he wants, on sale for 20-30% less than they have it at his regular store, he pulls his hat down over his eyes and slinks in for the bargain. Nope. Never been in the store. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know. |
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On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:37:34 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 9/26/15 6:28 PM, wrote: I'm sure that when walmart has something he wants, on sale for 20-30% less than they have it at his regular store, he pulls his hat down over his eyes and slinks in for the bargain. Nope. Never been in the store. That is even worse than saying you have been there and you didn't like it. I have been in other walmarts and this one does seem different but the produce was the same. It sucked. Canned goods are the same and they do have deals on electronics. I ended up buying the new TV from Tiger tho. That will be my next "make work" project. I am designing a disappearing mount in the girls room for a 58" TV. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know. |
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Keyser Söze
- show quoted text - "Nope. Never been in the store. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know." I get a kick out of that. You get a bunch of cheapskate like the Johnny, who buy large oversized campers towed by over bloated trucks and they are too cheap to pay campground fees. They stay for free at Wally-Mart and only go to campgrounds when they overflow their holding tanks. |
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On 9/26/15 7:14 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:37:34 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/26/15 6:28 PM, wrote: I'm sure that when walmart has something he wants, on sale for 20-30% less than they have it at his regular store, he pulls his hat down over his eyes and slinks in for the bargain. Nope. Never been in the store. That is even worse than saying you have been there and you didn't like it. I have been in other walmarts and this one does seem different but the produce was the same. It sucked. Canned goods are the same and they do have deals on electronics. I ended up buying the new TV from Tiger tho. That will be my next "make work" project. I am designing a disappearing mount in the girls room for a 58" TV. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know. Nope. Never been in the store. Don't like the chain's mistreatment/exploitation of employees and its crappy Chinese goods. Two supermarket chains post price comparisons and they almost always are less expensive for food than Walmart. Dunno what I would buy there, anyway. I'm not much of a shopper, so much of what I purchase comes from Amazon, which does charge sales tax for items shipped to Maryland. |
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On 9/26/15 7:42 PM, True North wrote:
Keyser Söze - show quoted text - "Nope. Never been in the store. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know." I get a kick out of that. You get a bunch of cheapskate like the Johnny, who buy large oversized campers towed by over bloated trucks and they are too cheap to pay campground fees. They stay for free at Wally-Mart and only go to campgrounds when they overflow their holding tanks. Wow. Had no idea. No wonder JohhnyMop is such a fan of Walmart. :) |
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Amazon sells those same cheap Chinese products too
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On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:51:53 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 9/26/15 7:14 PM, wrote: On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:37:34 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/26/15 6:28 PM, wrote: I'm sure that when walmart has something he wants, on sale for 20-30% less than they have it at his regular store, he pulls his hat down over his eyes and slinks in for the bargain. Nope. Never been in the store. That is even worse than saying you have been there and you didn't like it. I have been in other walmarts and this one does seem different but the produce was the same. It sucked. Canned goods are the same and they do have deals on electronics. I ended up buying the new TV from Tiger tho. That will be my next "make work" project. I am designing a disappearing mount in the girls room for a 58" TV. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know. Nope. Never been in the store. Don't like the chain's mistreatment/exploitation of employees and its crappy Chinese goods. Two supermarket chains post price comparisons and they almost always are less expensive for food than Walmart. Dunno what I would buy there, anyway. I'm not much of a shopper, so much of what I purchase comes from Amazon, which does charge sales tax for items shipped to Maryland. Maybe up there in union dominated Maryland Walmart is a bad employer but the folks I talked to who work there were happier with the walmart deal than they were getting at other stores. That may change but it is what it is I do understand there is a difference between part time and full time. These people were offered full time with benefits. I am not sure I will do much shopping there either but as long as they will sell me propane cheaper than the guy a couple miles farther down the road, I will be doing that. I am a net shopper myself. We get at least one box from someone almost every day. |
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On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 17:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: Amazon sells those same cheap Chinese products too I hesitated to point that out. If you are buying a product and you know what the model number is that you want, it really does not matter that much who you buy it from. The TV I bought was in a number of places and Tiger had the best deal with free shipping. |
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Tim wrote:
On Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 4:03:40 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/26/15 4:48 PM, wrote: Against the decade long protest of the erudite throng here, Walmart finally got their Estero store open. It is disguised as a line of small Mediterranean shops in keeping with the Estero Design Committee requirements that try to make the whole town look like the house of Zorro designed it. I have avoided it but I needed propane and they have a Blue Rhino franchise that is $5 less than anyone else. (yeah I know it is 3 pounds less propane but so are the $20 ones) I was surprised when a guy met me at the door, told me he would have my jugs swapped out by the time I could go into the garden center and pay. A couple minutes later I was carrying them to the truck. I decided to go in and look around. The first thing I noticed was the customers were not walmart people. They were yuppies (no fat women in sweat suits or bunches of screaming kids) The other thing I noticed was lots of people were actually trying to sell me something. It wasn't that vast wasteland with no employees you expect there. I suppose that may change as soon as they get established. Another thing I noticed is a few familiar faces from other stores. The guy I knew the best said walmart had a better pay and benefits package than Ace Hardware so he jumped. My FIL said a lot of his "McDonalds" old timers jumped too. I was surprised. Thankfully, Walmart's plan to build a new "superstore" in the mid to south county area failed thanks to citizen opposition, and so we just have the evil regular-sized store that's easy enough to drive by... Yeah, you don't want that hacienda looking thing to literally suck you off the street and through their front door. Harry proudly posted a picture of his basement office/living quarters with a printer he bought from Walmart. Who is he kidding? |
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True North wrote:
Keyser Söze - show quoted text - "Nope. Never been in the store. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know." I get a kick out of that. You get a bunch of cheapskate like the Johnny, who buy large oversized campers towed by over bloated trucks and they are too cheap to pay campground fees. They stay for free at Wally-Mart and only go to campgrounds when they overflow their holding tanks. You really get "a kick out of that"? What a sad life you have, dummy. |
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wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:51:53 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/26/15 7:14 PM, wrote: On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:37:34 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/26/15 6:28 PM, wrote: I'm sure that when walmart has something he wants, on sale for 20-30% less than they have it at his regular store, he pulls his hat down over his eyes and slinks in for the bargain. Nope. Never been in the store. That is even worse than saying you have been there and you didn't like it. I have been in other walmarts and this one does seem different but the produce was the same. It sucked. Canned goods are the same and they do have deals on electronics. I ended up buying the new TV from Tiger tho. That will be my next "make work" project. I am designing a disappearing mount in the girls room for a 58" TV. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know. Nope. Never been in the store. Don't like the chain's mistreatment/exploitation of employees and its crappy Chinese goods. Two supermarket chains post price comparisons and they almost always are less expensive for food than Walmart. Dunno what I would buy there, anyway. I'm not much of a shopper, so much of what I purchase comes from Amazon, which does charge sales tax for items shipped to Maryland. Maybe up there in union dominated Maryland Walmart is a bad employer but the folks I talked to who work there were happier with the walmart deal than they were getting at other stores. That may change but it is what it is I do understand there is a difference between part time and full time. These people were offered full time with benefits. I am not sure I will do much shopping there either but as long as they will sell me propane cheaper than the guy a couple miles farther down the road, I will be doing that. I am a net shopper myself. We get at least one box from someone almost every day. We know how much Harry is against paying taxes. It must have been horrific when Amazon started to charge sales tax. |
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On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 20:53:42 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:51:53 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/26/15 7:14 PM, wrote: On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:37:34 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/26/15 6:28 PM, wrote: I'm sure that when walmart has something he wants, on sale for 20-30% less than they have it at his regular store, he pulls his hat down over his eyes and slinks in for the bargain. Nope. Never been in the store. That is even worse than saying you have been there and you didn't like it. I have been in other walmarts and this one does seem different but the produce was the same. It sucked. Canned goods are the same and they do have deals on electronics. I ended up buying the new TV from Tiger tho. That will be my next "make work" project. I am designing a disappearing mount in the girls room for a 58" TV. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know. Nope. Never been in the store. Don't like the chain's mistreatment/exploitation of employees and its crappy Chinese goods. Two supermarket chains post price comparisons and they almost always are less expensive for food than Walmart. Dunno what I would buy there, anyway. I'm not much of a shopper, so much of what I purchase comes from Amazon, which does charge sales tax for items shipped to Maryland. Maybe up there in union dominated Maryland Walmart is a bad employer but the folks I talked to who work there were happier with the walmart deal than they were getting at other stores. That may change but it is what it is I do understand there is a difference between part time and full time. These people were offered full time with benefits. I am not sure I will do much shopping there either but as long as they will sell me propane cheaper than the guy a couple miles farther down the road, I will be doing that. I am a net shopper myself. We get at least one box from someone almost every day. He has never been in the store. Therefore he is making up all his comments about the people who work or shop there. Or he is simply lying again. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:42:13 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
Keyser Söze - show quoted text - "Nope. Never been in the store. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know." I get a kick out of that. You get a bunch of cheapskate like the Johnny, who buy large oversized campers towed by over bloated trucks and they are too cheap to pay campground fees. They stay for free at Wally-Mart and only go to campgrounds when they overflow their holding tanks. What is 'over bloated trucks'? How would you know anything about staying at a WalMart? Get your head out of the anal orifice, donne'. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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On 9/27/2015 4:09 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:42:13 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote: Keyser Söze - show quoted text - "Nope. Never been in the store. Have no idea why campers are in the store's parking lot at night, don't wanna know." I get a kick out of that. You get a bunch of cheapskate like the Johnny, who buy large oversized campers towed by over bloated trucks and they are too cheap to pay campground fees. They stay for free at Wally-Mart and only go to campgrounds when they overflow their holding tanks. What is 'over bloated trucks'? How would you know anything about staying at a WalMart? Get your head out of the anal orifice, donne'. -- Ban idiots, not guns! To Donnie, Everything he doesn't own looks bigger and better. |
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On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:07:50 -0400, John H.
wrote: He has never been in the store. Therefore he is making up all his comments about the people who work or shop there. Or he is simply lying again. Harry doesn't like walmart because the democrats told him they were bad. The reality is they set the standard for all of these big box stores and the difference between all of them is minuscule. They act like "low end retail" or fast food is supposed to be a career. It is, at best, a job you get until you learn enough to have a career or what you do after you retire, just to get out of the house. If you want a career in retail, you get a job on commission. Then you can actually make some money if you are good at it. If you are not, the market speaks. |
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 06:25:45 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 9/28/15 3:06 AM, wrote: On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:07:50 -0400, John H. wrote: He has never been in the store. Therefore he is making up all his comments about the people who work or shop there. Or he is simply lying again. Harry doesn't like walmart because the democrats told him they were bad. The reality is they set the standard for all of these big box stores and the difference between all of them is minuscule. They act like "low end retail" or fast food is supposed to be a career. It is, at best, a job you get until you learn enough to have a career or what you do after you retire, just to get out of the house. If you want a career in retail, you get a job on commission. Then you can actually make some money if you are good at it. If you are not, the market speaks. My disdain for Walmart has nothing to do with "Democrats," and everything to do with decades of reading about the chain thumbing its nose at wage-hour laws, food safety regulations, exploitation of workers, China trade, indirect subsidies, and the rest of the shopping list. Perhaps these horrors aren't covered by the right-wing media that has your attention. Key word is 'decades', and they've been making money the whole time. Perhaps you're simply reading too much liberal ****. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 06:25:45 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 9/28/15 3:06 AM, wrote: On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:07:50 -0400, John H. wrote: He has never been in the store. Therefore he is making up all his comments about the people who work or shop there. Or he is simply lying again. Harry doesn't like walmart because the democrats told him they were bad. The reality is they set the standard for all of these big box stores and the difference between all of them is minuscule. They act like "low end retail" or fast food is supposed to be a career. It is, at best, a job you get until you learn enough to have a career or what you do after you retire, just to get out of the house. If you want a career in retail, you get a job on commission. Then you can actually make some money if you are good at it. If you are not, the market speaks. My disdain for Walmart has nothing to do with "Democrats," and everything to do with decades of reading about the chain thumbing its nose at wage-hour laws, food safety regulations, exploitation of workers, China trade, indirect subsidies, and the rest of the shopping list. Perhaps these horrors aren't covered by the right-wing media that has your attention. I don't see that much difference between walmart and target or home depot. The wage gap is pennies. IBM came out in the 90s and said they wanted to learn lessons from walmart and so did most US corporations. Prior to that, sony "quality" was the goal and where is sony now? They are still scratching out a living but their quality has fallen off to "market driven" too and they are groveling down in the mud with Visio, Samsung and Phillips. BTW which company is NOT peddling chinese goods? It is certainly not your hero Tim Cook. |
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On 9/28/2015 2:38 PM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:39:55 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 06:25:45 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/28/15 3:06 AM, wrote: On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:07:50 -0400, John H. wrote: He has never been in the store. Therefore he is making up all his comments about the people who work or shop there. Or he is simply lying again. Harry doesn't like walmart because the democrats told him they were bad. The reality is they set the standard for all of these big box stores and the difference between all of them is minuscule. They act like "low end retail" or fast food is supposed to be a career. It is, at best, a job you get until you learn enough to have a career or what you do after you retire, just to get out of the house. If you want a career in retail, you get a job on commission. Then you can actually make some money if you are good at it. If you are not, the market speaks. My disdain for Walmart has nothing to do with "Democrats," and everything to do with decades of reading about the chain thumbing its nose at wage-hour laws, food safety regulations, exploitation of workers, China trade, indirect subsidies, and the rest of the shopping list. Perhaps these horrors aren't covered by the right-wing media that has your attention. I don't see that much difference between walmart and target or home depot. The wage gap is pennies. IBM came out in the 90s and said they wanted to learn lessons from walmart and so did most US corporations. Prior to that, sony "quality" was the goal and where is sony now? They are still scratching out a living but their quality has fallen off to "market driven" too and they are groveling down in the mud with Visio, Samsung and Phillips. BTW which company is NOT peddling chinese goods? It is certainly not your hero Tim Cook. Krause tends to evade that question. Perhaps we're not entitled to his response. -- Ban idiots, not guns! At 6'3" Tim Cook is probably tall enough to earn Krause's admiration. Remember when Krause was 6'4 and 3/4" inches tall, how he mocked shorter people. Now, at barely 6' even, due to his progressive osteopenia, he never mentions stature anymore. |
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:39:55 -0400, wrote:
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 06:25:45 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/28/15 3:06 AM, wrote: On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:07:50 -0400, John H. wrote: He has never been in the store. Therefore he is making up all his comments about the people who work or shop there. Or he is simply lying again. Harry doesn't like walmart because the democrats told him they were bad. The reality is they set the standard for all of these big box stores and the difference between all of them is minuscule. They act like "low end retail" or fast food is supposed to be a career. It is, at best, a job you get until you learn enough to have a career or what you do after you retire, just to get out of the house. If you want a career in retail, you get a job on commission. Then you can actually make some money if you are good at it. If you are not, the market speaks. My disdain for Walmart has nothing to do with "Democrats," and everything to do with decades of reading about the chain thumbing its nose at wage-hour laws, food safety regulations, exploitation of workers, China trade, indirect subsidies, and the rest of the shopping list. Perhaps these horrors aren't covered by the right-wing media that has your attention. I don't see that much difference between walmart and target or home depot. The wage gap is pennies. IBM came out in the 90s and said they wanted to learn lessons from walmart and so did most US corporations. Prior to that, sony "quality" was the goal and where is sony now? They are still scratching out a living but their quality has fallen off to "market driven" too and they are groveling down in the mud with Visio, Samsung and Phillips. BTW which company is NOT peddling chinese goods? It is certainly not your hero Tim Cook. Krause tends to evade that question. Perhaps we're not entitled to his response. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 2:40:05 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 06:25:45 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/28/15 3:06 AM, wrote: On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:07:50 -0400, John H. wrote: He has never been in the store. Therefore he is making up all his comments about the people who work or shop there. Or he is simply lying again. Harry doesn't like walmart because the democrats told him they were bad. The reality is they set the standard for all of these big box stores and the difference between all of them is minuscule. They act like "low end retail" or fast food is supposed to be a career. It is, at best, a job you get until you learn enough to have a career or what you do after you retire, just to get out of the house. If you want a career in retail, you get a job on commission. Then you can actually make some money if you are good at it. If you are not, the market speaks. My disdain for Walmart has nothing to do with "Democrats," and everything to do with decades of reading about the chain thumbing its nose at wage-hour laws, food safety regulations, exploitation of workers, China trade, indirect subsidies, and the rest of the shopping list. Perhaps these horrors aren't covered by the right-wing media that has your attention. I don't see that much difference between walmart and target or home depot. The wage gap is pennies. IBM came out in the 90s and said they wanted to learn lessons from walmart and so did most US corporations. Prior to that, sony "quality" was the goal and where is sony now? They are still scratching out a living but their quality has fallen off to "market driven" too and they are groveling down in the mud with Visio, Samsung and Phillips. Their quality was fairly good back in the day, but a lot of that was marketing and exterior design. With few exceptions, the actual electronics were barely better than other name brand stuff, and no more reliable. Meanwhile, you paid extra for the name, and when it broke it was a pain to fix due to the proprietary IC's they used. Now the price point is much closer, the performance is indistiguishable, and the stuff is all throw-away anyway. Last surround sound receiver I bought was a Sony to replace an old Sony. It was crap. I sent it back and paid a couple hundred more for a nice Onkyo.. It blew the Sony away. |
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