"Don White" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message A no-name's no
name? No thanks.

Someday, hopefully soon, the Wal-Marts near you will open Wal-Mart
dental clinics, with sorta-licensed dentists from, oh, Thailand, who do
exactly what you do, but not as well, for one-tenth the price, and toss
in a BJ and massage...

Just last week NOYB was complaining about 'denturists' fitting and making
false teeth in Canada. I should seek out some of the local guys and tell
them about the opportunities in sunny Florida. I bet a lot of the
retirees
would love to get a set of chompers at half NOYB's price.


Denturists can't practice in Florida. Our standards are a little higher
than Cana-duh's.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message A no-name's
no
name? No thanks.

Someday, hopefully soon, the Wal-Marts near you will open Wal-Mart
dental clinics, with sorta-licensed dentists from, oh, Thailand, who do
exactly what you do, but not as well, for one-tenth the price, and toss
in a BJ and massage...


Just last week NOYB was complaining about 'denturists' fitting and making
false teeth in Canada. I should seek out some of the local guys and tell
them about the opportunities in sunny Florida. I bet a lot of the
retirees
would love to get a set of chompers at half NOYB's price.




Probably much less than half...NOYBy posted some of his prices once...they
were way over the customary and reasonably chart used around here, and I
live in a high-priced market.


I'll gladly post all my fees. They're at about the 75th percentile for my
area.

BTW--My dentures are half what Shortwave Sportfishing paid for his...and
those broke.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Given Wal-Mart's liberal return policy,

Sorry, but there ain't one darn thing "liberal" about WalMart.

http://www.wffhome.com/

Among this redneck, reactionary, group's claims to fame is funding the
"Evergreen Freedom Foundation" in my home state.
They support some shamefully selfish and destructive philosophies.

Thanks for the link Chuck. It convinced me to go shopping at Walmart
again this afternoon. Bought: 6 Mann's Stretch 25+ lures @ $6.48 ea.
(They were $11.95 at the local tackle shop.) I also bought a DVD/VCR 20"
combo for $219, a toaster oven for $10, and a microwave for $38. If I
were as principledas you, I'd have spent an extra $150 to buy the same
exact things elsewhere. Instead, I'm going to spend the $150 to take my
wife and her Aunt and Uncle out to dinner this evening.

I spent $10.45 for a coffee maker at WalMart seven years ago. I have
forgotten to turn it off and left it on a few weekends and the thing still
makes coffee as well as the first time I used it!

"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Given Wal-Mart's liberal return policy,

Sorry, but there ain't one darn thing "liberal" about WalMart.

http://www.wffhome.com/

Among this redneck, reactionary, group's claims to fame is funding the
"Evergreen Freedom Foundation" in my home state.
They support some shamefully selfish and destructive philosophies.

Thanks for the link Chuck. It convinced me to go shopping at Walmart
again this afternoon. Bought: 6 Mann's Stretch 25+ lures @ $6.48 ea.
(They were $11.95 at the local tackle shop.) I also bought a DVD/VCR 20"
combo for $219, a toaster oven for $10, and a microwave for $38. If I
were as principledas you, I'd have spent an extra $150 to buy the same
exact things elsewhere. Instead, I'm going to spend the $150 to take my
wife and her Aunt and Uncle out to dinner this evening.

I spent $10.45 for a coffee maker at WalMart seven years ago. I have
forgotten to turn it off and left it on a few weekends and the thing still
makes coffee as well as the first time I used it!


Like most places today, Wal-Mart sells its fair share of junk. However,
when you spend $10 on a toaster oven, if it even lasts you 3 months, what
have you really lost. Disposable electronics. Who'd a thunk it?

Bought: 6 Mann's Stretch 25+ lures @ $6.48 ea. (They were
$11.95 at the local tackle shop.)

You don't get it.

The $11.95 is a better deal. You not only get a lure, you get to keep a local
tackle shop. You think the guy who owns the tackle shop will be as predisposed
to be as helpful and knowledgeable as a local tackle shop guy could be, once
he's forced out of business by WalMart and its customers and he spends the last
10 years of his working life at Walmart, greeting his old customers with a
talking cookie?

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Bought: 6 Mann's Stretch 25+ lures @ $6.48 ea. (They were
$11.95 at the local tackle shop.)

You don't get it.

The $11.95 is a better deal. You not only get a lure, you get to keep a
local
tackle shop. You think the guy who owns the tackle shop will be as
predisposed
to be as helpful and knowledgeable as a local tackle shop guy could be,
once
he's forced out of business by WalMart and its customers and he spends the
last
10 years of his working life at Walmart, greeting his old customers with a
talking cookie?

My local tackle guy does fine. I don't buy my Mann's lures from him unless
I happen to be there getting something else. But he has top notch equipment
like Accurate, Van Staal, Shimano, Penn, Cape Fear, etc. that isn't
available elsewhere. The local guys need to carve themselves a niche...and
my guy seems to have done that to perfection.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Bought: 6 Mann's Stretch 25+ lures @ $6.48 ea. (They were
$11.95 at the local tackle shop.)

You don't get it.

The $11.95 is a better deal. You not only get a lure, you get to keep a
local
tackle shop. You think the guy who owns the tackle shop will be as
predisposed
to be as helpful and knowledgeable as a local tackle shop guy could be,
once
he's forced out of business by WalMart and its customers and he spends
the last
10 years of his working life at Walmart, greeting his old customers with
a
talking cookie?

My local tackle guy does fine. I don't buy my Mann's lures from him
unless I happen to be there getting something else. But he has top notch
equipment like Accurate, Van Staal, Shimano, Penn, Cape Fear, etc. that
isn't available elsewhere. The local guys need to carve themselves a
niche...and my guy seems to have done that to perfection.


Despite the Walmarts and KMarts there will always be a need and demand for
local bait and tackle shops.

Perhaps Chuck can offer a better example.

On 08 Jan 2005 09:32:48 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Bought: 6 Mann's Stretch 25+ lures @ $6.48 ea. (They were
$11.95 at the local tackle shop.)

You don't get it.

The $11.95 is a better deal. You not only get a lure, you get to keep a local
tackle shop. You think the guy who owns the tackle shop will be as predisposed
to be as helpful and knowledgeable as a local tackle shop guy could be, once
he's forced out of business by WalMart and its customers and he spends the last
10 years of his working life at Walmart, greeting his old customers with a
talking cookie?


So then, you are saying, in essence, that you do not approve of
competition?

Should the government "step in" and prevent an American company from
being "unfairly" competitive?

Is the message you want to send to prospective entrepreneurs one that
says "be successful, but not too successful, or we'll have to shut you
down"?

Dave

On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 19:17:43 -0500, "NOYB" wrote:


"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Bought: 6 Mann's Stretch 25+ lures @ $6.48 ea. (They were
$11.95 at the local tackle shop.)

You don't get it.

The $11.95 is a better deal. You not only get a lure, you get to keep a
local
tackle shop. You think the guy who owns the tackle shop will be as
predisposed
to be as helpful and knowledgeable as a local tackle shop guy could be,
once
he's forced out of business by WalMart and its customers and he spends the
last
10 years of his working life at Walmart, greeting his old customers with a
talking cookie?

My local tackle guy does fine. I don't buy my Mann's lures from him unless
I happen to be there getting something else. But he has top notch equipment
like Accurate, Van Staal, Shimano, Penn, Cape Fear, etc. that isn't
available elsewhere. The local guys need to carve themselves a niche...and
my guy seems to have done that to perfection.



Bingo! Give the man a cigar.

You don't try to compete by offering the same items as a high volume
general purpose department store. You'll get squashed every time. What
you need to do is offer the goods and services that the "one size fits
all" places can't match.

Dave