"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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BSCHNAUTZ wrote:
Why hasn't the Idiot Known As Bush attacked China?


What? And bankrupt Walmart????


With that result alone, it would be worth considering, since Wal-Mart does
more damage to the United States than all the Moslem terrorists put
together.

I just bought my wife a notebook computer from Walmart for $648. For
another $40, I got a 3 year extended warranty. It has a1.2 GHz AMD Athlon 4
processor, 256k RAM, DVD/CD/RW, 40 gig HD, and built-in Wi-Fi.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3202221

She got it primarily to wirelessly surf the web, download music to burn to a
CD, and to do light word-processing work. It's a nice little notebook. The
only negatives are that the fan seems a bit louder than on my Compaq, and
the battery life is about 50% less (I have a Centrino processor).

Given Wal-Mart's liberal return policy, and the fact that a 3-year extended
warranty is only $40, I figured that I can't go wrong should the thing crap
out in a year or two.

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.

The current social contribution of WalMart proper is to insist that all of its
suppliers manufacture everything offshore. To hell with the long term economic
health of the country, as long as the "right" folks can make as much money as
possible in the short term. Treason doesn't have to be political, it can be
economic as well.

Like most urban residents, I take specific pride in *never* purchasing anything
from WalMart. I'll pay 20% more to do business with a company that has a
conscience.

Gould 0738 wrote:
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.

The current social contribution of WalMart proper is to insist that
all of its
suppliers manufacture everything offshore. To hell with the long term
economic
health of the country, as long as the "right" folks can make as much
money as
possible in the short term. Treason doesn't have to be political, it
can be
economic as well.

Like most urban residents, I take specific pride in *never*
purchasing anything
from WalMart. I'll pay 20% more to do business with a company that
has a
conscience.



On most items I'd care to buy, Wal-Mart's prices are about the same as
everyone else's. Couple of weeks ago, I took a flyer of Wal-Mart's to
my unionized grocery store, and found, that for the items I was buying
at the grocery, Wal-Mart had the same price for most items, was a
little higher on some and a little lower on others. These were not food
items...I would not buy any food items from a retail operation as dirty
and sloppy as Wal-Mart.

On 07 Jan 2005 16:00:46 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

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.

The current social contribution of WalMart proper is to insist that all of its
suppliers manufacture everything offshore. To hell with the long term economic
health of the country, as long as the "right" folks can make as much money as
possible in the short term. Treason doesn't have to be political, it can be
economic as well.

Like most urban residents, I take specific pride in *never* purchasing anything
from WalMart. I'll pay 20% more to do business with a company that has a
conscience.


Chuck, would you buy a Japanese car, or pickup? Seems like a lot of
folks complaining about offshore products drive Toyotas and use
Yamahas.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"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.

"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.