screw walmart. Wait until all americans are making 6 bucks an hour because they put everyone out of business...

well here is just another quick note... Radio shack was in the news today they are closing some 4 to 500 stores nationwide!!!!! Guess they are not doing so good after all... Walmart is impossible to beat with there prices, hence why they are so successful. Don't hate walmart for giving you such a great deal!! If you don't like what they are doing then start up your own business and offer better prices..

Ummm...due to price sharking walmarts of the world make it impossible for new businesses to start. Go aheah. Support a company that hates the small business and loves that they are breaking the backbone of America...the small businessman. People wonder why there are less and less middleclass America. Walmarts and targets and the such are predicating on the small businesses.

BTW, had a lady come into my store today with the pink razr she got on an upgrade through Walmart for 150 (a price that if I matched even with rebate I would lose ... that's right LOSE) 20 bucks!. So how can I even compete? And then to add insult to injury the customer said that Walmart said I would MORE THEN HAPPY to show her how to use her phone...how to use th...
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I agree with you for the most part BUT. For one money talks and bullsh$t walks! And that means that your right the masses will flood to walmart for that awesome phone deal as they are doing by the millions. And another thing why do you think verizon, cingular, t-mobile and sprintel all fought to get there phones in walmart? Because all the cell phone companies big wigs care about is customer additions and walmart seems to be doing a pretty good job for them!!! They don't give a sh$t about wether or not you know how to use the phone, they want your money every month!!! You have to realize the big picture here. So you say that I like that walmart hurts the middle class F%%K NO I DON'T!!!!! But guess what business is business and thats the way ...
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Well then dont b!tch and complain when the middle class is completely eroded. And read my other post about walmart in general. I refuse to shop at walmart. I always support the local independant businesses. I suppose you would rather 1000 jobs at 6 bucks an hour then 500 jobs at 20 bucks an hour...you would rather give money to a pencil neck crack smoking geek then to the guy that coaches your local little league team...or the small business that donates to your schools...or the guy that lives next to you in that nice suburban home with the two kids and the white picket fence.

Bill gates doesn't go into a town with Joe's Home Improvement and Tom's cellular and Mary's hairstylist and then price everything cheaper then what Joe can sell ...
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Oh...and then Sams club has their yearly "Small Business Appreciation Week." Yeah, they try to squeeze what little blood is left in the turnip and insult those businesses while doing it...

The only business that has been able to beat Sams Club at their own game is Costco. I remember a few years back that while profits at Wal-mart were up, Sam's Club were down because Costco was taking away their customers in many markets. Costco is slightly more upscale, but prices are about the same, in some cases, lower than Sams Club, at least the Merrillville Indiana store.
However Wal-mart hasn't done as well in other parts of the world. I forgot the name of a business that Wal-mart has a stake in, and 5 consecutive ...
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maverick96 said:
But guess what business is business and thats the way it will always be.. Look at Mr. Gates you don't think he is destroying the small guys???? But guess what not even the federal gov. could stop him and they tried!!!

That ain't exactly what happened.

The Dept of Justice was doin' a very good job of nailing Gates to the wall under the Clinton admin, but then Bush won the election in 2000, and alluva sudden the DoJ didn't seem to care so much about holding Gates accountable for the bad things he did. Whoa, big suprise.

The Bush admin doesn't really care about monopoly abuses or antitrust that much, or business abuses of any kind, unless they're so outrageous and front page that they ca...
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I have been an owner of three small businesses over the last 20+ years and have/had competed against "big box" stores. It has been my policy for myself and my employee to go out of your way to take care of customer who have made their purchases from a competitor. It's been my experience that there is no better opportunity to get a life long customer.

It unfortunate that so may people today have such little understanding of economics and entrepreneurship. While it appears that Walmart is today what the tobacco company where in the 90's, it would be much more interesting reading if the logic and language where not so sophomoric. In one sentence they complain of
uneducated, inept Walmart employees and then next rail Walmart for paying ...
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Actually nearly every economical report will tell you that there are more lower income families then ever before. Also there are more very wealthy families then ever before. To blame the eroding middle class to "no fault divorce" is laughable.

And yes, it really does suck when walmart sends customers to me for help becuase they won't help thier customers. And yes it does suck when that customer plainly says it doesn't matter who helps them, they will just buy from who is cheaper.

We are 40 minutes from the nearest VZW retail store. I suppose I will just start charging service fees for stuff just like the retail store. Of course I will waive those fees if the customer either buys through me or sends me referals or agrees to buy...
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the first person that comes in my store asking for help on a phone they bought from walmart is getting it slung at their head and i will tell them to get the f*&% out for starving my kids, and wasting my time. Buy you phone from someone who has created a career on this technology not some minimum wage lacky then expect help from me whne you account or phone is screwed up! walmart ranges up their with wirefly and other discounters that screw the little guy out of business.

AMEN.

After re-reading my post, I would have to agree with you about no fault divorce. Partial because I can't concede to your view on the middle class, but mostly I meant to refer to the statistic typically used to make your point of view. However, I would wager a bet that divorce has put more people in the poor house than Walmart.


The statistics used in these tit for tat exchanges are based on historic family income provide by the IRS. Occasionally, they'll sprinkle in some census data. If you use historic data from the 50's or 60's as your comparative baseline, you're comparing apples to oranges because of the huge increase in divorce experienced over the last few decades. If you have a family income of 10K, and then a divorce, now yo...
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ricsam said:
The middle class is growing and has never been so well off.

I don't think thats actually true. Inflation has outpaced wage growth in at least some recent years, eroding the buying power of the middle class. Health care costs? Skyrocketing at rates higher than inflation. Education costs for putting the kids through college? Ditto. Housing? Never less affordable. Oh, an' lets not even go into gasoline or heating oil or natural gas prices.

Also, lets not forget that nowadays, you need often need TWO wage-earners in the family to maintain a nice lifestyle. Didn't seem to be that way back in the '50s & '60s... a lot more middle class stay-at-home moms raising the kids back then. The 'Leave it B...
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maverick96 said:
well here is just another quick note... Radio shack was in the news today they are closing some 400 to 500 stores nationwide!!!!! Guess they are not doing so good after all...

Heard it was closer to 700. Either way, sucks to be RS.

I saw this comin' awhile ago too. I used to go into various Radio Craps in my area, and would get treated the same almost every time... like crap. Their customer service really sucks now, and the caliber of their employees is generally not good. I'm sure there's exceptions, but I didn't meet many.

Guess the general public is votin' wit' their feet.

Did I say anything at all about hating Verizon? Talk about lack of perspective. What was your diatribe addressing?

VZ_Phones said:
Did I say anything at all about hating Verizon? Talk about lack of perspective. What was your diatribe addressing?

Well, when I repsonded to your post, that post had this to say:

VZ_Phones said:Well, considering how Verizon screws the customers, why does it surprise anyone that they will also screw their own commissioned sales people and other retailers?

Perhaps I do lack perspective but I guess that I see a sweeping generalization of a company that you assert will screw both customers and sellers without any moderation to said statement, I find that to be hate filled.

It is to you, what I said, diatribe. This is subjective. If I could then moderate ...
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