While I agree, McDonalds is bad.... I've never understand the argument that Walmart, McDonalds, etc. steal business. If they're cheaper and/or better, or people just prefer them,isn't that supply and demand? I've read so many articles about how Walmart and other big corporations steal business... why is it thought of as "bad", if that's what people want?
Your right they do not steal business, people choose to buy the cheaper product. The company has done what all company's strive to do, succeed. But when there is a cheaper deal, local businesses go out of business do to the fact they can not buy in bulk, thus getting a better deal on the product. There is always the issue though of large corporations pushing their way into the small towns and taking over the majority of business with a store that offers an all in one and cheaper deal shopping center. In the business aspect there is nothing wrong with this, but in the moral aspect they are taking away the way of life for many.
I live in a small rural town and Walmart Supercenter has taken over here. Its not that they are so much cheaper..............its the convienience of being able to buy your groceries, clothes, medicine, automotive stuff, personal items, jewerly, and anything else you could possibably want in one store. Ive watched many home owned businesses shut down. I agree with burnt............morally this is wrong. I cant believe that sam waltons family needs more money.
I agree that you can't really "steal" business. People go where they want to go. But I don't know if I really want to believe that Wal-Mart is what people want. People will just go wherever there is to go. Is it stealing in the sense that Wal-Mart is "easier"? Wal-Mart has everything. So when Wal-Mart comes to town it's like, "Where can I find some white t-shirts?" What comes to mind first, "Dave's Surplus" or Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart does. And people follow in herds. So you get fifty people going to Wal-Mart because they can't be bothered to realize there's somewhere else they could go, and you can add fifty more on to that just because they want to do what everyone else is doing.
Its so much nicer to patronize mom and pop small businesses.Walmart and many other big chains are just obnoxious places to go to.And BTW Walmart is one of the leading advocates for illegal aliens.It shows you what scum Walmart turned into.The only people that seem to want illegal aliens in America are Big Business,and a few deluded nutcases.
my problem with china mart is that in the begining,,when they were coming into small town america you could walk into a wal mart and see 90% of product american made.. now 15 years later you would do good to see 10% american made product there.. it was a bait and switch type move IMO.. in the process they not only killed the local economies but helped to cripple the manufacturing sector of our economy as well.. i say boycott china mart whenever its a option.. as far as fast food, i dont eat the shit....
Very true "Hippy Hillbilly".-Walamrt actually used to,maybe they still do call themselves the All American Store.LMAO!They might as well say they are the "ALL CHINA STORE".And the other big chains are not much better now.
Walmart does steal business. They go into a community, find out what products are most popular, and drop the prices on them to steal business. They can lose money on these products for an unlimited time until they drive out the competition. Small businesses can't compete. They are just too big and too powerful. BTW, all Walmarts prices aren't lower. They just pick some prominent items to cut prices on-everything else is the same or higher than the competition. Their practices are a big reason why all our manufacturing has gone to China. Wonder why gas is so high? China wants there's now.
I'm wondering,so many people detest Walmart,and I'm not even talkin about the people on this forum,so why does Walmart continue to do so well?Is it because other big chains are just as bad,and people do not have many choices anymore?Walamarts prices on their Chinese junk are not even low anymore.The only thing low about walmart is the company itself.
the town i live in, for housewares,and such,walmart or dollar general are your ONLY choices.. clothes you have walmart or carhartt at the ace hardware for men,and walmart or specialty boutiques for women.. sadly,for most things they are the only cheap choice. the alternative is to drive 60 miles south and shop at some other national chain..
I find the big company's is doing what company's do, filling the demand of merchandise to the general public. the products they choose to sell yes are made in china but these products are more widely available. There is no United States based company that I know of that can produce clothing and such at such a low rate and the demand for more affordable merchandise is on the rise. The problem I see is that people are too quick to throw away the clothing or even appliances before even considering repairing them. The days of people making their own clothes or repairing their old ones are nearly gone. We are now a throw away society. I was actually at the landfill today, it was sickening the amount of perfectly good products, within my view there was stereo speakers a skill saw, perfectly good dishes ,children's toys and much more. I wanted to load up my truck and bring it to Goodwill, but of course thats prohibited, a couple minutes later it was crushed by the bulldozer. So if we want to change anything reeducating people might be the first step.
I get almost all of my clothes at thrift stores and often try to fix them when they fall apart. I think it's fun. This story was the straw that broke the camel's back for me and marks the point where I stopped shopping at Wal-Mart altogether: http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/...teals_500_000_From_Mentally_Handicapped_Woman
Ask yourself why Walmart was allowed to circumvent current labor laws, and ask your local government how many tax exemptions and incentives Walmart ask for and received before they built in your area. Where I live the Walmart warehouse received a ten year amnesty on local taxes before they would agree to build. So they got a free ride for ten years. If this has been renegotiated, it hasn't hit the news or public yet. As far as I know they still pay no local taxes. Ask yourselves when Walmart and Tyson became such huge powers....it was under the Cliinton administration. People shop there because eventually they end up with no competition. In my area three variety stores closed Sears, Montgomery Wards, and Penneys closed. We don't have a superstore yet but they want to build one, which will probably close our local groceries. Our only alternatives are a couple of ranch supplies, which come and go with increasing frequency since the local Walmart now carries feed and a lot of the goods they sell.
*shrug* I have no problem with mom and pop stores closing down due to competition. What I do have a problem with is that the government subsidies wal-mart with training cost and what have you which creates an unfair market and that is what I have the issue with. Someone going out of business in an open and free market I am ok with. Someone going out in a market that has large government influence that I have a problem with.
this thread is long dead ubt....i have a huge problem with walmart, BJs, Cost co these low prices drive out alll surrounding business, which means loss of jobs, which is then equal to a lose of income, then no food, then starvation, then the affected pl will be forced to rely on the SHITTY U.S GOVERNMENT!!!
