There has been discussion about China-made products sold by Walmart
and our complicity as consumers in the entire price vs. quality war,
and I found this incredible website showing the effects of some of
these things on Walmart customers:
Re: Buying in large lots and selling in small lots ... >>better price than if you buy only a few or even a few hundred at a time. ... I've never heard that there's a backlog of applications from Walmart... employees to move to jobs in the lucrative chain grocery store field....minimal wages and offering minimal benefits, ... (alt.marketing.online.ebay)
Re: Cadburys Downsizing ... of 18 this week in a month or two I will probably be paying the same price... One of their clients is a canning company that pretty much exclusively cans stuff for Walmart. ... About 5 years ago Walmart demanded that they produce four packs instead of six packs because Walmart figured that people were so used to just grabbing the cans with the plastic ring carriers that they wouldn't notice the difference. ... I left because they tried to screw more money out of me again. ... (rec.food.cooking)
Re: Wally World is handy sometimes ... variety of a Price Chopper or Hannaford. ...Walmart is great for commodities. ... What the do is drive out the other stores selling commodities but not ... The new Downtown is inside the Walmart. ... (misc.rural)
Re: B5 DVD Sets At WalMart.com ... Well, its unlikely that " price, only "is the sole choice model at ... several pairs of Penman jeans at WalMart for a very good price, ... Because many people don't want to, or cannot afford to, pay... (rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated)
Re: Nayas Admits Errors, Promises to Be Honest Going Forward, Switchesto Verizon ... and autos offered at both Walmart and an Ace-like store. ... Ben & Jerry's both compete with Safeway's ... The point is that it makes no sense to try to compete on price against a lower ...Ace does carry some better brand name items than Walmart. ... (alt.cellular.verizon)
