Re: Why I will never shop at Wal Mart again

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:40:52 GMT, zadoc <zadoc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:06:20 -0600, Lawrence Glickman
><Lawrence_Glickman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:01:57 -0700, Gio Medici <giomedici@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>wrote:
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>>> Lawrence Glickman <Lawrence_Glickman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>How about a lawsuit against a store that sold me a broken camera, and
>>>>then refused to either refund the money or replace the camera because
>>>>the WRONG camera was in the box ( evidently taken back and *recycled*
>>>>in the Wal Mart fashion ).
>>>>
>>>>I'm out $210 cash because of these bastards, and yah, I already went
>>>>to Corporate, the store manager, customer service, the Police, the
>>>>entire schmere.
>>>>
>>>>When you steal from them, you go to jail.
>>>>
>>>>When they steal from you, they laugh all the way to the bank.
>>>>
>>>>Lg
>>>
>>>Hey, sorry about that...... my fault! I leave my garbage in the
>>>Walmart shopping carts so that they can put it on the shelves easier,
>>>but no good deed goes unpunished.
>>>
>>>Gio
>>
>>Live and learn. I'm 60 and thought that by now I had seen it all.
>>Evidently not. But I am sure you are correct about their restocking
>>policy of stuff left in carts. No doubt you are right. Box it and
>>just put it back on the shelf for the next sucker.
>>
>>Lg
>
>There are a some precautions you can take, here at least.
>
>If buying any thing valuable off a display shelf, never take the item
>in front. For all you know it has been picked up by other customers
>and accidentally dropped a few times. If it is restocked from a cart
>will generally end up in front as well. So always pick from the rear
>of the stock.
>
>Many manufacturers box and seal each box, at least with tape branded
>with their logo or branded shrink wrap. If have a choice of buying a
>sealed or unsealed box, stay with the sealed.
>
>If really want to be sure, on the way to the checkout read what the
>box is supposed to have in it. At the checkout, unpack it and take a
>quick look before paying for it. If it has been opened before it is
>often obvious.
>
>Some manufacturers even print a label on shrink wrap or box giving the
> serial number of the item inside. The main purpose of this is for
>stock take, tracking and product recall purposes, but it does protect
>the customer if the customer finds out at the checkout that the serial
>numbers don't match.
>
>If it doesn't, you can usually find out even before you pay for it.
>Even if they demand that they pay first, still insist that you want to
>open it in their presence.
>
>You may not make friends with the people behind you waiting to go
>through the checkout, of course.
>
>I'm a bit surprised that the store didn't give you a refund, though.
>They may suffer a much greater loss through bad publicity and lost
>sales. Were I in an area with Wal Mart stores, your post would make
>me very careful if shopped with them.
>
>As to your lines:
>>Live and learn. I'm 60 and thought that by now I had seen it all.
>>Evidently not.
>
>I'm older, & I don't think I've seen it all. Every time you think
>that an individual or a business or a government cannot sink any lower
>you can count on running across a new record.
>
>We all know what assholes humans can be, and they set policy for
>business and government.
>
>Take the Vietnam War as a historical example. Most people now see it
>as a total screwup which cost a lot of lives and money, although I
>suppose some still try to defend it.
>
>Unfortunately, it is very easy for any government to get entangled in
>a war. All it takes is a few wrong guesses, and before a government
>knows it there has been as lot of money spent and many lives lost.
>
>Even if a government realizes that it has screwed up, it is almost
>impossible to admit it. It means withdrawal, which means admitting to
>the voters and taxpayers that the government of the day screwed up.
>Naturally, they are reluctant to admit this.
>
>Much the same situation with a problem gambler or problem drug user.
>Even when he has sold or mortgaged all his assets he borrows more in
>the hopes of finally winning and recovering his losses. He doesn't,
>of course, so he may start embezzling from his employer, getting
>deeper and deeper into the poo.
>
>"Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have
>forgotten your aim". [ George Santayana]

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>However, as an optimist would tell you, always think of the bright
>side of life. It could have been a $2,100 item.

I had that exact same thought when I awoke this morning after a good
night's sleep. This was the less expensive digicam. What if it had
been one of those $1000 jobs?

So as someone said in another group: "Consider the $210 as tuition for
a lesson learned."

I hope I never forget the lesson. I don't see how I possibly can
forget it. $200 to me might as well be $2,000 to you, as I am a
pensioner and live on a very low fixed income.

Lg
Cheers

>Happy New Year,

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