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Old 11-25-2004, 04:45 PM
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saving an extra $2 or having extra sleep...Well anyone with an IQ over 2 will pick the sleep, Right?

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I think so - yes

I've seen the movie a million times and can probably recite it - I think tomorrow I'll preserve my peace of mind - not going into public places will decrease my chances of absolutely losing my temper and doing things I'll regret - like ramming people with shopping carts or something...
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Old 11-25-2004, 04:51 PM
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like ramming people with shopping carts or something...
I run over those damn Unarco built shopping carts at Wal-@#$%-Mart without thought or care or consequence...Call it stress relief from a former Unarco employee

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Old 11-25-2004, 04:52 PM
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I run over those damn Unarco built shopping carts at Wal-@#$%-Mart without thought or care or consequence...Call it stress relief from a former Unarco employee

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I getting that visual and, consequently, am LMMFAO
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Old 11-25-2004, 05:05 PM
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I getting that visual and, consequently, am LMMFAO
of my major quirks with Wal-FN-Mart

Seeing those damn carts which cost us between $55-65 each to build but WallyWorld would only offer between $10-$15 for each one we built...My rage against the baskets isn't aimed at Unarco, it's aimed at WallyWorlds arrogant attitude of "Either ya except our figures for each cart or we will take our business to your competitor who has already offered to manufacture the carts for less than our current contract with you..."

So I have no love lost for W-FN-M...I still have great respect for my friends who are still employed at Unarco Commercial Products in Wagoner, OK.

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Old 11-25-2004, 05:17 PM
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My ex-boyfriend and I (mature people that we are) would have wal-mart fun by randomly ramming shelves or displays with our carts...knocking things over etc...immature - perhaps...but going to that store brought so many feelings of rage to me...I needed to take it out somehow...hahaha...

Why did I keep going to WM? In my hometown there was no where else to go for groceries..there was a mass exodus of grocery stores a few years ago - it's wal-mart and one other store which was way out of my college student price range...
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Old 11-25-2004, 05:37 PM
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My ex-boyfriend and I (mature people that we are) would have wal-mart fun by randomly ramming shelves or displays with our carts...knocking things over etc...immature - perhaps...but going to that store brought so many feelings of rage to me...I needed to take it out somehow...hahaha...

Why did I keep going to WM? In my hometown there was no where else to go for groceries..there was a mass exodus of grocery stores a few years ago - it's wal-mart and one other store which was way out of my college student price range...
****. There's one WM in the town where we both work (Chickasha) and for WM having competitive prices with other stores in the area that is so far from the truth...

Example-The Monday night before the release of SYW in 2003, I asked the clerk in WM's electronics dept. how much would the SYW disc be on sale for, to which she replied "It depends on how much the competitors in town are listing that cd for...", To which I replied "There's no competitors in town..." which was met with a smirky "Oh well...It will probably be at full price" (Which I saw the next day listed at $18.99!!!)

I dont see how college students at the liberal (Ohh, there's that word again) arts school USAO (University Of Science & Arts Of Oklahoma) can afford to shop at WM for the newest electronic releases & etc.

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Old 11-25-2004, 05:46 PM
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****. There's one WM in the town where we both work (Chickasha) and for WM having competitive prices with other stores in the area that is so far from the truth...

Example-The Monday night before the release of SYW in 2003, I asked the clerk in WM's electronics dept. how much would the SYW disc be on sale for, to which she replied "It depends on how much the competitors in town are listing that cd for...", To which I replied "There's no competitors in town..." which was met with a smirky "Oh well...It will probably be at full price" (Which I saw the next day listed at $18.99!!!)

I dont see how college students at the liberal (Ohh, there's that word again) arts school USAO (University Of Science & Arts Of Oklahoma) can afford to shop at WM for the newest electronic releases & etc.

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It seems that Wal-Mart came into my old town then had these amazing low prices...then the mass-exodus of other stores...and BAM WM prices went right up...jerks....
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Old 11-25-2004, 05:50 PM
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It seems that Wal-Mart came into my old town then had these amazing low prices...then the mass-exodus of other stores...and BAM WM prices went right up...jerks....
Thus, their (and just about every other large company's) business model If it violated anti-trust laws for the airlines to do it in the late 80's and 90's (they coordinated a scheme to lower prices in markets where discount airlines were emerging in an effort to make them unable to compete - then it violates them now.

Again, I think if any business (or person for that matter ) is analyzed too closely, flaws will be exposed. WM, however, seems to have glaring faults. WM needs to clean up - which they say they are doing. So, although businesses tend not to - I hope they do.
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It seems that Wal-Mart came into my old town then had these amazing low prices...then the mass-exodus of other stores...and BAM WM prices went right up...jerks....
what they have done in every town in Oklahoma that has brought WM to town...

Matter of fact, According to an article on Yahoo.com I read awhile ago in OKC alone nearly 42% of the local grocerers near a newly opened WM Stuper-store have permanently closed shop due to loss of retail dollars...And once the competition closed the prices at WM slowly rose!

We, Deb & myself, Drive 100+ miles to OKC to shop for groceries at "Buy 4 Less", And we can fill our cars back seat for around $75 whereas shopping for groceries at the closest WM (26 miles from here) we can spend over $100 and not even have half as much as we bought at "Buy 4 Less"

When the local WM moved to their new location (After becoming a Stuper-store the Homeland that shared the shopping center closed shop...And it publicly learned that WM has an agreement on the lease of the now EMPTY shopping center as to who can move into it. A regional Dialysis facility? Yes...A regional retailer such as Atwoods? Hell NO!!! That is a sad sad FACT!!! Allowing no competition to move by tying up a lease agreement with possible legal redtape is bull****!)

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Old 11-25-2004, 06:06 PM
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My ex-boyfriend and I (mature people that we are) would have wal-mart fun by randomly ramming shelves or displays with our carts...knocking things over etc...immature - perhaps...but going to that store brought so many feelings of rage to me...I needed to take it out somehow...hahaha...
Hee. That reminds me of what my dad & I do in Menards (a home improvement store). We play Jeopardy! with the doorbells until an employee says something to us.

And whenever I have a cart from a grocery store, I always have to go to the other aisle of cars and run over and shove the cart into the corral. Fun for all!
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Old 11-25-2004, 06:28 PM
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what they have done in every town in Oklahoma that has brought WM to town...

Matter of fact, According to an article on Yahoo.com I read awhile ago in OKC alone nearly 42% of the local grocerers near a newly opened WM Stuper-store have permanently closed shop due to loss of retail dollars...And once the competition closed the prices at WM slowly rose!


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Sam Walton based Wal-Mart on a store here in Rhode Island. Wal-Mart moved into RI a few years ago. Guess what? That RI chain that WM was based on went bye-bye a few years ago. Sadly it was my favorite store.
I can't stomach going into a WM.
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Wal-mart does suck.

I'll be up at 5 am, and I'm going to target. I'm getting Sara a Leapster for $70 with a free carrying case. That's the cheapest I've seen it on sale for. So, were hitting Target, Best Buy, and Toys 'R Us (have mercy on me ) That'll be real fun!

And I'm a virgo, but I really suck at getting the best bargains. I just want to get it done, and go home!

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