Sarah

Why do I take so much pleasure in seeing the Bentonville juggernaut fail miserably in Europe?


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14073098/

dan_alford

You should enjoy this then from the jib jab team

http://www.jibjab.com/JokeBox/JokeBo...px?movieid=122

Angry White Pyjamas

Their days (and those of all such massive pile em high sell em cheap retailers) are numbered anyway. Their business models are based on cheap labour and cheap distribution which all relies on cheap and abundant energy. With the cost of energy spiralling expect outfits such as Wally World to collapse in on themselves in the near future.

Tolos

Well I'm going to be honest and frank here. I could give a damn about slave labor and poor working conditions. I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a shitbag and have no interest in the economics lives of people off in Chinese sweatshops somewhere.

Bottom line is this - I'm a consumer. A customer. I want products at the lowest price. You're all free to go and visit one of those mom & pop gas stations, who charge $2 for a pack of gun, or $3 for a tin of beans. Feel good that you are supporting fair trade. But I'll personally stick to Wal-Mart and get my gum for 20c and my beans for 80c thanks.

I'm glad WalMart is around. I trust it a lot more than these local foodmarts, who are much more likely to sell outdated food and overprice their goods to make a profit. I want to save money, and WM allows me to do that. Long may it prosper.

anotherlimey

$2 for a pack of gun!!! Bargain!.

Ah Simple, Simple, Simple......

Tolos

You can't sneeze, fart or make a typo on BE and hope to get away with it...

ironporer

I suppose it had to happen... I agree with you. :scared:

Sarah

You really, really don't see the bigger picture here do you?

peterbainham

That doesn't matter. You see, he's all right Jack.

Tolos

I don't care about the bigger picture. Like I say, I'm selfish and care about my own needs, and those of my family. WalMart creates competition - which leads to lower prices. They're not going to go out of business, despite what y'all may claim about energy costs, etc.

Just like in the UK when Sainsbury's monopoly was ruined by the rise of Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Somerfield, etc - the ongoing developments of WM, Randalls, Kroegers, etc, means better things for the customer.

And don't EVER talk to me in that condescending tone again.

Tolos

Yup, Jack is just fine. Perhaps if every person on this planet was self motivated - with the willingness to suceed in all aspects of their life - without concern for failure or weakness...we wouldn't have such a lame society filled with bums, leeches, illiterate morons and crooks.

gruffbrown

Or I'll skweam and I'll skweam and I'll swkeam.

peterbainham

That's really nothing to be proud of.

......and then destroys it .....

.......so that they can raise them again.

You mean the same condescending tone that you used no more than five minutes ago:

Tolos

Great post. You can nit pick. Woo Woo.

peterbainham

Are you familiar with the German concept of 'Allzumenschliche'?

Look it up.

With your philosophy we can all grow up to be 'Allzumenschliches' like yourself and this gentleman: