Wal Mart goes Upscale
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Originally Posted by Ash UK/US
Nothing wrong in using coupons... I use them and usually when the item is on sale too.
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I don't like walmart too, but there is no real competition where I live, unless you want to drive an hour to do your shopping, but only tend to buy groceries there, as their non food items do appear to be shabbily made and cheap and nasty. My wife and MIL both work for the walmart group (at Sam's club, the cash and carry arm of the group) and they have just screwed them both (and the rest of the employees) over their bonus check. They get this every year, value dependant on their stores turnover. In the past they have been given a separate check and paid taxes with their tax returns, but this year they included the bonus with their normal pay check, and thus have screwed them with taxes (out of a $800 bonus, my MIL only received $200 after taxes had been taken away), so much for looking after your employees, we are lucky in the regard that we were not desperate for this money, but I know people who are and i think this just shows how much they care about their work force and their individual needs. Bastards!
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Originally Posted by jibsymalone
I don't like walmart too, but there is no real competition where I live, unless you want to drive an hour to do your shopping, but only tend to buy groceries there, as their non food items do appear to be shabbily made and cheap and nasty. My wife and MIL both work for the walmart group (at Sam's club, the cash and carry arm of the group) and they have just screwed them both (and the rest of the employees) over their bonus check. They get this every year, value dependant on their stores turnover. In the past they have been given a separate check and paid taxes with their tax returns, but this year they included the bonus with their normal pay check, and thus have screwed them with taxes (out of a $800 bonus, my MIL only received $200 after taxes had been taken away), so much for looking after your employees, we are lucky in the regard that we were not desperate for this money, but I know people who are and i think this just shows how much they care about their work force and their individual needs. Bastards!
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Wow - your MIL is on a 75% tax rate?? Presumably it will sort itself out at tax-time?
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Originally Posted by Ozzidoc
Wow - your MIL is on a 75% tax rate?? Presumably it will sort itself out at tax-time?
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Originally Posted by jibsymalone
My wife and MIL both work for the walmart group (at Sam's club, the cash and carry arm of the group) and they have just screwed them both (and the rest of the employees) over their bonus check.
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Originally Posted by Ozzidoc
Wow - your MIL is on a 75% tax rate?? Presumably it will sort itself out at tax-time?
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Cutting coupons is fine -- but it can be time consuming to cut them, save them, retrieve them, use them. When I was a college student I certainly did it.
Toon -- there are people (mostly women) in the US who compete over walking out of a supermarket with a trolley full of food and either a $0.00 bill or the supermarket owing THEM money. Please feel free to compete.![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
As to Wal-Mart -- I want them upsh*tcreek.
Toon -- there are people (mostly women) in the US who compete over walking out of a supermarket with a trolley full of food and either a $0.00 bill or the supermarket owing THEM money. Please feel free to compete.
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As to Wal-Mart -- I want them upsh*tcreek.
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Originally Posted by snowbunny
Cutting coupons is fine -- but it can be time consuming to cut them, save them, retrieve them, use them. When I was a college student I certainly did it.
Toon -- there are people (mostly women) in the US who compete over walking out of a supermarket with a trolley full of food and either a $0.00 bill or the supermarket owing THEM money. Please feel free to compete.![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
As to Wal-Mart -- I want them upsh*tcreek.
Toon -- there are people (mostly women) in the US who compete over walking out of a supermarket with a trolley full of food and either a $0.00 bill or the supermarket owing THEM money. Please feel free to compete.
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