Who here doesnt like Wal-Mart? Options

[BlackCelicaGT94]

I dont know if you guys know what all goes into putting a Wal-Mart up but my goodness theres always a fight in every city to keep it out of their city.


Do you guys have any problems with Wal-Mart?


go to Walmart facts\

they have such a bad rap but i personally see nothing wrong with the company. They are an excellent company for wifes or family members of those who live on military bases. Gives people a chance to work.

[SinisterWhisper]

I work at meijer as a cashier and we are basicaly a superwalmart I guess. Overall nothing wrong with walmart but like every company some of its employees are corrupt but hey thats life.

[Uppitycracker]

I think the main problem people have with walmarts is that it drives small businesses out of business. But I suppose thats life, my family shops there for groceries.

[Coomer]

I like Wal-Mart because I can go there at 3AM to get another gallon of fiberglass resin or another tube of solder or whatever else I need to work on my car when I work all night long in the garage.

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

i dont really like walmart. i was just walking around and some dude that worked there came up to me saying that he "kicked me out of walmart last week" and that if he saw me to anything bad he will get me in deep trouble. then he sat there for about 5 minutes staring me down. the funny thing was is that i havemt been to any walmart within about 1.5 months. so i was extremly pissed.

[Uppitycracker]

I like Wal-Mart because I can go there at 3AM to get another gallon of fiberglass resin or another tube of solder or whatever else I need to work on my car when I work all night long in the garage.
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they sell fiberglass resin??? How much is?? is it good stuff?

Tim

[Batman722]

dont really like walmart. i was just walking around and some dude that worked there came up to me saying that he "kicked me out of walmart last week" and that if he saw me to anything bad he will get me in deep trouble. then he sat there for about 5 minutes staring me down. the funny thing was is that i havemt been to any walmart within about 1.5 months. so i was extremly pissed.

sounds like you don't like an employee at WalMart.

Walmart is freakin great. You can't beat their prices for anything.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

heres a few reasons people dont like them


they dont promote
they pay cheap
most products are not made in the US
building a wal-mart brings more traffic



those are just a few of the reasons ive heard.

[ghostdog]

reasons I hate walmart

http://www.flagstaffactivist.org/fan/walfacts.phtml

yes I like saving money, yes I occasionally shop there, but I still hate them damnit

[BlackCelicaGT94]

DOES FLAGSTAFF NEED SUPER WAL-MART?

Employment Impacts

On average, communities lose one and a half full-time jobs for every part-time job at Wal-Mart.
Wages and benefits at Wal-Mart are an average of $5.00/hour less than at places like Safeway that pay union wages.
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Wal-Mart has threatened and penalized employees attempting involvement in unions
Approximately half of Wal-Mart’s employees are eligible for food stamps
The median income of a Wal-Mart employee is about $12,000 as opposed to the national median income of $25-30,000

Fact: Currently, 74 percent of Wal-Mart’s hourly associates in the United States work full-time. That is well above the 20 - 40 percent typically found in the retail industry. Our average hourly wage for regular full-time associates in the U.S. is $9.68 an hour, almost double the federal minimum wage. Wal-Mart’s average full-time wage in urban areas is slightly higher than the national average. For example: Chicago, $10.69; Austin, TX, $10.69; Washington D.C./Baltimore, $10.08; Atlanta, $10.80; and in Los Angeles, $9.99


Only about 40% of Wal-Mart employees have medical coverage
Fact: Our health care plan insures full-time and part-time associates once eligible. Last year, this was more than 500,000 associates, including many family members. Currently, 86 percent of Wal-Mart associates surveyed have medical insurance - 56 percent of those with coverage received health care insurance from Wal-Mart and the remainder receive health care through another source such as another employer, a family member, the military or Medicare. Unlike many plans, after the first year, the Wal-Mart medical plan has no maximum for most expenses, protecting our associates against catastrophic loss and financial ruin.

Associates enrolled in the Associates’ Medical Plan also have access to world class health care at the Mayo Clinic, Stanford University Hospital, Johns Hopkins University Hospital and many other health care facilities, all without insurance approval.




They usually leave their previous store vacant to prevent a competitor from locating in that building.


Fact: Wal-Mart recycles unused stores to benefit our communities. We have a full-time team of real estate professionals, backed by an entire department dedicated solely to making sure available Wal-Mart properties are sold or leased to benefit our communities. Our stores have been converted to other retailers including Hobby Lobby, Big Lots and Burlington Coat Factory. They’ve also been turned into schools, churches, call centers and automobile dealerships. Last year, we sold, leased or sub-leased more than 15 million square feet of space for our communities. It’s our responsibility to recycle our unused stores and we take it very seriously.




Military Support
Fact: In 2004, more than 38,000 Wal-Mart associates told us they have served in the military. Currently, 3,200 associates are on military leave. It’s obvious we are loyal supporters of men and women in the armed forces. More often than not, they are our friends, neighbors, and frequently our fellow associates. Wal-Mart proudly offers continuation of benefits and salary differential to associates called to active duty.

We support the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Operation Uplink by providing free phone cards so service men and women can call home from anywhere in the world. And we made it possible for customers nationwide to send hundreds of thousands of messages of support to military men and women through in-store kiosks. We provide millions of dollars in financial aid to military family-support organizations and work with manufacturers to supply clothing for the wounded and special-need items for the troops.

Wal-Mart donated $6 million to help build the World War II memorial in Washington D.C. while associates and customers raised an additional $8.5 million. In 2003, Wal-Mart was honored with the prestigious "Corporate Patriotism Award" sponsored by the Employer Support for Guard & Reserve (ESGR) and in 2004 honored with the Secretary of Defense “Employer Supports Freedom Award,” also sponsored by ESGR.

[Coomer]

I like Wal-Mart because I can go there at 3AM to get another gallon of fiberglass resin or another tube of solder or whatever else I need to work on my car when I work all night long in the garage.
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they sell fiberglass resin??? How much is?? is it good stuff?

Tim
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Yeah, a gallon of Bondo resin and two tubes of hardener for $27 I believe. I prefer Bondo over USC, and those are the only two I've used.

[Uppitycracker]

heres a few reasons people dont like them


they dont promote
they pay cheap
most products are not made in the US
building a wal-mart brings more traffic



those are just a few of the reasons ive heard.
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Well they pay according to thie job, which is monkey work. They also prophit share which most companies don't do.

Most products sold anywhere aren't made in the US.

From what I here they do promote, but I mean stores like that don't exactly attract the type that wanna work there way up in life.

Tim

[Uppitycracker]

I like Wal-Mart because I can go there at 3AM to get another gallon of fiberglass resin or another tube of solder or whatever else I need to work on my car when I work all night long in the garage.
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they sell fiberglass resin??? How much is?? is it good stuff?

Tim
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Yeah, a gallon of Bondo resin and two tubes of hardener for $27 I believe. I prefer Bondo over USC, and those are the only two I've used.
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Right on, is bondo resin epoxy? The stuff I got off the net is twice that price so it would be cool to get it local for half the price! Thanks man!

Tim

[BlackCelicaGT94]

oh no i like them :-D trust me i do! and i dont even shop there!

those are just rumors that circulate about them!

[Uppitycracker]

oh no i like them :-D trust me i do! and i dont even shop there!

those are just rumors that circulate about them!
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Ya I know what you mean, people love to yap there jaws, its a sickness.

[orvillescelica]

I LOVE Walmart!!! I use to go to Super Walmart with my friend late at night and we would just walk around for hours and no one would bother us. They let us just sit there on one of the furniture displays for an hour an a half as we watched a movie on one of the TV displays. The walmart brand stuff is sometimes better than the name brand stuff. I would always get their generic brand food stuff because they were either just as good or better, and always a ton cheaper. Walmart is great! Always open, always cheap!

[madmods]

I understand both sides of the arguments and saw a great show on nova about the economic impact Walmart has. Personally, I'm with Coomer here. I've been known to stop at walmart many times very late at night. And the prices are not bad either. So I go to vote that I like them.

[forkee]

umm....the walmarts around here are only open 8-11. what are u talking about 3 in the morning?? u mean to say ur guy's walmarts are 24/7 or somethin'?

[ghostdog]

did you get that from the walmart website? sorry to say but you can't always take things at face value. take for example the statement below:

Fact: Currently, 74 percent of Wal-Mart’s hourly associates in the United States work full-time. That is well above the 20 - 40 percent typically found in the retail industry.[right][snapback]234846[/snapback][/right]

what they don't tell you is that

the company brags that 70% of their employees are full time, but fails to disclose that they count anyone working 28 hours a week or more as full  time.

something else I found interesting:

One of the most telling of all the criticisms of Wal-Mart is to be found in a February 2004 report by the Democratic Staff of the House Education and Workforce Committee. In analyzing Wal-Mart's success in holding employee compensation at low levels, the report assesses the costs to US taxpayers of employees who are so badly paid that they qualify for government assistance even under the less than generous rules of the federal welfare system. For a two-hundred-employee Wal-Mart store, the government is spending $108,000 a year for children's health care; $125,000 a year in tax credits and deductions for low-income families; and $42,000 a year in housing assistance. The report estimates that a two-hundred-employee Wal-Mart store costs federal taxpayers $420,000 a year, or about $2,103 per Wal-Mart employee. That translates into a total annual welfare bill of $2.5 billion for Wal-Mart's 1.2 million US employees.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17647

[BlackCelicaGT94]

I like wal-mart and i have the best reason in the world to liek them! :-D

I talk to them everyday!

This post has been edited by BlackCelicaGT94: Jan 17, 2005 - 8:17 PM