why do people criticize Wall mart?
930796
Jealousy....those other people think that they are taking their money instead of going towards their business. In turn they probably go there too
95849
I don't know - some people will do anything to save 42 cents on Comet so they can buy a DVD they don't need.  I hate that store.  I would like to say I hate it mostly because of their business practices, but that's not the real reason.  The real reason is because the stores seem dirty, there are too many snotty-nosed filthy screaming children, and I feel like I need to shower as soon as I come out.  Of course, I've only been inside two (2) Wal*Marts, but that's enough for me, thanks.
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They are doing that in many smaller communities.  Just imagine you owned the local grocery store and are making a good living.  Walmart comes into town, you are out of business.  You will never be able to get the wholesale prices that they get or sell the different products that they are able to.\n\nThey are lowering income levels of the entire community when they move in.  That is according to their own study.\n\nAnother issue with Walmart is how they deal with suppliers.  If you had a farm and sold your produce to Walmart, they will say we need a 20% discount from you.  And if they are you only customer, what do you do?\n\nThey are hard on the community (store owners) they move in and the suppliers.
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Ameriplan is not a scam.  If we were all the major pharmacies, vision providers and thousands of doctors would not be involved with us.   Get real people.   I get so sick of seeing people say we are a scam who don't put the effort into making anything work or do their research.  Wal-Mart has more complaints than we do. Is Wal-Mart scamming the millions who shop there?  And what company doesn't have complaints/unsatisfied customers at some point?
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Wal-Mart needs to take its own share of responsibility for the workforce it hires and to the communities around where it builds.  To date, it does neither.\n\nSure, Wal-Mart supplies cheap goods to the middle class.  But, at what a cost?  They do hire lots of people, but they don't treat those people properly.  Much of Wal-Mart's workforce can't even afford the health insurance they offer on what they get paid.  Even Wal-Mart's CEO has stated that the 'free' healthcare systems may offer better coverage than Wal-Mart's plans.  Only Wal-Mart can get away with shoving off their employee's health concerns to the state and local free healthcare system.\n\nWhat people need to realize is the difference between what Wal-Mart sells and how they operate their business.  While Wal-Mart does offer good deals on items, the way they operate their business is separate from the goods they sell.  So, as a discriminating consumer, you have to diffentiate between Wal-Mart the corporation (with shady business tactics) and Wal-Mart the store (out to sell discount items)... it's basically two different things (although still connected).  While I agree we need discount stores, we don't need corporations willing to do anything to make a buck even at the expense of other businesses, workers and the local economy.\n\nCorporate Wal-Mart decides where stores are to be built and how to manage all of the details around procurement of the land, building, construction details and stocking the stores (including tax abatement and various other incentives to get them to build there).  After the store is built, however, then it's operated by the store manager who tries to do the right thing (obviously directed by regional directors and corporate HQ).  Likely most, if not all, of the not-so-savory ways of doing business are handed down by corporate WM and not by the stores or the store managers.
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I do agree with you about the employee's attitudes at some of the Wal Mart stores...but this is also happening at other places of business...People are more rude today than years ago. Not that there were not rude people years ago but when an employee was reported to the store manager as being rude to a customer action was taken because the customer was always right even if wrong we never argued or was rude to a customer. \nI do know that Wal Mart has cut back on their employees and this makes it difficult for the ones working to keep up with the customers and also to do their work. (no excuse get another job). I find that sense Mr. Sam Walton passed away that things have changed at Wally World. (that's what I call Wal Mart because it is like a circus)\nBack to the subject...Every time an employee is rude get their name (ask them if you don't see their name tag) and report them right then and there. (ask to see the manager)
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I wouldn't necessarily say that only liberals hate Wal-Mart but I would agree that a lot of us are very concerned about their business practices... with good reason.\n\nFor one, Wal Mart is owned by the wealthiest family in the world consisting of 4 brothers and sisters each worth over 20 billion dollars, the Waltons.\n\nNot saying wealth is bad but I am saying it is hard to contemplate how a family can gain so much profit while exploiting cheap labor, sweat shops in China and purposely using tactics to put small businesses in America out of business.\n\nIE, Wal Mart was convicted of price gauging in the 90s and has been charged in 3 different countries with violating monopoly laws.\n\nBut, with all that said, the #1 thing that bothers me about Wal Mart is their little known evolvement in manipulating trade tariffs between us and China. They have so much power that they literally are dictating what the trade tariffs will or won't be.
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Good- MAJOR employer, good wages, good diversity hiring policy for minorities, American success story, great low prices, open 24 hrs, one stop shopping. Very respectable employee discount.\n\nBad- recently sued by ppl trying to keep them from gobbling up and destroying their neighborhoods by their saturation scheme of "wal-marts everywhere". Recently sued by women as a class-action suit for their "glass ceiling" of limited advancement and lower wages compared to males in exact same jobs. \nThey throw away books, by tearing off the covers, turning the covers in as "remainders" for credit from the publishers, and just throwing away the bodies of the books.\nThe throw away more in a single day than most people could eat or use in a lifetime. \nTheir price "rollbacks" are hiding the costs by moving them around- raising prices on some items to reduce them on others.\nThey micromanage- having too many assistant managers, dept managers, etc. In some cases 2 different managers will tell you to do opposite things. "manager" is a title thrown around that has little meaning, it's purpose is to get employees to care about their job, but they don't really have any voice or say in it.\nPromised bonus of $200 for making an inventory goal was reduced to $93.15 by the time it reached employee hands.\n\nUGLY- the Waltons (owners) are among the top 20 richest people in the United States, making the Forbes Richie list every year. And they've left Sam Walton's dream far behind.\n\nThey are now using their own TV channel for advertising, to bombard shoppers WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE STORE with constant ads. \nWal-Mart has gone corporate in the worst way, and moved from caring about the American Worker to exploiting the American consumer. They say "no one puts a gun to your head and forces you to shop there." But what would you call it if a major chain like Wal-Mart can move into an area and run all the mom-&-pop operations out of business because they can't compete with the juggernaut?\n\nWalmart is the American Dream turned dark, ugly, and sour.
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I wonder same thing.\nI thought they hate wal mart?\nFLIP FLOP!
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I hate Wal-Mart! I never shop there unless I have to I absolutely cannot find the item anywhere else. \nI boycotted them for several reason:\n1) Have you seen the episode of Frontline about it? (If not check out the site at the bottom---you can see the full show online.There is another documentary available on DVD about it too, which I have not seen entitled " Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" by Edith Arana, Red Esry, Rev. Altagracia Perez, and Donna Payton. Supposedly Wal-Mart attempted to have it stopped but was not able to. I do know people that work there that were instructed not to watch it.) \n\n2) extremely poor service. If you go in there looking for something, you can never find it & if you ask someone that works there they send you on a wild goose-chase before you find out they do not even carry it! Last time I was in there, I went for two items, it took forty-five minutes & I was not able to get either one of them! One of the items [Scotchgard] they did not even know what it was! Then I lost money in the soda machine, but the line for customer service was wrapped all the way around to the corner of the store, filled with people wanting to make returns. I asked a manager if they could help me & they said waiting in that line was the only way to get my money back. They only had one of three counters open, but there were several employees just standing around gossiping. The manager could have at least sent people over to open the two other counters so people did not have to wait so long. I have had several similar instances when the employees are unhelpful. I work in customer service & it just makes me so mad that I bend over backwards to help my customers but that it is extremely difficult to get good service when I go somewhere. Like, when you ask their employees if there are any in back---they do not even check. They just say the do not. Or when you ask where something is and they say "If it's not over there I don't know where it is" . \n3) Lack of selection. In most cases they only carry one name brand & their housebrand & the namebrand carried is not the one I use.\n4) Some items (especially the clothes) are low quality. We used to call them "Wal-Mart-fall-a-parts growing up.\n5) I can almost always find stuff cheaper somewhere else. I do not know why everyone thinks they are so cheap!\n\n(Sorry for any typos, spell check was not working.I do not think it likes long answers.)
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To be honest, most low-income people don't know the whole story about Wal-Mart. However, a lot of them have worked there, along with myself, and most of us will tell you that company is scum. Their low prices are designed to do nothing but monopolize an entire region's shopping. My manager even told us his aim was to eliminate the rival grocery store. This chain should go to court for predatory pricing. The supermarkets Wal-Mart have are extremely basic, and I prefer the local rival Meijer over it anyday. The good news is that there are stores like Sav-A-Lot and Aldi that you can shop at instead of Wal-Mart. I had the worst employment experience ever in my life at Wal-Mart, management did nothing but spy on employees with their billion and one cameras and harass us for even talking with the coworkers in our department and customers! This store has some weird religious agenda too that supercedes profits...they pay $1 extra an hour on Sundays for employees working that day, even though they screw them everywhere else. Weird place, never work or shop there.
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If a store is doing something you believe is wrong or it is failing to do something you believe is right, vote with your feet. Find somewhere to shop that you can feel good about. \n\nMy husband and I try not to shop at Walmart for several reasons. We find it an unpleasant, crowded place to be. We think they could do better for their employees. They buy most of their products from mainland China where human rights violations are common.\n\nNot only Christians can or should shop as their consciences dictate.
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Now I know all ya professor type people look down on us cause of our trailers an s***. Let me tell you. Mine is fine. Double wide with real blocks under it. \n\nSee, now I would shop there. Sounds like a good store. I like good furniture. Specially if it has flowers and shiny wood s*** on it. But I don't want people to think I'm puttin on airs. I want my friends to feel at home. Don't want some fussy thing like a table ya have to put those stupid little round things under every beer can. Don't want a couch that you have to worry about the cat throwing up on. \n\nJust good furniture. Solid. American style. Not that girlie crap from Norway or Sweden or whatever goofy country that makes that s***.
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Oh I hate them too!!!!!!!! it ends up taking longer than it would with a real cashier,  inevitably something goes wrong and a cashier has to come over and help anyway... and  the people in back of you on line  get    angry much faster and the anger is  aimed at you since you are your own cashier lol... they do it to save money  - less employees, less money spent on wages,  and benefits... its a win-win for them...  and a frustrating experience for us !
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Because giant chains like Starbucks and McDonald's represent the death of individually owned business with a unique character and history. When you watch a family-owned bakery that's been in the neighborhood for decades go out of business because people find it easier to purchase cheap, low-quality breads at Walmart instead, it smacks of an erosion of cultural and personal standards that upsets some people.\n\nI personally think it's ridiculous to "stone" these stores, but I think it's within everyone's rights, and even responsibilities, to choose quality and individuality over bland universality whenever possible, even if the latter is easier and cheaper to do.
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Because unfortunately this is what passes for political discourse for many in this country today. It is acceptable to criticize policies which you don't like. It is acceptable to dislike the man if you choose. A poster about above me stated that it is patriotic to criticize, I can accept that, but there is a difference between constructive criticism and absolute slander and many just appear to be unable to separate the two. Do not be deterred by the negative responses you have received here. If you like the President for whatever reason that is your right and speaking out about why you like him is perfectly acceptable. Your opinions are just as valid as any of the detractors. Freedom of speech is a double edged sword, while we may not like the things that are said it is still the right of people to say these things. In a perfect world people would intelligently discuss issues, but alas the world we live in is far from perfect.
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