Did Wal Mart break the law?
951778
It may be a form of bait and switch! I felt it was fishy when I saw the internet thing last night! You might get answers from lawyers, but I think they just stepped into it! The advertised stuff they couldn't produce at that price! They knew what they were doing. I have a degree in business and I think they are on shakey ground!
204145
Sorry,\nI used to be a wal-mart boycotter.\nBut, they sell the some stuff cheaper than Costco and Sam's Club, both of which you have to be a member of.\n\nThey sell name brand sundry items, and usually it is a great deal.  In the name of saving money , why not shop there.  The  lawsuits are probably mostly locals trying to keep them out of their area.  And also from employees trying to get MORE money than they are worth.  I would guess Wal-Mart is the "target" of more lawsuits, and unfortunately, most of them are frivelous.  \n\nWith the advent of the internet and online shopping, people are prooving they want their items cheap.  Local companies don't want to be pushed out of their 'market'.  I used to feel for the local businesses, but after being screwed too many times by them, I lost interest in trying see their side.
492846
To answer this question is to break the law, sorry
513252
It's illegal.\n\nPeople who casually break the law purely for their own pleasure are poor citizens.
610940
Why dont people go after the companies that hire them and use these illegals???\n\nDo you shop at Wal-mart or Target??
975342
Very mixed feelings here...certainly there are some socio-economic considerations involving any Walmart store, but do we really want to empower government to the point that it can decide where people should conveniently shop in their community?\n\nOverall I guess I would likely oppose any ban on free enterprise and so I would oppose the San Diego city council decision...\n\nJust a thought...
531874
There are no laws on things like this. It's an open capitalist economic system. All emplyers basically set their own guidelines outside of polution and safety.
587000
when it started out it was, but nowadays your average full time employee can't make ends meet--their "work week" is 28 hours and if someone does happen to go into overtime their managers are trained and told to bump those hours into the next week and to cut hours to accomodate them.  They also abuse their suppliers by buying at a price and then lowering their buying price steadily each year forcing their suppliers to go under--I believe it was Gedney who almost went under when Wal Mart slashed their buying price.  They're also notorious for leaving hugantic piles of fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, etc. for home gardens out in the open, exposed to the elements, including allowing them to drain into city water supplies and runoffs into waterways, contaminating them hideously.  They've also locked illegal immigrant workers in the store to clean & restock and left them locked there till the manager got there the next morning.  Another favorite stunt of theirs to pull is to make workers clock out to unload trucks.  \nWalmart is also one of the most anti union corporations in America--most of those security cameras that you see is to watch and see if there is union activity going on on the premises.  Their workers have a fund that they can donate to freely for other retired workers pension fund the Waldens (or whatever their last name is) combined donated about $5,000 in the last few years (and this is a family that I believe is richer than Bill Gates).  All in all Wal Mart is just the place I shop at because I'm a poor broke ass college student, their ethical practices are non existent to the point that unless you can afford to go no place else you really shouldnt' be going there, like I said I only shop there because I poor and broke.
558659
No because it is hurting someone. It is hurting the store especially if it is done on a repeated basis. And that in turn hurts the customers who have to pay more in that store.
39710
Of Course!  \n\nThe documentary you seen seems quite accurate.  I stopped shopping there years ago with no desire to return.  The links below will direct you to more articles relating to the company.  Good or bad, their history speaks for them.\n\nI believe most of us now understand the crimes of Walmart.  I wish the focus would turn more towards investigating McDonald's, Coka Cola and other fast food/soft drink giants for poisioning the world with drugs that addict children and adults.  Not to mention the unethical way these companies do business as well. \n  \nAs far as the car question, I stopped driving over a year ago due to the rediculious gas prices.  I don't wish to support the current administration (which by the way SUPPORTS Wal-mart).  I have found biking and walking to be the best way to go.  Public transportation only when needed for extreme long distances.  Of all the 10+ cars I owned over the years, only one was foreign which was old and used.    \n\n:)\nPeace
942419
I'll tell you, I got slapped and punched by a woman at a WalMart.  That is not something you see at Macy's.\n\nPeace!
301680
ILLEGAL.\nrent it at the store, for like three dollars, geez.
754775
According to the law, it's usually called theft and yes, that's illegal.  Often accompanied with B&E (breaking and entering).
1022089
Absolutely not.\n\nhttp://www.walmartmovie.com/\n\nYou want an explaination - go to that site and get a copy of that movie. You will never shop at Wal-Mart again.\n\nWal-Mart does not create jobs - it creates more cases of unemployement. It forces other businesses, especially locally owned businesses, to close because they cannot compete with Wal-Mart. Sure, they hire a bunch of people when a store opens, but because they are putting other businesses out of business the unemployement rate stays the same.\n\nAnd a local business cannot just lower their prices to compete with Wal-Mart. It's not that easy. Wal-Mart gets HUGE government funding to build their stores and keep their business running, but the little guy, the small business owner isn't allowed such luxuries.\n\nWal-Mart has also been very bad about hiring illegal immigrants - taking jobs away from American citizen living in communities. And whatever you've been told - not all Walmart products are made in the U.S.A. They pay a lot of Chinese workers next to nothing to produce goods for their stores.\n\nAnd did you know... there is an employee emergency relief fund that Wal-Mart has created for their employees and their employees have given MILLIONS of dollars to this fund, but the owners of Wal-Mart, the Waltons, who are billionaires, gave only $6,000 in one year.\n\nMost Wal-Mart employees are not well paid. Most of them can't even afford to enroll in the company's health insurance program. What does Wal-Mart tell them to do? They are refered to government funded programs. So the taxes you pay from your job help Wal-Mart employees get health care - it sounds noble and all, but it is money that could be spent on more important things like education, but since Wal-Mart doesn't want to give their employees affordable health care the American public pays for it instead.\n\nThese are just a few reasons.\n\nhttp://www.walmartmovie.com/\n\nWatch it.\n\nWal-Mart was NOT made by a black guy and why would that make it any better or worse?
173025
Absolutely not. If they threaten to do so, they are breaking the law.
1098150
There are some at Wal-mart
857431
yes, you can sue. anyone can sue anyone, for anything. but whether they win or not is a different story. i work at a store similar to kmart, and we prosecute anyone who steals anything over $15. Think...what do they gain by charging you all that money? you go here and tell all of us that they charged you $400...and you probably told your fam. and friends too, right? well that sends out the message to all of us to NOT STEAL FROM KMART. that is exactly what they want. the moral of this story is to not steal from kmart.