Walmart.

[theonelight]

Just about every name brand product is less expensive at wal mart, from my experience and I mean the EXACT same brand, whether it is; bread, yogurt, ketchup, booze, toilet paper, cleaning products, dog food, frozen foods, light bulbs, auto products, some electronics and I could go on and on and on. Again, I am talking about the SAME name brand products that many stores sell and Target is not even in the ballpark for those same products. Costco is competitive with some (if you bulk), but some of the same products are still higher, even when you buy the bulk quantities.

And yet you don't have a single shred of evidence to back up your claim.

 

[bhsmte]

And yet you don't have a single shred of evidence to back up your claim.

Hey, I can read price tags on products, quite well in fact. Did I right them all down in a book, no.

Whether you believe me or not, is really not a concern of mine.

 

[selfinflikted]

I loathe Wal-Mart. I do not shop there. Ever. There are plenty of other choices for me, thankfully.

 

[Joykins]

Walmart can't sell alcohol here due to being too new

 

[Paulos23]

I went into a Walmart once, since it was the only store in the town I was driving through. It was scary how cheep the items were, and at the time everything had a cheep feel. They may have been fine, but they didn't interest me at all.

This was several years ago, so things may have changed. But for somethings I don't think I will be going there.

 

[KCfromNC]

It's part of the free market.

Wal-Mart relies heavily on government programs to make their business model work - e.g. Wal-Mart's dependence on food stamps, revealed - Los Angeles Times. I'm not sure how that qualifies for free market economics.

 

[bhsmte]

Wal-Mart relies heavily on government programs to make their business model work - e.g. Wal-Mart's dependence on food stamps, revealed[bless and do not curse]-[bless and do not curse]Los Angeles Times. I'm not sure how that qualifies for free market economics.

Is wal mart the only place one can use food stamps? If it was then your point would be valid. Also, if someone was on food stamps, wouldnt they want to be able to buy products for less?

 

[FreeSpirit74]

Unfortunately, the peopleofwalmart website isn't too far off in it's depiction of customers and staff. It was always a little startling seeing the staff. I've never seen a more slovenly appearing and unattractive group of humans in one location, ever.

I didn't think they were bad people, or even bad employees generally speaking, although gross incompetence was a common problem. Instead, they looked so misshapen, one could've gotten the impression that they were a different and inferior evolutionary branch of homo sapiens.

And that's why Walmart is where they end up working, rather than a company that pays "real" wages and provides a full plate of benefits. What's that old saying - dress and present yourself for the job you want, not for the job you have?

 

[bhsmte]

I wouldn't say that the quality of Walmart Chinese goods are fair or even good. The electronics are outdated and not much cheaper than their consumer competition. Their home good are poor to fair for the price. Other stores have American made products that do cost more, but are of a much higher quality.

I find that Walmart teeters between lower price/same quality and similar price/inferior quantity.

In general, I would agree.

But, as I have stated, most of the products I buy at walmart, are name brand products, not the walmart brand products. For the name brand products that are sold at every store, I find wal mart to be less expensive than other options, for the exact same brand product.

 

[bhsmte]

And that's why Walmart is where they end up working, rather than a company that pays "real" wages and provides a full plate of benefits. What's that old saying - dress and present yourself for the job you want, not for the job you have?

Correct, which is why I stated in another post, some of the folks who work at walmart, likely can't get employed at other stores or places and they are not in demand. Walmart gets them at lower wages because of this and the other option would them not working at all, which I don't think would be a good thing.

 

[theonelight]

Hey, I can read price tags on products, quite well in fact. Did I right them all down in a book, no.

Whether you believe me or not, is really not a concern of mine.

Hostility is not a substitute for empirical evidence.

 

[bhsmte]

Hostility is not a substitute for empirical evidence.

I have all the evidence I need, my eyes and some basic math.

If I was concerned about proving this to others from an empirical standpoint, I could go take pictures of brand products at walmart and then do the same for the same products at other stores, but that is not going to happen.

If you don't see the same price difference at the walmarts by you, then so be it, I happen to see lessor prices in my area and that is what I act on.

 

[theonelight]

I have all the evidence I need, my eyes and some basic math.

If I was concerned about proving this to others from an empirical standpoint, I could go take pictures of brand products at walmart and then do the same for the same products at other stores, but that is not going to happen.

If you don't see the same price difference at the walmarts by you, then so be it, I happen to see lessor prices in my area and that is what I act on.

If you had even a shred of evidence (which you don't), you would have presented it by now.

 

[bhsmte]

If you had even a shred of evidence (which you don't), you would have presented it by now.

Really?

Well, I have no motivation to go through the trouble of presenting that evidence, as I have better things to do and it is not important whether you believe what I say.

So, you obviously think I am lying about my position that my local walmart store has lower prices for brand products then their competitors, correct?

What could my motivation be to lie about such a thing?

 

[Nithavela]

Really?

Well, I have no motivation to go through the trouble of presenting that evidence, as I have better things to do and it is not important whether you believe what I say.

So, you obviously think I am lying about my position that my local walmart store has lower prices for brand products then their competitors, correct?

What could my motivation be to lie about such a thing?

Of course, you are paid by walmart to write these things.

 

[bhsmte]

Of course, you are paid by walmart to write these things.

Of course.

And walmart pays me after being on this site for over a year and never mentioning a word about walmart and when I did, it was in response to someone else's post about walmart. Walmart also pays me to be an atheist and make all the other posts I do on this forum on other topics.

Sure, why not?

 

[Nithavela]

Yeah, they are sneaky like that. But we have finally seen trough your clever ruse.

 

[theonelight]

Really?

Well, I have no motivation to go through the trouble of presenting that evidence, as I have better things to do and it is not important whether you believe what I say.

So, you obviously think I am lying about my position that my local walmart store has lower prices for brand products then their competitors, correct?

What could my motivation be to lie about such a thing?

Insisting you have evidence is not the same thing as actually having evidence.

 

[bhsmte]

Insisting you have evidence is not the same thing as actually having evidence.

Have you absorbed the comments I have made about this, or have they eluded you?

I do insist I have evidence, I just have no interest in jumping through the hoops to prove it to you.

 

[bhsmte]

Yeah, they are sneaky like that. But we have finally seen trough your clever ruse.

Sneaky? I guess that is an option to grasp, if you like.