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"yellow river" |
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04 Sep 2004 03:07:08 PM |
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OT the good thing about wal-mart |
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the checkout
counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart common
stock)
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| User: "% surfs@uniserve" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
04 Sep 2004 03:10:46 PM |
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"yellow river" <huangmYR@earthYRlink.YRnet> wrote in message news:Mfp_c.348$ip2.127@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the checkout
counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart common
stock)
you must like walmart or you wouldn't shop there
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| User: "Sita" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
05 Sep 2004 06:59:54 PM |
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I work at Target; I'm not supposed to like Wal-mart. :-)
"yellow river" <huangmYR@earthYRlink.YRnet> wrote in message
news:Mfp_c.348$ip2.127@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the checkout
counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart common
stock)
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| User: "dennis" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
05 Sep 2004 05:14:14 PM |
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:59:54 -0400, "Sita" <swesley@coslink.net> wrote:
I work at Target; I'm not supposed to like Wal-mart. :-)
"yellow river" <huangmYR@earthYRlink.YRnet> wrote in message
news:Mfp_c.348$ip2.127@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the checkout
counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart common
stock)
I work at kroger. i never understand why we are supposed to hate the
competition. why not just do a better job?
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| User: "Sita" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
07 Sep 2004 10:30:14 AM |
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"dennis" <later@notnow.net> wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:59:54 -0400, "Sita" <swesley@coslink.net> wrote:
I work at Target; I'm not supposed to like Wal-mart. :-)
"yellow river" <huangmYR@earthYRlink.YRnet> wrote in message
news:Mfp_c.348$ip2.127@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the checkout
counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart
common
stock)
I work at kroger. i never understand why we are supposed to hate the
competition. why not just do a better job?
I didn't say I *do* hate wal-mart, though. This is just a job to pay the
bills.
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| User: "yellow river" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
05 Sep 2004 07:11:41 PM |
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Sita wrote:
I work at Target; I'm not supposed to like Wal-mart. :-)
wal-mart generally has lower prices. you can always disguise yourself
and sneak into wal-mart to shop, if you are afraid of your target
managers or coworkers seeing you shop at wal-mart. :)
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| User: "Sita" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
07 Sep 2004 10:31:36 AM |
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I wouldn't be afraid of someone from Target seeing me there--I have a right
to shop around. And anyways, if someone saw me at Wal-mart, it would be
because they were shopping there too!
"yellow river" <huangmYR@earthYRlink.YRnet> wrote in message
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Sita wrote:
I work at Target; I'm not supposed to like Wal-mart. :-)
wal-mart generally has lower prices. you can always disguise yourself
and sneak into wal-mart to shop, if you are afraid of your target
managers or coworkers seeing you shop at wal-mart. :)
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
06 Sep 2004 08:19:53 AM |
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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 00:11:41 GMT, yellow river
<huangmYR@earthYRlink.YRnet> wrote:
<(((*> Sita wrote:
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<(((*> > I work at Target; I'm not supposed to like Wal-mart. :-)
<(((*> >
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<(((*> wal-mart generally has lower prices. you can always disguise yourself
<(((*> and sneak into wal-mart to shop, if you are afraid of your target
<(((*> managers or coworkers seeing you shop at wal-mart. :)
The only way they'd see you shopping at Walmart is if they go
there to shop too.
How can it be wrong if everyone's doing it?
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
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| User: "Flashfire" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
04 Sep 2004 10:42:33 PM |
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yellow river wrote:
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the checkout
counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart
common stock)
So you admit profiting from slave labour and the destruction of America's
small businesses..
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html
http://www.alternet.org/story/12962
http://www.guardian.co.uk/supermarkets/story/0,12784,1082875,00.html
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Regards Lee
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm. ~ Sir Winston Churchill
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| User: "yellow river" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
04 Sep 2004 11:06:21 PM |
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Flashfire wrote:
yellow river wrote:
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the checkout
counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart
common stock)
So you admit profiting from slave labour and the destruction of America's
small businesses..
wal-mart brings low prices to consumers, which is good. wal-mart brings
its shareholders (including me) profits, which is also good. it's free
markets, free enterprise, and capitalism at its best.
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Regards Lee
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm. ~ Sir Winston Churchill
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| User: "Flashfire" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
04 Sep 2004 11:35:27 PM |
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yellow river wrote:
Flashfire wrote:
yellow river wrote:
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the
checkout counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart
common stock)
So you admit profiting from slave labour and the destruction of
America's small businesses..
wal-mart brings low prices to consumers, which is good. wal-mart
brings its shareholders (including me) profits, which is also good.
it's free markets, free enterprise, and capitalism at its best.
Ahh no, forcing American small businesses to the wall and causing major
unemployment is not capitalism at its best. Living off slave labour and
exploiting the poverty of 3rd world countries is not a good thing even if it
does provide consumers with cheap goods. Read the articles.
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Regards Lee
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm. ~ Sir Winston Churchill
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| User: "yellow river" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
05 Sep 2004 12:10:20 AM |
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Flashfire wrote:
yellow river wrote:
Flashfire wrote:
yellow river wrote:
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the
checkout counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart
common stock)
So you admit profiting from slave labour and the destruction of
America's small businesses..
wal-mart brings low prices to consumers, which is good. wal-mart
brings its shareholders (including me) profits, which is also good.
it's free markets, free enterprise, and capitalism at its best.
Ahh no, forcing American small businesses to the wall and causing major
unemployment is not capitalism at its best. Living off slave labour and
exploiting the poverty of 3rd world countries is not a good thing even if it
does provide consumers with cheap goods. Read the articles.
i did, and the articles did nothing to change my positive opinion about
wal-mart.
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| User: "Flashfire" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
05 Sep 2004 12:15:40 AM |
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yellow river wrote:
Flashfire wrote:
yellow river wrote:
Flashfire wrote:
yellow river wrote:
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it
almost impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at
the checkout counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to
pay. (full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart
common stock)
wal-mart brings low prices to consumers, which is good. wal-mart
brings its shareholders (including me) profits, which is also good.
it's free markets, free enterprise, and capitalism at its best.
Ahh no, forcing American small businesses to the wall and causing
major unemployment is not capitalism at its best. Living off slave
labour and exploiting the poverty of 3rd world countries is not a
good thing even if it does provide consumers with cheap goods. Read
the articles.
i did, and the articles did nothing to change my positive opinion
about wal-mart.
Then back to my original statement you admit profiting from slave labour and
the destruction of
America's small businesses..
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Regards Lee
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm. ~ Sir Winston Churchill
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| User: "=^.^=" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
05 Sep 2004 03:50:52 AM |
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:15:40 +1000, "Flashfire"
<ramblinin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Then back to my original statement you admit profiting from slave labour=
and=20
the destruction of
America's small businesses..
don't worry. karma will whack them...
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| User: "=^.^=" |
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05 Sep 2004 03:49:42 AM |
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:35:27 +1000, "Flashfire"
<ramblinin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Ahh no, forcing American small businesses to the wall and causing major=20
unemployment is not capitalism at its best. Living off slave labour and=20
exploiting the poverty of 3rd world countries is not a good thing even =
if it=20
does provide consumers with cheap goods. Read the articles.
communism with trained leaders should accomplish that
American capitalism and its' exported variants should
be one of the major reasons for replacing global capitalism
with a variant of global communism, where the resources
of Nature and humanity aren't exploited for useless profit
it doesn't work...
and the attitude will assist the extinction of humanity...
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
07 Sep 2004 12:06:23 AM |
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:35:27 +1000, "Flashfire" <ramblinin@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
Ahh no, forcing American small businesses to the wall and causing major
unemployment is not capitalism at its best. Living off slave labour and
exploiting the poverty of 3rd world countries is not a good thing even if it
does provide consumers with cheap goods. Read the articles.
Screw the small businesses. Capitalism is about efficiency.
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REASONABLE, adj. Accessible to the infection of our own opinions.
Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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07 Sep 2004 12:06:17 AM |
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 13:42:33 +1000, "Flashfire" <ramblinin@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
yellow river wrote:
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the checkout
counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
(full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart
common stock)
So you admit profiting from slave labour and the destruction of America's
small businesses..
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html
http://www.alternet.org/story/12962
http://www.guardian.co.uk/supermarkets/story/0,12784,1082875,00.html
A lot of people seem to despise freedom.
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ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a
justification of ourselves for having wronged him.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: "Velvet Elvis" |
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04 Sep 2004 03:53:53 PM |
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yellow river wrote:
the good thing about wal-mart is their low prices. i find it almost
impossible to spend a lot of money when i shop there. at the checkout
counter, i'm always surprised how little i have to pay.
I figured you'd like it because it's a place you can beat your wife and kids
in public.
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MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its
origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from
the true accounts which it invents later.
-Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
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| User: "epicphart" |
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| Title: Re: OT the good thing about wal-mart |
05 Sep 2004 12:58:30 AM |
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yellow river wrote:
full disclosure: i own a very small number of shares of wal-mart common
stock)
so what...
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