I do everything in my power not to shop at Walmart, many of you will be surprised to hear. America is littered with Walmart’s small business’s have been overtaken by Walmart Super Stores.
It is sad but in their quest to bring a Walmart to every town they and other big name companies have ruined small towns across the United States as small shops that once thrived now are boarded up.
Every city in American has basically the same sets of Stores no variety, the same mindless junk. You have to really dig to find unique stores with products that are original.
With Walmart entering the on-line music market is appears their .88 cent price is a loss leader. They will definitely destroy some of the other services out there. [Walmart]
And?
Isnt this the beauty of capitalism?
First, I dont know of any Wal-Mart that raises their prices once the competition is gone, and frankly, the small businesses should think of a clever way to keep their business, rather than continue to overcharge their customers, and expect everyone to continue to give them business.
Second, I dont/wont buy music from Wal-Mart for the simple fact that they do censor (you never know what exactly you’re going to get).
But be thankful that the same capitalism that allows them to get rock bottom prices for everyone, is the same system that allows you to boycott them.
Personally, I will continue to give them my business because smaller and other businesses refuse to do business like they do.
(eg. small shops wont special order items for me, Wal-Mart will; small shops charge 20-50% more for items, whereas Wal-Mart gets better prices.)
My main gripe with Wal-Mart is all of the psuedo-humans that stroll its aisles. What a weird consortium of the gene pools oddities, LOL…
Bennie, sadly enough that’s how most people feel. Everyone knows how bad walmart is. They lower their prices to drive out competitors then raise them once there’s no one left. They treat their employees like garbage. They even censor magazines, newspapers and cd’s that they sell. But hey, if it will save me a buck….
I hate Walmart too, but my desire to save outweighs my hatred.