Posted on 11/27/2006 5:32:42 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
"Just In Case This Can Save You Money" Ping!
Minnesota, too!
Thank goodness for the prescription drugs program!
PING!
D@mn them! They just keep giving me MORE reasons to shop there. I've seen the list and this will save us $80 a month, though I WILL check the Walgreens prices as well.
As you know, every penny counts around here! :)
I know! It's going to save us a good $80/month in this household. :)
My teenage grandson refers to Walmart shoppers as "Walmartians".
And here I have been telling the children "Just Say No". Dangit.
I'll be investigating the possibilities for Mom, tomorrow.
Wow, the "Unfair Sales Act" sounds like something out of an Ayn Rand novel.
Note: If you live in a state where Walmart offers the $4 plan be sure and asked your pharmacy if they will match it. I use CVS and they will match the Walmart $4 plan drug for drug.
We ARE a back-@sswards state controlled by Socialists. Ayn's head would explode if she were still alive to come and visit. :(
"Free Market? We don't need no steeeeenking Free Market 'round here!" /sarcasm
I know. If prices are too high, it's "gouging", if they're too low it's "predatory" or "unfair", and if they're the same as everybody else it's "collusion".
Last Friday we found out that the $150 computer Wal-Mart was selling was $180 in Wisconsin. Not the only item, either. They were forced to charge higher prices.
I'm not sure if they still have it, but in the early 80s Oklahoma had a 'minimum price' law to 'protect mom-n-pops' from undercut competition.
Walmart was just moving into the state and had a hard time because they wanted to offer prices lower than the state would allow.
By whom?
Wisconsin law.
If prices are too high, it's "gouging", if they're too low it's "predatory" or "unfair", and if they're the same as everybody else it's "collusion".
An excellent point to remember!
"a 'minimum price' law to 'protect mom-n-pops' from undercut competition."
They still do that with gasoline here in Wisconsin. Aside from the outrageous taxes we pay on a gallon of gas, they also have a "minimum markup law" that doesn't allow anyone to undercut their price per gallon and start a "gas war."
Probably a leftover from Jimmuh Carter. Worst. President. Ever.
Wisconsin is dictating consumer prices to a private enterprise? Move over Karl Marx.
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