Reminds me of a gas station pricing its gasoline super-low long enough to ruin a competitor. Everybody flocks in and buys even if they know it means that a neighbor is going to lose his business, because, hey, it's cheaper. And that's what people are going to do.
It's the American way, of course. Wal-mart will win the day. I just hope nobody is expecting Wal-mart to STAY the cheapest when it's the only store left in town.
They won't. Here in rural Missouri, Wal-Mart comes into a town, undercuts the other businesses until they go under and then raises their prices. Also, Wal-Mart doesn't have a good reputation as an employer either. The only reason we still have two grocery stores in our small town is that our Wal-Mart isn't a Supercenter and doesn't sell groceries (yet).
Carolyn