[Mad Dawgg]

"Well, I'm quite impressed, but also surprised and puzzled because your comments indicated to me a naivity about pricing that seemed to go with little business experience. I ran a $25M business where decisions on product differentiation and pricing were very important. It seems to me that we should both know how business operates."

And you are trying to convince me that when a price advantage of 8-30% (Based on numbers thrown about on this thread.) is up for grabs that Wal-Mart's competitors would not seek to use it?

Please explain.

[expatpat]

I haven't studied their businesses, but suspect their profit margins are so lousy that they might well be very happy to go along with the higher prices and better margins they can get away with in that case. You think they are going to start a price-war with Wal-Mart,who could easily crush them at that game?