Posted on 11/10/2005 8:04:58 PM PST by voletti
Do a little research...
Then tell me what date/time of the year the birth of Christ was celebrated by the early Catholic Church PRIOR to the adaption of the pagan Yule celebration.
"Being an audio buff, I would NOT purchase any HTIB (Home Theater In a Box) system from Wal-Mart, BB, CC or anywhere. "
Maybe that should be "Being an audio buff, I would NOT purchase any HTIB (Home Theater In a Box) system!" ;-)
What kind of speakers/system do you have? I am currently have Harmon Kardon 7.1 amp and Klipsch speakers. Ever hear Krell components or McIntosh? Awesome stuff just too expenive for my blood.
I agree completely, with one exception. The one product that I sometimes recommend to friends that they get an extended warranty for is a notebook computer, especially if they're getting it for one of their kids, e.g. a teenage boy in college. In that scenario the odds of a problem or failure increase significantly.
I once bought from someone solely because his sign read "Blessed Christmas".
I'll bet you a 6-pack of the beverage of your choice you can't go into WalMart and find 50 different products for sale that have the word Christmas in it.
Send me the SKUs and it's yours.
If you find me 50 in the Christmas decoration dept. I'll upgrade you to a $25 gift certificate at WalMart ;-)
Bentonville is a really nice place to live!
If Best Buy and Circuit City want to compete, they should try using the word "Christmas" in all their promotions for the next six weeks.
I'm sure the boycotters will throw a few dollars their way.
If it did in fact come from someone at the WalMart PR department, and I have yet to see anything to prove that it did, then it was a boneheaded thing to do and the idiot that sent it should be fired.
With that said, judging from their in store displays and their website, the very last thing on earth WalMart is doing is dissing Christmas.
But, what the heck, if you wish to be offended and not shop there, that is your choice. The other shoppers at your local WalMart will probably be thrilled there are less people in the store while they are doing their Christmas shopping. I know I would be.
You just confirmed what I always thought; their purpose is to sell you cheap, shoddy products..
If I've bought and returned a product because I didn't like the way it worked, I'll sometimes buy one of those warranty things on whatever other product I end up buying instead. If it takes me two returns before I find a product I like, I'll usually buy the warranty on the third. I figure that if I'm costing the retailer something by my return, it's probably fair (and good karma) to give them something back.
I have used one warranty service plan--on a Packard Bell 14" monitor. I actually had thought I had bought a service plan on the DVD player that went bad, but it turned out I hadn't (bummer). Too bad on that one--I liked it in some ways better than its replacement.
Good Lord....
another WalMart thread, another thread full of hard heads, retards and union thug/Buchananites WISHING the WalMart story was correct....
thats fine. Don't go there.
One less person for me to shove out of the way for being a slow arse....
My definition of "cheap" and the definition of the WalMart haters are 2 entirely different things. When I say cheap, I mean less expenseive - they do not.
But it's funny, they will pay $10 more for an identical item somewhere else and claim I'm supporting the chi-coms by buying at WM.........even though thier identical item was made in the identical place as mine.
I picked up on the GE bit only because it has been one of my favorite "tales to tell" on these WM bashing threads. I needed to replace my mixer and purchased a GE stand mixer. It's GE for crying out loud....right? So I didn't bother looking at where it was made. I was replacing one GE mixer with another. Lo and behold there was a WM bashing thread on FR that day (it was a Saturday which is usually when these threads occur) so I went and looked at it. You guessed it, right there on the box it stated Made in China.
Is that the fault of WalMart? Heck no. Am I supporting the chi-coms by purchasing a GE product? I don't think so.
I agree with you and the other posters on the extended warranties - total waste of money.
If they have any items for Jewish or Islamic seasonal observances, I would think that sentence entirely reasonable.
Note also that things like candy-cane lights, inflatable snowmen, and the like may be reasonably described as "holiday decorations" even though they're not really "Christmas decorations". Having a "Holidays" section which includes both Christmas-related merchandise and seasonal merchandise thus seems quite reasonable and sensible.
Good for you!!!!
I'm never shy about expressing my dissatisfaction when I'm paying for a product or service.
My husband is pretty good with general maintenance on our vehicles, but when new tires ar needed, he wants them mounted and balanced properly. And he also wants a reasonable price on the whole deal. Neither WalMart's price or service could be beat when he replaced the tires on his truck recently. He used to go to Sam's Club, but since we don't have one anywhere near us we let our membership lapse, but considering they are the same company.........
Ain't it just so much fun :)
ohh yeah :)
I'm out...I am sure this won't end tonight either....
nothing like WANTING to be offended to get Knee Jerk Conservatives riled up...
You have it right on both accounts...........this will go on and some people just need to have something to offend them.'
Oh, and I'm also out..it's late, I need sleep.
Have a good one.
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