Posted on 11/18/2013 3:40:56 PM PST by mdittmar
They are determined to ruin this country one way or another.
I suppose the AFL-CIO also has an explanation for wannabe Walmart employees submitting thousands of applications whenever WM announces they will open a new store.
Retail businesses rise and fall on their ability to supply the public with the product it wants. Since WM is the most successful enterprise to ever exist on the planet in it’s history, one can rightfully assume a HUGE % of the “horror” stories regarding WM stores are pure fiction supplied by Unions frantic to organize their employees and being beaten back (legally) at every turn.
I have lived in 7 different States and overseas in the past 15 years and have been in countless WM stores. I have found my shopping experience to be no better or worse than shopping at the rest of the large retailers.
What keeps me going back is the lower prices. Those who say they are happy to spend the 10-15% more to “shop local” are mostly full of it. My neighbor is one of those who rail about WM, swearing to never go there but who I have myself seen in the store.
Everything the unions, democrats, liberals and progressives do or try to do against Walmart makes me and my friends spend more dollars in their wonderful stores.
“...one can rightfully assume a HUGE % of the “horror” stories regarding WM stores are pure fiction supplied by Unions frantic to organize their employees and being beaten back (legally) at every turn.”
Really? So the WM pigsty’s that I’ve been to with at least 4-5 items on my shopping list out of stock, 20-30 minute check out lines, lousy quality products, surly staff, and prices that aren’t all that exceptional are a fiction? Wow, I must be getting more delusional than I thought.
“What keeps me going back is the lower prices..”
Fair enough. I’m not willing to step foot in their stores to save maybe 5% over what I could get it for elsewhere. I value my time and sanity more than that. And Aldi in my experience is cheaper. Unfortunately, there aren’t any in my area.
I never heard of Aldi so I suppose we don’t live near each other (I’m in NJ).
With the desity of population we “enjoy” there are many WM and Super Walmarts to choose from and most within 7-10 miles of one another. As to price, were the difference 5% I probably wouldn’t travel even the 5 miles unless it were a big ticket item where the 5% matters. However in this are the difference between say a KMART or Sears, Target, etc is many times 15% or in some cases more. It is also true WM is higher on some items. Serious shoppers need to check prices on each item and decide overall which store to travel to on shopping day.
In my area at least the stores are always stocked and clean and the help, in my experience has been fine. The possible long waits if they occur are due to shopper volume and time of day. As I shop very, very early in the day, usually about 6-6:30 AM there is never a line. On the occasion I have had to go on a weekend during the day the registers are all manned so the wait can be blamed on shopper volume as I said before.
If all or even some of the horror stories about WM were true they would be out of business in short order because given an alternative to poor business practices as you describe, the public will take their business to the easily available competition.
Your experience is obviously different from mine. In my urban part of VA, we have several wally worlds within a 15 mile radius. All but one is dirty, poorly run, has lines and all the problems I mentioned. The one that is well run is at the outside of that 15 mile radius. Which as a practical matter means a 30 min drive. I’m not that interested in having a wally world experience.
As for poorly run, customer antagonistic businesses not being able to succeed the airlines and WM are two examples that seem to be doing so. Part of wm’s success is its locations, often in relatively marginal areas with a high underclass population. If 75% of your customer base is on food stamps and doesn’t have a job to go to, long lines and marginally lower prices in a relatively convenient location is a winning formula.
As I said before, if the problems were even half as bad as we are led to believe by unions and lib media WM would have gone tits up years sgo.
I have been to a Walmart(s) in NJ,NY,MA,TX,NC,PA and LA. While every store is not a gleaming example of a state of the art retail operation I saw no filth, spoke with employees who were considerate and helpful, saw shelves well stocked and if checkout lines were long it was because the stores were crowded with shoppers and not because they were short on staff.
Walmart haters and critics almost to a person are left wing, union.
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