You could go to Target and pay 50% more for the same items. For some strange reason giving them more profit is better then giving anything to WalMart.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Eric Roberts > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> I would say yes because your money is not going to Walmart and you would not >> be rewarding bad behavior nor would your money be going to corporatist >> candidates. By going to walmart you are only making it worse. I haven't >> shopped there in 10 years regardless of my financial situation. I have >> found other ways to save money without fucking over my fellow humans. > > How else would you save money? Where I am, its Wal-Mart, Martin's or > Food Lion (Martin's and Food Lion are supermarket chains), or > convenience stores. > > Tell me, where would you buy, say, a sweatshirt or pair of pants if > those were you only options? (Unless, of course, you wanted to drive > 30 miles - which brings on added costs, adds to pollution, etc) > > Like I said, I usually support local businesses, but when it gets to > be crunch time, you have to make some changes. At that point in time, > you need to do what you think is best for your family. And in my > opinion, its best if we can get the most bang for our buck. And, > around here, we can get the most bang for our buck at Wal-Mart. > > On a side note - what about the people who work at Wal-Mart? Don't you > care about them? By not giving your business to Wal-Mart, you may be > hurting them as well. I know at least 6 people who work at Wal-Mart > part-time (on top of their full-time jobs) to make ends meet. By not > giving some business to Wal-Mart, those people could lose there jobs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328032 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm