Agreed. Walmart has only given people what they want. As for their personnel polices, well, that's a whole 'nother issue.
I do what Curt does as much as possible. I try to find high quality, American made products when I buy something. Better yet, whenever possible, I try to find local businesses who produce the product or sell them. I believe in keeping my money at home when possible, and while I often pay more for something I could get cheaper at Walmart, I know my money is staying close by and benefitting my local community. If we did this Walmart would not go away, but would be seriously diminished, I believe. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Apr 3, 2014, at 6:30 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > You're right of course but the solution is deceptively simple. > > Don't shop there. Buy a smaller amount of high quality items. TELL PEOPLE > WHAT YOU'VE DONE. Buy them high quality made in the west (so USA, Canada, > Europe) items so they see how good they are. Help people know that they don't > need all that junk and that they can actually live better without it. > > > An example I'm completely taken with "Darn Tough" socks http://darntough.com/ > made in Vermont they're about the best socks I've ever had. They're Merino > wool, warm in the winter, cool in the summer. I have both the hike/trek and > lifestyle. > VERY expensive I pay as much for 1 pair as I'd have paid for a dozen cheap > white tube socks but they're a joy to wear. When I only had one pair I looked > forward to the day each week when I get to wear them. Now I have 4 or 5 pairs > and I'm annoyed on the days they're all in the wash. I won't go back to cheap > socks, my feet are too important to me. > > -Curt > > > Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:41:36 -0500 > From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Walmart: How big is it? > Message-ID: <533db970.9090...@bennell.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I am not the world's biggest fan of Walmart. I don't know what my wife > buys there but personally about the only things I have acquired from > them in recent times is some Zerex coolant and some Mobil1 oil. > > However I will come to their defence again. They are not alone. It does > not seem to matter where I shop these days, the majority of goods seem > to have a "Made in China" stamp on them. > > It is sad but it is true and as I said before, we have done it to > ourselves and there is no easy fix to it. > > Big business found cheaper goods and we bought them. We are big time > consumers. The advertising flyers promise good deals on junk we don't > need every day. We buy it and haul it home and store it. > > I really don't think you can say it is Walmart's fault. > > Randy > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
