Posted by Not A Speck Of Cereal on 11/15/15 11:25

As "hawat.thufir@gmail.com" <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> so eloquently
put:
[] BucketButt wrote:
[] ...
[] > Wal-Mart is good for China, but not entirely bad for the U.S. Yeah,
[] > it's murder on the mom-and-pop retailers that used to monopolize small
[] > towns, but those stores didn't carry anywhere near the selection of
[] > products in their category of merchandise that Wal-Mart does. And
[] > Wal-Mart has "everyday low prices" in all of its stores whether they're
[] > in small towns or major cities; the mom-and-pop stores in small towns
[] > generally charge/charged considerably more for the same items.
[]
[] Exactly, Wal-Mart/K-Mart/etc will always price Mom and Pop out of
[] business. I concur, I shop for convenience and low price. I can't
[] afford to be "patriotic," I need to take care of myself first.
[]
[] When I say that Wal-Mart is bad for the USA, I mean that it's bad for
[] Mom and Pop, not the consumer. Wal-Mart and its ilk are good for the
[] US consumer for all the reasons detailed. Perhaps it's a bit
[] contentious, but the "bad" outweighs the "good".

You're shooting yourself in the foot.

Wal-mart represents the homogenization of selection and true value
(not low price). You're trading knowledge and diversity for
convenience. You perceive that you're saving money, and you are in the
base sense, but you're trading it for quality and expertise. You have
become the perfect consumer.

I'm not a curmudgeon or luddite--I work in the high-tech sector--but I
despise the demise of the specialist. These are the days of the
teen-age staffed super-marts, and I hate it. But I know that there's
no stopping it. Aw well...

Speck

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