Re: (Back-Talk) Kathy Lee Gifford

On Jul 2, 2:13=A0pm, Alexandra Ceelie <the.netkit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Dwayne Ingles Glasscock wrote:
> > On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:02:20 -0400, Alexandra Ceelie
> > <the.netkit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> The "no different than any other" thing doesn't really work for me.
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> >> along the same lines as "well all the other kids are doing it". I
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> >> shop other places that I know exploit their workforce and deny health
> >> care, either. =A0It's like telling them "Hey, what you are doing is
A-O=
KAY
> >> with me." =A0 And it's not. =A0It's not okay with me. =A0Sure,
boycotti=
ng them
> >> may be pointless... because they really *are* that big... but I have
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> >> follow my heart, you know?
> > I would point alot of retailers, both big and small, cut the same
> > corners and exploit their workers. =A0 Mom and pop stores have no
> > corner on the intetrity market.
>
> >> I would rather pay a little more and shop local merchants because I
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> >> their money goes back into the community I live in. There *are*
stores
> >> with decent prices that don't treat their employees like ****, you
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> >> have to look for them. =A0If I don't have enough cash to buy what I
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> >>from THEM , I down-grade my wants and buy only my needs until I can
> >> afford it.
> > There are many mom and pop operations that even shadier than
> > the big guys. =A0
>
> >> I've been to Wal-mart *once* in the past several years and only
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> >> my puppy was really sick and needed something and it was 4am. It was
a
> >> Sunday and the blue laws in this area make it impossible to find
> >> anything open at that time of day... EXCEPT... walmart. =A0I never
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> >> dirty as when I walked out of that store with my $1.49 purchase...
but =
I
> >> console myself with the fact that it was my only choice.
> > Want to feel really dirty? =A0Go into a local convenince store
> > because the blue laws make these stores shut down Saturday
> > night so you have to go into a 7/11 type store and
> > pay alot more than you would at a Wal-mart or other store.
>
> >> That's how I feel about it... it would have to be my *only* choice
> >> before I would ever shop there again... and I hope that day never
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> > I'm not a big fan of Wal-mart but i'm also not a big fan of
> > 7/11 who chages alot more than walmart.
>
> Because these small stores cannot buy in the quantity that Wal-mart
> does, they have no choice but to charge more because THEY are being
> charged more.
>
> I used to work for a grocery wholesaler and even though it looks like
> the prices are twice as high as you would pay elsewhere, these smaller
> merchants are lucky if they get a 20%-30% gross profit margin on
> anything they sell. =A0They aren't gouging you on purpose, they are just
> trying to make a living.
>
> When it comes down to it... I'd rather the money I spend goes back into
> the community, than a thousand miles away. =A0It's worth it to me to
make
> sure Tom's Grocery stays open... because I know his wife... and his kids
> come over and play with my puppy. =A0He pays half the insurance on all
his=

> employees because that's all he can afford... but he also gives
> afternoon's off without docking salaries. =A0When Dayna went into
> labor...he closed the store and took her to the hospital himself.
> Wal-mart would have written her up for leaving her ****ft without
> approval or replacement.
>
> It's about more than price... it's about loyalty.
>
> =3D^..^=3D
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I have a business and a license. I could get things very very
inexpensively.  Most mark up prices in small stores are greed.

Why not about high lease expenses? There is a small business logic
that applies although I always say logic is not the highest in
intelligence as some things defy logic.

When I did the accounting for my aunts tile and flooring shop, I
suggested instead of high prices to offset the expenses they go low to
mid range. That kept people coming in the mom and pop store and
covered expenses.

I am not going to remain loyal to greed mark-ups. I will remain loyal
to some that I know and do not have to drive out of my way. I pick and
choose my issues. Yours is Wal-mart mine is the price of gas and the
ecology.

Wal-mart/Target and Fred Meyer actually give mass amounts to their
community. As well as Albertsons and Haggens school programs. Our
schools in the area have been gifted generously by all of them.

Like I said, Wal-mart is not the only cor****ation pissy about hours,
illness, going into labor or what have you. I have worked with people
puking, migraines and all sorts of issues who still had to close. If
someone is that ill..use common sense and leave. Fight it out later.