Thoughts on Wal Mart
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Ok, I do shop at walmart on occassion (sorry tony) but here is the reason why:
If I need (for example) socks, underwear, a toaster, car wash supplies, milk, pop, cereal, and bread I don't want to go to 2 or 3 stores and stand in line for 3 minutes at each one. I'd just as soon do all my shopping in one place and then stand in line for 9 minutes, in the long run I'm saving time by not having to run to target, bergs, and hornbachers. HOWEVER I won't go to walmart just to grocery shop, I live way to close to Sunmart and Hornbachers to justify that...heck I've been known to go to Holiday as its 1/2 block closer. I also won't go there just for socks or underwear (Kmart nearby too). Same for car cleaning supplies, I'll go to fleet farm or Bergs for that.
I do like the look & feel of the new walmart store, doesn't feel as trashy as it used to and it feels more "Homey" with the lower shelving and new aesthetics.
Don't get me wrong, Walmart is a ruthless, money hungry, cut-throat organization who often carries inferior product lines....but their stocks have traditionally done well because of this.
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Yes Walmart has it's pros and cons. If you want the pros, good prices and a decent selection, you have to put up with the cons, usually other customers like the mom with the 18 screaming kids as said before and the old bastards that like to have a 2 hour conversation right in the middle of the isle right in front of what your looking for. What's with all the amish like folks anyways, not that I'm complaining cause some of them chics are kinda hot, but they always seem to be in there when I go there. I did see two cute lesbians holding hands there so that made my day.
Sterling Archer: Oh my god! You killed a hooker!
Cyril Figgis: Call girl!
Sterling Archer: No Cyril! When they're dead they're just hookers!
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I HATE Walmart! I love Target!! I will only go to Walmart if I absolutely have to. Walmart is just so ghetto and dirty.
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hey now i worked at cashwise for 2yrs...but yeah its really ghetto...fargo cashwise is A LOT better...or atleast it was when i worked in moorhead...but it wasnt that the people there didnt care it was all corporate...Coborns didnt give a damn about the moorhead store...shit would break and they would just put a bandaid over it...
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Ive worked at wal-mart for well over two years now and I do agree with alot that is being said....the things that ive done have been nothing but thankless work...especially when I was a cartpusher...
But now im back in the TLE and its like a whole different world...none of the managment in the main store bothers us...I dont even feel like I work for wal-mart anymore, But yet my paycheck still comes from them....
I do shop there before anywhere else because they do just have what I need 99% of the time....But I check out somewhere else other than the front...its a disaster.....
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I worked at the FF Wal-Mart for about two years and it was pretty damn sweet because I worked in electronics and it was best suited for me. Well then I got money hungry because the Talon always needed something and I started working in the backroom and stocking shelves. That is when the suck began. You feel worthless when you work the backroom because nothing is ever right.
You constantly hear it from the first shift people about how bad of a job you did. Even though first shift is the least busy time of the day they expect you to get done as much as they do. There are just a lot of nasty politics that go on behind closed doors at Wal-Mart which I am sure happens everywhere.
As far as what they as a business are doing for this country it is sad. Because of it's heavy reliance on Chinese imports it is forcing the good paying manufacturing jobs overseas just because they can't compete.
So when you hear about how many new jobs are being created in the United States. These new jobs are ones in retailers like Wal-Mart which give crap pay, crap benefits (ask a Wal-Mart associate if they get a bonus), and no real chance at advancing within your workplace.
Where I work now which is a non-union manufacturing (factory) job which is rare to find in the United States now it beats out Wal-Mart in every aspect. The pay is twice that of Wal-Mart's, benefits are outstanding (every that works there just got a $1000 thank you bonus, they get a XMAS bonus also which usually averages $3~4K AFTER taxes), and the oppurtunity to advance is ever present within the job.
True this is rare but this is how all jobs use to be. There was a XMAS bonus, there was opportunities for advancment, and they actually provided great benefits. The only way now to obtain job with said benefits requires a Bachelors degree or better.
Just to let you know the Wal-Mart stock has fallen 24% since 2000. I had about 15 shares but sold them for some parts that went on the Talon.
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Sounds like some people in the 52nd Avenue south neighborhood weren't too thrilled to hear that the blood suckers from Walmart are planning to invade their neighborhood. I heard a bunch of people voiced concern at some meeting.
Well, since this thread, I've continued to shop at Walmart. However, I did a test run through Target as I got some film developed there last week and came up with a few observations:
- Hot women shop at Target. No lie, they are much, much hotter than those that shop at Walmart. When more men realize this, Walmart will go belly up.
- The pace at Target is much more laid back. There is much more space to move around and people seem to have a better attitude. I think this is why women prefer Target.
- The products are so much nicer. I've been looking for a new dresser for a while now and noticed that Walmart dressers are cheap and flimsy. Target dressers are a little more expensive but much nicer. Also, the women are much better looking at Target.
Overall grades:
<u>Walmart</u>
Women: D-
Prices: A
Comfort: D<u>Target</u>
Women: A
Prices: C
Comfort: B+Walmart :mad:
Target
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tjamz wrote:
Ok, I do shop at walmart on occassion (sorry tony) but here is the reason why:If I need (for example) socks, underwear, a toaster, car wash supplies, milk, pop, cereal, and bread I don't want to go to 2 or 3 stores and stand in line for 3 minutes at each one. I'd just as soon do all my shopping in one place and then stand in line for 9 minutes, in the long run I'm saving time by not having to run to target, bergs, and hornbachers. HOWEVER I won't go to walmart just to grocery shop, I live way to close to Sunmart and Hornbachers to justify that...heck I've been known to go to Holiday as its 1/2 block closer. I also won't go there just for socks or underwear (Kmart nearby too). Same for car cleaning supplies, I'll go to fleet farm or Bergs for that.
I do like the look & feel of the new walmart store, doesn't feel as trashy as it used to and it feels more "Homey" with the lower shelving and new aesthetics.
Don't get me wrong, Walmart is a ruthless, money hungry, cut-throat organization who often carries inferior product lines....but their stocks have traditionally done well because of this.
http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=WMT
You mean this stock? Funny how did you make money off of it?
I mean with a 1.26% yield - you must be making bank off of this. PUHLEASE don't feed me with that you guys are making money off of there stock. Charts dont lie, and I don't think any of you have your own brokerages/partner based firms and are buying/trading on the hour so you guys didn't make jack squat off of it. No one has - 70% of Walmart's stock is privately held, they could care less about what the price is selling at - it's just a way (extremely not accurate) of displaying company health for potential franchisee's (future option that they are looking into)
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The only time I go there is at night if Target and Kmart are closed........Its dirty in wal mart
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i guess I was referring to the Moorhead one, its really dirty, the fargo ones not to bad
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Funny how in Bismarck on a Saturday afternoon, the parking lot will be more crowded than Kirwood malls parking lot. Its a freaking mad house here. Every hillbilly from around this neck of the coughs prarie, comes here on the weekends and loads up on commodity walmart trash. Sad that a community as small as this they are building two large Super (ghetto) Walmarts. Just ridiculous.
On a lighter note, Movie releases on Tuesdays, only reason I will go there.
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spoolude wrote:
http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=WMTYou mean this stock? Funny how did you make money off of it?
I mean with a 1.26% yield - you must be making bank off of this. PUHLEASE don't feed me with that you guys are making money off of there stock. Charts dont lie, and I don't think any of you have your own brokerages/partner based firms and are buying/trading on the hour so you guys didn't make jack squat off of it. No one has - 70% of Walmart's stock is privately held, they could care less about what the price is selling at - it's just a way (extremely not accurate) of displaying company health for potential franchisee's (future option that they are looking into)
I was thinking more along the lines of the stocks that I bought (ok...had my dad by, but it was my money for working for him all year, only reason he bought them is cuz I wasn't old enough/know any stock brokers back then but did pay attention to the markets and always wanted to make more money) back in 1988. Lets see...had (going off memory here) 2 or 3 2-for-1 splits in that time, bought them for approx $15/share...bought 100 shares...thats what $1500 investment? 2 for one splits means I had 200 then 400 shares....even if stock prices never went up I'd have $6000 worth of stock. But since they did go up and they are at around $40/share now I have about $16,000 worth of stock.
Tell me again how this was a bad investment for me Devon? Thats not including any dividends paid either.
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Me and My dad contract for walmart/sams club. We installed and take care of their phone systems and pa systems. Walmart is a cash cow for us. One of our biggest accounts. We take care of the Fargo,Bemidji,Fergus Falls and Detroit Lakes walmarts and Sams Club in Grand Forks and Fargo.
The people in the back offices in every store, are very nice and helpful. That goes for the management department too.
I buy my food from Cash Wise. Buying food from walmart is not cheaper! Look around their prices are sometimes higher. I also found out that clothing is higher priced in moorhead compared to the fargo store. Why wouldnt they be the same? whocares I just think thats wack.
The walmart planner for fargo from bentonville,ar told me. The Fargo Walmart is the biggest in the US. I also chatted with the manger of the grand forks sams club. He told me what sams club and walmart make in a day. Grand Forks location and Fargo. All I can say is I shit my pants! I can see why they have so many locations. Its huge!
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