N3OGH
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join:2003-11-11
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Re: I am not surprised
Breakup wall-mart? Under who's authority? For what reason? Wall-mart is not the product of any merger.
Wall-mart is simply the result of a savvy business strategy and excellent distribution systems.
As far as breaking up the telcos, the government did that once all ready, with very mixed (to be charitable) results. |
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P Ness
You'Ve Forgotten 9-11 Already
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| said by N3OGH  :Breakup wall-mart? Under who's authority? For what reason? Wall-mart is not the product of any merger. Wall-mart is simply the result of a savvy business strategy and excellent distribution systems. As far as breaking up the telcos, the government did that once all ready, with very mixed (to be charitable) results. Walmart was a result of alot of preditory pricing..they would come in undercut cost....or even sell below cost..run everyone out and then raise prices to make a margin that was acceptable...
not exactly the best way to conduct business
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
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I agree with you, they definitely need to increase competition. I don't really know where ncredible got his logic but it definitely was not from any of us.
If you give the telcos what they want, even when they promise faster speeds and lower prices, it will not work as we have already seen. Healthy competition is what drives down prices and increases service. Each company that competes wants to be the best, so services and products get better. In my case, there is SBC and a local cable company that offer broadband, thats it. They are both at a stalemate with speeds/pricing and not competing much at all. Monopolies could care less (case in point, Micro$oft). Now that their browser is finally threadened, they are JUST NOW makeing a new one. I hope Novell makes good with Linux next year and threatens Windows OS as well.
The point is, the FCC's decission is pretty much ensuring doom for any competion, and it will probably be a long time before most of us see any next-gen broadband.
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biochemistry
join:2003-05-09
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Usually I don't comment on spelling, but "wall"-mart? I mean seriously, how many times have you passed by a Wal-Mart in your lifetime that you still think it's "Wall-Mart"? |
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SpitefulCrow
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Berkeley, CA | reply to N3OGH
Wal-mart destroys local business and jobs and creates a bunch of underpaid jobs with no benefits or health insurance while at the same time providing horrible service and poor-quality products to the consumer. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | reply to P Ness
and then K Mart ran into the buzzsaw of Walmart:) |
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rich_joy
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Rockford, IL | reply to P Ness
For all of the praise about Wall-Mart's business strategy, it has also been noted that for every job Wall-Mart creates, the community loses 1 1/2 Jobs. The other result is the end of local businesses. |
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J D McDorce
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Most of K-Mart's original undoing was due to management issues (not dissimilar to Enron or Adelphia) rather than the result of competitive pressure from Walmart. K-Mart II will continue to be profitable as long are there are buyers for the real estate obtained from the Sears acquisition. |
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one_bored_si
join:2003-03-10
Montebello, CA | reply to SpitefulCrow
Welcome to the future of America, and it has already begun.  |
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valuepac0
join:2001-05-30
Santa Monica, CA
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said by SpitefulCrow :Wal-mart destroys local business and jobs and creates a bunch of underpaid jobs with no benefits or health insurance while at the same time providing horrible service and poor-quality products to the consumer. Im sorry but what jobs is wal-mart distroying? As far as im concern, target, wal-mart, kmart.. All pay just above minimum wage. Same with most department/ mall stores: gap, jcpenny, sears, Barnes and noble, borders, tower music... Same with most food establishments. Mc Donald's, subway, Panera, starbucks,..
Basically all these organization pay less than $10 an hour to the majority of their employees. So stop blaming Wal-mart.. the blame can be spread around to just about any organization operating in a strip-mall
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mustang03282
join:2003-01-10
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| said by valuepac0 :said by SpitefulCrow :Wal-mart destroys local business and jobs and creates a bunch of underpaid jobs with no benefits or health insurance while at the same time providing horrible service and poor-quality products to the consumer. Im sorry but what jobs is wal-mart distroying? As far as im concern, target, wal-mart, kmart.. All pay just above minimum wage. Same with most department/ mall stores: gap, jcpenny, sears, Barnes and noble, borders, tower music... Same with most food establishments. Mc Donald's, subway, Panera, starbucks,.. Basically all these organization pay less than $10 an hour to the majority of their employees. So stop blaming Wal-mart.. the blame can be spread around to just about any organization operating in a strip-mall do you work for walmart? My wife works at sams club every full time position is being replaced there with part times jobs. When she was hired she was told she could have steady days off now her days off seem to change every week. She paid for her dental plain for over 2 years before she finally got her dental card. If she isnt carefull because of her hire date being late in the year if she isnt carefull and gets dosnt get her vacation request in fast she gets screwed out of her vacation because the last quater of the year is blacked out. She was looking at transferring to wallmart because its alout closer to us. At wallmart the front end supervisers they call cos's dont evem get paid any more then regular cashiers. Now at sams club they are pulling this shit that if sh dont sign up x amount of people for a wallmart credit card he will be fired. She was hired as a cashier not to sign people up for credit. When will big companys understand that customers hate being hounded every time they shop to get a new credit card |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | reply to rich_joy
Most all of the crap your hear about Walmart is put out by the Unions would want to organise it. |
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qworster
join:2001-11-25
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Plus..
Just yesterday, a study came out that shows that Walmart's
poor wages cost the Govt. money. It was calculated that the average Walmart with 200 employees cost the community $608,000.00 a year in health costs, welfare, etc.
That's over 3000 dollars per employee!
The average clerk at Walmart makes about 14K a year. That's below the poverty line for a family of three. |
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Jon Geb
Wal-Mart Sucks
join:2001-01-09
Howell, MI | reply to Transmaster
Re: I am not surprised
I don't work for a union and I won't step foot in that dollar weakening, job destroying, sprawl producing crap hole. |
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SpitefulCrow
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said by Transmaster :Most all of the crap your hear about Walmart is put out by the Unions would want to organise it. And you think that letting the poor people working at Walmart shouldn't be allowed to unionize to get better working conditions and pay?  |
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH | reply to biochemistry
Wow, calm down, it was probably a simple spelling error, or
else he was implying that "wall-mart" was putting up a wall between itself and competition.
Lighten up.
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