Walmart: High Cost of Low Prices

[Young Gun]

I saw this on TV a few days and found it to be really surprising and interesting.  After watching it you won't look at Walmart the same again.

NAME - Walmart: High Cost of Low Prices
RUNTIME - 1 hr 37 min 37 sec
SOURCE - www.walmartmovie.com

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3836296181471292925

[Ida_Mann]

is it one of those WalMart is evil movies?

if it is I get enough of that at work from my boss.

Id@

[bignickwaite]

they take over everthing . its like the southpark episode . everyone is attracted to them WWWAAAALLLLMMMMMAAAARRRRRTTTTT!!!!!!!

[Ida_Mann]

I'm a firm believer that low-wage jobs are MEANT to be motivation to move up or move on to something better.

Id@

[IXIswamperIXI]

LOL Wal-Mart is like the retail version of the devil 

[Ida_Mann]

alls I know is I'll be stopping by there on my way to go riding this weekend.

Id@

[mrbones]

Nothing new there. Welcome to a free market. Don't forget to add Target, Sears, Home Depot and any other large retailer to the list of so-called evil doers.

[IXIswamperIXI]

A little story,

I went to wal-mart to get some of the new light bulbs with less watts, they had the whole isle fronted in SPANISH I know what numbers in spanish but not bright white or blue in spanish.  That made me so mad LOL

[k.p.]

man....this movie is messed up!


it actually makes me want to stop shopping at wallyworld

[Joedirt]

Port Saint Lucie has 3 Wal Mart Super Centers...2 Sams Clubs + 1 being built....and the Newest 1 Million Square foot Wal Mart Distribution Center in Fort Pierce 7 miles away... which also has 1- 2 Super Wal Marts.....You can Visit 5 different super wal marts inside of an hours time depending on traffic.

It is kind of sweet Justice...since the Saint Lucie Economy has flatlined....we went from the FASTEST growing County in FLA ( Possibly US )  to the Fastest Depreciating County in the Florida..I am sure This played a Major role in Wal Marts Decision to put 3 Super Center and 3 Sams Clubs.


There is a major difference between " The American Dream" and a down right Monopoly...keep your blinders on if you sleep better at night....BUT do not trivialize the Hardships small businesses suffer because of Wal Mart.....

[DVEGA07]

Hey guys no other place lets you buy a twelve pack of BUD, shells for the shotgun,  and tampoons for the little lady all in one stop at 3 AM..... thats CONVENIENCE and that is why they taking over everything... as long as they don't start selling Toyota parts I have nothing to worry about.....

[Chuck_Norris]

Nothing new there. Welcome to a free market. Don't forget to add Target, Sears, Home Depot and any other large retailer to the list of so-called evil doers.

He has spoken

[Ida_Mann]

convenience definately works,,,,,,I made the mistake of thinking I could find everything at the local Target for the trip this weekend,,,,nope, gonna make one stop at walmart tomorrow morning and off I go.

Id@

[mrbones]

Where else are we going to buy all that Chinese junk packed full of lead?

[flippnout]

at Kmart, Target, Dollar General, the dollar store, any of the $1 stores, most of the convenience stores, many of the mom and pop stores, only you will pay twice as much for the same thing, CVS, Walgreens, publix, winn dixie, albertsons, etc, etc.  They all have the chinese crap, Wal-mart doesn't have the market cornered on it, they are just the biggest.  What is it that makes people think they can have a sorry excuse for a business model and expect to be successfull, in the increasing consumer savvy world we live in, the fittest will survive, No one wants to pay 40% to 100% more for the same thing.  Walk in to sweet bay and pay $1.67 for a pack of toilet paper that you can get the exact same pack at Wal-mart for .97 cent, that is just the tip of the iceberg, why would you want to spend your money on something you can get for less and limit your ability to chose where you extra income is spent.  Everyone is being exploited by someone, you spend more of your money for what you want, I will be happy to have the same thing for less, sometimes that is not at wal-mart either.  The movie is crap, and the same type of thing you would expext from the liberal  yahoos that would have you believe that ATV's are ruining the world.  Wal-mart was a small business, mom and pop at one time, taking on the giant retailers, why do you think they knocked everyone of them off, Every small business has the potential, some don't have the right plan others don't have the desire.  None of them are going to get any better by whining about how unfair it is that they cant charge extra because they don't want to adapt to the market.  Who will be the next Wal-mart, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, fed ex etc, I bet it wont be one of the whiners, cry me a river!!!!

[Ida_Mann]

boy was I glad when I pulled off I-75 on my way to the motoplex this weekend when I had realized I forgot a pillow and blanket to sleep with out there,,,,,,,,and there about a mile from the highway was a walmart,,,,I looked for other places and found none so there I was and found a big blanket and pillow for $14,,,,,gotta love it.

either it was that or drive the 130 miles back home to get mine.

Thank you Walmart ;-)

Id@

[IXIswamperIXI]

When you think people are mad about Wal Mart because the prices are lower, you have no idea what the issues are.  It has nothing to do with lower prices.

[trx#9]

When you think people are mad about Wal Mart because the prices are lower, you have no idea what the issues are.  It has nothing to do with lower prices.

Capitalism, 20 years were going to be just like south America. No middle class only a poor class and rich class of people.

[flippnout]

Why don't you enlighten us on what the issues are?  I am aware of what they claim the issues to be, it is a lot of opinion and a lot of twisted information.  They tie the issues to the result of bringing low prices not the low prices themselves.  It is interesting that the economy is driven by what the customer wants, most changes in the market are as a result of each and everyone of us as a consumer.  Imagine walking in to a store and being told that the only pillow and blanket available was for $40 and a pillow for $20 you would than ask why?  Well we decided to only make available pillows and blankets that were made in the united states of 100% U.S. materials.  Some would buy it, most wouldn't if the majority of consumers are looking for something other than what a merchant is providing than they go else where the rest of the market gets the picture and adapts.  Then all are soon to follow.  If you are selling something no one wants you change are go bankrupt.  It is intersting that when given information that effects you personally you will fight tooth and toenail to find the truth, the rest you take at face value.  If we were to take everything ever put on video or in news paper a face value, we would be in bad shape, take time to look at other sources and the flip side of the coin.  There are three sides to every story, Their side, the side of wal-mart and the truth I would venture to say that the truth is closer to the middle.  Take Wal-mart out of your town and watch what happens, The Kmart, Target, etc will all raise prices, competition becomes less of a player and the consumer pays.  On top of that you will be getting the same thing from them only more money out of your pocket.  This is way bigger than you think and it easy to minimize in an effort to put a label on it.  As in any business there are things being done that are not always the best, but look at who is behind most of this and look to see what kind of shady past they have.  Best price alone will not make you successful and definitely will not take you to the top, any small business owner knows they have to do more to be competitive. 

[IXIswamperIXI]

All I will say AS A BUSINESS OWNER.... I could in a few months or a year put everyone of my competitors out of business but I will never do that.  If anyone wants to call that bad business, so be it.  I am not a greedy person I don't need to take the whole market to be successful.  THERE ARE THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY!!! (family, morals, being true to your word, partnerships, loyalty, fairness, many more)  Wal Mart has nothing to do with my business it will never affect what my industry, if anyone thinks I am upset about Wal Mart pushing me out of business, I am not.  I have just seen over the years what they have done.

[IXIswamperIXI]

When you think people are mad about Wal Mart because the prices are lower, you have no idea what the issues are.  It has nothing to do with lower prices.

Capitalism, 20 years were going to be just like south America. No middle class only a poor class and rich class of people.

AMEN brother!! 

[flippnout]

How does capitalism eliminate the middle class?  And what would be a better solution than capitalism?  Communism?

[IXIswamperIXI]

If I am not mistaken, when you say communism you are referring to socialism.  I don't know if capitalism is the problem (I don't think so) but I do believe middle class is being phased out.  It will soon be rich or poor, feast or phamon, that sucks.

[flippnout]

Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. It is usually considered a branch of the broader socialist movement that draws on the various political and intellectual movements that trace their origins back to the work of Karl Marx.

Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that visualize a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community[1] for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. This control may be either direct—exercised through popular collectives such as workers' councils—or indirect—exercised on behalf of the people by the state. As an economic system, socialism is often characterized by socialized (state or community) ownership of the means of production.

both are the same result, no difference just splitting hairs communism has a greater stigma but the both have the same result.

[trx#9]

Capitalism in this country has a bad effect do to large businesses, insurance companies and so on running the country with  contributions to politicians for there own economic profit.