Comments on: A Letter From A Concerned Fan

By: dantana2

dantana2 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:30:21 +0000

Well I just have to say, That it is NOT wal-mart that is doing it to her. It is the insurance company that they have. Now as sad as it may be, It is not wal-marts fault. She is the one who signed the contract. And sorry to say but yes MOST insurance companies do that. Its the small print that nobody reads. People need to read the fine print better and not just sign something. As sad as this story is, I think it is wrong to target the middle man. Go for the insurance company, Not the company that offered the insurance.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:43:55 +0000

Well, Wal-Mart has decided to back off, due to the intense public pressure that made the news nation-wide. Here’s the PR fluff that a Wal-Mart suit spewed forth.

“Occasionally, others help us step back and look at a situation in a different way. This is one of those times,” Wal-Mart Executive Vice President Pat Curran said in a letter. “We have all been moved by Ms. Shank’s extraordinary situation.”

By: DualDenz

DualDenz — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:38:26 +0000

reminds me of an old joke.
what’s two lawyers in acid?
a good start!

can’t think of a simmilar one for WalMart though, shame really, as they deserve the same.

By: Miwist

Miwist — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:12:54 +0000

(Seems like every time i use my laptop I accidently hit submit) finding a site for a new store. WalMart has never been one to fuck around. They got big by creating legal monopolies. They would go into small towns, provide jobs, services, and products at a lower but fair market price while driving the little guys out of business. Soon, they were the only game in town. People trying to stretch a dollar had little choice.
As they expanded throughout the smaller markets, they were able to increase their buying power and demand more from their suppliers and exert a little more pressure on larger markets with the promise of jobs and tax revenue. WalMart isn’t the only one that benefits from their presence.
All decisions concerning WalMart are based on one criteria – money. Your decision to shop there, the local government allowing WalMart to build a store, WalMart wanting to put a store in. Since all decisions are made because of money and we live in a capitalistic society, why are we surprised when WalMart tries to collect $470,000.00.? It would be grossly irreponsible of them not to. They have an obligation to make a profit, and as a result of their profit the community wins with increased revenue from jobs and taxes.
It’s unreasonable for us to expect them to act any differently. They are not in business to make sure every house in America has stuff in it. They are in business to make money. They fulfil the need of the American people to have stuff and we fulfil their need to make money.
People need to quit bitching and whining about how greedy WalMart is, or any other retailer is. Look at the stuff around your house – it’s because of YOU that WalMart is getting bigger and stuff is being imported from China, and manufacturing jobs in the US are being lost. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Shanks think WalMart should pay because WalMart can afford it. Ultimately, any money the Shanks would get from WalMart come out of your pocket in the form of higher prices.

By: Miwist

Miwist — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:25:44 +0000

I agree with HarpyLady when she says it’s not her job to keep the local Mom and Pop in business.
I’ve been working retail for 27 years, and I have a pretty clear picture of how it works all the way from manufacture to the consumer, and how decisions are made for everything from product placement to

By: GloryBug

GloryBug — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:56:10 +0000

Penny- I honestly haven’t heard much bad stuff about Target. And, in our community, they ended up taking over in depressed beighborhoods that didn’t have much going for them at the time, rather than our city-subsidised placements of WalFarts or Starbucks. At least here, Targets did not try to displace businesses (as there weren’t many businesses left in those areas), and they didn’t lobby to get free land/free taxes/subsidies from our city. They also didn’t try to get around the environmental impacts that all the WalFarts/SamsClubs and others have.

We recently had some freakishly stupid subsidized deal that Donald Trump was trying to push here…. to buy up a bunch of undeveloped land and put yet another unneeded golf course here. I’m sure all the deer, coyote, foxes, herons, kangaroo rats, hawks, etc. who actually live on these tiny undeveloped pockets were pretty happy. Not for long. Mr Trump is trying to renegotiate. He wants our city to donate him the land for free, waive environmental impacts, freedom from taxes, and financing for the development. Not to mention free diversion of our water, when we live in an effin desert, and shouldn’t be wasting our water on yet one more golf club for millionaires. Trump is a brainless, selfish loser, in my book.

I get flyers in my mail every week from stores I never shop at, including WalFart, and I do not see that their prices are any better than any of the other big congloms I refuse to patron. In fact, I have seen numerous consumer reports that compare the prices of the most common 100 ’shopping’ items, and Walmart did no better than any MomAndPop overall. It is very easy to google that.

As far as having your own spacious garden, anyone can grow veggies on their front or back porch, on a small patio, or even in their house or windowsills. Many vegetables do well in containers. I grow a lot of my produce in pots rather than a large plot. Container gardening is actually well-suited for people like myself who have medical problems that aren’t helped by a lot of stooping. And you can grow a lot in a small space… and even inside your house.

Unless, of course. you like the convenience of spending tons more by buying things you can grow for free.

I rather agree with Miwist. I don’t care much if other people shop at Walfart. i have a pretty low tolerance for hearing WalFart shoppers who agree that they are nasty places… yet claim they can’t get their bargains anywhere else.

I do find it amusing/annoying that so many conglom and WalFart shoppers apologize for shopping there, or make a point of trying to rationalize it because of the supposedly (manipulated and non-existent) ‘deals’ and ’sales’.

Exchange the word ‘WalFart’ with ‘Nazi’, and things get a bit clearer. I don’t personally LIKE the Nazis, and disagree with many of their core beliefs, but they really DO provide the cheapest Jew labour you can find. I can’t get MomAndPop Jews for that price anywhere else.

JMO, but once you start rationalizing/apologizing for the things you buy and the places you shop, maybe you should examine why you shop there at all.

How much something costs doesn’t really reflect it’s worth, you know? A lot of expensive, so-called quality items are a piece of shit. And just because it only cost a little bit of pocket change to buy slaves- vs paying them or someone else a decent wage… can hardly be called moral. And people somehow managed to do just fine being forced to pay reasonably for services once their free slave gravy train was made ilegal.

By: penny

penny — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:32:58 +0000

I shop Taret Super stores. They have better quality merchandise, and the prices seem fair. Not sure if Target has been a jrk to any of their employees or not, but if they had, I would definetly get some of my friends and community together to make a statement. The reason these types of things happens and will continue to happen, is because people are so busy (myself included) with their own lives that they rarely stop to help some one else. The black and latino communities tend to be good at doing this. A little bit of unity could go along way. I ‘d bet that if everyone in the community that this lady lives in boycotted that Wallmart for at least a month, Wallmart would loss more thatn the amount they sued their employee for. I dont know, just something to think about.

By: Harpy Lady

Harpy Lady — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:58:09 +0000

It is disgusting that her attorney got more than half of her settlement. There is no way they even deserve half of that. Where’s the option to send the lawyer to hell?

As far as shopping at Walmart, sorry, but my options are limited. It’s not my responsibility to keep the local grocer in business. It IS, however, my responsibility to see that my children are well-taken care of, including being fed 3 meals and snacks every day. Given that priority I go to where my dollar stretches farther. That would be Walmart. My budget is what it is. I don’t impulse buy and stick to my list. I don’t buy premade or pre-chopped items. I do almost all the things I can to save money.

Oh, and as far as having my own veggie garden or fruit tree……I live in a trailer park. The rules here state no veggie gardens or fruit trees / shrubs etc. So growing my own is not an option.