Not everyone that shops at WM wants to!

I’m with Chris. Why is it that Walmart is demonized by bringing a good value to consumers (specifically more for less) … when no rational person would pay more for less value.

The reason that (sic) Mom and Pop shops go out of business is that consumers do view them as adding value above that offered by Walmart.

For what its worth, I do avoid Walmart. I find Walmart’s service and quality below my standards and am willing to pay more to get what I want.

I’d love it is more were like me … the increase in demand would drawn more suppliers.

I often find myself in just such a discussion with my Mother. She likes to think she misses Mom and Pop shops, and while she likes to browse through them, she rarely buys anything.

Instead she detours to, and actually buys at Walmart.

All that would be fine with me, but she also spends an inordinate amount of time complaining about how corporate Walmart is putting the Mom and Pop shops she loves out of business … sigh …

I’m thinking of a word, but won’t be explicit since she might stumble by this blog sometime … Hi Mom! … you know I love you! (smooch)

In any event, wiith regards to the implication that some are forced against their desires to shop Walmart … my Mother and her click, of similar minded friends, are *very* well off, but being unable muster sufficient control over their fancy free spending they stretch their dollars as far as they can go … very rational if you ask me.

Ah yes. Let’s blame poor people for trying to make it on what they can afford.
I know many folks that live:
1. Too far to walk to another store (there is virtually no public transportation).
2. Could (if they could make more money in an “at will” state) buy the same groceries for a higher price at another store by sacrificing somewhere else in their already tight budget.

Not everyone that shops at WM wants to!

I thought I made it clear that this was about the people who actually have a choice.

My problem isn’t with those who are compelled by their economic status to buy at the lowest price possible. My problem is with those who demonstrate a certain amount of hypocrisy - like Ben’s mother (if he won’t say it, I will; sorry Ben) - in their criticism of big box stores. Their words say that they value mom & pop stores more, but their actions say something different.

Certainly the ones who almost rely on the lowest price to survive aren’t the same people bitching about a store coming in and providing the goods at that price for them.