Walmart critics launch ad campaign

[Name]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ail_walmart_dc

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An organization opposed to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. took out a full-page newspaper advertisement on Wednesday that accuses the world's biggest retailer of costing U.S. taxpayers some $1.6 billion a year.

The advertisement in The New York Times says Wal-Mart's low pay and benefits forced tens of thousands of employees to seek government aid in the form of Medicaid, food stamps and housing assistance

thought this was interesting, wonder how much effect they will have on the company though.

[scaeagles]

Americans are interested in the lower prices Walmart offers. I personally do not shop there, though not for any social reason - I just think Walmart stores are, for the most part, scummy, and we can do almost as well at Target. I don't think it's gonna matter a bit as long as Walmart charges less for same or similar products.

[Name]

I don't shop there for a number of reasons, the top reason being: I feel like white trash just walking into the store. Other reasons include: I don't agree with their business model, they are the one job I have held in my life that I got fired from(I still shake my head at the thought that I got fired by wal-mart......ME, FIRED, FROM WAL-MART, cracks me up at times(not that I hold grudges or anything))........But the main reason I don't shop there, was the first reason I listed, I just feel icky walking in the store....

[Prudence]

You know how sometimes you walk into a place and suddenly, for no concrete reason you can point to, feel without a doubt that this is Not A Good Place and We Need To Leave Right Now?

That was me, at the Renton WalMart. Haven't been in one since.

[Betty]

I used to go to WalMart all the time and would buy all our shampoo, detergents, socks and underpants etc from them.

After one too many times of them blocking the aisles with crap, (I particularly liked the large yellow and black sign in one department that said not to stack things in the area that was stacked nearly the bottom of the sign) the chattering employees that were too busy talking about who was f-ing who in the store to help me, the freaking long lines on a Tuesday morning with only 2 lanes open and 5 "managers" standing there watching... even after asking them to open another line they "couldn't".

I go to Target now. Rarely have to wait in line - in fact they are usually at the end of the check stand and asking if I'm ready to purchase as I approach that area. The store are clean and stocked and get this - the employees aren't blocking the aisles chatting with each other.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I hate WalMart.

I have to shop there, about once a week, because we (my company) buy grooming items for our residents - kids sent to us from probation. We have to give the items to the kids for free, and they have to be name brands. We are a poorly funded non-profit, so we have to shop at the cheapest places.

Friggin' WalMart. It's not my pocket money, but I still don't like going there. Even being there makes me feel blechy.

[Name]

Since your a non-profit(your company), why not try sticking it to wal-mart, and see if they will foot half the bill each time you(your company) shop there.....they do tout to being community minded after all.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

There are a wide array of reasons I choose not to shop at Wal-Mart if at all possible. Many of them are articulated here. Badly treated employees, sexual harassment and discrimination, bad business for communities, generally dishonest and deceptive marketing and behavior, and to top all of that, generally higher prices!

There are times when I have to shop at Wal-Mart. These are times when I am with my parents, and they choose to. My mother has been very ill and mobility impaired for seven years, and she can usually only manage to make it to one store. This is the store that is available. I am never pleased to be there, and I don't usually buy anything myself, but in that case, I do go.

[Not Afraid]

I have never been to WalMart and, at this point, that is becoming a personal badge of honor. I have never had the desire to go, I don't need another "cheap store", their stuff seems tacky, and their commercials are irritating.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Name

Since your a non-profit(your company), why not try sticking it to wal-mart, and see if they will foot half the bill each time you(your company) shop there.....they do tout to being community minded after all.

We've certainly had no luck with getting discounts. They don't even discount our bulk orders. I may send an appeal letter to their headquarters. Maybe they'll at least give us a donation around the holidays.