"They may not set out to dick people around, but they do so fully aware of what they are doing and make it their 'negotiation policy.'"
It's like I said, they don't give a damn about anything but the bottom line. "If you want to work with Walmart they require almost cult like loyalty from you, will beat you down on cost over and over and over until your margins are so slim you are damn near giving them your product. They will (indirectly) force you to make them your only customer as they want ALL your stock and expect you to grow to meet their needs. Then when you are so heavily invested in the relationship they will drop you like a hot potato if another company comes along offers the same product for a penny less. This often leaves former suppliers of Walmart with no money, huge infrastructure investments and absolutely no customers." You're right. But, nobody forces anyone to sell to Walmart. Suppliers are making the decision to sign up, knowing full well that Walmart does not give a damn about them. It's like the town womanizer who beats his women. The victimized always return until they are used up and broken. Unfortunately, there's a line of women waiting to take the current victims place. Everyone of them knows the bully's reputation and history, yet they can't help themselves. People want to hold Walmart accountable for the bad decisions of other businesses. J - It now remains for the U.S. government to set a sensible example to the world by offering a bonus or yearly pension to all obviously unfit parents who allow themselves to be sterilized by harmless and scientific means. In this way the moron and the diseased would have no posterity to inherit their unhappy condition. The number of the feeble-minded would decrease and a heavy burden would be lifted from the shoulders of the fit. - Margaret Sanger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328078 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
