I have said that on several occasions, but i guess your selective amnesia allows you to forget stuff like that...this was a conversation specifically about buying goods just from foreign sources and not buying American. Thier treatment of thier employees has always been a big beef of mine and is the main reason i do not shop with them. Their support of republicans and their buying cheap foreign goods are just nails in the coffin (very big nails albeit hehehe).
Eric On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, its more of an issue with how Wal-Mart treats its employees than > them selling stuff from China. Why not just say that rather than try > to paint Wal-Mart as the big bad company who sells things from China, > when Target and Meijers do the same thing. > > I am curious, what does Target sell that Wal-Mart does not? Aside from > the store branded products (which are likely made in China for both > stores), what would target have that is 'made in America' that > Wal-Mart does not? I shop at both stores regularly and I really cannot > see where you get that Target sells 'American' goods an Wal-Mart does > not. > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Target and Meijers don't also treat their employees like crap. Target > and > > Meijers also sell stuff made in the USA...something that is all but > extinct > > in Walmart. > > > > Eric > > > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> So, your issue would be with target and Meijers as well, not just > >> Wal-Mart? They all sell pretty much the same stuff. So how is it > >> Wal-Mart are the bad guys for selling stuff from China but Target and > >> Meijers are not? > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Eric Roberts > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Kmarts by us are not heavily stocked and most of them closed down in > the > >> > Chicago area, so I really don't go there for much. Kmart is owned by > >> Sears > >> > now. Market wise, they are similar stores...as is Walmart. Even > Meijers > >> is > >> > pretty similar, though they have a larger grocery dept than the Super > >> > versions of Walmart, Kmart, and Target. > >> > > >> > eric > >> > > >> > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Did you ever notice Target and Kmart have many of the exact same > items? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Eric Roberts > >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > No...just Walmart...have you seen thier factories in China and in > >> South > >> >> and > >> >> > Central America? Though if you are buying products from China, the > >> >> chances > >> >> > of them being from a sweatshop are pretty high. They don;t have > the > >> >> labor > >> >> > protections that we have here and unrestrained capitalism, sheat > shops > >> >> are > >> >> > the norm...though i have a feeling thats going to change soon and > they > >> >> are > >> >> > going to go through what we went through at the end of the 19th > >> century > >> >> and > >> >> > first half of the 20th century with the lashback from the workers > as > >> some > >> >> > people in thier country starts to prosper and they don't. > >> >> > > >> >> > Eric > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:328838 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
