I guess you forgot how to read too... On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Once again, I am asking, what goods have you seen in Target that are > 'American goods' that you do not see at Wal-Mart? > > If you dislike Wal-Mart for buying 'cheap foreign goods' you musty > also dislike for Target and Meijers and just about every other > retailer in the country, as I bet they have an equal percentage of > 'cheap foreign goods' as Wal-Mart does. > > I really could not give a rat's ass that you hate Wal-Mart, but lets > at least be honest about the real reasons why. > > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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:328850 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
