> Ahh, so dismissive of Palin's people. If you don't know what it's like > to live in a community where a Wal-Mart forces the closing of many of > the local businesses, then stick with something you might know > something about.
Either those local stores were providing value to their customers or they weren't. If they were, then they should still be in business. It's not magic. As a rule in my job, I stay away from the large multi-national companies for vendors, unless there is no real option. I buy small and local for my services and consulting. To these businesses, I'm a real person, not just a number in a massive database. The owners of the small consulting business I use know me personally and take an interest in my operations. I shop at a small grocery store in my area, Sniders and eschew Giant and Safeway as much as possible. Sniders is family owned and well run. They have local high school kids that bag and help you out to the car. The store is small and they don't carry everything I need, but I like shopping there, as they provide value to me. If their prices were substantially higher than the larger stores (they're usually significantly lower) and the store not as well run, I wouldn't bother with them. I generally don't like shopping at Wal-Mart as I find their stores to be shabby and dirty and not particularly well stocked; lots of holes on the shelves. They're good for kid's clothing, but not much else. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
