In case you need another reason to boycott Wal Mart....

[muntrv]

Thu Mar 28, 2013 at 02:45 PM PDT.

Walmart wants to take exploitation to the next level and have customers deliver orders

No form of worker exploitation would exactly surprise me coming from Walmart, a company so dedicated to low-wage labor that many of its workers have to depend on food stamps and Medicaid. But doesn't it seem like there are just a few things that could go wrong with this idea?

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc. [...]
Wal-Mart has millions of customers visiting its stores each week. Some of these shoppers could tell the retailer where they live and sign up to drop off packages for online customers who live on their route back home, Anderson explained.

Wal-Mart would offer a discount on the customers' shopping bill, effectively covering the cost of their gas in return for the delivery of packages, he added.
Paying for the delivery people's gas but not time—a novelist couldn't write a better next move for Walmart. There will be significant regulatory and legal challenges to the idea if Walmart moves forward with it, of course. Because even setting aside the free labor issue, the plan would entail handing people consumer goods and a stranger's address. What do you think is more likely?

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/28/1197691/-Walmart-wants-to-take-exploitation-to-the-next-level-and-have-customers-deliver-orders

[DollarBillHines]

1. And when the customer volunteers, WM is absolved of all liability.

This is crazy.

[Swede Atlanta]

2. I miss your point about this being another reason to boycott Walmart.......

Please help me understand your point because I am really interested.

I have set foot in a Walmart store 11 times in my life. These visits were because my father or sister were going to the store and I needed to be present for the visit and purchase.

What is described in this post is an option to have purchases delivered out of a distribution center and USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc. rather than taking the item with them. I don't see why that is an additional reason to boycott Walmart.

They are a cancer on our society and need to be destroyed. On that point we are agreed and I see no likelihood we will achieve that objective.

[muntrv]

5. From the article...

"Paying for the delivery people's gas but not time—a novelist couldn't write a better next move for Walmart. There will be significant regulatory and legal challenges to the idea if Walmart moves forward with it, of course. Because even setting aside the free labor issue, the plan would entail handing people consumer goods and a stranger's address. What do you think is more likely?
A) Delivery people paid in gas discounts at Walmart deciding to just go home with the things they're supposed to deliver.

B) A gun owner forgetting he had a delivery coming and deciding to stand his ground and defend his castle when a stranger comes knocking.

C) An actual thief doing deliveries as a way to case potential houses to rob.

D) Rape.

E) All of the above and then some.

The government needs to put a stop to this before it starts. But the crazy thing is, it's not at all hard to imagine a room full of Walmart executives just trying to decide whether they'll save enough by not paying delivery people to have all the theft be worth it."
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[rurallib]

11. considering lots of Walmart customers are quite poor

I am sure A) would happen frequently
let's see, Walmart gives me some kids coats to deliver and my kids could use new coats...............sounds well thought through

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Yeah...that'l work....

Guess Wal Mart does not understand its country customers.

And what happens when the delivery person says they gave the pckg to the customer and the customer says they did not get it?

All this to avoid actually paying an employee to deliver?

[thelordofhell]

4. I'm surprised they haven't tried to foist this onto their workers

Make them take deliveries after they get off work..............

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. "Here, deliver this 60" flatscreen to 345 Hollyhock Lane"

"Yes, sir, right away, sir"

Vrooooooooooooooooooooooom! "Adios, sucker, and thanks for the free television!" Vroooooooooom!

[Mopar151]

7. I do not want my fellow Wal-Mart shoppers near my house!

And is Wall-E-World going to screen their minions, and bond/insure them at the level of USPS, UPS, or FedX?

[RedstDem]

8. let us all pray they move forward on this idea

I will be laughing my ass off when it comes tumbling down

[bhikkhu]

9. That's such a boneheaded idea - I hope they do it!

I see no end to the comedy fodder in it.

[Drahthaardogs]

10. The first rape or murder or rape plus murder

will have Wal Mart attorneys battling some heavy hitters. Maybe it will be the end of Wal Mart?