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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:01 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you ever shop at WalMart? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. I pick up my prescription there... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have to pick "other" because it's the only grocery store within 30 miles |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. they've put everyone else out of business |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. They put "Homeland" (formerly Safeway) out of biz here 3 years ago. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Walmart was the only local store that had my son's low profile tire |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Once around 5 years ago |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. To see my opthamologist |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. WalMart employees need a paycheck too, meager as it may be......... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I think WalMart is quantitatively worse than all the rest |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. There is no one taking away more of our economy than China........ |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. I've seen it in print where wallymart is getting so much stuff; |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. That's true Wal-Mart is just at the top of the evil corp list |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. 'Most' NOT 'All' corporations............... |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I read ya the first time I know what you meant |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
67. Good point. |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. NO - and I need a vacuum cleaner badly. I've thought going to K-mart or |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I needed a new vacuum cleaner and a friend of mine |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Try eBay for a vacuum |
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celestia671 (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I got my little vac from Kmart... |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. You sound rich; |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. I ordered my my vacuum from Costco on-line and they shipped |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 11:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
69. Try Sears. They're on commission and have a variety of models. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Not only oppose Walmart, I HATE the stores! |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't go there but my wife does |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Golf balls |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Do you have a Dick's sporting goods in the area? |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. luckily i am surrounded |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's ugly, badly lit, depressing, and has crappy products. |
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celestia671 (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I wish we had a Target here... |
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country-bumpkin (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. Best Prices |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Welcome to DU country-bumpkin |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. The prices on some items are cheap because they're badly made |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. In some small towns, those are the only jobs to be had. |
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Jayhawk Lib (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Good part time employment |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
71. Hi country-bumpkin!! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. Never, under any circumstances |
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forintegrity (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. Used to until I learned of its terrible practices |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It wasn't even in my part of the country |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Same here |
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celestia671 (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's kind of a necessary evil for me... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. Is it any different than Kmart, Shopko, target, sears etc? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. WalMart has actually put other companies out of business |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Thanks for the information |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. No. Rubbermaid put Rubbermaid out of business by bad business... |
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darkism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not at all in 2005. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. No, because I just find it an icky place. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. Our group came to a decision |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
38. I had to shop there last year for fishing gear because out KMart |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. I save thousands of dollars annually there. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. the Waltons are saving millions |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. The reasons are too many to list here; |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
43. With 2 diabetics in the house and no insurance |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
47. All the time. Got a ton of my Christmas stuff there too. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
48. I don't because I can afford not to...My grandmother does and I drive |
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raysr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
49. I get my |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
51. No other choice other than Wal-Mart |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
52. I tend to avoid Wal-Mart like the plague. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. The way the world (& my health) is going, I no longer care where. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. No, I'm a unionman with union pricipals |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
56. Other - Yes out of necessity |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
57. Nope. Haven't stepped a foot in a Walmart in years. I DETEST their stores. |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
58. I go to college in an extremely small town. |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
59. Not since early last year. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
60. It's either Wal-Mart... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
61. No...for both aesthetic and political reasons... |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yes we shop there some, mostly for food items. |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
63. The absolute last option. |
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meisje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
64. Anyone who shops there should be banned from DU! |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
65. I've got choices and I choose against Wal Mart--ALWAYS! |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
68. Twice. |
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calendar girl (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
70. try these ideas |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Hi calendar girl!! |
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