Re: Say NO NO NO to Wal-Mart!!!

Andy wrote:

> Wal-Mart is simply a reflection of the hearts and minds of the
> American consumer. And what is in the hearts and minds of American
> consumers, at all income levels, is a ravenous desire to buy as much
> stuff as possible regardless of the personal, national or
> international consequences.  If American consumers were not like this,
> Wal-Mart would fold in a few months.

Look at it another way:  American consumers at all income levels have a
ravenous desire to buy what they want or need with as little expenditure
of their irreplaceable lifetime hours as possible.  Yes, time DOES equal
money.    
 
> The only way to solve the problems that Wal-Mart allegedly causes is
> to change American consumer culture.

So we should want to pay higher prices for what we want to buy?  Not
likely.

Well, actually it IS likely.  Are all those stories about merchandise
(cosmetics, mostly) quadrupling in sales volume when prices were doubled
true or just urban legends?

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Cheers,
Bev
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