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RE: my rant to walmart - 7/17/2007 10:27:14 PM   
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my problem is that the keypad screen CONFIRMED the transaction was cancelled-it prompted me to scan my card, and still went with the original card i had cancelled.  i did call the bank, to explain what had happened, and they told me only walmart could fix it.....i am working with them to get the OD charges reversed, because they actually know i have been a customer for over 20 years and they accept the fact i wouldnt all of a sudden get stupid and decide to get my account $350 in the hole....

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what i was trying to tell you that that message dosent realy mean anything, and sounds to me  that either u already punched in your pin or your debit card can also be a credit card or that shouldnt of gone through, i'm in no way defending walmart, but simply stating my veiw on how that happend

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RE: my rant to walmart - 7/18/2007 12:06:44 AM   
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RE: my rant to walmart - 7/18/2007 2:48:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ahh...That 3rd world shithole.

I love the 17 deep lines on the 2 registers they have open, and they have the foodstamps hoodrat trying to pass off some bad coupons (which never works). Then she plays the All- New Let's Make a Deal as she removes certain items she feels she needs least to cover the amount she has on the food stamps debit card. I also love the illegals there. I did however solve our problem after observing a few things at walmart. Forget the border. Requre 2 forms of photo ID for the purchase of roma tomatos. Game set and match. These motherfuckers would be out by sundown. Flies abuzz in the glorious panoply of perishables, they hover with a plastic bag descending upon the roma tomato bin with the devestating voraciousness of locusts. No fewer than 27 per visit... after all, when you are shoping for 9 others who are illegal occupants in your 2br apartment, you need to think "big". The one thing that did make me smile is that Wal Mart requires photo ID for returns, so I imagine they make it hand over fist on screwing illegals. Then I find that aside from the cheap chinese shit they flood the market with, if you actually do some comparative shopping, at least one out of two times, Wal Mart is NOT the cheapest place out there.

The only thing they have going for them is the convenience of being open 24/7 (in select areas) and they sell firearms ammunition (and when that goes, I never set foot in El Salvador again). As for groceries... I found this snobby place in my neighborhood that beats the hell out of my checkbook, but as soon as you walk past the electric doors you are in a happy place, with attractive suburbanites and friendly staff. Ohhhh what wonders a "WE DO NOT ACCEPT FOOD STAMPS" sign does to the clientelle and employee attitude.

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RE: my rant to walmart - 7/18/2007 4:55:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		I suspect it was a "credit/debit" type card, the stupidest thing ever invented. The part about Walmart is valid, you'll get your money as soon as hell freezes over. But I have a piece of advice for all.

Go to your bank and tell them to void the stupidity card and give you an ATM card, the kind with no logo.

You can have accounts AT OTHER BANKS with a debit card, but any account you write checks out of should follow some simple rules. Only one ATM card to be used, if a joint account destroy the rest. Make sure there is nio logo on the card. Also never allow any direct deposit or withdrawal. When you balance your checkbook then it will be balanced.

There are other caveats. Never write checks on deposits that haven't cleared yet. In 20 years with the same account I have never bounced a check. And that even though in the past I have had paychecks bounce.

I agree about Walmart, but it is we, by their manipulation who have allowed ourselves to become vulnerable. In hyping us up that cash is bad because we are vulnerable to a robbery (since we can't have guns), we have become vunerable to a way worse class of criminals. Untouchable criminals with culpable deniability, and teams of lawyers.

Let me ask you this, if you took Walmart to small claims court who would show up ?

Above all the reasons stated in this thread for not going to Walmart, that's my main one.

T

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RE: my rant to walmart - 7/18/2007 5:04:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		well, the bank credited my account for all the OD charges.......so now im out the 63 cents and my time and the headaches........

ill just never shop at walmart again.......i am amazed at how many folks have already made the choice to boycott them......several family and friends have told me stories of walmart insanity....i guess im a slow learner sometimes

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RE: my rant to walmart - 7/18/2007 5:20:59 AM   
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I have always been on the "shop someplace else rather than Walmart"  bandwagon for years.    While yes, on occasion I do go there, I never feel good about it afterwards.    We have Krogers and Aldi's where I live, and together those stores get 100% of my grocery business. 

Thanks for this thread it has once more reminded me of how much I despise Walmart.   And to the person that said...whatever happened to the neighborhood corner stores?   One word...Walmart.  Sad to say, they have forced the closure of many those stores.   Those type of stores where the owner waited on you, and appreciated your business, and was actually there to help you solve a problem.  

Liz

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RE: my rant to walmart - 7/18/2007 5:26:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		a portion of stores - dont tabulate the price or weather it is taxable.  you gotta watch the scanner, price tags on shelf are confusing as I have oftern confused the wrong item for the sale item.

--in terms of taaking your lumps- IMO you have bigger dragons to slay. you couuld simply change credit unions.

it isnt worth goin to court over.  [recall- teh very company you sue likely contributed to the judges campaigne]

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RE: my rant to walmart - 7/18/2007 5:45:30 AM   
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Those type of stores where the owner waited on you, and appreciated your business, and was actually there to help you solve a problem


Where the owners were members of The Community, and supported the local little league and babe ruth teams.

Where the money you spent was KEPT in The Community, not sent to Arkansas, then China.

I contend that SUPPORTING Wal-Mart, is, in fact, an attack on American Values.


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RE: my rant to walmart - 7/18/2007 5:49:52 AM   
ElizabethAnne


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Exactly.

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RE: my rant to walmart - 9/1/2007 11:33:41 AM   
SeeksOnlyOne


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Status: offline 		well, today i got a money order for 63 cents and a 20 dollar gift card -certified mail-lolol

i guess they really do care.....

who wants to buy a 20 dollar gift card for 10 bucks?

i still aint goin back

bassturds

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RE: my rant to walmart - 9/1/2007 11:49:33 AM   
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RE: my rant to walmart - 9/1/2007 12:10:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		The other half will drive to any other  store just to avoid what he calls the football field store, he hates the place, I think its funny:)

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RE: my rant to walmart - 9/1/2007 1:36:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Last year I was in walmart with my slave girl and my Master.  She and I were both wearing very short mini-skirts that had been purchased the previous day FROM WALMART.  An employee attempted to kick us out on the grounds that our skirts were too short.  I spent 40 minutes venting to a manager and even had to show them the tag of the skirt to show that it was their own damn brand!  So I made it my personal mission to ONLY wear micro-miniskirts purchased at walmart to walmart when I go shopping there.  Someone said something to me 3 weeks ago while I was getting diapers (another employee) and I turned around and grabbed a child's size 6 tube top and miniskirt from a rack and said you are not going to try to kick me out for being 31 and wearing a mini-skirt when you are tyring to sell my 6 year old child street walker's clothing! (not a kick against tube tops - I like them but for 6 year olds???)  I again went to speak to a manager and threatened to sue for harrassement.  LOL I ended up with a $20 gift certificate and an apology.  I nearly had a heart attack from shock.

Its bad enough that the government wants to play big brother.  The cooperations shouldn't be allowed to get away with it. 

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RE: my rant to walmart - 9/1/2007 2:01:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Since Sam W. died, Walmart has been going steadily down hill.  I only go there to get meds, because it's the closest place to my house for prescriptions, but other than that....forget it!  They rarely have anything that I am looking for, nor do they have a clue or care what I am looking for (remembers when I tried to go there to get an ipod...they were clueless to what one was)

Not to mention their produce is rotting and there meat is old.  You go to get chicken from the deli, and it's totally void of color.  One woman was trying to tell this one idiot that the chicken was pink inside and was not done, and all the idiot could talk about is how their thermometers are correct and they check with said thermometer to make sure they are done...guess it's against the rules to use their eyes.

The last time I got bad produce there, I called the store within 30 mins of my leaving...I asked to speak to the manager, was put on hold and no one ever returned...I then went to the website to leave a complaint...after typing a very detailed letter, I pushed the button to submit and a message came up saying that the site was down.....

Done with Walmart.  They will be opening a Target soon on the other side of Walmart in October....I'll start going there, they have better stuff any way.  If I need little odds and ends, I'll go to Dollar General

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RE: my rant to walmart - 9/1/2007 10:03:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		My family stopped shopping Target when they kicked The Salvation Army out at Christmas.

I have to drive into the next town to shop anywhere but Walmart.  It's certainly not high on my list of evils and I can think of a whole lot of things that are worse than Walmart.

OP, I'm sorry you had such problems, but you know ... in the ebb and flow of things, it's going to be everyone's turn for a little unwarranted screwing without lube on occasion.  It's called life and it does throw curveballs.  It was just your turn.  You got all your money back plus a little extra.  I don't find you got a bitch comin', honestly.

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RE: my rant to walmart - 9/1/2007 10:49:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		I guess I'm one of the few who's never had a problem at Walmart, but then I don't buy food or clothing there.  I know all about their business practices and detest them as much as the next guy, but when it comes time to buying a tech item or something where Walmart has the lowest price, I personally can't justify going anywhere else.  And their 90-day return policy is much more generous than what you generally find at the competition.  With a valid receipt, I've never faced any shenanigans trying to return an item.

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RE: my rant to walmart - 9/2/2007 12:13:37 PM   
SeeksOnlyOne


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Status: offline 		lolol-i guess mini skirts are bad-but house shoes and holey sweats(and dont fergit the pink curlers in the hair) is ok.....

too funny-i would have loved to watch that.

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RE: my rant to walmart - 9/2/2007 12:23:35 PM   
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ORIGINAL: SeeksOnlyOne

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ORIGINAL: cyberdude611

I only go to wal-mart to buy cheap things that I dont expect to last long. The quality of their products is junk. I dont mind paying a little more for quality.

Customer service? That doesnt exist in this marketplace anymore...anywhere. Customer service jobs are in such high demand that they plug anyone in those positions willing to do it. Right now, the goal in customer service is to get you what you want and out of the store as quick as possible. That's the goal.


their grocery prices here are so much less than other stores, but i can use coupons and my kroger plus card and shop sales and do just fine without them........

i have a cousin that worked for them for 9 years-loved the first 5 or so, then she noticed a change on their attitude with employees and customers......she quit about 4 years ago, and also refuses to shop there any more.....

i used to shop there because they sold made in the usa as much as they could.......i just wont go back now....

damn i miss the lil corner stores, where folks were happy to see you come in the door......progress....ppffftthhhh


In response to your answer about being made in the usa as much as possible....this is another long view, but was listed here on a thread a while ago, and has made it where I refuse to shop at Walmart come hell or high water....they just SAY they make it in the USA as much as possible.  I understand economics, but the fact that they lie when they make that statement steams me....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3836296181471292925&q=genre%3Adocumentary&hl=en


Thread I saw it on

http://www.collarchat.com/m_939244/mpage_1/key_walmart/tm.htm#


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