OT Walmart on 82nd Closing March 24th

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BlazerBender said:
Pretty sure the water slides were in mall205 in the corner of the elbow?

Thats where i remember going.
I dont remember waterslides at Eastport.
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Those waterslides were also by Washington Square. Eventually they tore them down, it turned into a Wunderland, then they tore that down and it became extra parking for the mall.
 
MickZagger said:
Portland doesn’t have the capability of doing something about the theft. So I guess you reap what you sow.
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That is our local governments fault. We are in need of removing these same ole politicians from office that we have been voting for here in Oregon. They clearly haven't been doing our state a service.

If we paid living wages, we might have a population that wasn't in need of stealing quite so much. In the land of plenty, Americans have become quite theft prone. I guess that is why they call it the "Land of the Free". Corporations are free to pay you non-living wages while we are all free to take some of that back, the old fashioned way...

In the end. It seems to me that theft from a thieving corporation, can't really be considered theft. More like payback/karma.
 
Road Ratt said:
That is our local governments fault. We are in need of removing these same ole politicians from office that we have been voting for here in Oregon. They clearly haven't been doing our state a service.

If we paid living wages, we might have a population that wasn't in need of stealing quite so much. In the land of plenty, Americans have become quite theft prone. I guess that is why they call it the "Land of the Free". Corporations are free to pay you non-living wages while we are all free to take some of that back, the old fashioned way...

In the end. It seems to me that theft from a thieving corporation, can't really be considered theft. More like payback/karma.
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I live in Vancouver but work in Portland. I’ve seen the stretch of Barbur Blvd I deliver in go from being okay to shit in just a couple years. It’s crazy.
 
Fuck Walmart!

It's actually better that they're no longer in Portland.

The Walton Family owns 2 NFL teams and every professional sports franchise in Colorado.

Walmarts average starting pay is $11.05 and has the most employees on welfare than any company in the US.

They've gutted thousands of small town main street small businesses through predatory pricing.

Again,

Fuck Walmart!
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Fuck Walmart!

It's actually better that they're no longer in Portland.

The Walton Family owns 2 NFL teams and every professional sports franchise in Colorado.

Walmarts average starting pay is $11.05 and has the most employees on welfare than any company in the US.

They've gutted thousands of small town main street small businesses through predatory pricing.

Again,

Fuck Walmart!
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What else is going to compete with Amazon, though?
 
Phatguysrule said:
Right... But nobody local has what I want, and even if they did, their websites suck...
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Many times I will find something I want on Amazon then google the manufacturer and buy it from them directly. Many times it's cheaper, sometimes it's just a few dollars more but I'll still order direct.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Many times I will find something I want on Amazon then google the manufacturer and buy it from them directly. Many times it's cheaper, sometimes it's just a few dollars more but I'll still order direct.
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Interesting. I'll look into that
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Fuck Walmart!

It's actually better that they're no longer in Portland.

The Walton Family owns 2 NFL teams and every professional sports franchise in Colorado.

Walmarts average starting pay is $11.05 and has the most employees on welfare than any company in the US.

They've gutted thousands of small town main street small businesses through predatory pricing.

Again,

Fuck Walmart!
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Man. And to think I was a fan of Bill Walton. What a capitalist douchebag he turned out to be.

barfo
 
Phatguysrule said:
What else is going to compete with Amazon, though?
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Depends on the item, I find that Home Depot for tools, hardware & various wholegoods, most the time beat's Amazon.
And some Mfg's will sell direct if they dont have dealers to support, and then it's usually suggested retail. Some pick up shipping some dont.
Before the advent of discount, club and box stores small mom and pop, won over customers usually by superb service in some cases. However, many of the mom and pops also couldn't inventory much and if they did it wasn't unusual for them to increase their margins by inflating price. The old department store category like Wards, Sears & Pennies along with some hardware chains didn't effect mom and pop so much as they could compete, but when discounters like KMart, Target then Walmart, moved in it changed things in a big way. Then Home Depot, Lowe's, Sam's, & Costco really changed the markets & segments. Good, better, best segments. Tremendous competition drives prices down for consumers and Companies like Costco operate on approx. 4% margins for whole goods, limited SKU's, seasonal inventory.
Walmart has made in tough on mom pop but so have clubs & big box hardware stores. The sales & Service dealers now carry whole goods as a compliment to service but usually at list price. Their profit and higher margins are in service and parts.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Many times I will find something I want on Amazon then google the manufacturer and buy it from them directly. Many times it's cheaper, sometimes it's just a few dollars more but I'll still order direct.
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and UPS will deliver it, which is pro union, which is pro middle class :drinkapint:

Fuck Republican, Fuck Democrat. Pro labor is the way to go
 
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