Walmart vs. Costco - An interesting comparison

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by icenine

Batman protecting Gotham from Walmart!!

All polls show that the people in the city wants Walmart. The people would like the option to stampede for televisions in their city.

[icenine]

Walmart is a sign of centralization in a crowded urban atmosphere....
50 years from now we all might be living in highrises where on the ground floor there is a Walmart for all the residents needs.....then one will take a short walk to the bullet train or subway.

If you have been to Singapore you know what I am talking about......

[mpholland]

A local Walmart story http://www.oregonlive.com/sherwood/i...ve_to_rec.html

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by icenine

Walmart is a sign of centralization in a crowded urban atmosphere....
50 years from now we all might be living in highrises where on the ground floor there is a Walmart for all the residents needs.....then one will take a short walk to the bullet train or subway.

If you have been to Singapore you know what I am talking about......

Singapore was land restricted, there was nowhere to go but up. Florence spent some time there, in fact she used to teach disadvantaged children in the Ancient City of Kowloon.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

I think that is one of the keys to your satisfaction. Not big enough for the corporate BS.

Regards,

D-Ray

Could be. I've only worked for one small business. Everyone was very nice, but...................I like "stuff" and the pay just wasn't there. I've never been rich, but I can't stand being totally broke either....especially not if I'm working. So, I left and went to Cooper Industries, then Federal-Mogul, then Sara Lee and now an Italian company, MZB-USA. Large corporations all.

Believe me, I am painfully familiar with the corporate BS. Just last night, I was thinking of the troubles we had at Cooper.....because of a "Gentlemens Agreement" someone made with GE a hundred+ years ago, they only source certain things (plastic resins, for instance) from GE.........even if it doesn't work in a given product. Stuff like that can get infuriating.

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Singapore was land restricted, there was nowhere to go but up. Florence spent some time there, in fact she used to teach disadvantaged children in the Ancient City of Kowloon.

Singapore is a beautiful city. At least it was when I was there in '83 and again in '85.

Dave

[icenine]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Singapore was land restricted, there was nowhere to go but up. Florence spent some time there, in fact she used to teach disadvantaged children in the Ancient City of Kowloon.

We may not be land restricted but I think over the long term we will become more centralized in huge megalopolis's ......just imagine an America with 1.5 billion people rather than 350 million. I think if Walmart was not there it would be another store...too bad it had to be Walmart with the lousy way it treats their workers.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Singapore is a beautiful city. At least it was when I was there in '83 and again in '85.

Dave

I was there in 1991,2001, and 2006. It is still beautiful and clean, but the increase in population is very noticeable...especially on the subway, which I am sure you remember well. It is not amusement park clean (like Cedar Point if you have been there) like it was in 1991 though...too many people now.

I got really drunk at the Beer Garden in Little India in 2006....and I was walking past all of these places selling old audio gear....but I was not into vintage audio then dohh! I just walked on by....I do not know what I may have walked past.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by icenine

I was there in 1991,2001, and 2006. It is still beautiful and clean, but the increase in population is very noticeable...especially on the subway, which I am sure you remember well. It is not amusement park clean (like Cedar Point if you have been there) like it was in 1991 though...too many people now.

I got really drunk at the Beer Garden in Little India in 2006....and I was walking past all of these places selling old audio gear....but I was not into vintage audio then dohh! I just walked on by....I do not know what I may have walked past.

And, if you had you would have wound up broke with nowhere to stash it all on the ship.................... I remember being stupid enough to haul a bunch of gear aboard the Coral Sea thinking I would stash it in a void behind the shop. Speakers, amp, preamp, tape deck, turntable................everything. The amp alone, Denon POA1500 weighed nearly 40 lbs. My 1st Class told me no. He said I had to ship it all home. It cost me a fortune, (E3 at the time.), and they utterly destroyed my Dual CS627Q. The TT arrived in Ohio with the top smashed in like some a-hole had deliberately jumped up and down on it. Man, was I PO'ed!

Dave

[icenine]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

And, if you had you would have wound up broke with nowhere to stash it all on the ship.................... I remember being stupid enough to haul a bunch of gear aboard the Coral Sea thinking I would stash it in a void behind the shop. Speakers, amp, preamp, tape deck, turntable................everything. The amp alone, Denon POA1500 weighed nearly 40 lbs. My 1st Class told me no. He said I had to ship it all home. It cost me a fortune, (E3 at the time.), and they utterly destroyed my Dual CS627Q. The TT arrived in Ohio with the top smashed in like some a-hole had deliberately jumped up and down on it. Man, was I PO'ed!

Dave

actually Dave I was on the Mercy..the hospital ship....
I had tons of space...
I flew off in Austraila and went back and got my duffle bag three months later when she came back to 32nd Street