"Dave Drum -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in
news:31122$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>> Most notoriously the Chinese goods that are literally poisoning
 DD>   us are RS> getting a lot of attention, some Chinese manufacturer
 DD>   cuts corners and RS> so we get kids' jewelry made with heavy metals
 DD>   that are poisonous, pet RS> food that had mining waste in it that
 DD>   killed our pets, and so on.

 RS>> Latest scandal I've heard a lot about is the drywall full of
 DD>   sulfur RS> from China, that is corroding houses from the inside.

 DD> That has nothing directly to do with Wal-Mart and more to do with
 DD> unscrupulous businessmen on both sides of the pond who are out to
 DD> maximise their profits - and who don't care how bad they hose up the
 DD> public for whom they get their largess.

Yeah, I know the bad drywall has nothing to do with Wal-Mart, but it has
been sold at Home Depot.

 RS>> I'm a regular shopper at Wal-Mart.

 RS>> Lately though I've found that a lot of the things I depended on
 RS>> Wal-Mart to have, they have even cheaper at "Big Lots."

 DD> Odd Lots/Big Lots/Bay State etc. are "remainder" stores
which buy up
 DD> product that is "distressed" or just won't move off the
shelves of the
 DD> company which bought it originally. I have an Odd Lots in a strip mall
 DD> near me - and I often cruise the food section looking for bargains -
 DD> like the crab meat that I snagged 32 six and a half oz cans of for
 DD> U$1/can. Worked fine in place of the U$4.50/can stuff I had been using
 DD> here a thousand miles from the supply of fresh. I regularly find
 DD> things like that - and if I can use it, I snap it up. If I can't I
 DD> don't under the theory that something cheap is not a bargain if you
 DD> don't have an application for it.

They have 2 or 3 bins on the floor full of $3 DVD's, sometimes 3-4 DVD's
packaged together, mostly collections of old TV shows, under the "TV
Guide" brand,

Some movies, mostly the B-movies.

 DD> For non-remaindered stuff that I need from a mass merchandiser I use
 DD> ShopKo or K-Mart. The pricing on most stuff is very close to Wally
 DD> World, I don't have to drive as far to get there, I can park pretty
 DD> close to the door (something seldom possible at Wal-Mart) and the
 DD> checkout lines are shorter. Over-all a better deal for me - money wise
 DD> and conscience wise.

There's a Shopko about a half mile from me, both Wal-Marts nowadays are
Supercenters up on the north side and south side of Sheboygan, about 10
miles for each from me.

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