Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Originally Posted by BLND1
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Originally Posted by nomas
People love to hate Walmart . It makes them feel like part of something special . Really it just shows their ignorance .
I don't shop Walmart for two primary reasons:
1. The demographic that's typically found there
2. Canadian Tire has better prices on the extremely short list of products that I might be interested in.
I buy all my meat, raised locally, at the butcher. I buy shoes at a shoe store. I buy all my electronics wholesale, at Costco or on Amazon, and clothing isn't captured by what Walmart offers, nor do I figure I am their target audience with what they do carry.
Mindless consumerism is a disease. Our infatuation as a society with a consumption-geared lifestyle is exploited by mega-retailers like Walmart who carry all the disposable garbage you could ever want to break and replace. That's not a philosophy I live by, ergo Walmart doesn't really have much to offer me other than a chance to be in proximity to those I'd rather not be.
Wow. Just wow.
You decry Walmart for is parasitic consumerism, and then praise amazon in the next sentence?
"I'm much too refined to defile myself amongst the unwashed denizens of Walmart. I get my consumerism fix at the other giant conglomerate that treats its employees like fodder. Proles!"
The mental gymnastics in this thread are beyond belief.
I didn't praise Amazon, I simply indicated that I've bought product from there. Why?
- Oil filters are 1/2 the price at Amazon than they are at Walmart or Canadian Tire
- Amazon has a massively broader selection of brands like Ravenol for example
- Amazon is an excellent source for old, obsolete or obscure computer parts
- This stuff is shipped to my house, so I don't need to have the "social experience"
"Blind consumerism is a disease!" -overkill
"I don't shop at Walmart because consumerism. i decry consumption-geared lifestyles from mega conglomerates. Walmart is evil." - overkill
"Hey amazon is pretty nifty, check out these super non-poor people products like ravenol." - also overkill