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kombat96 Offline
#51 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:10 PM EST
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scompay wrote:
Dude, seriously ground beef at walmart is crap animals wont eat, I know I have tried to feed it to them. Ground beef for 20% more at Costco makes really good burgers.

Buy your tires aw walmart- same brand as costco, you will pay more and get half the warranty.

Couldn't agree with youmore on walmart meat and how they treat their workers.

And I hate them as I think they are the devil...lol but until ppl stop shopping there wally worlds going to be a big player.

I im just defending you comments against other grocery store chains.
sd72 Offline
#52 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:13 PM EST
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Cuz ur a dummy.
sd72 Offline
#53 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:14 PM EST
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For Abrignac ^^
kombat96 Offline
#54 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:19 PM EST
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scompay wrote:
Check this out. I had posted this yesterday. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/the-trader-joes-lesson-how-to-pay-a-living-wage-and-still-make-money-in-retail/274322/

Yes dude there is a line for people to work at Costco. (I saw Bloody in it)
Most of the folks move with Costco, from west coast to east coast.




Good article, did u read the comments, .


AGAIN, WHERE'S YOUR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE SO CALLED WAGES COMPARISON, AND YES IM YELLING. Stop beating around the bush and answer the question u raised, lord im going to start calling you taps.Brick wall
Abrignac Offline
#55 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:21 PM EST
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sd72 wrote:
For Abrignac ^^



I never buy beef at Walmart. I grocery shop at a small mom & pop AG grocer.
kombat96 Offline
#56 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:23 PM EST
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Abrignac wrote:
I never buy beef at Walmart. I grocery shop at a small mom & pop AG grocer.

No major grocery store chain would want to be in your state, leaves only mom and pop stores.ram27bat
kombat96 Offline
#57 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:26 PM EST
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Ohh wait that was Detroit, and rite-aid and cvs instead of mom and pop stores.
scompay Offline
#58 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:27 PM EST
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kombat96 wrote:
Couldn't agree with youmore on walmart meat and how they treat their workers.

And I hate them as I think they are the devil...lol but until ppl stop shopping there wally worlds going to be a big player.

I im just defending you comments against other grocery store chains.


Kombat,
Do you have a Trader Joe by you? Are they allowed to sell beer and wine in your state?

If so try cheap TJ beer and their legendary two dollar wine. You will think twice about Kroger. Yes $2 wine that competes with $20 dollar stuff. Stout that is better than Guinness, at lower price.

And they pay their guys like kings.
Abrignac Offline
#59 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:28 PM EST
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There are three Walmarts within 5 miles of my house. Depending on which route I take coming home from work, I have to drive pass one of two every day. The other one that's actually closer than the other two is out of my way.

If I have to pick up something from the grocery store, I'll pass Walmart in favor of either an Albertson's which is a fairly large regional grocery chain or a Carter's which is a local privately owned group of stores that was began as one store that the father expanded to 4 so that each one of his children would have their own store.
scompay Offline
#60 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:29 PM EST
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Abrignac wrote:
I never buy beef at Walmart. I grocery shop at a small mom & pop AG grocer.


LOL. Are you in Kabul?
Buckwheat Offline
#61 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:30 PM EST
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Walmart is the new K-Mart. Didn't you get the memo?

Hi, welcome to Walmart... fog
Abrignac Offline
#62 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:32 PM EST
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scompay wrote:
LOL. Are you in Kabul?


Is that the best you you can do?
kombat96 Offline
#63 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:32 PM EST
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scompay wrote:
Kombat,
Do you have a Trader Joe by you? Are they allowed to sell beer and wine in your state?

If so try cheap TJ beer and their legendary two dollar wine. You will think twice about Kroger. Yes $2 wine that competes with $20 dollar stuff. Porter that is better than Guinness, at lower price.

And they pay their guys like kings.



Yup I have trader joes near me.

Dont drink wine so that compassion comment is mute.

Pay like kings, again direct knowledge? Your useless if u cant defend your own argument points.
sd72 Offline
#64 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:32 PM EST
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Albertsons is owned by Kroger.
Abrignac Offline
#65 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:33 PM EST
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kombat96 wrote:
Yup I have trader joes near me.

Dont drink wine so that compassion comment is mute.

Pay like kings, again direct knowledge? Your useless if u cant defend your own argument points.


He can't. It's just another one of his failed attempt at making friends. Seems he didn't have any luck pecker checking so he shifted his tactics.
victor809 Offline
#66 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:35 PM EST
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kombat96 wrote:
The average wage at Costco is $17 an hour. , ur kidding right. Average wage, plz and I asked this of scompay, give me DIRECT KNOWLEDGE of wages. Ill tell u right now that is not what they make. Cart ppl snagging xarts for 17$ an hour, there would be ppl lined up to get those jobs. Just cause an article is written doesnt make it correct or factual.
Plz go investigate for yourself, starting wage is minimum wage, then in time u get raises, not even after 10 years unless ur in management are u making 17$ an hour.


Dude... I just did a search and grabbed the first article. There is a ton of research out there regarding the discrepancies between Walmart and other places.

It isn't my argument, just figured since you were looking for some info, I'd grab it for you. If that isn't what you're looking for.... well, I don't really care.
sd72 Offline
#67 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:35 PM EST
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At least he picked a side. He's pro pecker checker.
scompay Offline
#68 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:37 PM EST
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kombat96 wrote:
Yup I have trader joes near me.

Dont drink wine so that compassion comment is mute.

Pay like kings, again direct knowledge? Your useless if u cant defend your own argument points.


Yes Sir,
I swear to Allah and 100 goats, I have friends at TJ, they are very happy and want to be there all their lives. Go ask.

They also have this policy of having the most happy people on staff, dont know how they do it (other than pay) but they are the friendliest folks on earth.

Do you drink beer? light of dark?
kombat96 Offline
#69 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:38 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Dude... I just did a search and grabbed the first article. There is a ton of research out there regarding the discrepancies between Walmart and other places.

It isn't my argument, just figured since you were looking for some info, I'd grab it for you. If that isn't what you're looking for.... well, I don't really care.

Im ok with you and the article, im just asking scompany for direct knowledge, not referencesin articles.
sd72 Offline
#70 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:39 PM EST
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Kombat drinks Louis XIV cognac.
Abrignac Offline
#71 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:40 PM EST
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sd72 wrote:
At least he picked a side. He's pro pecker checker.


He's a pro. So he's had quite a bit of experience checking peckers. Perhaps he'll become a Jedi pecker checker soon.
Abrignac Offline
#72 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:42 PM EST
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scompay wrote:
Yes Sir,
I swear to Allah and 100 goats, I have friends at TJ, they are very happy and want to be there all their lives. Go ask.

They also have this policy of having the most happy people on staff, dont know how they do it (other than pay) but they are the friendliest folks on earth.

Do you drink beer? light of dark?


So you have friends that own hospitals. You have friends at TJ's. It seems you spend quite a bit of time posting on these forums, but as far as I can see you have no friends here????
DrafterX Offline
#73 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:42 PM EST
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Is a pecker checker one of those guys on Obamacare's Pecker panel..?? Huh
Abrignac Offline
#74 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:44 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Is a pecker checker one of those guys on Obamacare's Pecker panel..?? Huh


It might be one of those guys that look at what gets poked through holes in the paneling.
scompay Offline
#75 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:47 PM EST
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Abrignac wrote:
So you have friends that own hospitals. You have friends at TJ's. It seems you spend quite a bit of time posting on these forums, but as far as I can see you have no friends here????

I have you sniffing my seat, would you not call that friendly? How many others get this royal treatment.
now put your nose back in my arse where it belongs. You are getting addicted to it.
scompay Offline
#76 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:51 PM EST
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sd72 wrote:
Kombat drinks Louis XIV cognac.


Not to sound like a cheapskate. Best cognac, Armagnac, scotch, at the lowest prices I have got at TJ. Look if they can do $2 wine, and do it damn well, imagine what they can do for a $18 single malt.
Abrignac Offline
#77 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:52 PM EST
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scompay wrote:
I have you sniffing my seat, would you not call that friendly? How many others get this royal treatment.
now put your nose back in my arse where it belongs. You are getting addicted to it.


There are programs for schizophrenia and delusions. Help is only a phone call away.
Abrignac Offline
#78 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:52 PM EST
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scompay wrote:
Not to sound like a cheapskate. Best cognac, Armagnac, scotch, at the lowest prices I have got at TJ. Look if they can do $2 wine, and do it damn well, imagine what they can do for a $18 single malt.


I here they are refining gas behind the meat market.
victor809 Offline
#79 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 1:57 PM EST
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scompay wrote:
Not to sound like a cheapskate. Best cognac, Armagnac, scotch, at the lowest prices I have got at TJ. Look if they can do $2 wine, and do it damn well, imagine what they can do for a $18 single malt.


Now I'm gonna have to draw the line there.

That'd get me 1/10th of a bottle of excellent scotch. Why bother with $20 scotch?
sd72 Offline
#80 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:01 PM EST
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He must mean per oz.
scompay Offline
#81 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:03 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Now I'm gonna have to draw the line there.

That'd get me 1/10th of a bottle of excellent scotch. Why bother with $20 scotch?



You cant drink $200 bottle of scotch as a daily drinker. Are you mad, you will have to start holding up liquor stores at that burn rate.

I have always had blended, its a good bargain. Love Dewar's and White Horse. WH the scotch not the other white horse.

A bottle of Glenlivet last me a year.

Also making the move over to tequila.
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#82 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:06 PM EST
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I don't think phone line help is qualified for rubber ducky.
victor809 Offline
#83 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:06 PM EST
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scompay wrote:
You cant drink $200 bottle of scotch as a daily drinker. Are you mad, you will have to start holding up liquor stores at that burn rate.

I have always had blended, its a good bargain. Love Dewar's and White Horse. WH the scotch not the other white horse.

A bottle of Glenlivet last me a year.

Also making the move over to tequila.


I drink scotch maybe 3-4 days a week. The scotch I drink ranges from $50 - $220 a bottle. I see nothing wrong with having a glass of $100 scotch daily. There's approximately 25oz in a bottle... so say 10 servings per bottle. It's the same as smoking a cigar ranging in price from $5-$20. No one seems to blink at that.
victor809 Offline
#84 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:07 PM EST
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Not that much different than stopping at starbucks for a $5 latte daily.
Abrignac Offline
#85 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:15 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
I drink scotch maybe 3-4 days a week. The scotch I drink ranges from $50 - $220 a bottle. I see nothing wrong with having a glass of $100 scotch daily. There's approximately 25oz in a bottle... so say 10 servings per bottle. It's the same as smoking a cigar ranging in price from $5-$20. No one seems to blink at that.


I'm sure that is affordable for you. No worries. Attila the Hun, aka Mr. Pecker Checker, is just looking to pick another battle in between pecker checking.
sd72 Offline
#86 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:33 PM EST
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Is it over?
Abrignac Offline
#87 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:36 PM EST
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Dunno. Perhaps he is looking for a pecker to check since his wood chuck can't chuck wood.
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#88 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:37 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
I drink scotch maybe 3-4 days a week. The scotch I drink ranges from $50 - $220 a bottle. I see nothing wrong with having a glass of $100 scotch daily. There's approximately 25oz in a bottle... so say 10 servings per bottle. It's the same as smoking a cigar ranging in price from $5-$20. No one seems to blink at that.


I suppose there are some indulgences worth it. And there is no substitute.

I am nuts about cigars- just nuts i tell ya. But I have to admit i get mine at this auction site. Meaning i try to manage my indulgences, as if my jewish godmother was still looking over my shoulder.

I went somewhere the other day and they wanted fifty bucks for a slice of wagyu- i said i would rather eat the money.
sd72 Offline
#89 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:37 PM EST
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He's over on the god thread. I hope that's not what he's doing there.
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#90 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:39 PM EST
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Steve I don't think krogers owns albertsons. Recent radio story about albertsons and krogers putting in competing offers to buy safeway.
sd72 Offline
#91 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 2:41 PM EST
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My facts fit the story above. Yours fit reality.
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#92 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 4:04 PM EST
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I shop at dollar general, spend all my money on cigars. Anxious
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#93 Posted: Wed, Mar 26 2014, 6:50 PM EST
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Around here they buy whole carts full of food and then return them to get cash back
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#94 Posted: Thu, Mar 27 2014, 2:48 AM EST
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Substitute Wally World with almost any large grocer, fast food, or large retial store chain , and, boo hoo about the wages for those entry level positions, to be fair.

Selective outrage, outrage!
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#95 Posted: Thu, Mar 27 2014, 6:42 AM EST
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F Wallmart, they don't get a dime of my money. And NO they are NOT all created equal fog
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#96 Posted: Thu, Mar 27 2014, 9:14 AM EST
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Albertsons is at least semi national. They are on the west coast as Albertsons. In the Midwest the own Jewel and Sentry.
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#97 Posted: Thu, Mar 27 2014, 9:34 AM EST
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Look the point is we were able to change the mop water coffee they served at Mcdonalds- we did it by supporting the companies like Starbucks.
So the larger point is if we want to improve our place, we need to start by living better. As simple as that.
They have us convinced that we need to keep buying junk from the likes of walmart, which only takes the country backwards.
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#98 Posted: Thu, Mar 27 2014, 9:56 AM EST
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scompay wrote:
Look the point is we were able to change the mop water coffee they served at Mcdonalds- we did it by supporting the companies like Starbucks.
So the larger point is if we want to improve our place, we need to start by living better. As simple as that.
They have us convinced that we need to keep buying junk from the likes of walmart, which only takes the country backwards.



Shopping at Trader Joes and Costco where we would be led to believe they pay their cashiers $40K a year isn't going to change the country. It is a fun and noble thought to have while driving your Prius.
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#99 Posted: Thu, Mar 27 2014, 10:07 AM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Shopping at Trader Joes and Costco where we would be led to believe they pay their cashiers $40K a year isn't going to change the country. It is a fun and noble thought to have while driving your Prius.



"Driving the Prius" I appreciate the effort to label and categorize me, and generalize where that type of sentiment comes from. But it only shows how wrong you are.
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#100 Posted: Thu, Mar 27 2014, 10:33 AM EST
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"pay their cashiers $40K a year isn't going to change the country"

See this is where we have proof it works. If we only bother looking.

Look at Germany, successful in every sense of the way. They pay a whole lot more than us and make sure they have preserved a minimum quality of life. So we know that paying folks well and having free healthcare does not bankrupt a country, it makes it stronger.

Lets not forget, Germany does not even have the natural resources that we have, nor the innovation, nor the ability to spend on military. They are still prohibited from making planes and guns. So they dont even have that massive industry.

The only question we have to ask ourselves (and the reason for this topic) does the Walmart business model of paying folks less than the poverty line and depending on food stamps, increase or reduce, our minimum quality of life.
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