Wal Mart steps over a dollar to pick up a dime

"Jabba" wrote in message
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## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
reasonably)
late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
time
employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them rather
than
mark them down. They do that to stop people from WAITING until the mark
downs. Can you believe the GREED of Wal-Marts owners/stockholders?She
told
me this when I asked her about a huge pile of shrubs, trees and large
potted
plants behind the building.


What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the stock
holders greed?
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There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
you will usually find he's already married."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money
that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.

What would you describe it as then?

'they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else' any
proof of this - LOL

"Jabba" wrote in message
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There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain
benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money
that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.

What would you describe it as then?
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I would describe it as CAREFUL and WISE shopping. Since I retired some
years ago I seldom buy anything unless it's on sale. Why should I not do
this? The store is still making money on my purchases, or at least
breaking even. Isn't this society wasteful enough as it is?

'they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else' any

proof of this - LOL

Proof of what? You must be a stockholder.... LOL!!! :-D
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"If athletes get athletes foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?"
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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AND...
the stuff gets used instead of winding up in the landfill :-)

Kate

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
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|
| "Jabba" wrote in message
| ...
| ## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
| reasonably)
| late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
| time
| employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them rather
| than
| mark them down. They do that to stop people from WAITING until the
mark
| downs. Can you believe the GREED of Wal-Marts owners/stockholders?She
| told
| me this when I asked her about a huge pile of shrubs, trees and large
| potted
| plants behind the building.
|
|
| What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the stock
| holders greed?
| ===========================
| There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
| BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
| doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
| insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money
that
| they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.
| --
| Carol.... the frugal ponder...
| "Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
| you will usually find he's already married."
| ~~~~~~{@
| "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
| http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|

There's an old saying that I try to live by.

"Waste Not, want not."

Chances are it's not the greed of a good deal, but the financial economics
of it.

"Jabba" wrote in message
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| ## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
reasonably)
| late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
time
| employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them rather
than
| mark them down. They do that to stop people from WAITING until the mark
| downs. Can you believe the GREED of Wal-Marts owners/stockholders?She
| told
| me this when I asked her about a huge pile of shrubs, trees and large
| potted
| plants behind the building.
|
|
| What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the stock
| holders greed?
|
|

"SVTKate" wrote in message
nk.net...
There's an old saying that I try to live by.

"Waste Not, want not."

Chances are it's not the greed of a good deal, but the financial economics
of it.
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EXACTLY!!!! :-)
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"If athletes get athletes foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?"
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Roy wrote .She promptly
reminded the assocate there to make sure they were cut in two before
they got thrown in the large construction dumpster out
back...........

bloody ah-mazing!

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kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

"Ka30P" wrote in message
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Roy wrote .She promptly
reminded the assocate there to make sure they were cut in two before
they got thrown in the large construction dumpster out
back...........

bloody ah-mazing!

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That to me is just pure corporate greed! I bet they claimed a LOSS to
theft/damage and still made a profit, or broke even on these preformed ponds
rather than let someone enjoy them.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
you will usually find he's already married."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I just think it is an amazing tale. I'm not going to assign any motive to it.
Having DH in a business which is attacked on all sorts of spurious fronts that
are nonsense, but believed, I'm think there is more information we would need
to know. Maybe we can send Roy back to talk to the store manager...?
In his spare time, of course ;-)


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
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That to me is just pure corporate greed! I bet they claimed a LOSS to
theft/damage and still made a profit, or broke even on these preformed
ponds
rather than let someone enjoy them.

C'mon, nothing like that devious an approach is required. I am sure Wal-Mart
is self insured for employee/customer theft, so there is no insurance
company to be defrauded in this case.
As far as writing off the inventory, of course they do. Profit is what taxes
are assessed on, so profit = sales-expense.
If Wal-mart does not make a profit the who are the ultimate losers? The
customer, that's who. That would be you and me.
--
Crashj