On Sep 21, 7:56 pm, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:41:09 -0700, Too_Many_Tools





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On Sep 19, 6:55 pm, Lee Ayrton wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Ignoramus29233 wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:00:26 -0400, Kurt Ullman wrote:
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Ignoramus29233 wrote:

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:47:03 -0700, Too_Many_Tools
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Why can't the company making $50 shovels make $5 shovels too?

Typically, the reason for doing so is maintaining a "premium brand
identity", which makes perfect sense.
Many do. For instance, many of the store brand products you see in
target or even WalMart are made by the same guys and gals who make the
"brand name" thing you see right next to it.

I also tend to think that if Walmart has products of Company X on its
shelves, then their stuff is probably not worth buying, even not from
Walmart.

Perhaps not or, at least, not from Wal*Mart. It has long been claimed
that Wal*Mart's ability to dictate price to suppliers sometimes causes
manufacturers to compromise on quality or features in order to stay in
business, and the volume of the order makes bottom-line-this quarter sense
to make a production run with deleted features or second-run parts. For
instance: Levis. See:http://www.cio.com/article/31948/Sup...ips_How_Levi_s...

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There was a business life before Walmart.

If a company doesn't like the business practices of Walmart, they can
make the business decision to find customers elsewhere.

The whining of companies about Walmart's business practice is a red
herring.

TMT

Walmart is simply doing what a vast number of Americans want - selling
a low quality item for a cheap price. If they weren't doing exactly
that then they wouldn't be a success.

You don't get to be a 900 lb. gorilla by selling a product that the
public doesn't want at a price higher then he is willing to pay.

All over the world there are companies selling quality albeit at a
higher price then Walmart. Rolex Watch comes to mind - a really well
made watch for a substantial price. I don't believe that Walmart has
harmed their business at all. Mercedes, Gucci, I could go on and on,
but quality merchandize is there if one wants to buy it.

There is an old saying in Asia, "you pay peanuts, you get monkeys".
The same can be applied to merchandize, "you buy cheap, you get
cheap".

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Walmart is simply doing what a vast number of Americans want - selling
a low quality item for a cheap price. If they weren't doing exactly
that then they wouldn't be a success.


Agreed on their success...let them continue to sell poisoned products
and see if that success continues....



All over the world there are companies selling quality albeit at a
higher price then Walmart. Rolex Watch comes to mind - a really well
made watch for a substantial price. I don't believe that Walmart has
harmed their business at all. Mercedes, Gucci, I could go on and on,
but quality merchandize is there if one wants to buy it.


Rolex watches don't poison people and pets.

As for buying overpriced merchandise, there are many consumers with
money and no brains.

TMT