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"PanHandler" wrote:

You only get what you pay for.

This concept predates Walmart by a few, thousand years.

A great majority of Wal-Mart merchandise is built to a
price point, rather than a quality/feature level.

With the exception of "great majority", I agree with this, particularly
with the bicycles you cite. I believe it holds true with other,
so-called "durable" goods.
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JR