Thanks, driftrider, you saved me the trouble of ticking off similar stories of the success bred by the advent of Walmart in several areas.
Oldelkhunter, the traffic patterns alone are enough to cause a spot near a Walmart to be highly desirable for most businesses.
The reference to the firearm as a "Walmart gun" could have been nothing more to a reference to a given batch of warranties, or any of a dozen similar references. You can conclude nothing from such a comment.
I said because they have to produce in such quantity the entire line of firearms or whatever suffered quality wise . Can you understand that?
I will concede that you are completely dead nuts on the money and I am utterly mistaken IF you can prove that Remington IS making their firearms cheaper now solely because of the advent of a chain of retail stores.
Are they using cheaper metals than they did 10 years ago? Prove it.
Are they making the stocks differently somehow strictly to save costs because they are overwhelmed with Walmart orders? Prove it.
Is the warranty lesser than it was? Is their service flagging specifically because of the excessive demand created by Walmart? If you have proof, something more than your "say so" I'm all ears. Other than that, you are entitled to your
opinion, but it will remain no more than that.
Yeah and the Waltons get richer and more and more US business's go under but I guess in your mind that is only temporary as well.
There it is. Theres your problem. You are disgruntled over their success. Other than regional pockets of questionable business practices, I salute them. I have no problem with them dealing with China or any other country that is not blacklisted economically by this nation. If they are doing business legally, I wish them all the luck in the world and all the wealth that comes as a result.
As to businesses "going under" as a result: So what?
America is all about competition. Last time I looked that is one of the major reasons Americans have opportunity. Sam Walton, and now his kids, are one of the greatest success stories in the history of this great nation.
I've been very successfu in business for over 30 years. I regularly tell my staff, "I want the best and brightest, the fiercest competitors, the most educated, experienced, and hardest working people in the area to open their doors
across the street from me because it will only make me work smarter and harder and I will get stronger as a result."
Here is somethin you should think about Oldelk...from Business 101, Chapter One, page one, paragraph one:
Adapt or die
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