The trouble with the huge chain stores is that they take all the profit out of the areas they take over. 10,000 local stores each with 100 employees means 1,000,000 workers earning a living and 10,000 local owners making a profit. 1 chain store with 1,000,000 employees means 1,000,000 workers earning a living and 1 owner making all the profit. - Jared On Sunday 24 February 2002 09:25 am, you wrote: > The biggest gripe in many parts of MN has been the way they bring in a new > store and the smaller local stores are unable to compete, usually going out > of business. > > Tough luck, I say. Every one has value to add. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Houle" <houle at citilink.com> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 5:19 AM > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] walmart.com to sell systems without the MS tax(OT) > > > I remember seeing the CEO on tv a some years back and the story was on > > the racks of clothes and other things that had a Made in the USA plaquard > > on > > the > > > rack of merchandise. Well the merchandise wasn't made in the USA is what > > the story was about. > > Also going into their stores just seem tacky and dirty and cluttered. > > Also > > > due to their volume I think they get COTS electronic items made to their > > spec and might have different (cheaper) components in them that what you > > think is the same model down the street (my opinion). > > > > > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Brian > > > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 7:59 PM > > > > > > Not to start a flame war, but that's 3 anti-Walmart posts. What the > > heck > > > > do you people have against Walmart? Especially so bad that Jim "hates > > > them worse than Microsoft"? Sure, I'll take Target over Walmart if > > given > > > > the option, but I'm not to the point of badmouthing Wlamart for any > > > reason. Just makes me curious... :-) > > > > > > -Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota > > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------------------------------------------------