The average American Walmart shopper?

I shop at Walmart about twice a month and its great to me. Its not as cheap as some would think but its the best buy for your money. They have everything for sale there from food, clothes for all ages, toys, cards, jewelry, medicine, gardening, car assessories, sport assessories, electronics, pet food. You can get pictures taken there, haircut, banking. Its a one place shopping for everything you might need or want. I don't understand why anyone would put it down. You would love it!

You may have used Asda when you were in the UK,Thea,and maybe know they have now been bought over by Walmart,so there would be some comparisons that could be made between the 2. I have shopped in Walmart in a couple of locations while in the US,and it would be a useful place to get branded and non branded Jeans,and basic clothing..Having explored the place,there was nothing shoddy about the products available,they carry many brand names,and have a wide range of products,from shoe departments,to Automotive,Electrical,Music,DVD's,Bikes,Pharmacy..you name it..They take a bashing mostly because they'll buy in bulk and sell cheap,and in the recession climate,as they import from China and the Far East,they take some anti American stick..Let's just say don't go there expecting to see expensive designer gear on the racks,or Porsches lined up outside..They do shopping for those on a budget,and they cater to what people want.

This is a really good discussion,and I know that different people have different opinions when it comes to Wal Mart and what it means to shop there,and we do have Wal Marts here and I unfortunately work at one which sometimes I wish I did not,and I know that some people look down on Wal Mart and think that if you shop there is means you are poor which is not true,people shop at Wal Mart to save money,and I like shopping at Wal Mart because they have everything you need at good prices,and I do not care what people say about me and me shopping at Wal Mart,because they can stick it if they do not like it,it is them to is paying too much for stuff,while me and my wife,and my parents save money each month because we go to Wal Mart,have a great day,good luck with your life,and all of your mylotting goals,and Happy Posting my friend.

Put down? Back in K-mart's hay day they used do the same thing. I ignore negative stuff and just figure "consider the source' of stupid remarks. It takes just enough effort to say something positive as it does negative and you get a much better response. Are they jealous or what? Why waste the time making such remarks?

I despise Wal Mart. Rarely go there. We have a supercenter in our town. It has displaced many of the mom and pop stores and shops that I remember as a kid with such fond memories. I shop at a smaller grocery....and can manage with some forethought to spend about the same as what I could do at Wal Mart. I've compared with my daughter who shops Wal Mart. I dated a guy who worked at the Wal Mart, he unloaded the trucks. He was on a fork lift and a bicycle feel from where it was hanging over his head and knocked him off the forklift..he hit the concrete, a six foot drop and was unconcious for about 20 minutes. His supervisor did not call an ambulance, when he began to come around...they took him by car to urgent care...a clinic type place but for walk ins. Then when they would not treat him there as he'd been unconcious and needed an x ray, they drove him over to the ER. I won't go into the details of our absolutely awful ER, but in the end, he is left with loss of hearing by 40% and bouts of vertigo that leave him unable to stand. A neurologist is treating him, but says these conditions will most likely be permanent. WAL MART refuses to pay his medical bills and he is sueing them. This is only the tip of the ice berg, as in putting together his case, he has learned of many many employees who have been treated this way. I have family who have been employed there...and they tell me that the richest retail chain in the world is very stingy with wages. They don't hire full time employees, they keep every one part time so as not to have to provide insurance and other benefits. I read a blog written by a ex Wal Mart employee and it said that the founder of Wally World...as we call it here...once said they don't have to donate to charities! Didn't give a reason, just said Don't Have Too. There's many other things I could tell you, reason why I don't shop there unless I just can't find what I need somewhere else...like everything seems to be from China...and I don't want to buy from a country that has such AWFUL human rights issues. Anyway...that's my take on Wal Mart. Besides, I'm weird...I HATE SHOPPING!

[b]Hello my wonderful friend I use to have a walmart close to me when I lived upstate, but now its to far to get to, walmart has a little of everything and the prices are great, when I was younger cheap stores use to be shameful to me, not now, like pay-less you ever heard of that, they have cheap shoes and bags, I use to take a big bag just so people will not see that I shopped there lol, and conways thats another cheap store that I was ashamed of , now I could care less, you can buy kids uniforms for weeks and pay little or nothing, funny as we get older we see things so much different then we did when we were younger, my daughter bought my grandsons uniforms at conway one year and gave me the bag to carry lol, I did so with pride. I miss walmart, I am sure there is one somewhere in the city just have to take the time to find it, without needing a car to get there. Thanks for sharing my friend.[/b]

Many, and I mean, MANY things that are exactly the same as in other stores are cheaper in Wal-Mart. I am not saying I ONLY shop there, but for some things their prices are hard to beat.

I like Walmart, but like you too, Thea.. I've never had the chance to experience it. The closest to a Walmart we have here is Giant and there are everything that someone could ever wish for being on sale there. But some people prefer to go to small stores rather than big stores. For me, I don't have any preference. Anything comes and goes for me.. I don't care what people say. For me, if I can buy some reasonable price things to buy there, fresh food, great items, why not... to each his own...

My husband works at the one that is in our county. They are just one of the many corporations that want the bottom dollar and don't really seem to care if their regulations aren't suitable or even fair... Everyone from every walk of life seem to shop there, I don't think that it's just down to one group of people. Even the richest man may want to save a few bucks... You can save at wal*mart, and in an economy the way it is, why not shop at a store that has lower prices? Wal*mart is an okay corporation, but I think that Sam Walton must be turning in his grave because of all the morals the company doesn't have in the way of treating the employees right.

I didn't see that discussion but don't know why anyone would put someone down for shopping at wal-mart. Here in my town it is about the only place left to shop because they ran all the small stores that were in town out of buisness. Our downtown looks like a ghost town. They come in to a small town like our & can outprice all the little buisnesses that are here so they have to close. i hate that that happens. i do not like going to wal-mart because it is so big & i have a hard time getting over the store. I go when i absolutely have to because it is the only place u can get so many things.

Well! You being a person who, never seen one, never shopped in one, but have shopped in a market chain they own and didn't know about it! How can you judge them? Where did you get the info to form this opinion? I shop there because it's a cheap place and it really stretches the shrinking buck! I guess when someone (a family owned) has a successful venture they will always be criticized for their savvy sense of business! I don't agree with all their practices but they sure nailed it in changing the landscape for the public good? They continue to set the standard and force the competition to follow suit! If there are to many cooks in the kitchen some have to leave! For your information all the stores are not the same some have food and others don't, by the way they also own Sams Club another great place to shop for small businesses, and people with large families! tdemex

Thea, there are two Walmarts in my vicinity. Walmart is a discount retail store that has a bad reputation in alot of areas.. for one, rumor has it they they treat their employees miserably. They seem to be fair in who they hire, however, when they read the bottom line of their employee manual, it doesn't always add up. Secondly, while their prices are lower than most retail stores, it is because they demand the lower costs from the manufacturers who sell them the products to put in their stores. Walmart has become the retail king, therefore if you don't comply to what they want, the manufacturer loses business to other competitors. And if they do comply to their request for low costs, the manufacturers don't make a profit, and soon go out of business. Thirdly, some of their super stores are huge and take over a very large area of space. When the residences of the town don't want them there, they don't really care, and will fight to the end to get their store built, causing alot of traffic, and disrrupting a whole neighborhood. They claim that they do alot of charity work within the community they are in, but it usually is their own selfish reasons. Fourthly...they usually have a greeter at every store, and those greeters are usually mentally challenged or handicapped people, who only have to stand there and greet people. To my way of thinking, that is exploiting them to make Walmart look good. With all this said, their prices are low enough that most people look beyond these rumors, and shop there because it's the prices they are interested in and not the work policies of Walmart. However, there are folks who wouldn't step in a store like that, because they feel it is only the low income people who shop there. Truthfully, there are alot of different sites to see in there, only because these low income people can't afford to dress up like the rich folks.

Walmart has become a symbol of the lower class here in America. It sells items at low prices and people with little money go there. Those who have money like to put down those less fortunate so they say things that are plain juvenile. Yes the store's brands are the items made cheaper but for those who work for minimum wage or close to it this is what they can afford. The disparaging remarks are rich people remarks. I grew up poor, Though I am better off now then I was as a child I know what it means to save money and live within my means, as such I do shop there. I buy only items made in my country (as I see this as important to our financial renewal) and I have no issue with cheap or store brands as well as they are well made and or taste good. As for lacking in judgment please. Why should I pay $10 more for a pack of underwear by the same company because they are sold at Target? Some people need to get over them selves

i’d love to talk some,but it's a advanced question to me ,so i would not answer it?i think it's a good circumstance for purchase,cause i once had a opportunity to work in there?only half month?

Personally I wonder why some people here in the US like to cut down places like this? I know that a lot of times the quality of their clothes versus the price does not match up always to some of the other stores, but if you live near a Super WalMart who sells food, you will be pleasantly surprized a lot of times in what they can save you there for sure. Also when it comes to prescription filling some of their prices cannot be beat elsewhere as well. Yes, I live in the USA, and we have quite a few WalMarts in our area around by where I live now. I know that you do have to watch some of the prices from time to time, and some of the quality of their products but personally in other ways I feel they are still one of the Best places to shop.

We get shopping snobs in our country as well.Mostly the ones that belittle the bargain shop are the ones that once had money.I quite often see these woman in these shops but they hide their faces and try to hide.I shop where I want to going into any shops that take my fancy,if these people stop trying to be better than everyone else they can then relax and enjoy life like the vast majority of the people in the world.

There are a lot of varying ideas about Wal-Mart in the U.S. For many consumers such as myself, that are burdened by today's harsh downturned economy, Wal-Mart can be a blessing. You can buy all of the items you need for home, such as cleaning supplies, groceries, toiletries, etc. all in one place, and for discounted prices. But sometimes, especially when it comes to clothing at Wal-Mart stores, I feel like you make sacrifice some quality for the good price. Now, many people are opposed to Wal-Mart because of its business practices. As a "big box" store that can provide everything for a low price, Wal-Mart puts a lot of small business at risk, and in fact, ends up putting many of them out of business. These small businesses cannot afford to provide services and goods at the same cheap prices that Wal-Mart does. Even communities that have oppposed the building of Wal-Mart stores cannot stop them from building, and in the end, the small town economy is hurt by a store like this. Also, I've heard that Wal-Mart employee practices are terrible. They employ many employees with few hours each, so that none of their employees gain the benefits of being a full time employee. I have to say that while I'm in need of a cheap place to shop, Wal-Mart is my store. But if my circumstance were different, I'm almost positive that I wouldn't shop there.

Well, Walmart is a one stop shop. I can get just about everything I need there without having to go anywhere else. For my time that's the best use of it. I hate shopping anyway and love the convenience of Walmart plus I know that I'm getting the best price for the item. To put down Walmart is the same as putting down any other store for whatever reason. I'm sure the person who made the comment also shops at Walmart.

I don't know who said that, but it seems as if they themselves havn't ben there either, hmm? Walmart is great for the "average American," the "average Joe," and then some. Actually, it's a great place for anyone! There's a possiblity I could be saying this because I am truly a bargain shopper, but I'll admit, if I was rich--which I'm not--I'd still go pop into Walmart whenever I needed something. Like Target, they have a wide variety of items, ranging anywhere from food to clothes, sports goods, home decorations, and much more but I don't want to take up a whole page simply stating what they sell. You've go tto give their prices credit, too. Someone once sang, "Victoria's Secret, well their stuff's real nice, oh but I can buy the same damn thing on a Walmart shelf half price," love that song and don't make fun of the name if you figure it out, haha, because you know what she sang is true, esepcially when it goes on to state that she doesn't need a designer tag to make her man want her. But don't jump to the conclusion that Walmart is cheap both in price and qaulity; on the contrary, I've bought great stuff there that matches the quality of anything you would purchase from Target, Victoria Secret of course, anything in the mall, and all that other great jaz.

Waltmart is the world's most richest corporation. Yet it makes money from the poor people who shop there. It is a bargain store. They have some great deals. Basically they buy in bulk from China and they sell it on lower prices because they can afford to. Basically it is a simple business strategy.