Check all the brands in other stores. It's all outsourced. Nike, Rebok, Liz Claiborne.

• Did anyone watch Frontline last night? I will NEVER shop in Wal-Mart again. - You'll find me at Target
  • I saw that - me2
  • Some of use live in small towns and our only - Wannie
    • Our Wal Mart moved. Built a Superstore behind Kmart! - Mainer
      • Every K-Mart around me folded and died. No such stores here. Walmart is thriving. - K-mart stores were junky.
        • Actually our Kmart is very nice. Probably because of - Mainer
        • Agree on the K-mart. The one near us SUCKS. - It's like a crummy dollar store now. nm
  • Walmart/Huge transcription companies. - See any similarities? nm
  • Looks like we need a Walmart - board :-) nm
  • Some boxes, like Mrs. Smith's pies, say distributed by - what you don't know
  • I'm fighting a super Wal-Mart - MT concerned about Wal-Mart
    • Good luck. sm - Mainer
    • Community near me succesfully fought one off, but sm - No Kname
    • in colorado? - nm
    • Check all the brands in other stores. It's all outsourced. Nike, Rebok, Liz Claiborne. - Read labels!
      • Yeah, but are these other companies trying to put stores in every market in the country? - MT concerned about Wal-Mart
        • There are TONS of stores that I see every place I go. - So what.
    • They're trying to put a second WalMart in our city with a population of 55,000. - same here
    • you don't live in Asheville NC sm - long time MQr
      • No, not NC - MT concerned about Wal-Mart
        • Walmart is good. The regular supermarkets are going to be forced to compete. - That's a good thing.
          • Publix stores are starting to look like Super Wal-Marts! Have you seen that? - I think it's hilarious.
            • No. Is it good? Have they brought their prices down? - No Publix around here.
    • Newflash... Most everything you buy ANYWHERE is NOT made - in the USA. Take a gander sometime.
      • Yes. Especially high-end merchandise. Someone has an ax to grind with Walmart - giving a very one-sided story.
        • Made in Japan is what we grew up seeing. Look where Japan is now - So what? The fact remains.
  • What about your neighbors who work at Walmart? - No I didn't see the show.
    • Heck, YES!!!! Most of our Walmart employees - boycott WalMart and Sam's Club!
      • Hey if you have the cash more power to you. Obviously the rest of the country doesn't. - Thus making Walmart what it is.
        • I just said I DON'T have the extra cash. - I AM POOR
          • I get it. But in return for supporting the small business the poor folk get nothing in return. - Open your mind.
            • You are so rude. That's your response to everything, isn't it? - finance degree here, thank you
              • I do not mean to be rude and perhaps you are interpreting rudeness because - I get it, do you?
                • It was not the subject matter, it was the delivery. - Sorry, I'm just fed up today.
                  • You know who I see working at Walmart? People who may not be employed elsewhere. - Don't kill the messenger.
  • Done with Walmart too.....sm - Walmart and what they are doing..
    • We have to stand firm for the Americans of the future here! - do it for the children.
      • Walmart opened up 15 stores in CHINA....nm - Walmart and what they are doing..
  • Went there for paint. Brand new store. SM - nm
    • nm=no message; sm=see message. nm - MT
      • nm = no name. - nm
        • No, nn would be no name. (just joshin ya). nm - Becky
  • I saw that. I have seen it before though and - sm
  • i didnt see that. - what happened?
  • They operate under the guise of the All American Company - Corporate profit is what they really mean
  • Target is better... - Sage
    • I agree about Target but there are some things I cannot buy at Target and Walmart - Target lover
      • ME TOO! - Sage
        • Well if Target did business like Walmart then the prices would drop but everyone would hate them to. - Lose-lose
    • same here, love target - target fan
  • Don't be to quick to jump to Target - IndianaMT
  • Equates to sending our work offshore. - NJMT
  • Do tell more? - camry
    • Drastic under bidding for products. Single handedly took out Rubbermaid - From what I recall
      • Walmart is trying to save the consumer MONEY. It's not all about corporate greed. - Okay logic this out.
        • Is that why their Bounty paper towels - are priced higher
          • The price of gasoline is reflected in the price of goods. Having said that, one item - Logic this out.
            • FYI, this is not a MOMENTARY thing, I - started comparing prices a few years
      • They also use tactics based on "sale points" which tease the customer - another point
        • Everyone markets their product that way. Like loss-leaders at supermarket. - anti-Walmart propaganda.
      • THANKS. - Camry
  • yup and using self-checkout - costs jobs too (nm)
    • One more thing... - self checkout
      • I don't mind self checkout or bagging my groceries. It does keep costs down. - It's also faster.
        • Pros and cons - self checkout
          • So do you think gas stations should discount gas for us pumping our own gas? - Just curious.

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I need to buy a new stove (and frig) and was wondering if you guys could tell me what brands you prefer and why.  I don't need bells and whistles just something that's going to last.  Thanks for sharing

I didn't know whether to laugh or be disgusted, so I have decided to do both.

Just saw a story on MSNBC about some jerk (an American jerk, looks like the biggest geek in the world) who has outsourced all his worries to a Pakistan company and a young, pretty Pakistani girl named "Honey" takes care of answering all his emails for work, for home, for his family, etc.  Hired a second Pakistani woman, a middle-aged woman (forget her name) to handle his WIFE.  When his wife is upset with him or he with her, he emails this Pakistani woman and she handles it -- emails the wife and argues FOR this jerk.  Even picks out the gifts he gives his kids and wife.  OMG. 

What a stupidman for doing it and, I must say, a stupid woman for putting up with that. 

How's that for Americans outsourcing everything and sending it overseas?!

The guy probably answered yes, yes, yes to all your quesions and didn't understand a single word.

well-known service.  The quality of the work was shockingly bad.  There's no way to describe it except to say it was painfully obvious that the MTs on our account had no business being MTs.  They didn't even have the very basic skills for the job, let alone the medical terminology.

I had the opportunity to read through the contract, and there was a paragraph in the contract that clearly stated that not only did the service promise to adhere to a specific TAT, but also promised high quality, proofread reports.  Basically saying that they employed a highly qualified QA staff that insured nearly error free reports.  That's the OUT clause as far as I'm concerned.  I started a file of every report with errors from the service, every ridiculous error.

A new supervisor for our department was hired and her first order of business was to cut the flab out of department.  She told us that the service doing our overflow was being paid something like $60,000 a MONTH!  The hospital was paying the service 45 cpl.  Now do the math!  The service gets 45 cpl and pays you and me 7 to 8 cpl to transcribe for them or even worse pays 2 cpl for an India-based MT and 3 cpl for an American QA person to edit and correct it, so that's only 5 cpl they end up paying.  That's quite a profit.  I vowed the day I found all this out to NEVER work for a national service again and especially not THAT service.

The new supervisor was against outsourcing which was good news.  She set out to renegotiate the contract or drop the service all together.  I threatened her with breach of contract and that's where my little file came in handy.  Needless to say, the service backed off and we not outsource overflow to a service local to our area and a much more reasonable rate.

My advice to you is start your file and keep track of everything.  Tell your boss to reread the contract, especially those paragraphs that speak to what the service promises to provide for the inflated line rate!

Good Luck!

Publix says tipping is not allowed.  I do not agree with that.  They are loading TONS of stuff into cars, why shouldn't they get a tip?  I tip, their bosses are not outside watching anyway and I don't know that anyone ever lost a job with Publix (one of the largest employers in the SE) due to this

to each his/her own I suppose    

I first hit our local thrift store when my dear mom was in a nursing facility with Alzheimer's.  She'd just forget where she "folded and put her clothes away" or the laundry would lose some.  So, I was able to buy mom many beautiful blouses/tops, dresses for way too cheap.  Usually walked out of there with 5-6 complete outfits under $20.00.

She's gone now, but in her memory, I still do my shopping stints there, then haul it over to the nursing home for those residents who don't have family, it truly helps me more than it helps them.

I find fashionable, barely worn, name brand clothes. It really is fun!! I couldn't imagine paying for new clothes anymore!

It's a little harder to find good kids' clothes at the second hand stores, but I have found some really nice ones that are real bargains.