Walmart practises / myLot

Canada

November 30, 2006 11:30pm CST

Walmart practises are to bring the lowest prices to its customers even if that means purchasing from sweatshops or shops illegally using child labour.Does this effect your shopping at Walmart?

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Pigglies

@Pigglies (9329)

• United States

1 Dec 06

A lot of stores do the same thing, but not on such a large scale. Wal-Marts also drive out small businesses and when they've cleaned out a town, they leave their Wal-Mart there too, empty and unrentable due to its size. I don't generally shop at Wal-Mart though. There are a few stores that I won't shop at. I'd never shop at Petco.

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lonewolfnan

@lonewolfnan (4366)

• Canada

1 Dec 06

Petco has recently invaded our city but I don't see any price wars yet.The side effects of a Walmart are plentiful (including the ones you mentioned)

lonewolfnan

@lonewolfnan (4366)

• Canada

18 Apr 07

Thank you for clarifying that.I did not realize the practises of Petco and I hope they pay you (and other previous and current employees) what is owed to you and change the mill-system.

Pigglies

@Pigglies (9329)

• United States

18 Apr 07

Thanks for best response! I didn't mean the price wars as much for Petco. I am sickened by their practices with pet mills and by how they treat employees. I am still owed over a thousand dollars from working there, as are many others I know. But I stopped shopping there before that. I don't buy stuff from Petco because their pets came from horrible pet mills and I can't support that.

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whiteheather39

@whiteheather39 (24403)

• United States

18 Apr 07

I am ashamed to say that I would know where any product I bought was made or whether it was from a sweatshop or not. I look for the best bargains as I could not afford to buy something more expensive because it was not made in unpleasant locations.

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lonewolfnan

@lonewolfnan (4366)

• Canada

19 Apr 07

We all try to make our money go as far as it can.Living on a tight budget sometimes means having to do things we may not normally want to do.I am a cheap SOB who buys only on sale anyways.Even WalMart does not make money on me.