Wal-Mart
 

Walmart...good or bad ...ya gotta love it or hate it.

I vary between the two opinions.

What I want to know is other people's experience when buying from them.

In my area, they have cameras pointing in every direction, in every corner, at every cash register ( don't blame them for that one at all) and then the big booming voices at the entrances and exits if what you buy does not get electronically deactivated at the cash register. When you come in, they use hand held scanners to show you are bringing something back. To top it off, they have people standing at the door to check your receipt if you buy a case of soda pop that they cannot bag. Or if you buy a storage container.

I had an episode the other day that makes me want to stop shopping at Wally world all together. The woman at the door saw me check out at the register and she still stopped me to 'check my receipt' on a case of soda pop.

One would say ...well why would it bother you if you did nothing wrong?
The point is that I feel like I am in the Soviet Union always having to show my papers in a place where I exchange my money for a product. I feel like this place is Nazi Germany instead of being in a free land. I resent being treated like I am guilty of theft instead of our country's signature premise of presumed innocence until proven guilty. Why can't all their electronic surveillance and screaming machines do the job instead of us being accosted and what we bought "searched" before we get out the door?

All the other stores I buy at do not treat their customers this way.

Do they do this at all the Walmarts around the nation or is this just an area thing? I do not remember being treated this way in other cities...like Cordova, Memphis and other little towns across North MS.

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We have a Target 1 mile from our house in one direction and a Walmart less than a mile in the other. It is absolutely amazing the difference in customers between the two! One seems to have a solid middle class clientele and the other seems to cater to Trailer Park City!

Having said that I still go to Walmart every week or two (or three) to pick up another box of cheap ammo. :)

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We do not have a Target in this area, but there has been talk of one coming. If they do build a Target, guess where I will be shopping? :happydance

Are you sure that the ammunition they sell aren't duds? :heeheehee

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Naw, it is named brand -just cheap. :)

And I've already shot a few hundred rounds of it.

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BJs and Costco is where I shop...

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For weekly general shopping, the only large stores here is Walmart, Sams and Kroger. There are dozens of Dollar General and Freds, but it's like do I want to buy from the store on Main St. or the store on Washington St?

There is zero variety in this area. All the stores carry the same generic stuff with a price difference of a dollar or two.

So why should Walmart give it's customers the Gestapo treatment?

I think that maybe I should just stay away from them and spend a few more bucks at the local stores and at Kroger. If I want to buy a toy for the grandkids, I'll go to Toys R us. Or if I want to buy clothes, I should go to the mall, the local specialty shops or sew my own.

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There is also Amazon.com where I do most of my own shopping.

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BJs is literally unknown to me. What is it?

There are no Costco's in this economically depressed area.

I may just take my money to Memphis/Germantown/Cordova area since I will be shuttling back and forth a good bit now.

In an agricultural state such as MS, there are very few organically grown veggies in the stores. There is one farmer's market, which is regulated by one certain city to open for 1/2 day on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

I want a WholeFoods store. I want more Farmer's Markets.

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Are shipping charges expensive?

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It's cheaper then Costco but more "upscale" then Sam's Club. It's currently my favorite place to shop. It's more of an East coast place so I've found out.