Boy Do I Feel Ripped Off By WalMart! (Page 5): Just FYI; the choice isn't to "take them to court" or "don't care"....there is a middle ground. Some do care but have other...

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

sirlensalot wrote:

For those that don't, I guess they can leave or stay and accept working for companies that take advantage of their hourly employees illegally.

Just FYI; the choice isn't to "take them to court" or "don't care"....there is a middle ground. Some do care but have other considerations that outweigh the negatives.

Wherever you work this is basically the system.

perezoscar Loc: El Paso Texas

we try to buy chiles by matching the price but they had run out of chiles
I asked the employee to level with me and tell me what was going on..... She told me that the manager told them to remove the product until the price on the other store changed

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

perezoscar wrote:

we try to buy chiles by matching the price but they had run out of chiles
I asked the employee to level with me and tell me what was going on..... She told me that the manager told them to remove the product until the price on the other store changed

Wow..you guys must be very very lucky to get all these amazing things happen at your Wal Marts...nothing even remotely resembling this ever happens at the one's I shop at...or even the ones my relatives shop at in other states.

What amazing luck...I guess.

Elfie's Touch Loc: Texas

rpavich wrote:

quote=perezoscar we try to buy chiles by matching... (show quote)

Did you ever try to get a job with Walmart ? You make a great Spokesperson for them.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Elfie's Touch wrote:

quote=rpavich quote=perezoscar we try to buy chi... (show quote)

No...I never could get in...as evil as they are they've had LOTS of applicants :)

rayford2 Loc: New Bethlehem, PA

tlbuljac wrote:

Damn, I just retired and was hoping to be a Wal-Mart greeter when I grow up. This article definitely has changed my mind

Looks like Walmart has found other ways to save money.

Ours no longer has the greeters.
And now there is a big kiosk full of self-check out registers.
Goodbye to half the cashiers that used to work there.
All the isles are now cluttered with pallets of extra merchandise impeding easy movement throughout the store.
...and there's nothing you can do about it. If enough complaints are lodged against a Walmart store, that area is considered hostile and the store closed. But that won't bring back the mom and pops. Federal and state rules and regulations discourage any small business to originate when it comes to retail sales.
Mom and pops can't compete with quantity discounts either.
They can't buy overpaid lawyers to represent them either.

ngc1514 Loc: Atlanta, Ga., Lancaster, Oh. and Stuart, Fl.

Tea8 wrote:

Honestly, I hate Walmart. But in my small town the... (show quote)

With the almost limitless shopping choices available on the web, why go ANYWHERE? We do our food shopping at a local Publix, but for 99% of what we need that's not available at Publix... we hit the web.

We live inside the Atlanta Perimeter I-285 and have several major shopping centers within a few miles: Phipps, Lenox, Gwinnett, Perimeter, Northlake...

But why face the hassles of a mall?

cameraniac Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana

rayford2 wrote:

tlbuljac wrote:

Damn, I just retired and was hoping to be a Wal-Mart greeter when I grow up. This article definitely has changed my mind

Looks like Walmart has found other ways to save money.

Ours no longer has the greeters.
And now there is a big kiosk full of self-check out registers.
Goodbye to half the cashiers that used to work there.
All the isles are now cluttered with pallets of extra merchandise impeding easy movement throughout the store.

Same here.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

rpavich wrote:

quote=Tea8 Honestly, I hate Walmart. But in my sm... (show quote)

i live in pontiac mi. we have a mega mall called great lakes crossing, they have put 3 big box,2 movie complexes,and dozens of small and medium stores out of business.manopalys don't help the little guy.

Elfie's Touch Loc: Texas

rpavich wrote:

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The reason Walmart has so many applicants - they hire anyone that is willing to work part time. No Papers are checked. You don't have to be qualified to do the job either.
Their Sales people work in a department, but have no idea what they are doing. In our area, most of the clerks don't even speak English. That alone is a big reason not to shop there. Hire Americans who need a job not ilegal aliens that take the jobs from Americans but pay no Taxes.

Elfie's Touch Loc: Texas

rpavich wrote:

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rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Elfie's Touch wrote:

The reason Walmart has so many applicants - they hire anyone that is willing to work part time.

But....I thought the rap on Wal Mart was that they hire Americans who need jobs at full time 40 hours and then nefariously hack them to part time so that they can't earn a living wage and are trapped in the evil WM empire?

Which is it?

Elfie's Touch wrote:

No Papers are checked.

Bull crap. I'm calling bull.

Are there illegal immigrants who work at WM? Possibly...but like any other business...they do the required paperwork...

Elfie's Touch wrote:

You don't have to be qualified to do the job either.

Like millions of other jobs...and this is a minus? They are willing to train....sheesh...they can't win can they?

Elfie's Touch wrote:

Their Sales people work in a department, but have no idea what they are doing.

Not in my experience any more than any other business...but then again...I'm living close to some AMAZING Wal Marts where normal Americans work, and are glad to have a job and know their job and do pretty well at it....I'm special that way. :)

Elfie's Touch wrote:

In our area, most of the clerks don't even speak English. That alone is a big reason not to shop there. Hire Americans who need a job not ilegal aliens that take the jobs from Americans but pay no Taxes.

Wow...this is amazing...before in this thread they were screwing Americans by hiring them...now they are screwing them by NOT hiring them....they can't catch a break with this crowd can they?

Break out the pitch forks and the torches.

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

Hello there, as you say I was wrong, although the other day I bought some wine from Tesco, at the check out I was charged 29p more per bottle. I questioned this and a supervisor went to the shelf and returned with the shelf edge ticket which proved I was correct. He explained that the price had increased but the ticket had not been removed, he then pressed a few buttons on the till and I only had to pay the lower price.
Perhaps the gentle way I handled the complaint resulted in a satisfactory outcome.
John.

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

The biggest ripoff has been the last 4 years of Obama......................

Elfie's Touch Loc: Texas

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: I certainly agree. But his time has come.