BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Seem s to me that you would be buying what was in an unopened box not the floor model????

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I used to care about dented corners, but not any more. I recently bought a ceiling light in Home Depot. The last box there had a crushed corner. I didn't even bother to look inside. It's the same with PO and UPS packages. No matter what the outside damage, I have never gotten an item that was damaged from being dropped - or thrown. Yes, I live dangerously. That's the kind of guy I am.

GaryS1964 Loc: Northern California

Walmart is the "big box store" that many people, especially liberals, love to pick on. But the fact of the matter is that if you were to go to pretty much any retail store particularly the smaller ones you would find the same or worse working conditions.

Anti-Walmart fervor is pushed by unions and there loyal Democrat politicians. Walmart provides tens of thousands of jobs often to lower income people who might otherwise not have a job. They also provide products at prices that lower income people can afford.

A couple of final thoughts. If the working conditions at Walmart are so terrible how come when one is about to open thousands of people apply to work there? How come if working conditions are so terrible Walmart employees don't vote to unionize?

kwils Loc: Salem, Ma

Are those photography questions?

photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA

What was the OP about?

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

A good friend lost her purse at Walmart and it was never found or the thief that took it either[/quote]

I have to laugh and point when I see this about WalMart (USA)
I lived in Mexico for 5 yrs 25 mi south of Cancun and we shopped at the Wal Mart in Cancun once or twice a week. one trip on a very hot day in my black sedan we got to the store - I got out and helped my wife- who is disabled into her wheel chair -went in did our shopping came out an hour later and my car was all cooled off because I never turned off the motor - yep motor running unlocked - OK another time as I entered WalMart in Cancun I stopped at the teller machine and took out $300 - 3,000 pasos- put my wallet in my fanny pack that I carried all my papers in - passport, FM3 papers - well in about 3 min. I could not find my fanny pack - I went to a security guard and reported it - he sent me to the service desk where I described my fanny pack and she pulled it out of a locked drawer - every $ was still in it - along with all my papers.
Yah - makes you wonder who and where the honest people are or was I just lucky "twice"

Tootsie

Crushed corners don't sit well with me either. That is a very big red flag.

Dlevon Loc: New Jersey

Just check the date of manufacture on the box. That tells more than anything! Always try to purchase the latest date.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Good idea. Of course, you're assuming that the latest model is better than the previous one. :D

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

It must be your underwear I'm wearing. LOL.

jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.

Thanks for that visual mooseeyes, I just lost my lunch.

Rich Maher Loc: Sonoma County, CA

I sit outside in the parking lot and take pictures of all the freaks. I'm wearing out my camera.

JBTaylor Loc: In hiding again

:thumbup: :thumbup: Yes, most issues apply to all similar stores but Walmart get singled out.

Kuzano

I'll give you a good one on Photography, and one of the reasons I DO go to Walmart.

I shoot Medium Format (120 film). All of the Walmarts in our geographic (Central Oregon), send medium format film to Fujifilm Labs direct for processing, If I put the film in a Fujifilm envelope and mark it for "Send Out Only". Advantages:

1) Pro processing in Fuji labs. Always good results
2) No shipping costs, the film travels no charge to me on Walmart trucks to and back from the lab.
3) Consistent 10 day turnaround
4) Low pricing ... 84 cents on 8 transparencies (I shoot 6X9) and usually $8 for 8 negs w/prints.
5) Haven't lost a roll in a decade since I discovered this process.
6) All bad shots have been my fault.

Now, I will say that hardly ever do the store employees know what I am talking about. I discovered this practice ten years ago and know how to do it all myself as far as instructions on the Fuji envelopes, sealing it and putting it in the Fuji drop slot. Currently, hardly any employee in the store knows what is happening with your film when it goes out, because it is never opened or resealed in house.... only when it gets to the lab. Over the last decade I have only talked to a couple of employees who even knew what Medium Format is, but those people don't last long because of turnover.

Not all Walmarts send out to Fujifilm Labs. In the MidWest some use Dwaynes, which was or is a highly qualified lab, so one needs to check.

I've done about 12 rolls with good results. Walmart ships to the lab, and consistently I get a telephone call from Walmart on the tenth business day on the return.

I do know this, although I don't do much shopping at Walmart. Last week I went in and at the entry to the grocery section, there were two identical carts of groceries. One from the Walmart shelves, and one from Fred Meyer, our other most shopped big box store. The carts contained the same brands and quantities of item.

The Freddy's cart was $152. The Walmart cart was $127.

I also know that most of the people I know who say nay to Walmart are considerably misinformed in many other areas of their lives.

The Walmart I now use is a 4 year old Super Walmart, and the other in the area is a conventional Walmart, recently remodeled to a larger size.

For those who don't know, Walmarts were a spinoff from Sam's Clubs, which are mostly Midwest, and very similar, but you never seem to hear the same grousing about Sam's Clubs?? true?

Kuzano

By the Way Kwils... If you are so concerned about posts off the topic of photography, why are you on Ugly Hedge Hog. When I want specifically photography, I go to Photo.net, rangefinderforum.com, and others. When I want something in between good photographic information and UHH, I use Photocamel.com

I come here for the histrionics and drama.