Did I mention I hate Wal-Mart's policies?

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One evening I thought to myself " hmmmmm, while I'm following the wifey around buying domestic goods I'll just stop in and get a box or two of WWB .45.............Waited, nobody to help.........waiting........waiting....... I didn't want to walk home at 11:00 at night so I just stepped behind the counter and got what I needed.:D. They don't have the locking glass cabinet for ammo storage, just a "Wal-Mart blue" curtain that hides the ammo from plain view. I even carried it to the front counter by myself. The checkout girl didn't think anything of it because I/We had the usual domestic products creating a clever camo effect. :D
 
I think it's just a store policy that only certain associates are allowed to sell ammo (possibly for liability reasons?).
I was in Wally World the other day buying a few things (in the middle of the day) and decided to see if they had some of that white box .223 for $3.97. The clerk wanted me to pay for it at that register, but since I had several other items I could just take it up front and tell them "Todd" said it was OK. They gave me no problems at all.
 
As promised...

Had occasion to visit Walmart tonight - in the rain; this is the store on Lynnhaven Drive for those who know the Beach.

I bought a Win White box of .223 Rem 55g @ $7.58/40rnds. My local shop hasn't gotten Win Q3131A 5.56 55g in weeks. I must have gotten the last box back then (Qty 1). See my thread @ http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47026

Anyway, the young fellow who is normally the counter type was still working at 6:30PM - he was stacking shotshell boxes but stopped to serve me right away. Don't know his gun background, but I've watched him with customers on occasion - he knows his ammo and gun rack pretty well. I asked about ammo "hours". He said that there are no "ammo" hours in that store - counter is always open for business and there is always someone in the store with a key. Paid for my ammo and departed.

BTW - bought some Win ValuePack .45 couple months back - no questions, no carry to the door, no nada.

-Andy
 
Mike Irwin:

Re what you wrote:

Alan,

It's not Wal Mart's responsibility to vet the employees that its contractors hire.

It's the contractor's responsibility.

The same at the company I work for.

When we sub part of a contract out, it's the responsibility of the sub to check the educational and professional backgrounds of the people they send to us -- not ours.

If it later turns out that the person's credentials are hinky, the sub can be held to some pretty nasty penalties.

responsibility has little to do with it. If I was not sufficiently clear, what I meant was that I do not believe that Wal-Mart management was unaware of what their contractors were doing. They might be "country boys", nobody claims that that genre is dumb, and while they might have been born in the evening, nobody says it was last evening. I do believe that if they didn't know exactly what was ongoing, then they had a pretty solid idea.

As for their prices on ammunition, from what I've heard, I can load my own for considereably less, and since I'm retired, and already have the components needed as well as the tooling, why not.


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The lefties hate walmart because they import goods from third world countries where the people don't make enough money. They think walmart opposes thier socialism.

The righties hate walmart because they import goods from third world countries where the people don't make "enough" money. They think walmart supports socialism.

Globalisation is a natural part of capitalism, it grows the global economy and those people who aren't making "enough" are making more than they would down the street so, obviously they prefer it to the alternative.

But people keep shopping there.

Personally, as long as walmart provides what I want, without too much hassle, I'll keep shopping there. IF their "policies" become too much, I'll stop.

As for buying chinese stuff... capitalism is having a strong impact on china, and may well be rotting the communist regime from within. I always support buying goods made in third world countries-- the best way to have global peace and AMERICAN prosperity is thru trade.

Capitalism really does work. And very well.
 
I hate Wal Mart. No real ethical problems with 3rd world imports or the PRC army or anything like that. I just hate going into them because they are always crowded with thousands of morons. And the parking lot outside is filled with hundreds of morons driving cars.

I bought my house 6 months ago. I'm on the far far far west side of the Salt Lake valley. The area one block west of my suddivision was a big empty field.

Guess what?

They are going to build a Superduper Walmart there. NOOOOOO!!!!

Stupid Wal Mart.
 
Correia brings up a point.
When out the other day with mom we counted 4 "former" Walmart Locations. I recall a couple of doctor buddies whom when investing in property advised to NOT invest in property where WM was "or might be" interested in.
Streets, turn lanes, infastructure gets done to kiss up to WM, play games with "We dunno if we'll renew this lease" municipalites suck up and give in and WM renews a short term. Nothing wrong with one making money, nothing wrong with taking any breaks, I don't appreciate from the planning stage manipulating people. These 4 "former" WM locations have gone downhill. The Mom&Pop stores have really struggled, or have had to close. They sit vacant, for a long time, sometimes somebody finally moves in. Until then, crime and stuff is common.

Plus , its too darn big. The reality is we have and aging society. I forget the mean age, but it is a fact we have more of the older bunch out there. Mom and many others find it's too difficult to hike across a parking lot, take a day hike in store, just to get a few odds and ends. Forget having groceries carried out to car.

You teach people how to treat you. So people drive way accross town , and if no baskets, hey the customers will get their own from the parking lot. They will buy this product in this quanity because we said so, our poop don't stink. Prices...Bwahahaha.

I buy deodorant for .20 less at the grocery store than WM. Mom now has a hang tag, she can park close,if not a front door to a number of "dollar" type stores, Fred's for example. Run in/out and she has noticed prices are often less. Less time to be a victim, and she wants a 4 roll of toliet tissue and single roll of paper towels...she can. Not be stuck with a 12 pak of one or a 6 pk of the other.

Forget perscriptions,she never did, but friends did and the prices were not good, forget med education and conflicts. Mom gets her meds at a fair price with service from an older Druggist. And when it gets dark early like now, and she really doen'st need to be out, they deliver-free, though she will tip.

Her meds are cheaper than friends at WM. From a safety point of view with an aging society, big is not better. Think about that when your aging parents need meds and it gets dark early, and holiday traffic.

Nope we've run the gamut of WM, big complex warehouse stores, and malls. The free standing easy to park,or small stripcenters ( 3/4 merchants) better suit most of our needs, and safety of elders-IMO.
 
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