20 Qt Sterilite

[monster]

is anyone else having trouble finding these anymore? i could have sworn they were everywhere a couple months ago

[ColleenT]

they are at Walmart. Stacks of them at mine. $2.96

[firecrested]

we have tons at work, dollar general for $2.  the shelf is full and 3 or 4 boxes in the back.

[monster]

hurm... nothing here!
crap, alright. i'll go over to that demon walmart and see if they have any. i hate going there....

[smith710]

You hate going to Walmart??? That's like my favorite store!!! Well other than the pet stores of course.

[avmelvin]

wallmart is one of the worst corporations, if not the worst, that u can possibly support in america.

[ColleenT]

that is too bad, b/c they have what i want/need. But Target is my favorite. store.

[smith710]

I don't care.  They have everything I need plus, and cheaper than everywhere else.  Everything is always 10 times cheaper there, so why waste my money somewhere else when I can get it there half off?

[monster]

smith710, you can't be serious. you don't care?
lemmie say this once, the reason it is so much cheaper there is because they pay their worker's nothing and offer no benefits. zilch.
they bully farmers into selling for less then their produce is worth - causing the government to give them subsidies to make up the loss. you know who pays those subsidies - we do, with our government taxes. that's the real price of food.
they undermin quality by posting misleading signs (non organic milk labeled as organic).
they put up stores in low income areas, around mom & pop stores, forcing your neighbors to go out of business and loose everything. whole towns have been massacred.

people before profit dude.
i'm not intending to get in an argument about this issue. i just wanted to share my side of the world.

[smith710]

So let me ask you this... Do you buy everything that was made in America or do you buy things that were made in China?  What do you think they get paid?  They are doing something right, they have stores EVERYWHERE and EVERYBODY shops there.  If people don't want to work there then don't... if they HAVE to work there because they can't find a job somwhere else, then at least they have something.  I don't exactly make a ton of money, so when I can save money, I do.  And Walmart is the best place to do so and I'm pretty sure the other millions upon millions of people feel the dame way.

[ColleenT]

not to argue, b/c i see the points-

 but another thought i had was- ok, so someone in the third world country is working for less money, but they are working. apparently that job is important to them. without it, they might starve. no it's not right, but it's all they have. they are lucky to have it. by supporting walmart, i am feeding THAT family.

[smith710]

Ok, and what do you think about all the people working at Walmart?  You think they are working there for nothing?  They are working there to feed there families and eat just like the people in the third world countries.  I mean seriously, not to be mea nto anybody working atWalmart or anything, but when you walk into walkmart, what do you see?  You see disables people and people that look like they just came off the street corner or high school dropouts.  They now have jobs and probably didn't before.  And you know why, because Walmart is giving people like them jobs.  No they aren't paying them a ton of money or anything, but at least they are getting paid and feel like a real working person now.  You are pretty much guarenteed a job at Walmart if you want it.

[smith710]

Think of this... If Walmart shut down, how many people would be out of work making NOTHING?  Not only the people working at Walmart, but look at all the products they sell.  They may not be maying a ton of money for the produce and the products but they are obviously paying more than it costs to make.  So if they shut down, all the companys that were selling a ton of products to them would lose workers because they wouldn't be making as much money as they did.  AND people would be paying alot more for the things they need than they did before.  Walmart is giving a ton of people jobs and giving other people products for a good price.  I don't see how anybody could think Walmart is a bad thing...

[firecrested]

I worked for Wal Mart for 4 months and to put it nicely, they suck big time as an employer.  If you get a job there expect to get minimum wage or just above it even with lots of experience.  I dont like shopping there because it's almost impossible to find a parking space and when you go to check out it takes forever to get through the line.  I stick with Family Dollar, Dollar General, they have the same things and are cheaper on most things.

[smith710]

I can't stand family dollar or general dollar, at least the ones around here, they are just too dirty and nasty.  I almost never have a problem with finding a spot or waiting in line unless I show up pretty much right before they close or around when all the cashiers leave at the 24 hour ones.  That's what i'm saying though, they don't pay much, but look at half the people working their.  They probably can't find a job anywhere cuz nobody will hire people like them.