Attention Walmart Shoppers

[cletus99]

Walmart just bought 8 acres in a small town about 15 minutes down the road from me and there has been a lot of concern about small businesses closing. Our local paper did a story on it and posted a paper that shows that this is not necessarily true. I am actually looking forward to seeing Walmart open there. There is nothing hardly in this town and it is being built on a 200 acre Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development site location. I believe this will bring more businesses in and hopefully build this town up.

 

[jinman]

Here's a link to a news story that happened near me last week: Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch - KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana News Weather & Sports
I feel sorry for the employees that had to clean up the mess.

I feel sorry for them too. Walmart was the victim in that EBT glitch. Walmart had faith in people to do the right thing and found out that faith was false hope. That kinda reminds me of the excesses of some people with their FEMA cards after Katrina.

 

[jinman]

I'm sure they're always be a nay and yay over Walmrt, and I suppose growth is good for an area such as yours that has seem to have been deserted, Please remember what you have said when the county/city you live in has grown BEYOND your needs and the County has decided it's a privilege for you to live there and now they want you to pay 10 times your property taxes because now they have you thinking you property is more valuable,
The main ones who will prosper from growth is Walmrt and the County, You'll see!
But I am glade to know my wife isn't the only walmrt lover

Tim, I don't live in the same county as Bowie, Texas, but I can assure you my property taxes are quite large. We have Independent School Districts (a.k.a. taxing authorities) that account for the lion's share of our property tax assessment. Within our school district, there are so few businesses that residents bear the load of the school taxes. Growth of residential and businesses actually helps improve our school facilities while spreading the tax burden around.

But this ain't about taxes or growth. It's about a retail store that has been immensely successful and seems poised to remain so for the near future. The positive impact of a store in one region does not guarantee the same impact in another region. I've been very outspoken about the Walmart store in Bowie, Tx, about 10 miles from me. Go 19 miles in the other direction to Decatur, Tx and there is a Walmart store I try to avoid. It's not the store's fault, they have a very nice store. It's the massive crowds of people and less than ideal traffic patterns on the roads around the stores. Shopping there always makes me feel impending danger. Shopping in our Bowie store is like putting on a comfortable pair of slippers. The bigger store has more stuff and wider varieties, but our smaller Walmart is one of those rare instances where the store, the people, and the access to the store all give me a pleasant experience.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Gator in aisle 9.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/attention-walmart-shoppers-gator-loiters-155025585.html

 

[Turbys_1700]

I took my first job in Athens Tennessee in 1982 after college...
Met my wife and had my first experience with Wal Mart as they yet had expanded into North Carolina...
I remember saying back then boy I sure wish we had one of these back home...
Now I've got 5 within 17 miles of the house...
Little did I know how they would have grown in those 30 years...

 

[Bird]

Little did I know how they would have grown in those 30 years...

They are both growing and evolving. I think some people only have one Walmart that they visit, so they think they are all alike, and that's not the case. Of course I remember when Walmarts were not "Super" Walmarts; no groceries. And now . . . well at least 3 of the older ones in my area have auto service centers; oil changes, tires, batteries, etc. but the 2 newer ones we visit do not have. They still sell oil, filters, and tires, but do not do the work. The one that is in the most affluent area, has a very large bicycle repair center and sushi makers that the others do not have, and that one has a much, much larger frozen food section, too. And the groceries stocked are, to some extent, different. One of the oldest ones is the only one that has the brand of tamales that I like. Some have a self-checkout area and some do not. The architecture and exterior color of the buildings is different in different areas. So some things are the same; some are not.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

They are both growing and evolving. I think some people only have one Walmart that they visit, so they think they are all alike, and that's not the case. Of course I remember when Walmarts were not "Super" Walmarts; no groceries. And now . . . well at least 3 of the older ones in my area have auto service centers; oil changes, tires, batteries, etc. but the 2 newer ones we visit do not have. They still sell oil, filters, and tires, but do not do the work. The one that is in the most affluent area, has a very large bicycle repair center and sushi makers that the others do not have, and that one has a much, much larger frozen food section, too. And the groceries stocked are, to some extent, different. One of the oldest ones is the only one that has the brand of tamales that I like. Some have a self-checkout area and some do not. The architecture and exterior color of the buildings is different in different areas. So some things are the same; some are not.

A funny sidelight on Walmart; a few years back, Sharn Jean and I took a little antiquing trip over into Arkansas. We stopped quite a few times and asked directions. The directions inevitably started like this: "Well, you go down here to Walmart, and you turn.....". It happened so often, it got to be a joke with us. We surmised that everybody in Arkansas was lost until they built a Walmart in their town.

 

[Ken]

A funny sidelight on Walmart; a few years back, Sharn Jean and I took a little antiquing trip over into Arkansas. We stopped quite a few times and asked directions. The directions inevitably started like this: "Well, you go down here to Walmart, and you turn.....". It happened so often, it got to be a joke with us. We surmised that everybody in Arkansas was lost until they built a Walmart in their town.

Used to be "you can't get there from here,but go back where you turned off and your there.)

I can remember all new persons into the area were viewed as under cover FBI and looking for the stills.
So why help with addresses or locations.
ken

 

[jerrybob]

A hunter is facing charges for shooting a deer at a Walmart parking lot. I thought you were supposed to save a buck at Walmart???? What the heck?:laughing:

 

[LJH]

90% of Americans live just a stone's throw from the nearest Walmart? Wow. The closest Walmart to us is just under an hour & a half away - unless Hwy. 14 is closed for a snowstorm - then it's another "You can't get there from here." kind of deal.

I usually hit Wally World for a few things on my infrequent trips to town. I'm pretty selective in what I buy, always look for the Made in USA label. Not in the electronics department of course, that would be futile. It's a fun place for people-watching, and that's a fact.