Walmart sighting...

[rockyridgefarm]

I work for some of the Walton family. The other day they were dancing with glee holding a photo of the latest WalMart sighting...

The pic was taken by the Mars rover, and there was rather red landscaping around the store. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Hurry up if you want an adjacent property....

 

[poorboy]

I guess that means they will be turning the old one on the moon into a Sam's Club?

Patrick

 

[OkeeDon]

Around here, old Walmarts become telephone boiler rooms. Our first Walmart was in a strip center. When they built a new stand-alone Walmart across the street, the old one became a call center. When they built a new Super Walmart about 1/2 mile down the road, the second one became a call center for Liberty Medical. We also have an old Scotty's lumber store turned into a call center, and one half of an older shopping mall has turned into a huge call center (the other half of the mall was purchased by the school board for new administrative offices). We're also the home of one of the huge QVC order centers, but they built their own monstrously big building filled with folks on the phone, taking orders.

Sometimes I think that half of our town is employed on the phone. If you've gotten any solicitations or placed any orders, chances are the call came from around here.

 

[catscratch]

golly gee folks,
if you love this ole USA of our's please try to make the big W.mart the last stop on your shopping trip.yeah you can save a penney or two here and there but this ole country boy feels like they are for sure the beginning of the end.try to help out some of the small guys that are left and really don't have a chance but are still hangin on... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[YanmarFever]

Why are there no walmart stores in Iraq ??

They already have lotsa targets ! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[catscratch]

good one there ernie!!!
know why half inch chipboard hit 15$ a sheet????cause it's all going to iraq!!!sad but true!

 

[poorboy]

Cat, went to 22.00 a sheet just after we framed our house this fall.

Patrick

 

[rtimgray]

Last fall, I heard that the reason sheet goods pricing went up was that because "all of it" got shipped to Iraq. I did a little research (it wasn't hard to find articles on the 'net at the time) and it was actually less than 1.5 days of production (in terms of board-feet) that got shipped to Iraq. Other reasons for the price increase include:

wet summer last year (i.e. not able to log as much and get timber to the mills)

increase in new home construction/remodeling due to interest rates

harsh hurricane/tornado season/fire seasons (depending on the area of country) causing an increase need of building materials.

We were ready to start our new house last fall, and in between August and October, the price of sheet goods locally doubled and tripled. We decided to put off construction 'til spring, and prices have dropped substantially here, although they are still 25% to 50% higher than last spring.

I was able to buy all my 7/16" OSB at Home Depot in December for $8/sheet because they had a manager's special going. I thought that was good, but last spring they had a manager's special and sold 7/16" OSB for $4/sheet. If only had known then what I know now......I'd build a lot bigger house, because I would have won the lottery.

 

[fivestring]

I guess I'm lucky. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
We have one Super Wallyworld 12 miles SW of us in Gastonia. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
They're building another 11 miles South of us in Belmont, NC, although there is a lot of name-calling going on. One of the big issues is runoff from chemicals/pesticides/fertilizer ending up in the storm drains and ultimately in our lake that furnishes Charlotte's drinking water.
They're breaking ground on yet another 8 miles ESE of us at the NW edge of Charlotte, with a lot less name-calling and politics.

I guess there won't be many Mom-n-Pops left around these parts....

 

[AMP762]

fivestring, did you know thet're building a new one on the werstern side of gastonia?