Will you shop at Wal-mart this Christmas?

[zoeb]

Poll at CNN Money... do your thing.

http://money.cnn.com/

halfway down the middle on the right.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Never been in one. No reason to start now. nt

[VPStoltz]

44. I second that.

[swimboy]

2. No. No, hell no.

Hell, fuck no. I can't be dragged into one.

[Dunvegan]

3. No...

...and no.

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. no

have only ever shopped there in an absolute emergency (needed string and pull handle for my snow blower on the eve of a blizzard and they were sold out everywhere else).

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. It is close but still 46 no, 45 yes and 9 not sure

that should be worrisome... oh and no reason to start now

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Wow it is split

45% and 46%

[jayctravis]

7. I avoid Walmart if at all humanly possible.

The only time I break down is if I need catfood or toothpaste at 2 am.

[Mz Pip]

8. No

But I'm really conflicted over Target. :shrug:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Coyote_Bandit]

9. No

I'm not shopping at any of the big box stores.....

[Bouncy Ball]

10. No, but then I never do anyway.

And we do a nearly giftless Christmas, anyway, too.

Screw Satan's Five & Dime.

[Rue]

18. Satan's Five & Dime!

I like that! :D

No shopping at Wal-Mart for me; I usually go to the mall. I don't think that's much better, but it's not Wal-Mart, and that's usually good enough.

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. haven't shopped there for nearly 3 yrs......

am never going back.

[Bouncy Ball]

15. I think that's about how long it's been for me, too.

I honestly can't remember the last time I bought anything there.

They are crap.

[Tarheel_Dem]

34. i know......

i've started to put my money (literally) where my mouth is. once i found out my favorite local restaurant donated thousands to bush's reelection campaign & the RNC, haven't spent a dime there since. and when i read that RJ Reynolds provided a private jet for Tom Delay to travel to his arraignment in texas, i gave up Salem's. I'm sure this doesn't make a real big difference to their bottom lines, but I feel good about it.

:toast:

[marylanddem]

12. No way.

[Kurt Remarque]

13. wonder why inflation is low?

walmart and other corps exploited third world labor to keep prices down. allen greenspan be damned.

[ClayZ]

14. NO

[niallmac]

16. 46% NO.

They don't have a "Hell No" box.

[zoeb]

20. Here ya go...

tell them their choices suck, lol:

http://money.cnn.com/services/speakup/

:rofl:

[haydukelives]

17. no

[Kerrytravelers]

19. Here is the poll at 8:36 PST

1. Will you shop at Wal-Mart this holiday season?
Yes 45%
No 46%
Not sure 9%

total responses to this question: 11053

[zoeb]

23. damn, I never get to be the first one to post these things...lol eom

[Norwood]

21. Not just no, Fuck no! (eom)

[Mr_Spock]

46. There was no "fuck no" answer.

Too bad. I had to settle for just "no".

[DanCa]

22. What a person could do is take all the money he saves at walmart

and than donate it too the democratic party. Just another way to think about this. I hate walmart too their products are junk and the service is low but in some places what's a person to do.

[zoeb]

28. I like the idea of buying toilet paper at wal-mart and sending

it to the repukes...used of course.

[DanCa]

30. lol A bit redundant (sp) t but I agree with your sentiment. :D

[Bill McBlueState]

77. that's a good idea

The nature of Wal-Mart's "business model" is that for a lot of people in rural areas, the options they once had have all been driven out of business.

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. done. This one's close! yes 45% No 46%...

1. Will you shop at Wal-Mart this holiday season?
Yes 45%
No 46%
Not sure 9%

total responses to this question: 11102

[tsuki]

25. Looks like the Dems are ahead with the undecideds still wandering

around in a fog.

[zalinda]

26. No, I've already bought some gifts

and have contributed some to white rose society because of it.

zalinda

[JWS]

27. i won't shop at Wal Mart for the life of me... n/t

[LincolnMcGrath]

29. Hell NO

[Jamison]

31. NO WAY

I do my best not to do business with companies that treat their employees poorly and pay slave wages.

[TlalocW]

32. EBAY ALL THE WAY BABY!

I'm over 70% done shopping thanks to Ebay. Never have to leave my house to fight crowds and get "malled;" I support individuals selling stuff, and I keep my Xmas spirit and have more time to bake cookies.

TlalocW

[populistdriven]

33. Yes, I have some fertilizer to return :)

[silverlib]

35. Please nominate

We've got enough no votes on DU to make a difference.

[PatrioticLeftie]

36. No, nor any other set of time in any year n/t

[caledesi]

37. No way! nt

[MaggieSwanson]

38. Nope.

The only people I'd insult by giving Mall-Wart crap to are republicans...and I don't buy republicans presents.

(Just kidding, Little Sister - if you're trolling)


:evilgrin:

[emdee]

39. Wal-Mart received zero of my Christmas $$$ last year....

And, I don't plan on giving them any of my Holiday funds this year either. I've cut down my shopping at WM by at least 90% and am working on the rest.
emdee

[emdee]

40. I saw a sad report today...

it said that 80% of what WM sells comes from China and that they are one of the biggest supporters of China imports. Does anyone else remember Sam Walton's commitment to buying US-made products whenever possible?

Another thing that seems so hypocritical - RWs actually take offense when I say that I'm trying not to shop at WM - I'm afraid of the day when they are our only choice. But, with them being so tied with China, wouldn't that make the RW $$$ spent there used -not only for abortions, but *forced* abortions. And, yet, most of the same ones seem to think that abortion is the only moral issue to vote on here.

emdee

[sandnsea]

50. I wonder about that now

Did he mean American made, or Mariana made? With those same Chinese workers with the forced abortions. I don't know why this hasn't been made a bigger issue either. The conditions our corporations have supported over the years have been appalling. Why do they hate us? Maybe things like the Bangladesh factory collapse that was on the news for 2 seconds before we got back to MWG.

[zoeb]

60. Wal-Mart should change their name to China-Mart

That's a name everyone could understand.

[trogdor]

63. I took the opposite tack the other day with a RW'er.

Accused me of being a bad American, a traitor who supports al-Qaida, etc. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah....

I said, "you know, you're right. I am a bad American. I shop almost exclusively at Wal*Mart where I can get all kinds of cheap plastic crap made in Red China. Not only that, I buy Japanese cars, and look for the ones that were actually made in Japan."

I let the :sarcasm: drip all over the place, and I don't think I ever got a reply to that one, either.

[texpatriot2004]

41. No. nm

[PDJane]

42. No.

Have been inside the doors of a walmart exactly twice, once there and once here.

The goods are second rate, the service is about what you'd expect for the kind of things they do to their staff, the merchandise was dusty and the floors needed sweeping......and they weren't all that inexpensive in either place.

I would rather support the Hudson's Bay Company and smaller retailers like Cotton Ginny than spend what little I do have on stuff that will NOT last.......call me cheap.

[demigoddess]

43. i'd rather shop at goodwill or a thrift shop

than that place.

[SW FL Dem]

45. Never! n/t

[Vadem]

47. Absolutely not! .........n/t

[LaPera]

48. Never!!!

[shanti]

49. NOT A RED CENT

N/T :thumbsdown:

[Quixote1818]

51. I plan on filling up my cart then leaving it there

Just kidding! :silly:

[Rainscents]

52. Hell No!

[GRLMGC]

53. No

I'm baking cookies because i'm poor. Even if I had money, though, I wouldn't shop there. A. It's evil B. I get depressed everytime I go in there.

[slay]

54. Not just no

Hell no! :evilgrin:

[MarsThe Cat]

55. I've NEVER even been inside a walmart...

and i don't intend to start now.

[tomreedtoon]

56. Confession: in past years I had to shop Wal-Mart.

For at least a few items. My nephews and nieces live in a little Illinois town where the only national chain store is a Wal-Mart. I didn't want to give cash, and I didn't want to buy something that would probably never fit their tastes (since I don't think even they know what their tastes are) so I bought them Wal-Mart gift cards.

Well, this year, they're all adults, and my family has agreed that adults won't "gift" each other. So I will send them a card - made myself, not from Wal-Mart - and that's it.

[darkism]

57. If I wanted to get slapped by the recipient of my gift...

[Bouncy Ball]

64. LOL, no shit.

I also don't care to receive anything from Wal-Mart, but I wasn't raised to look at a gift askance, so there wouldn't be any slappin'.

Just some returnin'.

But it's no worry--our extended family doesn't do gifts and my close friends know I hate Wal-Mart with a passion.

[alittlelark]

58. No.

[NMMNG]

59. Done

Yes 45%
No 46%
Not sure 9%

[OhioChick]

61. Done n/t

[chat_noir]

62. Buy Blue!!

http://www.buyblue.org/directory/alpha?page=0,0

[Patiod]

70. Thanks to BuyBlue, I've shifted my hotel stays to Hyatt and Hilton

from Marriott and Westin. Also shop more in Blue stores like Costco and Bed Bath & Beyond.

[Little Star]

65. Done

[Loonman]

66. No way

I don't support forced labor or authoritarian communism.

[chat_noir]

67. Powell's Bookstore for Christmas gifts - support unions

http://www.powells.com/


http://www.ilwu19.com/powells/books.htm

http://www.ilwulocal5.com/


Some suggestions:

Wal-Mart movie (free shipping on DVDs) - http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=71-00826262001896-0#product_details

Against All Enemies - http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-0743260244-9

Terror Timeline - http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-0060783389-0

[Arkana]

68. I am SUCH a hypocrite.

I live out in the sticks--so everything is at least 20-25 minutes away, and my father (Democrat that he is, but DLC Democrat) LOVES Wal-Mart. He knows it's evil, but that's always the first place he goes for anything. I also regret to inform you that their electronics department is where I bought my last GameCube game. :evilfrown:

[newportdadde]

69. Will depend if they have the best price for an item

that I really want to buy. But given that our oven may be shooting craps not sure right now if I will be doing much shopping.

[Bettie]

71. No!!!

I refuse to shop there....I will go miles out of my way if its the only store in the area. Luckily, I live 40 minutes from the nearest one, so its not an issue very often.

I actually do most of my shopping at our local, small town merchants.

Bettie.

[Talismom]

72. Yeah, when piggies like Rove flap their little wings and fly! n/t

[Skidmore]

73. We're driving 2 hours to the nearest Costco.

[Anser]

74. Using all that oil to get to Costco..

Heh, I'm with you all about how bad walmart is.

But, let's not get too ridiculous, sometimes you should do the pragmatic thing. We all talk about how bad poverty is, so lets not forget that some people can't afford to take a strong principled stand on where they shop.

But yeah, going into a walmart is depressing. I just hope you all feel that way because of the oppresive environment walmart creates for its employees rather then because you're being forced to fraternize with the serfs who ca't afford to shop anywhere else.

[Skidmore]

75. We go every 3-4 months to stock up on dry goods and it's time.

The cost in gasoline is offset by the bulk buying I am able to do. There are articles only shop for on a quarterly basis. Sometimes we go even further to Costco--five hours to Chicago--when we combine it with at tript to visit our daughter and her family. I do want to do some holiday shopping though as well.

I abhor Walmart and the industries that feed it. I'm not sure what to make of your post though.

[gollygee]

76. I am avoiding Wal-Mart

I have to get boots and a snow suit for my daughter today and I'm not going to Wal-Mart even though I know they're cheaper there.

Not after the DeLay thing.

[Bluerthanblue]

78. no, for many reasons- sensory overload among them-

My LD son couldn't handle the sensory overload that struck him anytime we went in there when he was very little- Oddly, it was his reaction to the place that helped us realize why we all got bitchy, impatient, unaccountably uncomfortable and just plain ugly every time we tried to go there-
It wasn't that my youngest son made the experience (that's an understatement) unpleasant- but HE made manifest the simple 'flaw' in such an overstimulating environment to begin with- mega everything- noise, people, buy!! buy!!! buy!!! GOTTA HAVE= MORE MORE !!! get outta my way= shut up= hurry hurry!!!

uggh. Despite all moral, social consciousness, quality, and other reasons, the store is an abuse to the psyche.

But then, "I'm sensitive, and I want to stay that way".

[Nordmadr]

79. I am happy to say that I have not purchased a thing there,

with the exception of a hunting license where the funds go to the state, in over a year and a half.

Olaf

[sakabatou]

80. No

Gonna shop at a bookstore to get some manga...

[wryter2000]

81. Kickety

There was no option for "hell, no. No way am I setting foot inside that place so I can enrich a bunch of do-nothing bazillionaires at the expense of their employees, their suppliers, and their suppliers' employees."

So, I settled for no.

[caligirl]

82. No