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Syrinx
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:06 AM Original message |
do you ever shop at WalMart? |
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rcrush
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah I try not to... |
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brer cat
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, I haven't shopped there for several years |
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silverojo
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. You pretty much explained why I shop there - n/t |
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newfie11
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Same here n/t |
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Maru Kitteh
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes. |
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lamp_shade
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes I do. |
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shaniqua6392
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. I pretend they don't exist and never go there. |
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cboy4
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Far be it from an imperfect person like myself to |
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ProfessorGAC
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Got Your Back, cboy |
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cboy4
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Purity Police. |
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DainBramaged
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
66. Shopping at WalMart supports their Anti-American anti-labor policies |
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ferrous wheel
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Tue Feb-10-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
98. So who is to blame? People ask for it, they sell it. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody
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Wed Feb-11-09 04:42 AM Response to Reply #66 |
105. Um, couldn't I go to ANY parking lot and see that? |
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Syrinx
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Wed Feb-11-09 04:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
102. thanks man! |
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sandyj999
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. I learned to never say never. |
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4lbs
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
10. Only when I absolutely have to do so. However, my mother, to my dismay, loves going there |
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DUlover2909
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. I stopped shopping at Wal-Mart. |
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izquierdista
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. A horrible place |
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K Gardner
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
42. Ditto here. n/t |
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lame54
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
59. Here's a tip on the best dumpsters... |
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summer borealis
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. Never |
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Bobbieo
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I shop at Wal-Mart because it is only 8/10th of a mile from my carporte. |
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Squatch
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
16. Since they stopped selling guns, no. |
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ferrous wheel
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Tue Feb-10-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
97. Really? The one by me still does. (I shop there because the next closest store |
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LostinVA
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. Not for well over a dacade -- they have destroyed A,erican manufacturing |
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sandyj999
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I agree about the food. |
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eShirl
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. consistently 20% cheaper on average for non-perishables & frozen foods, in my experience |
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sandyj999
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. The meat can stay there and yestereday they had shrimp that looked anemic. |
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LostinVA
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
51. Much cheaper places to shop tahn Wal-Mart for food, unless you luve in the boonies |
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Wed Feb-11-09 04:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
109. Interestingly enough, that is not so here. |
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pnutbutr
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Dickies |
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LostinVA
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Wal-Mart is NOT a "Buy American" store at all -- they ruined the US textile industry |
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pnutbutr
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I was just saying |
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tavalon
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. I still have the ability to choose to shop elsewhere and I do |
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liberal N proud
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
20. I get a discount at Wal-Mart |
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Papagoose
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not when I have a choice |
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Zywiec
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. All the time. It's the cheapest and most convenient |
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sandyj999
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
50. I agree, That's smart shopping.n/t |
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Raven
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
25. I do, once and awhile, and I can never shake the feeling that I |
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Syrinx
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Wed Feb-11-09 04:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
104. yeah, I hate that |
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a kennedy
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
26. No I don't, I won't and I NEVER will...... |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
27. Very seldom |
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ogneopasno
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. No. I don't buy a lot of stuff anyway. Stuff I might get at Wal-Mart -- dog food, toilet paper, |
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Tracer
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
30. No, I don't. |
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Kahuna
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Tue Feb-10-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. Uh.. No. Why? I realized a long time ago that it is more prudent to |
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Romulox
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
32. There's no magic to the "savings" at Wal Mart: crap selection, poor service, inferior goods. nt |
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Kahuna
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Right. You don't save money buying cheap goods that you will need |
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Romulox
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Americans are taught that "the cheapest" MUST be "the best deal". |
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Kahuna
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. By experience I've learned that I actually save money by paying more up front. nt |
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Romulox
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Dupe, sorry. nt |
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Syrinx
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Wed Feb-11-09 04:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
106. I'm talking about groceries |
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durablend
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Wed Feb-11-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #106 |
112. Depends on the area... |
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Midlodemocrat
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Wed Feb-11-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #106 |
121. Groceries at the Wal Mart are staggeringly cheaper than the other stores. |
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Marrah_G
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
33. Occassionally I do |
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Balbus
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
34. 3 to 4 times a week. |
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harun
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
35. I like Wal-mart. Get's too busy sometimes though so I go to Target. |
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notadmblnd
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
36. not any more, Big Lots, Dollar General, Family Dollar and dollar stores |
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stuntcat
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
37. this'll sound incredible, but I don't have one! |
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Fla_Democrat
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
39. Sure |
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Syrinx
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Wed Feb-11-09 04:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
108. can you pick me up a pack of smokes? |
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Fla_Democrat
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Wed Feb-11-09 07:07 AM Response to Reply #108 |
110. I'm in Florida.. |
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pnutbutr
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
40. Once a month big ass shopping trip |
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cherish44
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
41. I live in a rural area where there are 3 Walmarts in a 15 mile radius |
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wuvuj
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Aldis and food.... |
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EmilyAnne
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
45. Sadly enough, yes. I have no choice but to shop there when I visit relatives in Sweetwater, Tx. |
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Rockholm
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
46. NEVER. But I don't judge if you do. |
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Stevenmarc
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
48. I pass them occasionally while driving, that's about it. |
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Justpat
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
49. Never been in one. |
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Mari333
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
55. dollar stores are cheaper! |
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durablend
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Wed Feb-11-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #55 |
113. Yep... |
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Minimus
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
56. I did not for many many years and then I moved to a small town and pretty much have to- |
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dropkickpa
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
57. I'm too fucking poor to have a choice |
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demokatgurrl
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
58. Never, nope, not once. |
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Zywiec
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. What kind of farmers' markets are open in the winter? |
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demokatgurrl
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Wed Feb-11-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #63 |
115. No, I live in Philadelphia- and in fact, |
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Gormy Cuss
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Wed Feb-11-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Oh man. Reading Terminal Market -- what an incredible place. |
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cherish44
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Oh yeah winter stuff is marked down 80% right now, it's great! |
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crim son
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
60. When I had money, I avoided the place like the plague. |
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road2000
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
61. Never in the past 10 years. |
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guruoo
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
62. You might find Other businesses willing to price match WalMart to get your sale... |
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Bennyboy
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
64. I do.... |
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cate94
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
65. No, I never shop WalMart. |
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NuttyFluffers
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
68. now, no. but in the very beginning i once bought McDonald's french fries inside |
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Bettie
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
70. Once in a while, I'm somewhere where its the only game in town |
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devilgrrl
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
71. I don't but I understand that many haven't a choice. |
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bunkerbuster1
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
72. Once in a while |
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annonymous
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
73. Only as a last resort. |
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aikoaiko
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
74. Walmart about 5 times per month and Sam's Club 1/month |
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carlyhippy
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
75. I really don't have much of a choice |
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Jennicut
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Tue Feb-10-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
76. I prefer Target. Are they just as bad on their policies? |
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sandyj999
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #76 |
82. I worked at Target for ten years and all retail can be tough. |
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Jennicut
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Good for you. I worked at Rite Aid over a summer once |
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sandyj999
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Tue Feb-10-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Well let me add I didn't say it was fun! |
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Jennicut
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Tue Feb-10-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Yeah, I know. I would come home with such sore feet |
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sandyj999
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Tue Feb-10-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. We sure do and I am not above doing it again if necessary. |
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last_texas_dem
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
77. I end up buying something there once or twice a year |
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Irishonly
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
78. I don't |
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
79. Wal-Mart is a success because of our laws. |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
80. Unashamedly. n/t |
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w8liftinglady
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
81. we have a dollar store and a WalMart...otherwise I drive 50 miles |
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azmouse
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
83. I've only ever been in Walmart once |
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pipi_k
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
84. I've never set foot in a Walmart, but |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
85. I Will From Time To Time. But Then, I'm Not An Short Sighted Or Hypocritical Zealot Either. |
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wolfgangmo
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
86. We can't afford Walmart |
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madmom
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
87. Was helping my daughter get groceries for dorm living. She went to |
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slackmaster
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
89. Yes, they have by far the best prices on certain things I need |
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Pakhet
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Tue Feb-10-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
90. Don't have a choice, but... |
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samplegirl
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Tue Feb-10-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
94. NEVER!!! Ever!!! |
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FloridaJudy
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Tue Feb-10-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
95. I do my best not to |
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pleah
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Tue Feb-10-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
96. Yes. I don't have a choice. n/t |
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dugaresa
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
99. I shot at a grocery store that has Union workers - I buy less but perhaps pay more |
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old mark
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
100. Every week, sometimes several times a week, for years. nt |
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Bertha Venation
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Tue Feb-10-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
101. Yes. Unapologetically. n/t |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody
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Wed Feb-11-09 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
103. The last time was about three years ago. |
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Tektonik
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Wed Feb-11-09 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
107. every couple months or so |
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Fleshdancer
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Wed Feb-11-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
111. no. I live in a city big enough to have several alternatives |
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Autumn
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Wed Feb-11-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
114. Yes I do. n/t |
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FedUpWithIt All
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Wed Feb-11-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
116. Yes. n/t |
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Terran
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Wed Feb-11-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
117. I'm like you |
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Kaleva
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Wed Feb-11-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
118. weekly |
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Ron Green
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Wed Feb-11-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
120. Shopping at Wal*Mart is NOT some kind of populist badge. |
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