Yes I do shop at Wal-Mart

[theotherguy]

It seems to be a never ending cycle with WW as the only winner. They buy from China (or India, or...) very, very cheaply and then sell a cheap product here. In some cases they kill the local economy and put people out of work, the unemployed can only afford to shop at the WW which put them out of business. It just feeds the monster. By the way, before someone gets all offended and tries to jack me up, I am not saying here that only the poor shop at WW.

I sell to companies who sell to WW and I will tell you that most all of my customers who deal with them are only there because they HAVE to be. Shareholders would not like it if they decided to boycott the biggest game in town. WW kicks the crap out of their profits, - even sometimes requiring to know true cost - they, in turn, try to kick down my profits, but I will only go so low before I let someone else have it. WW then finds a source from which to buy my customers segment cheaper in China.

Then, there are the whole other topics of brand protection and counterfeiting.