On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:11:58 -0500, trippy
tacoshells.com> wrote:
>> Bullshit, Rubbermaid has enough financial power to crush Wal*Mart,
>> what are you completely fuckin stupid?
>Actually, no.
>
>It works like this.
You know, before I even get started smackin you around with your own
idiocy maybe I should point out that you REALLY have NO CLUE as to how
ANY of it works since you're just some technical college flunkie who,
last I checked, hadn't even graduated from a REAL college yet, let
alone had a job or held any position in which you would even have the
slightest idea as to how ANY of it works in ANY respect. Oh, but then
you're probably just going to try regurgitating the shit smear you
licked up off Wikipedia or PBS or some other "HIGHLY REPUTABLE"
source...*nods*...
>Wal-Mart has thousands, literally thousands of
>stores.
LOL, so does...EVERY FUCKIN BODY ELSE! ROTFLMAO...honestly dipshit,
how fuckin stupid are you? I mean, what, you think Wal*Mart is the
ONLY operation that's got THOUSANDS ("literally") of stores?
*snicker*
>That'll become important later.
...you have no idea.
> What happens is that a Wal-Mart
>rep will negotiate a deal that's far below cost and on a far quicker
>timetable than a manufacturer wants.
>
>Rubbermaid is a manufacturer, Wal-Mart is a retailer or wholesaler if
>you prefer, since there is no middleman like a traditional retail-
>wholesale-manufacturer relationship. There's the manufacturer and Wal-
>Mart. Wal-Mart want absolute bottom dollar on everything because then
>even with their markup, the product's still cheap then. And they want it
>now now right now. Now the way Wal-Mart's distribution works is like
>this. They buy zillions of something, ship it to huge warehouses, then
>break off shipments to the stores. It's how they work with everything,
>whether it's bicycles, trashcans or whatever. They have the largest
>distribution system devised by man. That is not hyperbole.
Well, actually no. It's true that a great many of the products are
delivered that way, however a good 25%% of everything you see in your
Wal*Mart is actually coming from private vendors. For example pop and
alcohol, that's all covered by a private vendor who not only delivers
the products but stocks them as well. Same deal with bread, fruits
and veggies, plants and other "live" products.
>So when Wal-Mart wants something, they want lots and lots of it, which
>is good for a manufacturer. The problem is to feed this large
>distribution system, they manufacturer has problems keeping up. You'd
>think that would be good, but since Wal-Mart also wants absolute bottom
>dollar, it's hard for manufacturers to upgrade facilities, hire
>employess, get more space, whatever. Wal-Mart is also very unforgiving
>of these things. As rubbermaid and the bicycle manufacturer found out.
>They went to Wal-Mart and said, look, with the price you're asking and
>the quantity your asking for, this is not the sweet deal we'd thought it
>be. We can't crank them out fast enough, we're making so little profit
>that we're actually losing money producing these things for you.
>
>Wal-Mart dropped them like *that*.
Other way around, they dropped Wal*Mart. And that's the way it's been
for a LONG time, Drippy. In fact way back in the 70s/80s most
manufacturers pretty much laughed 'em out of the office when they made
such requests for high volume low cost versions of their products. It
has ALWAYS been THEIR choice. THEY are the ones who MADE Wal*Mart
what it is today. If it wasn't for THEIR CHOICES Wal*Mart would be
nothing, it'd be the same grungy little outlet store it was back in
the early 80s.
>For months and months you didn't see
>a rubbermaid anything, in a Wal-Mart store anywhere. Ever. You didn't
>see a Huffy (I think it was Huffy anyway) bicycle anywhere.
Sure you did...Target, Bi-Mart, K-Mart, Albertsons, Safeway,
Walgreens, Rite Aid, Shopko, Vons,
stores here>.
You're as bad as that other idiot fruit loop. I mean, what, does your
dumbass think Wal*Mart is the only place you can buy Tylenol, Kleenex
and Pepsi? What the fuck reality are you living in you retard?
>It hurt these business very badly
...wait, wait, wait, PLOT HOLE!
You JUST SAID that the deal WASN'T good for them and that it was
COSTING THEM MONEY...so how could it have POSSIBLY been BAD for them
if they weren't losing money? Duh uh...looks like you tripped,
Drippy. Try, try again, you bumbling retard.
>and eventually they had no choice but to cave
>or go under.
*snicker*
Yeah, right, cause the quite literarily THOUSANDS of other places
carrying their products AT HIGH PRICES, which were MAKING THEM A LOT
OF PROFIT (your words) just weren't enough. Collectively speaking
Wal*Mart only has around 4,500 stores worldwide, meaning that JUST
Safeway and Albertsons combined have more locations...not to mention
the dozens upon dozens of other competitor stores. Not to mention
online shopping. LOL In all actuality Wal*Mart only represents a
pittence of a percentage when it comes to the whole of the retail
game. Yes they've got a sizeable portion compared to INDIVIDUAL
operations, but compared to the LITERARILY THOUSANDS of COMPETITOR
STORES collectively...no...they're small time just like everyone else.
>They call the shots and if someone doesn't like it, they'll
>roll them right the fuck over and not think twice. They do that to
>pretty much everyone they can.
>
>
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline
>
>search for "Is Wal-Mart good for America?"
>
>Very enlightening.
Right, and as fuckin stupid as you are I'm sure you believe everything
you see on television, huh Drippy?
Oh hey, you know what's even MORE enlightening, right when you click
on that link there's an ad for a television show called "The Mormons",
the description reads: "An exploration into the EPIC story of one of
the MOST POWERFUL, FEARED and MISUNDERSTOOD religions in American
history."
I capped the most relevant parts for you, seeing as how you're kinda
stupid and all. Oh yeah, PBS, boy they sure give it to ya straight,
what with those all powerful Mormons and all...*shudder*...you better
fear the wrath of PBS, huh Drippy?
>> It was THEIR decision and THEY
>> WANTED IT. Wal*Mart basically just said we can't afford to carry your
>> products and then they said, "Well that's unacceptable, WE WANT our
>> products in your stores." So then THEY found a way to deliver the low
>> cost merchandise. That was THEIR decision you fuckwitted idiot, they
>> certainly the fuck weren't under any kind of pressure to bow down to
>> Wal*Mart, not with their financial standing.
>You have no idea what you're talking about. Please just give up now.
This coming from the drooling idiot who throws plain, simple logic and
common fucking sense straight out the window and just regurgitates the
shit smear he licked up off PBS. YOU have NO IDEA what YOU'RE talking
about, YOU don't even have an opinion in the matter that's YOUR OWN,
that's how fuckin pathetic you are.
>> Fer fuck sake they could
>> go start THEIR OWN Wal*Mart if they wanted, hell they could BUY
>> Wal*Mart if they wanted to. Look at it this way, you
>> retard...RubberMaid stock currently is worth around $30 a share,
>> Wal*Mart stock currently is worth around $50 a share...not a whole lot
>> of difference there, Sunshine.
>Stock price has nothing to do with it.
*snicker*
LOL, I need to go and find a stock group later I can xpost this over
into. ^_^
>> It really wouldn't take more than 2 or
>> 3 major product manufacturers like RubberMaid to rally together and
>> give Wal*Mart the finger to send Wal*Mart stock plummeting into
>> nothingness. Wal*Mart is in NO POSITION to be putting pressure on
>> ANYBODY, much less some HUGE manufacturing outfit like RubberMaid.
>> Again, how the fuck stupid does your dumb ass get?
>I'm sure Wal-Mart would tell you that,
LOL, Wal*Mart doesn't need to tell me anything, I'm not a fuckin
retard, I can use plain simple logic and common fucking sense to
realize your delusions are full of shit as a Christmas turkey.
>if they even bothered to tell you anything.
They don't really need to tell me since I'm one of the people ordering
and maintaining the merchandise in the first place, numbnuts. My
official title is "inventory control specialist".
>And if you're on the hook to them, that's the way it's gonna
>be. They are very hardball in their negotiations.
You of course being at all of these negotiations can speak of the
matter FIRST HAND, huh Drippy? Uh oh, wait a minute, were you just
caught pulling shit out of yer ass again? Tsch, tsch, tsch...best
stop diggin for pants treasures there, Drippy.
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