In a message dated 9/6/98 2:21:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, GMari58175@aol.com
writes:
<< the big box
retailers are a significant detriment to the local economy, enviornment and
general well being of the area. >>
I agree with this. Wal-mart, Home Depot, and Lowes are very destructive to
local economies. I agree with my old Dad when he remarked one day that they
should eliminate quantity discounts. There is no reason Mom and Pop should
have to pay more for a hammer than Home Depot does. It seems that quantity
discounts that give such a tremendous advantage to Wal-Marts smack of anti-
trust--whereby huge chains are sold goods cheaper, allowing them to sell to
you and I cheaper and drive the smaller businesses out of town. That is
unfair business practice. A hammer is a hammer--let Home Depot and Mom and
Pop go at it on the basis of SERVICE and not price.
Any manufacturer who will not sell to the small retailer at exactly the same
price they sell to the megabusinesses should be liable to the small retailer.
My two. . .er. . .3 1/2 cents.
----David
---'67 Sprite MKIV, aka Vicky
__ '79 Midget, aka, The Taz
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