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Walmart Shoppers vs Costco Shoppers

At Costco it gets really crowded in the evenings because of everyone stopping by after work.

Walmart stays crowded all of the time since many unemployed people shop there.
 
Longhorn85 said:
Observation #1

Walmart shoppers buy bulk because it is cheaper.

Costco shoppers buy bulk to save gas and help the environment.
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Observation #2

Any benefit the Costco shopper may have done to the environment is erased when the said shopper gets in his gas guzzling lexus suv
 
Longhorn85 said:
At Costco it gets really crowded in the evenings because of everyone stopping by after work.

Walmart stays crowded all of the time since many unemployed people shop there.
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Walmart lines are always gonna take longer...food stamps are not as quick as cash, esp with easily confused employees
 
I stop at Walmart like once a month when I need engine oil, pet food and stuff like that. I dont consider myself a Walmart maniac. As AAP said, regular shoppers there are weird. I dont have an opinion on Costco. never went there as I see no benefits.
 
Costco shoppers pay to park in the parking lot.

Walmart shoppers park their hoopties/minvans for free or ride the bus.
 
Walmart patrons have a much better chance of getting a blowjob in the parking lot than costco patrons do
 
Costco shoppers tend to be young couples stocking up on fresh produce, wine and fine breads.

Walmart shoppers tend to be young mothers stocking up on diapers, milk and hamburger helper.
 
Longhorn85 said:
Walmart shoppers tend to be young mothers stocking up on diapers, milk and hamburger helper.
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or nascar dads stocking up on ho-ho's, basic filters, and budwieser
 
I go to costco to stock up on household items like laundry soap, cleaning products, toilet paper and certain foods that can be found there at much cheaper prices than regular markets, like canned tuna. Most other stuff like produce doesn't seem to be that cheap or is impractical for me to buy like 10 lbs of.
 
AAP said:
Never heard of this before. Not at any I have been to.
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They do in Arlington, VA, but you can get the ticket validated if you buy groceries. I accidentally pulled in once and had to talk my way out of paying.

Like AAP said in another thread, they try to keep the riff-raff out.
 
By Longhorns statements (so far, more will come)... You can assume that Walmart shoppers are :

Unemployed and cheap.

Now factor in the welfare stamps. Now factor in the crowd that the store attracts - the elderly, the uneducated, the immigrants - , the fact Walmart researches busline routes for new store locations, now consider that Walmart stocks subpar products that unless made by an established manufactor basically falls apart in the parking lot before you pull out.
Now let's look at how many times Walmart has been in the news for being busted for hiring illegal workers.

Amazingly, Longhorn embraces this as a "conservative success story". HAHA! No wonder the Bush Administration has policies that look like they are straight from the trailer park.
 
Hell yeah, I don't want no uneducateds bus takings pregnants unweds Mexicanos clogging up the aisles with they's screamings, snotty noses covered no habla inglesha speakings younguns while they's bes buyings thats 1/2 ply toilet tissues you knows?

Membership = keep the riffraff out.
 
AAP said:
By Longhorns statements (so far, more will come)... You can assume that Walmart shoppers are :

Unemployed and cheap.

Now factor in the welfare stamps. Now factor in the crowd that the store attracts - the elderly, the uneducated, the immigrants - , the fact Walmart researches busline routes for new store locations, now consider that Walmart stocks subpar products that unless made by an established manufactor basically falls apart in the parking lot before you pull out.
Now let's look at how many times Walmart has been in the news for being busted for hiring illegal workers.

Amazingly, Longhorn embraces this as a "conservative success story". HAHA! No wonder the Bush Administration has policies that look like they are straight from the trailer park.
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Like you said, I am not finished yet. :)

I also am a typical Walmart shopper, yet I'm not unemployed or poor. Am I cheap? I like a bargain just like most people.

Costco shoppers obviously like bargains and like to feel good about the environment, etc.

I'll bet even AAP has snuck into a Walmart once in a blue moon to take advantage of the low prices, long hours and incredible availability of products.

But back to the humor...
 
Conversation overheard at Costco by two liberal shoppers:

"Hi Peg, I see you picked up some of that new French wine. Isn't it great that we can shop here and not take advantage of the downtrodden like those mean Walmart owners?"

"You're right Sue, I'm so glad we are helping the poor by shopping here, plus we're helping the environment. I had to run into Walmart last week because I ran out of toilet paper and Costco was closed. There were these young black and mexican kids who kept staring at me. I was so scared..."

"You're crazy for going there girl, see you at the MLK rally..."
 
Overheard at Walmart...


"I do."


How many people you hear of getting married in Costco?
 
Walmart shoppers either don't care or understand that their bargains are comming at an expense to the goverment and the community because the guy stocking the motor isles used to own his own shop. Walmarts lower prices forced him out of bussiness and now he works for much lower pay and no benefits.

Costco shopper don't have to worry about that since Costco pays it's employees handsomely and offers full benefits.
 
And amazingly the conservatives talk "For the people.." kind of speeches and Walmart hires illegal aliens.
 
I've never been to a Costco in VA. And I know which one you are talking about.

I use Peapod & shop at Whole Foods. I guess I'm a different demographic. lol.
 
PoisonDouche said:
Walmart shoppers either don't care or understand that their bargains are comming at an expense to the goverment and the community because the guy stocking the motor isles used to own his own shop. Walmarts lower prices forced him out of bussiness and now he works for much lower pay and no benefits.

Costco shopper don't have to worry about that since Costco pays it's employees handsomely and offers full benefits.
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Bleeding heart liberal-bandwagon feel-good poppycock.

I find it laughable that you think Costco employees are paid "handsomely." You must have low standards. Most people who work in a grocery store (Walmart, Costco or otherwise) don't consider it to be a lifetime career.

Apparently many communities and governments don't feel like they are being hurt by Walmart:

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"John Menzer, the company's vice chairman and head of its domestic Wal- Mart stores division, said Wal-Mart was on schedule to meet an announced target of between 335 and 370 new U.S. store openings this year after 341 last year.

Wal-Mart opened 69 new stores and Sam's Clubs in January, a company record for one month, it announced last week."

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/07/D8FKLVQG0.html
 
I've only sampled a few Costcos, but I've been a regular shopper there to buy my bulk competition foods. A couple observations tho:

The Costco I used to frequent was sort of in the crappy part of a suburb 1/2 way between Ft. Lauderdale & Boca Raton. I went there because it was fairly close to my house. I didnt' go to the Walmart that was on the same route but a couple miles closer because that Walmart was an absolute dump (despite the fact that it was right behind the Porsche dealership...). But at that Costco, apparently all the rich old Jewish ladies from Boca would come down and do all their shopping there. So it would be mobbed w/ all sorts of really nice cars. And the lines were ALWAYS long there.

Then they opened a really nice Walmart further away than the Costco, and everyone I knew in my neighborhood would go to that Walmart instead of Costco.

Generally I guess I still like Costco because I can get what I need there, I know exactly where it is located and I am happy. Walmart is still a random trip into the world of every-fucking-thing-you-can-buy-but-not-really-need.

And yea, I guess I always feel bad about the impact of Walmart on small mom & pops, etc. but at the end of the day I just need to find a place that stocks chicken breasts for less then $2.99/lb.
 
Are you even aware of what the starting salary is for Costco?

I would think that you would prefer Walmart to offer health benefits so workers could pay for their own healthcare instead of mooching off the medicaid system. So you want a business to not help employees be responsible for their own health, instead just create a situation for more to be pushed into the welfare system. Got yourself in a Catch 22 there.
 
http://www.dsausa.org/lowwage/walmart/2004/walmart study.html

We estimate that Wal-Mart workers in California earn on average 31 percent less than workers employed in large retail as a whole, receiving an average wage of $9.70 per hour compared to the $14.01 average hourly earnings for employees in large retail (firms with 1,000 or more employees). In addition, 23 percent fewer Wal-Mart workers are covered by employer-sponsored health insurance than large retail workers as a whole. The differences are even greater when Wal-Mart workers are compared to unionized grocery workers. In the San Francisco Bay Area, non-managerial Wal-Mart employees earn on average $9.40 an hour, compared to $15.31 for unionized grocery workers—39 percent less—and are half as likely to have health benefits.

At these low-wages, many Wal-Mart workers rely on public safety net programs— such as food stamps, Medicare, and subsidized housing—to make ends meet. The presence of Wal-Mart stores in California thus creates a hidden cost to the state’s taxpayers.

This study is the first to quantify the fiscal costs of Wal-Mart’s substandard wages and benefits on public safety net programs in California. It also explores the potential impact on public programs of Wal-Mart’s competitive effect on industry standard
 
AAP said:
Are you even aware of what the starting salary is for Costco?

I would think that you would prefer Walmart to offer health benefits so workers could pay for their own healthcare instead of mooching off the medicaid system. So you want a business to not help employees be responsible for their own health, instead just create a situation for more to be pushed into the welfare system. Got yourself in a Catch 22 there.
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I don't think being a checker at a grocery store is a career-type job. I'll bet jobs at Walmart have an incredibly high turnover rate.

Employers shouldn't be required to provide health care. The ones who do don't do it out of the goodness of their hearts.

Successful employers compete for the best employees. One of the ways they attract and retain quality employees is by offering health, dental, vacation etc.

Walmart has a system where some employees get health care, some don't. The teenager stocking shelves for 20 hours a week is not getting a health plan from Uncle Sam (Walton). On the bright side, his mother can buy milk for less than 3 bucks a gallon 24/7.
 
PoisonDouche said:
This study is the first to quantify the fiscal costs of Wal-Mart’s substandard wages and benefits on public safety net programs in California. It also explores the potential impact on public programs of Wal-Mart’s competitive effect on industry standard
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This study was conducted by Ken Jacobs from the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education.

You don't suppose this fellow has an agenda do you?
 
There must be something I missed about american Walmarts because here they offer a bit over minimum wage ($8.5 vs. 7.60) and healthcare plan. I'm not saying it's a nice place to work but as first job/student, it ain't that bad.
 
Costco shoppers feel good on the way home because they helped the environment and supported Costco employees.

Walmart shoppers feel good on the way home because they saved money and can spend more on their families.
 
Longhorn85 said:
Like you said, I am not finished yet. :)

I also am a typical Walmart shopper, yet I'm not unemployed or poor. Am I cheap? I like a bargain just like most people.

Costco shoppers obviously like bargains and like to feel good about the environment, etc.

I'll bet even AAP has snuck into a Walmart once in a blue moon to take advantage of the low prices, long hours and incredible availability of products.

But back to the humor...
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I go to Costco all the time, and it has nothing to do with anything involving the environment. Stereotype me with all the other Costco shoppers if you want, I don't care.

I don't go to Walmart anymore... because every time I have before, I leave wanting to kill someone. Last time I was there, I waited in line for 20 minutes because some morbidly obese (500+ pounds) trailer bitch was trying to exchange a pregnancy test...

Another rant: (she said it didn't work, WTF?? Like I am gonna exchange a condom if my GF got pregnant, and say it didn't work?? HELL NO.)

...and the cashier didn't know how to use the register. So, she just stood there hitting the same damn button on the register over and over and over... waiting for a supervisor to walk by. God forbid she use that fucking walkie-talkie thing and actually call someone to help.

I can only handle so much incompetence/stupidity... something which Walmart consistently has an unusually high concentration of. I choose to avoid all that for my own sanity.

:worried:
 
AAP said:
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/facts/

Average salary for starting Walmart employee $7.22 - $8.22

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Business/story?id=1362779

Average salary for starting Costco employee - $16-$17


So basically by overcharging for shitty products and underpaying it's employees... Walmart makes a profit. HAHAA!
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So it's easier for a high school or college kid to get a job at Walmart.

Would you want a child of yours to aspire to make a career working at Walmart or Costco?

Your argument doesn't make sense.
 
Maybe you should move to a more upper class suburb or something if you have such a problem with low-class and trashy people at your Wal-Mart stores. I've never seen that kind of thing at Wal-Marts until I moved here to Indiana... I always used to wonder why people always talked down on Wal-Marts before, lol.

They're trying to build a Costco in my hometown, but there's been a large number of issues with it. I haven't followed it much, as I really don't care, but the town(s) are all in uproars about it for some reason.

http://www.village.grafton.wi.us/agenda/Plan/01-12-06/commons.htm

http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/dec05/379000.asp


"Costco plans to build store in new Grafton development

Posted: Dec. 19, 2005
Grafton - Costco Wholesale Corp. plans to construct a warehouse discount store in a proposed 15- to 18-store complex at the northwest corner of I-43 and Highway 60, the complex developer announced Monday.

This would be the first Costco to locate in Wisconsin after a failed attempt on Milwaukee's south side in the late 1980s. Plans call for construction of the Grafton store to begin in the summer, with the complex opening in spring or summer of 2007, said the developer, Continental Properties Co. of Menomonee Falls."


Ahh, that's why. Guess it finally got approved, lol. Mequon's gonna be pissed, lol. They want the business for money, but no one wants huge commercial warehouses selling stuff 'cause of the reputation of the towns.



:cow:
 
Observation:

On Saturday morning Walmart is full of homeowners buying fertilizer, sprinklers and other lawn equipment.


On Saturday morning Costco is full of yuppies buying croissants, the high-priced spread and the Washington Post.
 
Overheard at Costco:

"Hey Bill, how's the family?"
"Great Ted, how's yours?"
"Fantastic. Hey, I see you have a cartload full of light bulbs, are those cheaper here?"

"Hell no, I can get the same ones at half the price at Walmart."

"So Ted, you mean you buy them here because you help the environment and pay employee health care, right?"

"What the fuck are you talking about Bill? I'd love to go to Walmart but I can't go, I'd never be able to face the guys at the country club if I was caught shopping there."
 
Longhorn85 said:
So it's easier for a high school or college kid to get a job at Walmart.

Would you want a child of yours to aspire to make a career working at Walmart or Costco?

Your argument doesn't make sense.
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Not really. Not when they have to compete for jobs with illegal workers that Walmart supports.

Your arguement makes no sense. You are liking the Walmart success story to some far right similarity parallels. Since when is conservatives supporting the minorities, immigrants and welfare fodder? Liberals are suppose to be about minorities, about cheapness, about illegal immigrant opportunities, yet you keep going on like that is the backbone of your party platform.
 
"Hey Bill, how's the family?"
"Great Ted, how's yours?"
"Fantastic. Hey, I see you have a cartload full of light bulbs, are those cheaper here?"

"Hell no, I can get the same ones at half the price at Walmart."

"So Ted, you mean you buy them here because you help the environment and pay employee health care, right?"

"What the fuck are you talking about Bill? I'd love to go to Walmart but I can't go, because the pregnant teenage ghetto mom can't work the register and talk on the store phone to her baby daddy at the same time and the mexicans be fucking around and not working for that $4 per hour they pay them so my car gets banged up by stray shopping carts in the parking lot no one rounds up to bring back to the front of the store, hell I can't even find the lightbulbs in that place cause not a single worker there is willing to show me where they are, they are too busy watching the riffraff in there who keep trying to steal CDs that somehow slipped by the American Family Association's nose and made it to the shelf.
 
The top 12 suggested names for Wal-Mart Wine:

12. Chateau Traileur Parc
11. White Trashfindel
10. Big Red Gulp
9. Grape Expectations
8. Domaine Wal-Mart "Merde du Pays"
7. NASCARbernet
6. Chef Boyardeaux
5. Peanut Noir
4. Chateau des Moines
3. I Can't Believe It's Not Vinegar!
2. World Championship Riesling
1. Nasti Spumante
 
beefcake28 said:
I go to Costco all the time, and it has nothing to do with anything involving the environment. Stereotype me with all the other Costco shoppers if you want, I don't care.

I don't go to Walmart anymore... because every time I have before, I leave wanting to kill someone. Last time I was there, I waited in line for 20 minutes because some morbidly obese (500+ pounds) trailer bitch was trying to exchange a pregnancy test...

Another rant: (she said it didn't work, WTF?? Like I am gonna exchange a condom if my GF got pregnant, and say it didn't work?? HELL NO.)

...and the cashier didn't know how to use the register. So, she just stood there hitting the same damn button on the register over and over and over... waiting for a supervisor to walk by. God forbid she use that fucking walkie-talkie thing and actually call someone to help.

I can only handle so much incompetence/stupidity... something which Walmart consistently has an unusually high concentration of. I choose to avoid all that for my own sanity.

:worried:
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Use the self-checkout aisle. It is always open and faster.
We only have a walmart around here, unless I drive to Grand Junction or the Springs. Nothing wrong with the one here, you all must be going to the ghettomarts.
 
mountain muscle said:
Use the self-checkout aisle. It is always open and faster.
We only have a walmart around here, unless I drive to Grand Junction or the Springs. Nothing wrong with the one here, you all must be going to the ghettomarts.
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There wasn't a self checkout isle. I always opt to use those if the store has them.

Demographics of customers in small town Walmarts are very different than that of bigger cities. People in small towns go to Walmart because that is all they have. The bigger city Walmarts are where you will find the more stereotypical customers.

:)
 
beefcake28 said:
There wasn't a self checkout isle. I always opt to use those if the store has them.

Demographics of customers in small town Walmarts are very different than that of bigger cities. People in small towns go to Walmart because that is all they have. The bigger city Walmarts are where you will find the more stereotypical customers.

:)
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I know, for a good laugh go to the one by Aurora mall.
 
I don't shop at wal-mart because I'm better than the people that go there. I don't care what you say (longhorn), I have more money, I speak english, I have a bright future, I'm in great shape... I'm better than them.

I do shop at costco though. The prices are just as good as wal-mart, it is never as crowded, I can get my gas there, and the class of people shopping there is equal with myself.

I am an elitist. Fuck them. I'm not going to shop in the same store at the people who cut my grass and wash my dishes.
 
Beachbum1546 said:
I am an elitist. Fuck them. I'm not going to shop in the same store at the people who cut my grass and wash my dishes.
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HA!!! Awesome.
 
I shop at Costco most of the time. I like the people and the service there better. Thank God they accept American Express, cash and personal checks ONLY. Its more worth it for me to get that 5 fat pieces of NY steak at the price for 30$ them pay that for only 2 steaks at other places. If someone takes the Business membership card, with the money they save, they never have to pay membership again.

I like the fact that Costco workers are paid good pay and that their CEO doesnt make huge millions a year like the Wallmart stingy bastards. Thats why the service at Costco is better - people are happier working there. All I see at Wallmart is bunch of miserable grungy people that dont care to speed it up when they see like 15 people waiting in line
 
Costco shopper.

We bought diapers, formula, all the basic kids needs there.

Costco makes a point to merchandise as many american made goods as possible.

Walmart, well you're just supporting communist china then.
 
We don't have a Costco in P'cola, don't even have a SuperTarget yet. This is just rural Alabama with a beachfront view.
 
samoth said:
Maybe you should move to a more upper class suburb or something if you have such a problem with low-class and trashy people at your Wal-Mart stores. I've never seen that kind of thing at Wal-Marts until I moved here to Indiana... I always used to wonder why people always talked down on Wal-Marts before, lol.



:cow:
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you are right. There is 2 Walmarts in my area 10 miles apart. Huge difference in the kind of people that frequent them. One of them is the same people that you would see shopping at Costco, in the other one its all the low class people
 
Apparently the Costco shoppers outweigh the Walmart shoppers in this thread.
 
Beachbum1546 said:
I am an elitist. Fuck them. I'm not going to shop in the same store at the people who cut my grass and wash my dishes.
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I appreciate your honesty. Now what would make you a perfect liberal is combine that feeling of superiority with a guilt complex for being white and you're there.
 
Longhorn85 said:
I appreciate your honesty. Now what would make you a perfect liberal is combine that feeling of superiority with a guilt complex for being white and you're there.
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speaking of guilt complex...do you have one? Why would he even have one? This is weird
 
Longhorn85 said:
I appreciate your honesty. Now what would make you a perfect liberal is combine that feeling of superiority with a guilt complex for being white and you're there.
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I'm a rich half black, half mexican elitist. Kinda craps on your philosophy.
 
AAP said:
Apparently the Costco shoppers outweigh the Walmart shoppers in this thread.
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You're leaving out the people who won't admit they shop at Walmart. Anyway Walmart's success and growth makes it clear who has more shoppers.
 
Beachbum1546 said:
I'm a rich half black, half mexican elitist. Kinda craps on your philosophy.
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I didn't say you were white, I said being a guility white elitist would make you a perfect liberal.

My philosophy remains intact.

Furthermore if you are liberal democrat you're a hypocrite because you seem to despise the poor.
 
Actually I'm white and not a democrat. But I sure as hell didn't vote for Bush. I don't feel guilty about anything. I'm a firm believer people get what they earn. Nobody is dealt cards they don't deserve (except for cancer, lukemia and shit like that where as no one deserves).

I hate the poor eneducated people who rather than try to better themselves just perpetuate the stereotype.
 
Beachbum1546 said:
Actually I'm white and not a democrat. But I sure as hell didn't vote for Bush.
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Oh, and I knew you were lying about being black (your credibility is shot) and you are indeed a liberal. Like many you are ashamed to admit it so you claim to be a "moderate".
 
Longhorn85 said:
Oh, and I knew you were lying about being black (your credibility is shot) and you are indeed a liberal. Like many you are ashamed to admit it so you claim to be a "moderate".
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Why do you assume being a liberal is bad?
 
All this hatred for liberals and those that are deemed liberals by a conservative is the height of irony. Is it ground in bigotry or christainity? One can never really be too sure, not even they themselves as they are too busy projecting their own insecurities on others to see it is themselves they hold anger against.

If Walmart is for conservatives you can have it, I mean... it is not like any one else is claiming shopping there. If shopping at Walmart shows support - not to mention cheapness - of your platform go right ahead. But the Pro-USA aspect is a hoot as Walmart is built upon China sweatshop and Mexican child labor.
 
Beachbum1546 said:
Why do you assume being a liberal is bad?
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I am not sure myself since it is all the Republicans that are getting indicted left and right each week.
 
Beachbum1546 said:
Going to hate on me because I used an "e" instead of an "u?" It's called a typo.
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It's called ironic considering what you were typing. As far as liberal being a dirty word, that is entirely up to you. You are the one who tries to hide from it, and you are a hypocrite because you despise the poor you supposedly want to help.

Be proud of what you are. If you call me a conservative, I'll say thank you.
 
AAP said:
I am not sure myself since it is all the Republicans that are getting indicted left and right each week.
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That comment (though false) should be good for about 300 karma points I'd wager.
 
Longhorn85 said:
It's called ironic considering what you were typing. As far as liberal being a dirty word, that is entirely up to you. You are the one who tries to hide from it, and you are a hypocrite because you despise the poor you supposedly want to help.

Be proud of what you are. If you call me a conservative, I'll say thank you.
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Where in any of my posts does it say I want to help poor people? I do think we should help the people that can't help themselves but that does not include the hundreds of thousands waiting for the first of the month to pick up their welfare check so that they don't have to work hard or strive to better themselves.

Explain: How does shopping at Costco mean I am a liberal? How does it assume I want to save the evironment?
 
Longhorn85 said:
It's called ironic considering what you were typing. As far as liberal being a dirty word, that is entirely up to you. You are the one who tries to hide from it, and you are a hypocrite because you despise the poor you supposedly want to help.

Be proud of what you are. If you call me a conservative, I'll say thank you.
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I think what he is asking, or rather what you attempt to spin instead of answering, is why do YOU think it is bad. You use it like an insult. No one tries to hide, but you are simply trying to label everything negative as liberal.
 
AAP said:
All this hatred for liberals
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Go back and look at your comments and Beachbum's comments about Walmart shoppers and you tell me who is expressing hatred.

All I'm doing is exposing liberals for what they are.
 
Beachbum1546 said:
Explain: How does shopping at Costco mean I am a liberal? How does it assume I want to save the evironment?
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It doesn't of course. But let's do a test. Are you pro-choice? Do you believe in global warming? Do you hate Bush? Do you believe tax cuts are only for the rich? Are you pro-affirmative action? Do you support gay marriage? Do you feel Bush stole the election? Do you hate Karl Rove? How do you feel about SUVs? Who do you support for President in 08?
 
foreigngirl said:
This thread was not suppose to be about liberals or conservatives - hello!!! Walmart shoppers vs Costco shoppers???
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Costco shoppers often bring their own cloth bags to shop to help the environment.

Walmart shoppers get plastic bags at the check-out and then re-use them at home as kitchen garbage bags.
 
Costco shoppers often drop by Starbucks to refresh after shopping.

Walmart shoppers buy a "Sam's Cola" for all the kids from the machine outside the store for 25 cents a pop.
 
Longhorn85 said:
Costco shoppers often bring their own cloth bags to shop to help the environment.

Walmart shoppers get plastic bags at the check-out and then re-use them at home as kitchen garbage bags.
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wtf the bags have anything to do with seriously? And I have NEVER seen people that shop at Costco bringing cloth bags.
 
Longhorn85 said:
Costco shoppers often drop by Starbucks to refresh after shopping.

Walmart shoppers buy a "Sam's Cola" for all the kids from the machine outside the store for 25 cents a pop.
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seriously, if you dont feel like paying 40 $ a year to shop at Costco fine by me and everyone else. All these comparisings you are doing is really lame and make you look pathetic
 
Longhorn85 said:
Costco shoppers often drop by Starbucks to refresh after shopping.

Walmart shoppers buy a "Sam's Cola" for all the kids from the machine outside the store for 25 cents a pop.
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Shoppers in Northern VA are a whole different breed. I don't think its fair to put them in the same category. I'm sure if you go the Walmart in Kingstowne (Fairfax County - Right outside the City of Alexandria) you would see the same demographic that you see at that Costco in Pentagon City.
 
It doesn't of course. But let's do a test. Are you pro-choice? Yes, because I'm not religious

Do you believe in global warming? Yes, and president Bush admitted it is real as well btw. But he only admitted until after he signed a energy bill that put more money into getting oil rather than looking for alternative fuel sources.

Do you hate Bush? I think he is unqualified and a pawn.

Do you believe tax cuts are only for the rich? I believe tax cuts can benefit the entire economy but more often tax cut bills have been focused to solely aleviate the rich. But I also take into consideration that rich people tend to be business owners and more money for them equals more money invested into their business which also boosts the economy. So ultimately I'm pretty content with tax laws as of right now.

Are you pro-affirmative action? Hell fucking no!

Do you support gay marriage? Yes. The only people that have problems with it are the over-zealous religious people. Politics should be secular. I could go into privacy laws and adoptions privledges for married people but it simply boils down to people that are brainwashed by religion are not comfortable with it so therefore it should be illegal.

Do you feel Bush stole the election? In 2000, absolutely. Having recounts predominatly allowed in Republican districts but not democrat is stealing the election. I have no qualms with the electoral college or winning by popular vote but I do have a problem when your brother only allows districts that are overwhelmingly Republican to be recounted.

Do you hate Karl Rove? No

How do you feel about SUVs? I like them but as a country we should look into more efficent engines, lower horsepower engines for generally "soccer mom" SUVs, and into the future alternative fuel sources. It's a known fact the world at current usage rates has less than 100 years of oil left. It won't affect us but what about our children?

Who do you support for President in 08? There doesn't seem to be any candidates that are sticking out yet. Most are retail candidates with a strong local following but nothing the nation as a whole has seen. Time will tell for the future candidates but I'll sure not to take my vote lightly. (I'm a Political Science major in school so I'm sure as hell not going to waste my four years of education by voting for a shitty president.) p.s. Hilary won't run.
 
foreigngirl said:
seriously, if you dont feel like paying 40 $ a year to shop at Costco fine by me and everyone else. All these comparisings you are doing is really lame and make you look pathetic
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What is pathetic is he can't even see his own arguements damage him more than anything anyone else can say.

He claims Walmart is a success story.

He claims Walmart appeals to the conservative crowd.

I actually agree. Conservatives are probably the only people stupid enough to pay for overpriced crappy quality goods in the first place.
 
Beachbum1546 said:
It doesn't of course. But let's do a test. Are you pro-choice? Yes, because I'm not religious

Do you feel Bush stole the election? In 2000, absolutely. Having recounts predominatly allowed in Republican districts but not democrat is stealing the election. I have no qualms with the electoral college or winning by popular vote but I do have a problem when your brother only allows districts that are overwhelmingly Republican to be recounted.
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All the recounts were held in the three counties most likely to yield Gore votes. Miami/Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. All three counties are predominately Democrat. In fact Democrats are the ones who requested and got a state wide recount blocked which would have been in accordance with State Law.

The whole chad fiasco is because Democrats wanted to count all undervotes as Gore votes. An undervote being one in which the punch card showed no vote for that election. So then you get into what constitutes a vote, is the chad dimpled, hanging, etc. A friggin fiasco for lawyers to bicker about on both sides.

The Miami Herald did a recount again, a year later, of those three counties using the most liberal of tests and still Gore lost by 700 votes.
 
AAP said:
What is pathetic is he can't even see his own arguements damage him more than anything anyone else can say.

He claims Walmart is a success story.

He claims Walmart appeals to the conservative crowd.

I actually agree. Conservatives are probably the only people stupid enough to pay for overpriced crappy quality goods in the first place.
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I seriously dont know anything about conservatives and liberals. I dont think that only low class people go to Wallmart, it all depends on the area and its residents. The way he categorizes them two dont make any sense and its making him look shallow and uninformed
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Longhorn85
Costco shoppers often drop by Starbucks to refresh after shopping.

Walmart shoppers buy a "Sam's Cola" for all the kids from the machine outside the store for 25 cents a pop.


foreigngirl said:
seriously, if you dont feel like paying 40 $ a year to shop at Costco fine by me and everyone else. All these comparisings you are doing is really lame and make you look pathetic
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You lack a sense of humor and are in way over your head by posting on this thread. Go back to Girl Talk!
 
the ghetto 24-7 walmart in the mexican part of town..there have been 5 murders there (or parking lot) in the last 2 years

walmart is the king of supply chain management and king of logicstics etc

i shop at walmart when i need something at 2 Am
 
No costco anywhere near me. I only go to wal mart for Gum and bullets. Maybe the occasional household product

Whiskey
 
Is longhorn serious in this thread?

If this is the case then do us all a favor and continue to shop at wal-mart.

And by the way, your argument (if thats ok to say, considering there really isnt one, just personal attacks) has failed.

I suggest you concede to the fact that a company with liberal-leanings completely obliterates its conservative-leaning competition.
 
UA_Iron said:
I suggest you concede to the fact that a company with liberal-leanings completely obliterates its conservative-leaning competition.
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This thread is a tongue-in-cheek look at the characteristics of their respective customers.

By what standard do you think Costco obliterates Walmart? Profit margin? Gross revenue? Growth? Market Share?

Any proof?
 
Longhorn85 said:
This thread is a tongue-in-cheek look at the characteristics of their respective customers.

By what standard do you think Costco obliterates Walmart? Profit margin? Gross revenue? Growth? Market Share?

Any proof?
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Sam's club is the competitor:

Costco employs about 103,000 full- and part-time employees, and for fiscal year 2004, ended in August, the company's store sales rose 13% to $47.1 billion. Costco's closest competitor, Wal-Mart-owned Sam's Club, has two hundred more stores than Costco, yet routinely earns more than $1 billion less in revenues each year.

You shouldnt be shopping at costco anyway:

Costco is yet another company with liberal leadership. Costco CEO James Sinegal and chairman Jeffrey Brotman endorsed John Kerry for president last year — about 200 business leaders did — and gave “$95,000 apiece to the Joint Victory Campaign, one of the most influential of the anti-Bush 527 committees,” according to an August 10, 2004, Web article on Slate. Most people who set foot in a Costco store probably don’t even realize that Sinegal and Brotman have given thousands upon thousands in political contributions, “all of it to Democratic candidates and entities.”
 
UA_Iron said:
You shouldnt be shopping at costco anyway:

Costco is yet another company with liberal leadership.
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I'm well aware of that. Similarly Walmart is run by conservatives.
It's a classic liberal-conservative battle.

Only in America.
 
If being a conservative means shopping low end no name brand goods where you have to stand in line with the underbelly of society, then I am glad I am not one. I mean, even Martha Stewart doesn't have a line of anything produced for Walmart stores.
 
UA_Iron said:
Sam's club is the competitor:

Costco employs about 103,000 full- and part-time employees, and for fiscal year 2004, ended in August, the company's store sales rose 13% to $47.1 billion. Costco's closest competitor, Wal-Mart-owned Sam's Club, has two hundred more stores than Costco, yet routinely earns more than $1 billion less in revenues each year.

You shouldnt be shopping at costco anyway:

Costco is yet another company with liberal leadership. Costco CEO James Sinegal and chairman Jeffrey Brotman endorsed John Kerry for president last year — about 200 business leaders did — and gave “$95,000 apiece to the Joint Victory Campaign, one of the most influential of the anti-Bush 527 committees,” according to an August 10, 2004, Web article on Slate. Most people who set foot in a Costco store probably don’t even realize that Sinegal and Brotman have given thousands upon thousands in political contributions, “all of it to Democratic candidates and entities.”
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yes, its true that Costco supports the democrates. Even at my husbands work, the union incourages them to go shop at Costco.

My biggest reason for going to Costco is that the meat, the diapers, the wipes, the seasonings and some other stuff are cheaper than buying the same quantity from other stores



Longhorn85 Quote:
Originally Posted by Longhorn85
Costco shoppers often drop by Starbucks to refresh after shopping.

Walmart shoppers buy a "Sam's Cola" for all the kids from the machine outside the store for 25 cents a pop.



Quote:
Originally Posted by foreigngirl
seriously, if you dont feel like paying 40 $ a year to shop at Costco fine by me and everyone else. All these comparisings you are doing is really lame and make you look pathetic



You lack a sense of humor and are in way over your head by posting on this thread. Go back to Girl Talk!
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Longhorn, you really made me lmao cause really, all I saw in this thread were attacks and there was no humor in it. If you were trying to be funny, you should have showed with something that you are joking. I cant see your facial expressions, remember?
 
foreigngirl said:
yes, its true that Costco supports the democrates. Even at my husbands work, the union incourages them to go shop at Costco.

My biggest reason for going to Costco is that the meat, the diapers, the wipes, the seasonings and some other stuff are cheaper than buying the same quantity from other stores
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I agree, the meat is some of the best out there at a good price.
 
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