[Vision2020] Walmart

[g. crabtree]

I don't understand this like of reasoning. Of course Winco is a fine place 
to shop. Rosaurs is delightful. Safeway is swell and the Co-Op is keen but 
the fact of the matter is there are people who want to shop at Wal-Mart. 
There are people willing to sell or lease them land to build it on. There 
are plenty of people who are more than willing to work there. With all of 
this being an undeniable fact, it seems irrelevant who has the most 
inexpensive chow. If Wally world is not to your taste then by all means take 
your sheckles elsewhere, but please don't stand in the way of those who do 
not share your ideology.

G. Crabtree
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TIM RIGSBY" <tim.rigsby at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Cc: <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:58 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Walmart


> Donovan,
>
> I have never purchased anything at a Wal-Mart but have been dragged to 
> WalMart by one of my best friends numerous times.  The lines in WalMart 
> are usually very long, the aisles in WalMart are usually very crowded, and 
> the time it takes to find what you need at WalMart is usually quite 
> extensive.  What I am getting at is that in essence, the time you WASTE in 
> WinCo is more than likely equal to the time you will WASTE in a WalMart 
> SuperCenter.  Yes, you might save some time driving across town, but I 
> kind of remember you saying sometime on V2020 that people who complain 
> about traffic in Moscow need to pull their head out or something.  So it 
> seems that most people probably don't waste much time in traffic trying to 
> get to WinCo.
>
> The other part of your scnario, the part where you talked about the ATM, 
> you mentioned that a trip is ofetn wasted to WinCo because their ATM is 
> broken.  Well if memory serves me, there is an ATM across the parking lot 
> at Washington Mutual.  Ah and guess what, this is a no fee ATM if I 
> remember right.  And even if both ATM's are broken, you could always write 
> a check.  Wow, you must have forgotten that WinCo takes checks and that 
> the money from the check often times comes from the same source as the 
> money from your debit card.  So lets say both ATM's are broken, you forgot 
> your check book, and you have no cash, well hey guess what, I think there 
> is an ATM in the mall, Zip Trip, the Stinker Station, US Bank, Wells 
> Fargo, the Garden Lounge.  So it seems as though Donovan, that all hope is 
> not lost when you make your trip to WinCo.
>
> Tim
>
>
> Compare Chas;
>
>  Drive to Win-co: 10 Minutes
>  Pay $2  fee for ATM, Win-Co does not take debt-it card
>  Find Items 5 Minutes
>  Wait in line 5 minutes
>  Drive back from  Win-Co: 10 Minutes
>
>  That is 30 minutes of my time and an additional $2.
>
>  Safeway, is on my way home and I do not have to pay cash.
>
>  Is the $2 I save worth 30 minutes of my time when I have 6 hours of 
> sleep between my next class and next work shift, not to mention the  cost 
> of gas and increased mileage on my car, and the risk that the ATM  is 
> broken in Win-Co anyway so it would be a wasted trip, as has  happened 
> many times?
>
>  If Wal-Mart opens, I save on the gas, the ATM fees, and on the lower 
> prices of the food. Which comes to about $75 a month.
>
>  If I did not go to school and work two jobs or had someone else to do  my 
> shopping it would not be so bad. Of course it would also help if I  did 
> not forget items like ketchup so I did not have to stop at Safeway.
>
>  -DJA
>
>
> Revolution is not a word but an application; it is not war but peace; it 
> does not weaken, but strengthens. Revolution does not cause separation; it 
> generates togetherness.
> -John Africa, Strategic Revolution
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