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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Arnold</span></font></st1:City></st1:place><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> –<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ms. Swanson was referring to the “quality”
of the product, not the price comparison.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is my impression that Wal-Mart will
contract manufacturers to produce, and sell to them (Wal-Mart), a lower quality
product. In this manner Wal-Mart retains the manufacturer’s label on the
product while they (Wal-Mart) continue to under-cut competition.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Now, before you go off on some long,
boring dissertation about how well the Duracell batteries worked that you
purchased at Wal-Mart: this retail “approach” is not applied to
ALL products at Wal-Mart.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ms. Swanson is not the first person to
make such a suggestion. On February 3, 2006, David Gardner (host of NPR's
"Motley Fool") interviewed Charles Fishman, author of "The
Wal-Mart Effect". Like I had stated earlier, this interview is
well-balanced; the good, the bad, and the ugly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Sounds/MotleyFool_020306_WalMartEffect.wma">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Sounds/MotleyFool_020306_WalMartEffect.wma</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You will notice that Charles Fishman does
not come across as, nor is he, a campaigner against Wal-Mart. His claims are
substantiated by references he makes in the course of the above interview.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Please listen to the interview, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Arnold</st1:City></st1:place>. You may just
learn something.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Until then . . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Seeya round town, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>"The Pessimist complains about the
wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the Realist adjusts his
sails." <br>
- Unknown <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Donovan Arnold<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:31
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bjswan@moscow.com</st1:PersonName>;
'Vision 2020'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Vision2020]
Goodnight Goody, Goodnight Ridge</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>More rhetoric from BJ Swanson.<br>
<br>
Take this line for example:<br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"Compare the Gillette Mach 3 razors
purchased at Wal-Mart with those purchased at non-Wal-Mart stores. Notice
the color is different even though the name is the same? Notice the
Wal-Mart Mach 3 doesn’t last nearly as long as those purchased from
Costco, Rite-Aid, Hodgins, Marketime?"<br>
<br>
Sorry BJ. I am afraid you are confusing the Gillette Mach 3 with the Gillettee
Mach 3 "turbo" which has a different color handle and lasts longer.
Both of which are cheaper at your local Wal-Mart. <br>
<br>
A Wal-Mart is significantly cheaper than even a local discount store like
Winco. For example, Hefty Serve and Store plates 22 count $2.00 at Wal-Mart. At
Winco, $2.78 but 20 count. Aleve Pain medication, $12.48 for 200 count. Winco
$20 if you buy 2 100 bottles, they do not ha! ve 200.<br>
<br>
Heinz Tomato Ketchup 36 oz, $1.78 at Wal_Mart, $2.12 at Winco.<br>
<br>
3 bars of Irish Spring soap, 75 cents. The same three bars at Winco, over $2.<br>
<br>
12 Pack of any Pepsi or Coke, $3 at Wal-Mart $3.78 at Winco. Safeway $4.50<br>
<br>
I could not find one item that was sold at both Winco and Walmart where
Wal-Mart was not at least 15% cheaper.<br>
<br>
On average I save 20% off a price of an item IF I can find it at Wal_Mart. I
would save $1000 a year on groceries alone plus they would bag my groceries for
me and take my debit card. $1000 a year probably ain't worth the trips for BJ
Swanson with her salary. But for me and many college students that is a huge
chunk of cash we can use toward the dental care she helped cut from the UI
health insurance program.<br>
<br>
The Diet Coke, Heinz Ketchup, and Aleve I buy at Wal-Mart is the EXACT same
product I buy at Safeway, Winco, and ShopKo. <br>
<br>
Many businesses are taking your money a! nd ripping you off OR have a lousy
business model if they are selling the same product for a price 25% higher than
Wal_mart. Our local businesses do NOT pay workers more than Wal_mart. <br>
A Super Wal-Mart would not only force prices lower for everyone, which benefits
us all, but it also would supply us with more goods that Moscow is not
providing that so many of us leave town to get. Not to mention the added
benefits of being able to shop in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
outside the hours of 11AM to 4 PM. <br>
<br>
_DJA<br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font><br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>"B. J.
Swanson" <<st1:PersonName w:st="on">bjswan@moscow.com</st1:PersonName>></span></i></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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