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That depends on what you want to buy. There is nothing you can get at Wal-Mart that you can't get with higher quality and cleaner conscience elsewhere.

So, what alternatives are there?

Amazon.com

k-mart 
overstock.com 

 
So, what alternatives are there?
Enigma.

oh and the ever popular shoving a stick up your ass.



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Building 19, Inc:  Only in the Boston area, Building 19 is a very funky place. If you go, dress down. This company sells overstock stuff, inventory from places which have gone under, and fire/flood damaged stuff. (frequently still perfectly good) Employees are known for their humor, and are encouraged to have fun on the job. And yes, they have some workers who have been with them for years.  We don't have "Big Lots" here.

Don't the New Hampshire stores still exist?

In my neck of the woods, there used to be an Ames, but it's gone now. It was pretty good. Nowadays I go to the Target that moved into the space vacated by Wards at Wheaton Plaza.

Often I'll use Route 355 (Rockville Pike) for my shopping. It's shoppers' paradise, just endless strip malls and shopping centers. I'll drive up one side and down the other, popping into several stores along the way. I used to shop the same way on Main Street in Newark, Delaware. The difference is that 355 is an order of magnitude larger.

I hate to say it, but the 24 hour superwalmarts have their place.  Most of my grocery shopping is done after hours, and they are the only supermarket open late. 

They have also come through when I'm in a bind and need some basic computer gear at 3AM. 

Ditto that. I hate supporting a filthy corporate giant like walmart but most of the times I do it out of necessity. Thankfully some HEBs are 24-hrs stores so I don't do groceries at walmart but for many other things I go to walmart. Shame on me

i love love LOVE l.l. bean... i swear by their camping gear and their backpacks (including bookbags) last forever... i still use the bookbag i had back in like 7th grade... almost 8 years later, it has been beat up pretty decently but i have never thought to myself "hey, i need a new backpack"...

and my hiking boots (an old pair of gore-tex knife edge), purchased about 5 years ago, maybe longer, are still water tight and confortable... i haven't even had to replace the sole on them.. i should, but haven't needed to yet...

their customer service is 99.99999999% impeccable... always helpful, always cheerful, andtheir return/exchange policies are incredible... my dad bought a pair of their full grain gore-tex boots about the same time i got my knife edge boots and we kept finding a water leak near to the toe of the boot... we had to send back maybe 3 pairs of boots for exchange... we never paid a cent for any of the shipping and didn't have to go through an assload of red-tape do it... he finally got a pair that did not leak and it really is about the only pair of shoes he wears anywhere, other than church and that sort of thing...

i could go on and on about them, but then it would get boring...

all in all, l.l. bean =     

Where exactly is Building 19, Enigma?

Fortunately here in the City of Chicago WalMart hasn't yet been able to find a suitable location for a store-not exactly a lot of 60+acre tracts of open land within the city limits, but it's only a matter of time.

Target (aka Tar-jay) gets my business.   

People's patronage of WalMart is a classic example of a self fulfilling prophecy:
Already people say they have no choice, as though there are no other pharmacies, or grocery stores.

Has our collective compassion shrunk so much that we'd rather save a few pennies than see a fellow human being get a living wage from their employer?

It's one thing to go in and buy a few toiletries, like Justine does, or make an emergecy excursion at 3am like Altivec. If that were the case then WalMart wouldn't be any bigger than Walgreen's or Radio Shack. WalMart was around for a long time before it decided to take over the world, so to speak. Their current advertising implies that consumers are doing the world a favor by shopping there exclusively and saving a bundle to boot, when the opposite is the case.

I usually shop at Vons for groceries and Rite Aid for meds and toiletries.
Since the strike started, I get my groceries from Stater Bros. The other grocer in town is Food4Less, who has a big sign out front that says," OPEN, NO Labor Disputes Here". No Union, is why. And their food isn't that much less, and the clientele make shopping there very unpleasant. For browsing, I go to Big Lots. For basic electronics, like cables and Nimh batteries, I go to Radio Shack. When I need film developed (rare these days), I go to a local photo shop. My electronic and Mac needs are usually met online. I haven't gone to a Walmart for anything in well over a year, but I don't remember what it was they had that I couldn't get elsewhere in town, when I did get something.
Oh, and I get my horse, pet, and wild bird feeds at the local feed shop - all of which I could have gotten at Walmart.

Has nobody here been to a Costco??? Costco rocks! they have, bar none, the best return policy! they have the best prices, and the best stuff! They have kick-ass hot dogs and cheap pizza!

Plus, I work for the company....

Oh God, I am so addicted to the chicken bake. And not all the stores have the same menu...some buildings carry those Dove-bar-like ice cream thingies...uuuhhh ...some have french fries and gravy...some have knish...and all the free samples you can eat out on "the floor"!

I work for the corporate offices, in the sign department, making most all the signs for all the warehouses worldwide. It's very fun work. Started pushing carts in '87, and moved up through the ranks. 16 years later, I'm still here. Oof. Beats unemployment.

I don't enjoy Walmart.