Wal-Mart wants $10 CDs

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 24 Oct 2004 2:21 pm

Joe Nichols $9.72 and Mark Chestnut 11.38 now they are in my purchase zone. So I got them and Stuart Duncan is great on the Nichols CD.Check out Farewll Party worth the 10 bucks by itself. PS I also bought Gretchen Wison and Jimmy Buffets new CD'S also.

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[This message was edited by Joe Casey on 25 October 2004 at 06:30 AM.]

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 25 Oct 2004 4:57 am

Joe,
You have good taste!

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 25 Oct 2004 8:12 am

For Janice Brooks;

In the past couple of days I downloaded 3 tunes (3 different versions of same tune) from Walmart's web download site for $0.88 each ($0.96 ea. w/tax). A 6 minute tune came across as 6 megabyte .wma file. Then had to play it with Windows Media Player (WMP) 9. On first play the PC must be internet connected so WMP and it's friends can go get the license for the tune. Afterwards, you can use the CD record capabilities of WMP to park the tune to a CD in standard format. From that point you can do anything you want to with the track.

I converted each CD track to .WAV files (using Roxio Soundstream), then used a .WAV editor to mix the 3 tracks into a 20 minute tune.[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 25 October 2004 at 09:15 AM.]

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 26 Oct 2004 6:44 am

Drew--dead on. You've hit the nail on the head.

Walmart is no solution to the problem--they are a major cause of the problem, and I'm not talking only about the music industry. I wouldn't spend one red cent in that evil empire. Consider this:
 With 4,400 stores they practice "predatory pricing." They come into a community and sell their goods at below cost until they drive local businesses under. Once they have captured the market the prices go up.
Walmart runs ads featuring the United States flag and proclaims "We Buy American". In 2001 they moved their worldwide purchasing headquarters to China and are the largest importer of Chinese goods in the US, purchasing over $10 BILLION of Chinese-made products annually. Products made mostly by women and children working in the labor hell-holes China is famous for.

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 26 Oct 2004 8:46 am

...but, the problem is that the old man who founded Wal-Mart, and who was a conservative pro-business entrepreneur, died.....and since then his yuppie inheritors are making business decisions for Wal-Mart!

In current and future Wal-Mart policy and ads, look for Kerry's picture and anti-business influence!

www.genejones.com

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 26 Oct 2004 8:52 am

S. Robson Walton is the world's richest man--he surpassed Bill gates @ $65 billion. 5 of 10 of the world's richest are Waltons. Is it the "aw shucks" attitude that got them there? Not one thin dime will I ever spend there.

Your Nissan Sentra was built or assembled in the USA (they've been doing it since the 80s).

If you want to buy cheap goods, you can expect to make less money in the future as result of it. Plain and simple. I don't believe it's worth it to sell out our own country. I want quality, not garbage, and I want to see people have a reason to take pride in what they do. A good number of Wal-mart employess qualify for food stamps. Is that the 'American way'?

The music industry already kowtows to Walmart. This is just another of their strong-arm tactics.[This message was edited by Mike Neer on 26 October 2004 at 10:18 AM.]

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 26 Oct 2004 9:17 am

Gene, you might want to take a look at: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/stores3.html and: http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=17475
for a closer look at Wal Mart business practices. And not to start anything, but you might also take a closer look at which candidate has a history of supporting jobs outsourcing... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/13/opinion/main600351.shtml http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001854367_bushecon10.html

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 26 Oct 2004 9:42 am

....yes, but there are more of those who do not respect and recognize those who provide the jobs, or who would replace them with "union" workers who support no one but their fellow union workers, and have no "social conscience" for anyone else!

Don't ry to sell me the "good for the worker" that the unions proport to have! I don't believe it!...they don't give a damn about anyone except a "union member".
www.genejones.com

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 26 Oct 2004 10:16 am

but there are more of those who do not respect and recognize those who provide the jobs, or who would replace them with "union" workers who support no one but their fellow union workers, and have no "social conscience" for anyone else!

You're right Gene, especially when it's a company like Wal-mart providing the jobs. The Labor Center has found that Wal-mart replaces higher paying jobs with lower paying jobs by killing off their competition. You don't get benefits until you're there for 2 years. Read up.

As far as union members, that's us--our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, children, wives--and I'm glad they have the unions to watch their backs--Wal-mart certainly isn't.

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Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 26 Oct 2004 10:22 am

....the union motto: "Allow no one to excell above the weakest most incompetent link unless they do it without receiving any additional compensation!"

...and, as the International union advises the locals: "If you threaten your employer and he gives you everything you asked for, then you have failed...because you didn't ask for enough!"

That's the American way according to the unions!

www.genejones.com [This message was edited by Gene Jones on 26 October 2004 at 01:28 PM.]

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 26 Oct 2004 1:13 pm

Well, the country is falling into the Walmart mentality. What else do you expect? Don't you think the country's largest music retailer should have a great selection of music? No, they don't--they stock **** . Walmart tells the industry what they want. I'll bet Walmart doesn't want any steel guitar anymore, either.

Walmart just takes another step in the direction toward devaluation of music. Not only is the music just a commodity, but it's disposable one at that. Wonder how many Ashley Simpson CDs they'll sell this week.

You can keep your eyes closed if you want, but there's a lot of bad stuff going on out there, between Wal-mart, Clear Channel, etc., that's going to be very difficult to recover from.

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 26 Oct 2004 2:51 pm

I didn't know Wal-Mart didn't want steel guitar. Maybe that's why they have no steel guitars in stock. And even if they did, they'd probably be made in China.

chas smith R.I.P. · Post by **chas smith R.I.P.** » 26 Oct 2004 10:00 pm

...the unions ...they don't give a damn about anyone except a "union member".

Having been "blacklisted" by IATSE 695 for "activities" that supported my fellow members when the local wouldn't back us, I can say that from my experience, the union is only looking out for itself, as you would expect.

I am still a member of local 47, though. On the positive side, after WWII, the unions are responsible for creating the American middle class.

Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 28 Oct 2004 5:38 pm

...look for Kerry's picture and anti-business influence!

And look for Bush's picture at Enron HQ in Houston.

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 28 Oct 2004 6:54 pm

I wouldn't shop in a Walmart store and don't want them in my community.