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You know what's cooler than working for Walmart? Working on disrupting Walmart, and forcing them to increase the quality of the products they sell to keep compe
by jvehent 12y ago
You know what's cooler than working for Walmart? Working on disrupting Walmart, and forcing them to increase the quality of the products they sell to keep competing.
- scott_karana 12y agoHuh? They're competing just fine by keeping prices down, which is what most consumers look for first. You'd have to disrupt our current socioeconomic situation. So unless you can beat their prices and their quality, good luck.
- pkaye 12y agoI do that by going to Costco much as possible.
- tracker1 12y agoCostco has something like 1% of the product selection that Walmart has.. let alone online purchases... Given, I tend to order a lot via Amazon, but no brick and mortar store comes close to the U.S. market penetration that Walmart has. Most of the population (mid-high 90's iirc) is within 5 miles of a Walmart. Say what you will, but they're probably about the only shopping choice in competition with the likes of Amazon.
- objclxt 12y ago> Huh? They're competing just fine by keeping prices down, which is what most consumers look for first I dispute that. If consumers looked to price first everyone reading this would be using a ChromeBook, but I imagine a sizable number are using MacBooks instead. A more generic example: some consumers will buy the cheapest possible clothing, but most consumers look to a reasonable compromise of price and quality.
- copperx 12y agoThis is an obtuse simplification. I would be happy with a Chromebook if I didn't happen to be a developer. Also, it's not easy for the layperson to measure the quality of groceries. A lettuce is a lettuce, so I'll buy it where it's cheaper.
- tvmalsv 12y agoJust because you're price sensitive, that doesn't mean that you'll buy something you don't want, just because it's cheaper than what you do want. There's been plenty of research that shows most people are more interested in lower prices than making some sort of social statement.
- wildgift 12y agoTrue. I think most people want the lowest price for a specific branded product. They start off by deciding, more or less, on getting a certain level of perceived quality, and then finding low prices. The price is secondary to making the decision to purchase a product. As far as making a "social statement" - buying most recognizable or branded products is a kind of social statement. If it weren't, we wouldn't have such a diverse selection of cars, clothes and laptops.
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- knowaveragejoe 12y agoThat's perhaps one of the worst examples you could give to support your argument. The vast majority of people are not developers or otherwise employed in well compensated IT jobs. They most certainly look to price first when it comes to personal computers.
- vinceguidry 12y agoDisrupt Wal-mart? Best laugh I had all day.