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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:09 PM Original message |
Poll question: Are you now swallowing your pride and shopping at WalMart because of the worsening economy? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. You forgot |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
64. I was looking for the hell no, |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #64 |
82. I was looking for the "hell no" choice too, for the same reason (nt) |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. I will NOT shop at that place. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Nor will I.... |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. No I continue to.........? |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. It should have said boycott....but for some reason, the |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. 'splain me this, how come WallyWorld can negotiate for lower drug prices |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Can't or won't? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. What leads you to believe that Wal-Mart has negotiated lower drug prices rather than just |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
65. You will find lower drug prices across the board |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
92. because Wal-Mart would never take a large loss. It doesn't need to. |
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Nitrogenica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Never have never will. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. Haven't gone in there for 8 years and still will NOT. Fuck the fascists and all |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hell No... |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, I will continue to |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. Never will |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. no. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. I won't go near the place. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Other. I broke my boycott to buy a bicycle there, but only after |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. I did that too a few years back... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
76. I'm shopping Craig's list for one |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
94. Probably a good idea, but I must admit to being a bit of a luddite - |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. I accidentally voted for no change. Mother beeeeeep. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. The economy will never get so bad that I need to go to Walmart! |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. I have always shopped at Wal-Mart. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. No snark - I can't afford Walmart. |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
83. the world can't afford Walmart |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Continuing to boycott |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. Around here, WalMart is the expensive place |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Around here, the Farmer's Market and mom and pop stores |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. We have Walmart Store #2 |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. No |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'd sooner dumpster dive than give a DIME to the ChinaMart Brats. |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't shop there. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. I will not betray my union brethren. |
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Rue (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I'm with you on that. |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. If I don't go to WM, it's a 65 mile road trip to buy groceries. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. I hope at least the food is decent. n/t |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. Only autoerotic lions swallow their pride |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. OMFG NO! |
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logosoco (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. My 13 year old daughter won a |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. waste of time, walmart is as expensive as everywhere else |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Oh come on..."as axpensive as everywhere else"? |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. whatever |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You make no sense |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
59. No no no.....the person I responded to said WalMart is |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. No |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. No. Costco. eom. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. I haven't walked into a Walmart for 4 years |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. No. Nothing they sell is really inexpensive, it is only cheap and that means you have |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. No, I'll just buy less stuff |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'll die before I shop at that hell-hole |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. Yes. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. No. I watch the ads & buy |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. No. I shop at secondhand stores and thrift shops, though. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Love the thrift stores too |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #57 |
80. Yes, like a durable old blender, for example. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. I go where the sales are |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
49. no, because i don't buy meds |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. Target, Costco, never WalMart, never ever, I'll eat dirt first |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
51. Not as long as I have decent alternatives. |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
52. I STILL refuse to shop at WalMart! |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
53. I buy printer cartridges there sometimes |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
54. Even if I wanted to go to WalMart, which I don't |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
55. Oh hell no. I barely even remember that we even have one here |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
56. Never, there's not a Wal-Mart in all of Humboldt County, CA - We voted them down 3 different times. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
58. Target works for me |
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truebluecollar (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
60. I 'd like to think I wouldn't... |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
61. I don't shop at Wal-Hell, but it's not just for political/philosophical reasons. |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
62. What a stupid trivialization. It isn't about "pride." |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
63. It has nothing to do with pride, Wal*Mart stole my wages and that of thousands of other workers... |
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Inittowinit (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
66. no! |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
67. my employer likes to give out Walmart gift cards |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
68. COSTCO!!!!!! Dem values - good pay & healthcare! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Yep. I shop with friends and neighbors so that, as a single person, |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
69. Other |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
71. Wally World is the store of last resort for me. |
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ElkHunter (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
72. There's a Wal-Mart less than a ten minute walk from my home... |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
73. Not as long as there are other stores in my area |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
74. Nothing is worth fucking over my fellow American |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
77. I wish I had the option to never go there |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
78. I haven't set foot in Walmart in years. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
79. Anyone stupid enough to boycott Walmart .... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
81. There is no Walmart |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
84. Wal-Mart is way on the other side of town |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
85. I'll never set foot in a WM even with one very close. Target has the same generic drug |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
86. Not about being "proud" |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
87. NEVER EVER NEVER EVER |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
88. NEVER EVER NEVER EVER |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
89. Nope - NEVAH! |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
90. Other: I live in a rural area. I buy as much as I can from locally-owned businesses -- and gladly |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
91. Nothing to do with pride |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
93. No fucking way. No. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
95. Nope. Fuck WalMart and Sams Club. We use Meijer and Costco... |
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