Posted October 5, 200915 yr Dear Wal-Mart, What is the world coming to?! Why would Wal-Mart, a company that claims to be pro-American, stock something that is made in the USA? Everybody knows it's fundamentally un-American to buy something made in America. It's been this way since the beginning of time. That's why we buy Hondas instead of Fords. That's why our toys are made with lead paint in China instead of some blue collar backwater in the Midwest. Americans can't do anything right because of their greedy socialist unions, and that's why as a true patriot, we must only purchase items produced overseas. The offending items were Callen photo mattes. If I had known these were American before I used them, I would have marched right back to Wal-Mart and demanded they be replaced with something made by children in a Malaysian sweat shop, preferably one with a poor safety record and lots of deaths/maiming injuries. How dare you, Wal-Mart! When I set foot in your stores, I expect everything to be made in Asia. The worst part is you've not only let me down, you've let down our children. Think of the message you're sending them during their most important developmental years. You're telling them it's OK to work in some factory in Patterson, New Jersey instead of pursue careers in the military, education, nursing, and financial services. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Sincerely, a very concerned patriot
October 5, 200915 yr Scandalous! How demeaning it must be for red-blooded Americans to work with their hands, actually producing some tangible product! I'll bet a closer examination of the situation would reveal that some of those sweat-shop laborers ride to work on public transportation, and there probably aren't many Hummers, Lexuses, or BMWs in the parking lot. Wal-Mart's managers and buyers should be ashamed for encouraging such exploitation. You should create one of those "outraged patriot" emails with big, bold type in bright colors and feed it into the tea-party-zealot network, and then watch the trailer parks empty out as howling mobs picket every Wal-Mart.
October 5, 200915 yr No, there really aren't. It used to be that way, but now it's as difficult to find something made in America there as it is at most stores.
October 5, 200915 yr Here are just a few: Febreze Air Fresheners Old Spice Secret Charmin Clearblue Easy Dreft Luvs Pampers Pampers Kandoo Pampers UnderJams Puffs Batteries Duracell Camay Ivory Olay Old Spice Safeguard Zest Old Spice CoverGirl Max Factor Cascade Dawn Ivory Joy Always Tampax Aussie Head & Shoulders Herbal Essences Infusium 23 Pantene Hair Color Clairol Health Care Align Braun Clearblue Easy Fibersure Metamucil Pepto-Bismol Prilosec OTC Vicks Household Cleaners Bounty Febreze Air Fresheners Mr. Clean Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash Swiffer Laundry & Fabric Care Bounce Cheer Downy Dreft Era Febreze Air Fresheners Gain Ivory Tide Oral Care Braun Crest Crest Glide Crest Whitestrips Fixodent Gleem Scope Oral-B Paper Products Bounty Charmin Puffs Pet Nutrition Eukanuba Iams Prescription Drugs Actonel Asacol Didronel Enablex Macrobid Macrodantin Shaving Braun Gillette Fusion Gillette M3Power Gillette SatinCare Gillette Venus Skin Care Braun Gillette Complete Skincare Olay Small Appliances Braun Snacks Pringles
October 5, 200915 yr No, there really aren't. It used to be that way, but now it's as difficult to find something made in America there as it is at most stores. Yes there are Dan points out. All of our products are American made.
October 5, 200915 yr Hate this place with a passion.... phooey on them... I don't know why so many people think they have to be apologetic towards them. Brainwashed into thinking they're our benefactor. Instead of "buy American" these days, which hardly anything is made here...the least we can do is BUY LOCAL, but I doubt the Sprawl-Mart apologists, or anyone who has never run an independent business would understand the meaning or importance of that.
October 5, 200915 yr The list Dan posts is nice, but given the amount of products in walmart, I doubt that this list is even 1/16th of a 1% of the products sold at wal-mart.
October 5, 200915 yr Irony of ironies, the only place in Hawaii that I could find a Hawaiian shirt actually made in Hawaii was at the Walmart on Kauai. The 'local' places all had shirts from the Far East rather than the middle of the Pacific Ocean. I generally avoid going there, though some may remember that Walmart used to make a big deal about its 'merican made stuff - especially round the 90-91 recession, but after things got going they give up on it and a few intrepid hit pieces that showed that some of the 'merican made stuff was actually you know made in 'merica.
October 5, 200915 yr Hate this place with a passion.... phooey on them... I don't know why so many people think they have to be apologetic towards them. Brainwashed into thinking they're our benefactor. Instead of "buy American" these days, which hardly anything is made here...the least we can do is BUY LOCAL, but I doubt the Sprawl-Mart apologists, or anyone who has never run an independent business would understand the meaning or importance of that. Who HERE is being an apologist? I support buying local, however, it's business. Wal-Mart came up with a business plan and it's succeeded in its execution. That's the bottom line. I may not agree with some of their practices, but that is beside the point of this thread. There are plenty of American made products in wal-mart and I would feel safe in saying that some people on this board work at company's who sell and distribute products to wal-mart. The list Dan posts is nice, but given the amount of products in walmart, I doubt that this list is even 1/16th of a 1% of the products sold at wal-mart. Can't speak on that until we see a product procurement and distribution list.
October 5, 200915 yr Wal-Mart abandons buy American program. In February 1985, Walton wrote 3,000 American manufacturers and wholesalers to announce that the chain wanted to buy more American goods. Walton said: “We cannot continue to be a solvent nation as long as we pursue this current accelerating direction. Our company is firmly committed to the philosophy by buying everything possible from suppliers who manufacture their products in the United States.” Today, however, over 80 percent of Wal-Mart’s 6,000 global suppliers are based in China. [Wal-Mart Press Release, 3/13/85; Wal-Mart Literature, 1994; PBS Frontline, 11/16/04] Some more nuggets: Wal-Mart ruins Rubbermaid. In 1994, Rubbermaid won accolades as the most admired company in the United States—but five years later, its fortunes fell so hard that the company sold itself to a competitor. When the price of a key component of its products went up, Rubbermaid asked Wal-Mart for a modest price increase—but Wal-Mart said no, and stopped sales of Rubbermaid products. At a Rubbermaid factory in Wooster, Ohio, that meant the loss of 1,000 jobs. [PBS Frontline, 11/23/04] Wal-Mart advises supplier: “Open a factory in China.” To land a supply contract with Wal-Mart, the Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Company—a Chicago fan manufacturer—had to locate manufacturing operations in Shenzhen, China. Workers there make $.25 an hour—while the company’s Chicago workforce earned an average hourly $13. [Los Angeles Times, 11/23/03] Wal-Mart forces Huffy Bikes to brake US production. Despite decades of making bicycles in the United States, Huffy was forced by Wal-Mart price pressures to close three factories and lay off thousands of workers. The mayor of Celina, Ohio—where Huffy closed a large factory—said Wal-Mart’s “demand for cheaper bicycles drove Huffy out of Celina.” [Mansfield News Journal, 12/8/03]
October 5, 200915 yr ^Wal*Mart's bike pricing is terrifyingly low. $89 for a new 18-speed? Hell NO am I getting on that thing. Roadmaster Bikes = Two Terms Max Disposable Campus Transportation.
October 5, 200915 yr I think Target carries basically the same bike models. Target is almost as bad as Walmart these days.
October 5, 200915 yr ^Wal*Mart's bike pricing is terrifyingly low. $89 for a new 18-speed? Hell NO am I getting on that thing. Roadmaster Bikes = Two Terms Max Disposable Campus Transportation. If you're looking for a high quality bike to train, compete, or go long distances on, then I really wouldn't be shopping at Wal Mart for it. If your 40 pund 4 year old needs one, or you just want one to ride up to the store and back, that's a diiferent story. Wal mart really doesn't advertise itself as having the highest quality bikes.
October 5, 200915 yr I'm missing the point of your laughter? I wasn't trying to hide that fact, I assumed it was obvious. P&G is only one of Wal Marts suppliers.
October 5, 200915 yr ^Wal*Mart's bike pricing is terrifyingly low. $89 for a new 18-speed? Hell NO am I getting on that thing. Roadmaster Bikes = Two Terms Max Disposable Campus Transportation. If you're looking for a high quality bike to train, compete, or go long distances on, then I really wouldn't be shopping at Wal Mart for it. If your 40 pund 4 year old needs one, or you just want one to ride up to the store and back, that's a diiferent story. Wal mart really doesn't advertise itself as having the highest quality bikes. Huge swaths of American Society have a purely disposable mindset, and Wal*Mart is their store of choice. I have an image stuck in my head of a visit to Alum Creek Metro Park and seeing families with literally piles of Wal*Mart bikes, all clearly stored outside without any regard for basic maintenance--rusty chains, rotted seats, under-inflated tires, the works. Safety issues aside, the message these kids were receiving from their parents about (not) taking care of things was sad as hell.
October 5, 200915 yr ^Wal*Mart's bike pricing is terrifyingly low. $89 for a new 18-speed? Hell NO am I getting on that thing. Roadmaster Bikes = Two Terms Max Disposable Campus Transportation. If you're looking for a high quality bike to train, compete, or go long distances on, then I really wouldn't be shopping at Wal Mart for it. If your 40 pund 4 year old needs one, or you just want one to ride up to the store and back, that's a diiferent story. Wal mart really doesn't advertise itself as having the highest quality bikes. Huge swaths of American Society have a purely disposable mindset, and Wal*Mart is their store of choice. I have an image stuck in my head of a visit to Alum Creek Metro Park and seeing families with literally piles of Wal*Mart bikes, all clearly stored outside without any regard for basic maintenance--rusty chains, rotted seats, under-inflated tires, the works. Safety issues aside, the message these kids were receiving from their parents about (not) taking care of things was sad as hell. Well, that sounds like a parental issue, not a WalMart issue. If your kids change the chains on a Wal mart buke, and store them in a garage or shed, I am sure they will last.
October 5, 200915 yr It's an issue of the price and quality of an item becoming so cheap there's no point in even caring for it. That's sad, and from both a monetary and philosophical standpoint, exceptionally costly.
October 5, 200915 yr ^Wal*Mart's bike pricing is terrifyingly low. $89 for a new 18-speed? Hell NO am I getting on that thing. Roadmaster Bikes = Two Terms Max Disposable Campus Transportation. If you're looking for a high quality bike to train, compete, or go long distances on, then I really wouldn't be shopping at Wal Mart for it. If your 40 pund 4 year old needs one, or you just want one to ride up to the store and back, that's a diiferent story. Wal mart really doesn't advertise itself as having the highest quality bikes. Huge swaths of American Society have a purely disposable mindset, and Wal*Mart is their store of choice. I have an image stuck in my head of a visit to Alum Creek Metro Park and seeing families with literally piles of Wal*Mart bikes, all clearly stored outside without any regard for basic maintenance--rusty chains, rotted seats, under-inflated tires, the works. Safety issues aside, the message these kids were receiving from their parents about (not) taking care of things was sad as hell. Well, that sounds like a parental issue, not a WalMart issue. If your kids change the chains on a Wal mart buke, and store them in a garage or shed, I am sure they will last. Didn't the CEO of Huffy at one time admit their bikes have an average lifespan of about 40 miles? lol
October 5, 200915 yr I still miss my Huffy Windsprint, boosted from in front of Tiny Tim's Hobby Shop and Arcade in 1980. It cost $125 back then. The most expensive Huffy on the Wal*Mart site is $89.
October 5, 200915 yr ^Wal*Mart's bike pricing is terrifyingly low. $89 for a new 18-speed? Hell NO am I getting on that thing. Roadmaster Bikes = Two Terms Max Disposable Campus Transportation. If you're looking for a high quality bike to train, compete, or go long distances on, then I really wouldn't be shopping at Wal Mart for it. If your 40 pund 4 year old needs one, or you just want one to ride up to the store and back, that's a diiferent story. Wal mart really doesn't advertise itself as having the highest quality bikes. Huge swaths of American Society have a purely disposable mindset, and Wal*Mart is their store of choice. I have an image stuck in my head of a visit to Alum Creek Metro Park and seeing families with literally piles of Wal*Mart bikes, all clearly stored outside without any regard for basic maintenance--rusty chains, rotted seats, under-inflated tires, the works. Safety issues aside, the message these kids were receiving from their parents about (not) taking care of things was sad as hell. Well, that sounds like a parental issue, not a WalMart issue. If your kids change the chains on a Wal mart buke, and store them in a garage or shed, I am sure they will last. Long story not worth going into, but we ended up picking up a walmart kids bike for one of my kids but it is the only one of 7 or 8 bikes severly rusting after being stored in my detached garage. The entire rims are covered in rust it is amazing. Has anybody heard the "Original Matress Factory" ad that says, I am too poor to buy cheap. Ain't that the truth. My first (and second) bike was Ross, Made in Allentown PA
October 6, 200915 yr I'm missing the point of your laughter? I wasn't trying to hide that fact, I assumed it was obvious. P&G is only one of Wal Marts suppliers. Just as we are. We're an american company and our products are sold there
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