Do You feel guilty for shopping at Walmart?

I don't shop there because I don't like a lot of their corporate decisions. I am all for a free market, but they manipulate their suppliers, then cause companies to close or go overseas because Wal-Mart insists on paying less for the same products. What really bothers me is the same people who shop at Wal Mart complaining when their jobs are shipped overseas. There is a cause and effect in the economy that people are overlooking, and it's sad.

I love the WALLY MART!!!!! I shop there because the prices are lower and it saves my time because I'm not driving all over the place. Even in when we vacation in Acapulco , Mexico I shop at the local Wal Mart where you can even buy all your liquor and sightseeing tour tickets. I don’t feel bad at all for shopping at Wal Mart but every one has a cause and for some it’s stopping Wal Mart. I really do understand why people want to stop the Wal Mart bulldozer but until I am offered a viable alternative I will keep shopping there. It’s the same as telling me that I should walk to work because my car is causing pollution. I know my car is causing pollution but I work 20 miles away and public transportation is not a viable alternative.

i could give a rats azz about them putting the little guy out of business, the little guy needs to adapt to the needs of consumers or face the end. I do feel a little bad for the way walmarts employees get shorted on healthcare, but like you said its their choice to work there or not. I have found myself going to target a lot more recently though, i find it a much nicer store and they treat their employees very well.

HeII no I don't feel guilty. It is called free enterprise. Only an idiot pays more for something than they have to. Or, as my brother would say, your friends have more dollars than sense. Ref: Salary. 74 or 76 Percent of all management jobs come right off the floor at Walmart. They promote from within. Entry level jobs are just that, entry level. If you plan to be a greeter for the rest of your life, that is your problem, not the problem of your employer. You are not a liberal on this issue. I don't know about others but on this one you are a full blooded conservative. Sam Walton saw a way to make money by providing a service. Where is the fvcking crime??? No they aren't unionized, I have never been a member of a union and since I am retired, I guess I never will be. Poor me!!! Tell your friends to go ahead and spend their money as they see fit, it is their money just as your money is yours to spend as you like. I have never owned a Japanese Automobile and never plan to but that is my choice, my money and I don't do it for my reasons. Gee, do you think you may have hit a nerve??? OK, let's call it a hot button and let it go at that. Have a great evening...

Competition always works and keeps prices lower for everyone. Your friends who won't shop there are basically socialists, while you are a capitalist. Walmart employs thousands of people all over the country providing decent wages for the level of work done.

No I don't feel guilty at all for paying LESS by shopping at Wal-Mart. That's what I call wisdom. www.adambourque.com (that's me!)

I don't feel guilty at all! It's my money, my earnings. You are right-they are extrememly underpaid!

Up until a few years ago I didn't shop the cut rate places but then I started shopping K-mart and when they closed I began at Walmart. I think Walmart is great. I see the same clothes in there that are in the catalogs (except if I shop Walmart I don't have to pay shipping and handling). I usually use a credit card when I shop at Walmart but I figure that some day the prices will go up and I won't be able to get all I need then, and I'm willing to pay interest just to get it now. I don't wear out my clothes so I figure I'll make out. If I can buy material there and sew something for myself I still make out. I haven't purchased food there yet, but, thanks for the tip.

Unfortunately, there is a growing problem in America, that they are "owed" something. Through Walmart's success, they have put MORE PEOPLE TO WORK IN AMERICA THAN ANY OTHER RETAILER! Your right, the employee has a choice. Most likely they would complain about anything. I am not liberal either, nor am I a liberal basher either. However, some of their Politicians and "Entitlement" polices, have made a growing number folks the impression that business is evil and that business owes them something. I myself am self employed and new at that, as I didn't like the corporate world anymore after over 20 years. But I don't bash Walmart or Corporate America, I just decided to go it on my own, to see if I could make a better life and better living. I get no benefits, except what I work and pay for, and my paycheck is the amount of business I work hard enough to get. Walmart or any other corporation is not their mommy, no matter what some would have you believe. Unless I misunderstood, the Constitution says the "Right" to pursue happiness. I don't remember it saying we have the "Entitlement".