This is Round 17 in our Worst Company in America contest, Wal-Mart vs TJMaxx.
Everyone has their own special reason for hating Wal-Mart. Forcing manufacturers to make shoddier versions of their products is pretty bad. Selling sandals that gave patrons feet chemical burns was pretty bad too. What’s yours?
TJMaxx’s lax wireless security lead to the theft millions upon millions of customer’s debit and credit card numbers being stolen, the greatest bank robbery in the history of the freakin’ world.
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Wal-Mart- the 21st Century robber-barons.
Both retailers have serious issues; however, TJ Maxx gets my vote for the credit card debacle. (I was among the victims–a credit card and a debit card.)TJ Maxx wanted to cooperate with authorities which is a laudable goal, but they did so by not telling people whose card had been compromised for over a month putting us further at risk.
Okay what is the deal with you people. TxMaxx is just lame and you are choosing it to be better than Wal-Mart. Remember that the next time it is 3 in the morning and you need condoms or tampons! I mean come on, they rule the world and probobly always will. Everyone needs a Wal-Mart.
Aw, come on. Wal-Mart is major league evil. TJ Maxx is single-A at best. I didn’t even know they HAD millions of customers. How about a more even matchup next time.
@ExposeTheSky: I’ll give Wal-Mart one thing. When I had to stop there at 11:30 PM for new jumper cables because my wife was stranded in a parking lot on the other side of town with a dead battery, Wal-Mart had me covered. Call it the Yin-Yang theory of retail.
TJ Maxx is incompetent. Walmart purposefully tries to lower prices by lowering quality, and pushes competitors AND suppliers alike out of business.
come on people. this should have been an easy one! TJ Maxx should win this entire contest for the single fact that they had millions of YOUR credit card numbers stolen, and easily stolen i might add. i work for a financial company and believe me bad credit sticks with you for all time! i would gladly get crappy service from an idiot employee at wal-mart than get my credit card number stolen.