We have a new WalMart opening no more than two miles from my house, which makes it the fourth within a 15 mile radius of me. Unfortunately, its opening up on one of the busiest four lane highways in our area that's already peppered with an unending amount of restaurants, strip malls, shopping centers and two actual malls. To make things worse, they're promising to be open by Black Friday, which is going to be a mess. That area is already pure chaos that time of the year, can't wait for the horde this WalMart is going to bring it.

Even worse, it was originally supposed to open a few miles down the road over a year ago but city residents fought it and construction was halted until Meijer purchased the property. WalMart just hopped the city line and threw up shop right across the border, unfortunately no one threw up as much of a stink this time.

thrashanddestroy

What's to stop these guys from going to another Supercenter? Is there some kind of Walmart's Most Wanted bulletin board?

zandar

you don't use an iPhone do you?

microcars

It was not "better" than anyone else's service, but no worse.

microcars

i've been medicating with cranberry & vodka. not sure if it's working yet. i'll report back when i'm done with this bottle...

mac-phisto

I hate the gym. But I love to box and bike. I hit the part all year long on the bike (God bless you, Gore-Tex) and have a punching bag in my back yard.

NewsBunny

He would also be thrilled to sign up for something on his own, even though he's really not mentally capable of doing so. My mother is his legal guardian.

For these people at Bally's to take advantage of a person such as my uncle is reprehensible.

NewsBunny

chilled

I 'm a bail bondsman. I deal with Walmart shoplifting cases almost daily. A couple of points to remember:

1) Walmart has loosened up on the small time pilferage in their stores. There used to be a pretty strict "zero tolerance" policy on shoplifting that even the local manger and security guy could't bend. Yes ,even for a kindly old grandmother. (Seen it !)

2) Every person arrested for shoplifting there gets one of these notorious civil damages demand letters. This is a way to make the defendant essentially pay for their investigation and recovery. Typically ,the defendant in these cases is transient -Walmart sends a letter to their last known address and it just...dies. The recovery usually comes in cases where teenagers are caught swiping stuff and the parents pay.

3) Walmart security personnel are trained in tactics designed to get convictions. Period. They are unscrupulous , arrogant and ambitious. Kind of like Barney Fife raised by wolves. Their favorite tactic is to tell a suspect that they have tape of them stealing stuff. If the victim will just admit their crime , they will let them go. Works every time with young adults and most times with older folks. That's when they get a little wet kiss on their performance review and the defendant gets a shake and howdy with me.

4) There are two sides to every story and this is no exception. Walmart is tough on shopllifters. But they still have plenty of them. (If you are one of my clients reading this , my son's college thanks you). I'm not telling anyone to break the law ,but if you must steal ,you might want to check out KMart. After 11 years of doing this , I 've had exactly TWO cases of shoplifting that KMart prosecuted.

Snarkysnake

Gorphlog

ospreyguy

uber_mensch

uber_mensch

Maybe the elulsive 'Anonymous' that frightened the Scientologist should take on WalMart. How about it, people?

uber_mensch

Since these guys are lawyers, why can't they be their own lawyers and save 'millions of dollars'. Am I missing something?

uber_mensch

How did you get that lady bug picture?

WHAT is Shitto? I can't read the full label. Is it a joke or a real grocery item?

What city is that digitizedchaos? Makes me think New York and then some of the buildings remind me of San Francisco.

That octopus looks scary. If it wasn't holding a tuba I think a mini submarine would look cool.

SaraFimm

If the law firm mailed a letter demanding $158.40 with no legal basis to do so, that reeks of extortion and THAT'S illegal.

[www.uspsoig.gov]

Let's put those Postal Inspectors to work tearing that law firm a new one, they've got better things to do than sit around all day reading MY dirty magazines...

Bruce

thanks to wal-mart's everyday low prices, a teen can actually swipe 3 CD's, or a DVD and CD combination and still not see any legal recourse

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discounteggroll

catastrophegirl

MooseOfReason

Brent

egoods

egoods

Krylez

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