What. The. Eff?

[Northstar]

Some of the things you said could be the truth, however there are lawsuits documented on the web regarding various cases such as hiring illegal immigrants, judges ruling in favor of workers due to violation of wage-and-hour laws, and info at the department of labor where their workers claim benefits because they are below the poverty line, and therefore cost taxpayers money.Those are not "half-truths"and if the public is ignorant please enlighten us with your knowledge about it.

As long as they are paying their employees the minimum wage I don't see why it's their problem if their employees are below the poverty line. Sure they have been in trouble in the past, but this thread isn't about how bad Wal-Mart is. (Or at least in the context you are speaking)

 

[Omnis]

Do they really? i'm not saying they don't but if you look at the youtube video i posted it really makes you think

Yeah, it makes me think this:

Why do some people always have to complain about companies that make life so much better for millions of people?

 

[Mermadium]

As long as they are paying their employees the minimum wage I don't see why it's their problem if their employees are below the poverty line. Sure they have been in trouble in the past, but this thread isn't about how bad Wal-Mart is. (Or at least in the context you are speaking)

You're right, that's out of topic, was just replying to a comment

 

[Mermadium]

Yeah, it makes me think this:

ok nevermind

 

[Jay]

They have to meet certain standards though before they can re-sell them.

Not at all, not here. Plenty of them have been sitting around so long the rubber has gone hard and you get cracks in them, these tyres are mosty bought for cheap burnouts and drifting.

 

[Duke]

info at the department of labor where their workers claim benefits because they are below the poverty line, and therefore cost taxpayers money.

I can have a job that pays me $1,000 an hour, but if I only work 20 hours a year, I'm going to be below the poverty line.

 

[Mermadium]

I can have a job that pays me $1,000 an hour, but if I only work 20 hours a year, I'm going to be below the poverty line.

you are absolutely right, i don't want to go out of topic but i was referring more to full time employees.
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/stores3.html
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/sweatshops.html
of course like with every business the main goal for them is profit, and since i could be neglecting the good things that they make for the community, and i don't know every detail of their practices i will leave at that to be fair.

 

[FoolKiller]

Some of the things you said could be the truth, however there are lawsuits documented on the web regarding various cases such as hiring illegal immigrants, judges ruling in favor of workers due to violation of wage-and-hour laws, and info at the department of labor where their workers claim benefits because they are below the poverty line, and therefore cost taxpayers money.Those are not "half-truths"and if the public is ignorant please enlighten us with your knowledge about it.

you are absolutely right, i don't want to go out of topic but i was referring more to full time employees.
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/stores3.html
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/sweatshops.html
of course like with every business the main goal for them is profit, and since i could be neglecting the good things that they make for the community, and i don't know every detail of their practices i will leave at that to be fair.

I have a lot to say to all of these accusations, but to prevent this going farther off topic I will leave it at this: I have worked for them in the past as seasonal help during college. You know, the time in my life these jobs are designed for. And they were no different than anyone else I worked for at that time.

I dio have to ask, why is Walmart the main one being attacked for this? Why not every fast food restaurant and grocery chain in the country? They all pay similar wages and have half-baked benefits. I am sure it has nothing to do with the fact that they are the biggest, most successful retail business and they refuse to allow unions in.

Similar to this clothing issue that started all of this: If you dig as deep into them all as Walmart you will find that Walmart is not alone in this practice, and that many, many businesses do it.

 

[KSaiyu]

Would you buy anything from them if you knew you could get it nearly free just by waiting????

No, but (I hope) I made the distinction between a donation to the truly needy and offloading the stock to a discount store in order to be sold for a charitable cause.

In order for the store to get credit they either have to send it back or destroy it themselves and just send the label/packaging back(depends on the company). If they were to send the label back and not dispose of the product they could face heavy fines and even possibly lose their business license due to fraudulent activity.

That makes sense, but my point is where would be the harm in re-using rather that destroying, so long as the end result comes to no possible financial gain.