wal mart is trying to attract high end customers without losing their mass market customer base. it has not been successful.
Gee. I wonder why… 🙂
What I find interesting is that some many people complain about jobs being outsourced….Then go to these stores to buy crap made by $.60/hr labor that replaced them. On one hand, folks complain about being outsourced to cheaper labor. On the other hand, folks aren't willing to pay more. Why buy a $20 craftsman tool set from sears made in USA when you can buy the $4.99 special from walmart made in china?
…and now americans complaining are about product safety from china made goods…Hello..welcome to yesterday..What world are you from??? Since when would companies in China be concerned about product safety. I see horrendous accounts from relatives of pollution from textile industries over there… Dumping color dyes used for fabric into streams and lakes where local villages get their water supply from… Is the really a surprise. that these companies would cut corners as much as possible at every possibility. Food, toys,etc.
I stopped going to Ranch 99 on Clairemont to buy the seafood. It's much cheaper than vons, etc….But, most of the stuff comes from china, and I have suspicion most of the seafood has been baked in mercury and other preservatives during transport. It was no surprise recently when they affixed a warning label to the fish tanks "state of california label about possible cancer causing agents..yada, yada yada".
I'm just waiting for the CPSC to start testing the dye used on clothes made from China to see what results that brings up.
The good news for china is that if they wanted to take over the U.S., they wouldn't need to fight a war. They just need to poison our kids by putting lead paint in toys 🙂
And now, I present you the first disposable Made in China car to be exported to Europe and America. The Brilliance BS6 (and how appropriately it is named BS)
