Wal*Mart.. ahh.. this is the life.
Well two statements here:
HBC - I love you... Tried True Canadian and Purely Dependable
I ventured out (yes sometimes I do get out) and ended up at our Chitty mall (if I can even call it that). Comes with THREE HBCs - Bay Home; Bay Fashion and Zellers. Yes. KEY-RAP!
I walked into the Bay Home and the alarm went off (might have been stray signal off my phone); I walked over to the counter to ask why it went off (I was the only one apparently worried). Saleswoman asked "did you buy something in Zellers?"
I replied laughingly, "Zellers? Buy something in Zellers? Are you serious?"
So I was looking for something and part of my brain said go to Zellers and look. So I did after finding the Bay, as usual was crap.
Zellers - true to form. NOTHING. Not just a little nothing. Ab-salutely Nothing! I looked for a bunch of things and even spot priced Pharmacy prices on some recent Walmart purchases I made.
I was issuing profanity as usual at the sites I saw. The only thing that did catch my eye was the lost leader "Perrier" for $9.24. Sams/Costco $11.58. So I will be buying a boat load (8-12 cases) tomorrow. But nothing else.
Speaking of Sams Club
I have been going to our Sams Club since it opened in November. Two words: White Elephant. Truely a disaster. No one is going to the store and I have been there numerous times. The wait in line? Well at the worse I was second. About 1/4 of the checkouts open.
Sad news. It appears the cheapo Canadians rule the world again. Won't pony up a second membership elsewhere and Sams will suffer. Sad news for Wal-Mart. Really. And Wal-Mart at any given time has 1/2 the parking lot full. Even at 10PM last week it was practically full and they closed at 11PM.
A test.. I bought 3 cakes of CDs (100) for $33 Memorex. I decided I don't need so many today. So I will return 2 of them - bought around opening day and it said "one time purchase". So a few months later, lets see how their return policy works. Costco is the king of kings in this department.
OT: I am putting together a retail post I will be making shortly -- discusses this and other things I have seen.. hope you all will like it..
Blake
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
Tuco (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
"An umbrella with holes is better than no umbrella at all."
Dr. Alexander Elder on using stops.
