More Wal-Mart hate (chinese fuckers involved of course)

[Sean of the Thread]

Discuss.

http://www.lamanaphotography.com/walmart.htm

[Artha]

Walmart just has our best interests in mind when they buy and sell unsafe products.

[Back]

Free market and all...

[Parkbandit]

Walmart is evil and must be stopped at all costs.. including logic and common sense.

[Stanley Burrell]

Buying flip-flops at Wal-Mart is straight up ghettily-yo, yo.

[Skirmisher]

Walmart is evil and must be stopped at all costs.. including logic and common sense.

Well if your definition of evil is amoral then yes.

I have to admit though that i find it perplexing that even in this case where Walmart may have sold, and in fact still be selling, a dangerous product and would like to avoid any liability you feel a need to not only defend such actions but to employ such uncalled for hyperbole to do so.

:shrug:

[Artha]

I have to admit though that i find it perplexing
Walmart is a large corporation, and therefore all attacks (by the liberals!!!) are unfounded attempts to besmirch the spotless record of the gentle giant.

[Clove]

Walmart just has our best interests in mind when they buy and sell unsafe products.

As horrible an experience as that was for those two ladies I haven't heard of any others. I don't like Walmart for a variety of reasons and I avoid shopping there at all costs, but my dislike for the company aside I haven't seen any proof that they are knowingly selling an unsafe product- yet.

At $2.99 a flip-flop I would expect a great many pairs were sold by now, and if they contained unsafe materials such as a caustic substance a large fraction of (if not all) the persons who wore them would be suffering. This seems like a very unusual and strong allergic reaction, or possibly a bad batch (of flip-flops).

If the products (or batches of it) are faulty or unsafe, isn't the manufacturer the best suited to determine this and then order a recall?

Maybe we should be angry at Chinese manufacturers more than Wal-mart. Concern over the safety of their products certainly seems to be in the news lately.

[Alfster]

That lady had some nasty toe nails

[Skirmisher]

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Maybe we should be angry at Chinese manufacturers more than Wal-mart, concern over the safety of their products certainly seems to be in the news lately.

I hold both Chinese authorities and Walmart in equally low regard as China has shown themselves to not give a crap about checking anything for safety and allowing something like one hundred deaths of children in Panama from tainted medicine and Walmart for being the single largest proponent of Chinese manufactured goods in this country going so far as to testify against US companies in anti-dumping prosecution attempts.

In this case one would have thought Walmart would at least have made a good faith attempt to settle when regardless of who manufactured an item THEY sold it to the consumer and seem to still be selling it after being notified of a potential health issue.

[Parkbandit]

Walmart is a large corporation, and therefore all attacks (by the liberals!!!) are unfounded attempts to besmirch the spotless record of the gentle giant.

If you would like, I could make a couple calls to see if I can get your job back with them.

Mr. Sour Grapes

[Drisco]

If I was her I'd Fine the best Lawyers firm wouldn't care how they cost and go all out on Walmart because she has a great case. If there were other victims I'd go for a class action suit.

[Tolwynn]

You need more than two people to go in on a class action suit that's going to have more than a snowball's chance, though.

For so few people to be affected, the defense would probably be able to point at it being some strange allergy rather than poor manufacturing practices.

[CrystalTears]

In this case one would have thought Walmart would at least have made a good faith attempt to settle when regardless of who manufactured an item THEY sold it to the consumer and seem to still be selling it after being notified of a potential health issue.
If you owned a store that sold hundreds of an item, and two people came in complaining about that item, would you really remove that item off your shelves because of two isolated problems without knowing for sure what the cause of it is?

[Trinitis]

If you owned a store that sold hundreds of an item, and two people came in complaining about that item, would you really remove that item off your shelves because of two isolated problems without knowing for sure what the cause of it is?

Heh, hell yes I would. It's not THAT hard to pull a couple boxes off the shelf for a few days while you have a single pair tested. But then again, these days people who work for large companies seem to lose the ablity to think for themselves.

[Clove]

Heh, hell yes I would. It's not THAT hard to pull a couple boxes off the shelf for a few days while you have a single pair tested. But then again, these days people who work for large companies seem to lose the ablity to think for themselves.

It's not that hard unless you work for a corporation that has set policies for this situation. A common policy for an isolated complaint would be to fill out a report and notify the manufacturer, which is apparently what they did.

The nastiness and attitude she says they gave her is inexcusable, however. It's just bad business to be bitchy with a customer in that situation.

[Trinitis]

It's not that hard unless you work for a corporation that has set policies for this situation. A common policy for an isolated complaint would be to fill out a report and notify the manufacturer, which is apparently what they did.

The nastiness and attitude she says they gave her is inexcusable, however. It's just bad business to be bitchy with a customer in that situation.

I'm sure they have a common policy, but if this person called me, and explained the extent of the damage to their feet, I'd say to hell with policy and pull them until the things are tested. Matter of fact, I *have* done this when I worked for a large company, multiple times. Each time I was told by my superiors that they liked my willingness to step up and take charge of the situation, rather then waiting for the company to deal with it.

I think the big reason people are afraid to do this is because everyone feels doing it admits guilt. Just like when you go through Wal-mart training they train their people to NEVER APOLOGIZE for anything that happens in the store, as it's an admission of guilt. This policy is fucking retarded. Then again I grew up in a family ran business, and we actually care about our customers.

[Skirmisher]

Considering it is ONE item out of i dont know how many tens of thousands at least the stores sell and a very low end one at that with a corresponding low profit margin it would seem to be a good idea to pull the item until things can be sorted out yes.

[Apotheosis]

I found her web page/whatever to be pretty much incoherent.

[Blazing247]

Playing out another possibility, she might've done this to herself. I remember a lady making a report at a Home Depot stating she had slipped on some water in an aisle and hurt her back, and was suing. When they reviewed the CCTV footage, which I guess she never thought of in her little scheme, it showed her laying down on the ground rolling around in the water before screaming for help.

Not saying this is the case, but 1 case out of probably thousands sold does not ring right with me.

[Trinitis]

Playing out another possibility, she might've done this to herself. I remember a lady making a report at a Home Depot stating she had slipped on some water in an aisle and hurt her back, and was suing. When they reviewed the CCTV footage, which I guess she never thought of in her little scheme, it showed her laying down on the ground rolling around in the water before screaming for help.

Not saying this is the case, but 1 case out of probably thousands sold does not ring right with me.

Very possible. But I'm not willing to take that chance. :) I'd rather not sell some $3 flip flops for a couple days then deal with the fall back if there IS a problem.

[Warriorbird]

Walmart is sort of like both political parties (IE, in China's pocket).

[Stretch]

God Asian people suck.

[TheEschaton]

Asian people suck, but for this (http://www.youtube.com/jp.swf?video_id=hMnk7lh9M3o&eurl=http%3A//www.riseclub.us/boards/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D4137&iurl=http%3A//img.youtube.com/vi/hMnk7lh9M3o/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskI-g8jaT9_HnNJbs7seREQW) reason, not whatever's going on in this thread.

[Sean of the Thread]

Walmart is sort of like both political parties (IE, in China's pocket).

You mean like most of America?

If you were investigate I bet you'd find OVER half of the items and materials in your house are from China.

To me it's insane.

[Skeeter]

Asian people suck, but for this (http://www.youtube.com/jp.swf?video_id=hMnk7lh9M3o&eurl=http%3A//www.riseclub.us/boards/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D4137&iurl=http%3A//img.youtube.com/vi/hMnk7lh9M3o/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskI-g8jaT9_HnNJbs7seREQW) reason, not whatever's going on in this thread.

after 2 weeks in europe I noticed that asian people were far and away the rudest people in the area. They showed no consideration for anyone else and were quick to shove their way into anything they wished to see. Men and Women. Multiple times I had asians shove past me to stand directly in front of me when observing some random piece of history.

By the end of the second week I was aggressively bumping into any asian I had opportunity to in a crowded place. Call me petty.

[TheEschaton]

Well that's because (us) Asians think we're the best people in the world.

[Blazing247]

Is that why you immigrate to America and then bitch about everything?

[Sean of the Thread]

rofl

[Parkbandit]

Red flag for me was the whole "former employee" part. She seemed too anxious to take 100 pictures of her nasty ass feet to 'prove' her point. I think Walmart should have handled it better though... even if it was a scam.

[Sean of the Thread]

Red flag for me was the whole "former employee" part. She seemed too anxious to take 100 pictures of her nasty ass feet to 'prove' her point. I think Walmart should have handled it better though... even if it was a scam.

Yeah first thing that came to mind when I read that article was... that bitch dipped her flops in chlorine.