i'm officially done with walmart

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cornnifer
cornnifer Posts: 2,130
edited April 2008 in A Moving Train
i'm sure everyone has heard this story by now, but, i'll include a link anyway. In the past i've questioned walmart but stopped short of saying i would never shop there. i have finally declared that i will never spend another red cent there. This is some horrible shit. What greedy bastards.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/walmart.insurance.battle/index.html?iref=newssearch
"When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
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  • Biggest Wave
    Biggest Wave Posts: 686
    Most insurance plans nowadays have the same clause. The husband of the woman was hoping that Walmart would show some compation. Walmart said that they were showing compation by settling for less than the full amount owed. I have to agree with Walmart. Read the fine print before you sign up with a particular insurance carrier. Walmart is well within their rights. That's what they won in court. A contract is a contract.
  • cornnifer
    cornnifer Posts: 2,130
    Biggest Wave wrote:
    Most insurance plans nowadays have the same clause. The husband of the woman was hoping that Walmart would show some compation. Walmart said that they were showing compation by settling for less than the full amount owed. I have to agree with Walmart. Read the fine print before you sign up with a particular insurance carrier. Walmart is well within their rights. That's what they won in court. A contract is a contract.

    Legally, yes, they are within their rights. We're talking about a company that made 300 BILLION last year. Answer me this. WHY should they pursue this now handicapped woman for apx. 275 grand? 275 grand that obviously is nothing to them, but money this woman was counting on to support her and her care for the rest of her life! Her husband has legally divorced her so that she could recieve more medicaid, he works two jobs to pay for her care, is losing his car, is unable to send their son to college. Walmart made 300 BILLION last year alone! They may have te LEGAL RIGHT to sue her for what amounts to a few pennies for them, but they have absolutely no moral or ethical integrity in doing so. They have the legal RIGHT, but not the legal OBLIGATION. This shit is sick. Your defense of them, IMO, is even worse. There is no way to defend this nauseating bullshit.
    "When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
  • Jimmydean55
    Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,553
    Biggest Wave wrote:
    Read the fine print before you sign up with a particular insurance carrier.

    But if she doesn't sign the paperwork that has said clause in it, she doesn't get health insurance.
  • Biggest Wave
    Biggest Wave Posts: 686
    Jimmydean55 wrote:
    But if she doesn't sign the paperwork that has said clause in it, she doesn't get health insurance.

    Pick another insurance company then. Not ALL of them have that clause.
  • Biggest Wave
    Biggest Wave Posts: 686
    cornnifer wrote:
    Legally, yes, they are within their rights. We're talking about a company that made 300 BILLION last year. Answer me this. WHY should they pursue this now handicapped woman for apx. 275 grand? 275 grand that obviously is nothing to them, but money this woman was counting on to support her and her care for the rest of her life! .....

    Because that's what the contract says they can do. She signed a contract and the court said she has to pay it back as per that contract. Sad? Yes. Read before you sign is the lesson here.
  • Jimmydean55
    Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,553
    I doubt that Wal-Mart gave her a choice of insurance company.
  • Biggest Wave
    Biggest Wave Posts: 686
    cornnifer wrote:
    This shit is sick. Your defense of them, IMO, is even worse. There is no way to defend this nauseating bullshit.

    Too bad. Why even have a contract then if you're not going to honor it when the time comes? Let's just treat each person with how we feel that day or with our emotions.
  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    this is the same deal as with the housing market...

    READ before you sign ANYTHING!

    Wal-Mart is in the right...its a sad scenario, but legally they win and righfully so
  • cornnifer
    cornnifer Posts: 2,130
    pjalive21 wrote:
    this is the same deal as with the housing market...

    READ before you sign ANYTHING!

    Wal-Mart is in the right...its a sad scenario, but legally they win and righfully so

    You folks are sick. Morally and etically bankrupt.
    i sincerely hope you are not plowed by a large truck, rendered severely brain damaged, and then fucked by your dispicable employer. i wouldn't wish that on anyone. Even you. i have to say though, if it were to happen, i'd probably laugh my ass off.
    "When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    There's a couple of revealing walmart documentaries out now...
    one in particular... http://www.walmartmovie.com/ I'm positive there's a google vid version of it...

    Question: Got enough money yet ya fat greedy f--ks??

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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    But Walmart is working on some of the largest scale "greening" initiatives in the world.

    They are doing things like contracting with Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute to work on fuel use reduction devices for their delivery trucks ... in case you don't know, Wal-Mart has the largest privately owned fleet of big rig trucks in the world.

    And Stone went scuba diving with Walton's son ... that's good enough reason for me to shop there. ;)

    Look.
    Walmart is what it is - an extremely large multi-national corporation that, like ANY corporation cares mostly about one thing: profit. At least they are trying out "environmental"\ "sustainable" initiatives. That counts for something in my book.

    :D
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  • Biggest Wave
    Biggest Wave Posts: 686
    I love shopping at Walmart. No one beats their prices on anything. On a typical visit I save 20-30%. More power to 'em! Keep rollin' back those savings!
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Jimmydean55 wrote:
    I doubt that Wal-Mart gave her a choice of insurance company.

    That's the thing... she had two shitty choices. 1) Crappy health insurance where her employer at least pays a little bit, or 2) Expensive private insurance (with probably the same clause.

    Gotta love the health care insurance industry/health care situation in this country.... we should be ashamed and outraged of how business can treat us, but of course we aren't.
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  • ADogNamedPilate
    ADogNamedPilate Texas, USA Posts: 291
    Biggest Wave wrote:
    I love shopping at Walmart. No one beats their prices on anything. On a typical visit I save 20-30%. More power to 'em! Keep rollin' back those savings!
    Those savings come at the cost of the quality of life of others.

    This is the same as politics so no one is going to win their argument here :/
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Biggest Wave wrote:
    I love shopping at Walmart. No one beats their prices on anything. On a typical visit I save 20-30%. More power to 'em! Keep rollin' back those savings!

    20-30% compared to where??? Their prices are not that great, but I can see that their marketing campaign works well.

    I shop there occasionally because of the convenience, but besides the disposable, piss-poor quality store brand stuff, normal things are about the same price just about everywhere. Sometimes more, sometimes less.
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  • Im still here
    Im still here Posts: 826
    WalMart SUXXXXXX
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  • Biggest Wave
    Biggest Wave Posts: 686
    drunkcow wrote:
    Those savings come at the cost of the quality of life of others.

    That shit doesn't bother me. It's all about me. Always has been, always will be.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Biggest Wave wrote:
    That shit doesn't bother me. It's all about me. Always has been, always will be.

    I always hope people like you come across a serious situation in your life where you really need help with something, and nobody bothers to even look in your direction...
    My whole life
    was like a picture
    of a sunny day
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I always hope people like you come across a serious situation in your life where you really need help with something, and nobody bothers to even look in your direction...

    yeah. thats good karma right there, BRY.
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  • Biggest Wave
    Biggest Wave Posts: 686
    blackredyellow wrote:
    20-30% compared to where??? Their prices are not that great,

    Compared to just about anywhere I've shopped.

    Here's a couple of examples.

    Deodorant that I use - $4.99 elsewhere; $3.42 Walmart - 31.46% savings
    The coffee that I use - $8.49 elsewhere; $6.42 Walmart - 24.38% savings

    That's only a couple that I can think of off the top of my head, but most of the time other items are about the same savings. Next time I'll remember to save my receipt.

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