perhaps they should change their name to WAHHHHL MART!!!

stupidcorporatewhore

I don't want to turn this into a Corporate greed vs. integrity thread but...

I just think it's interesting that a company that has conspired to control the prices of EVERYTING actually has the balls to cry foul on a free market issue.


This from imdb

Report: Wal-Mart Blocks Online Movie Sales

Wal-Mart may be single-handedly blocking the major studios from selling their movies on Apple's iTunes online store, the New York Post indicated today (Friday). "We all want to be in the Apple business," an unnamed executive at a major studio told the Post, noting that Apple's pricing -- $9.99 to $12.99 -- is lower than Wal-Mart's. According to the newspaper which cited other studio executives, Wal-Mart has sent "cases and cases" of DVDs back to Disney, the only studio selling movies on the iTunes site, and has threatened to retaliate if other studios do business with Apple. "They threatened to hurt us in terms of buying less [sic] products," a source told the Post.

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darkcrow

no big surprise.... big business wants laws to help them and screw everyone else....

gobrowns19

Wow.........

LikeAnOcean

stupidcorporatewhore wrote:

According to the newspaper which cited other studio executives, Wal-Mart has sent "cases and cases" of DVDs back to Disney

Brilliant idea. Customers will be forced not to shop at walmart this xmas for movies.

JaneNY

This is exactly why Wal-Mart needs competition. The bigger they get, the more they can get away with crap like this. IMO their goal is total domination in all sectors of the retail market. The Bell telephone system was broken up when it got too big - I wonder if Wal-Mart could get the same treatment at one point.