Nick Arnett wrote: >Confession: I take our daughter to Wal-Mart (her choice, not mine) >and pay for her insulin. She can't get insurance and they do have >the lowest price. But at least insulin isn't being produced in sweat >shops, as far as I know. And I'm tempted by all the cheap stuff they >sell, but I resist.
I generally avoid shopping at Wal-Mart because a lot of its stuff is crap. Wal-Mart's only real vice, in my opinion, is the pressure it puts on the makers of its products to lower costs, which can (and sometimes does, most particularly in its clothes IMO) lead to shoddy merchandise. Low costs are nice, but remember you often get what you pay for. I must admit I am not immune to its cost-cutting, though. I needed baseballs for my son's Cal Ripken team's practices, and at $0.10 per ball on clearance - even if they are cruddy cork centered practice balls - it made little sense not to grab as many as I could, especially given the way boys his age can lose things. So while I'm no fan of Wal-Mart, I do not believe it is Evil with a capital "E." A lower case "e," maybe. :-) Jim Put me in coach Maru _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
