All I'll say is The Internet has done just as much damage to BM stores as walmart and hasn't been around as long. If you don't like walmart great don't shop with them, but preaching against them and being hypocritical at the same regarding ID is hilarious . I have nothing against ID, but I'm not naive enough to think just because I met an owner that they don't pull local money out of communities, which was my point.
Well if that is funny to you than, have a good laugh... If you can not see a difference in an ID company specialising in a specific product that they personally produce and selling it through their own website and walmart than I don't think this conversation has but one way to go.... If you can't see that the reason ID companies can flourish is because companies like Walmart are destroying the small businesses of america then that is the funny part about your post... If you think a company like ascend acoustics is pulling money from a community than I have to think you are indeed naive. Sure my money may not be deposited into my backyard neighborhood BUT it is in someones. Not like walmart, the money is all in the pockets of the a few people, can you get that through your head? If you can NOT understand that having all that money go into the pockets of 4 people vs millions of small business owners than you my friend are VERY NAIVE!!!!
Do yourself a favor, get educated.... Look up the waltons on the richest people list out of the top 10 Billionaires in the US, 4 of them are Waltons, so out of our top 10 wealthiest people with a combined worth of around 400 billion dollars for the top 10 us billionaires the Waltons own 150 billion of it!!! That is instead of that 150 bill being spread out between millions of small business owners...
SO if that makes sense to you and you think ID speaker builders selling their products over the internet is even in the same moral conversation than I feel bad for you, god forbid when the paint on your kids toys causes them to get lead poisoning or they choke on the eye ball from some sub par toy made in a 3rd world country go ahead and give Christy Walton a call and see what she says for you to do...
I don't mind giving you guys my opinions obviously, but at least think before you post...
I will admit I use amazon more than I like, and I admit that they are not good for local business either, but I see it this way- Walmart is now the local business here and not going anywhere, amazon is hurting them more than any other company, SO the enemy of my enemy is not my enemy, YET...
PS- when I say local business I am talking about small privately owned companies.. We should have a separate store for as much as possible, a hardware store, a grocer store, a butcher/deli store, electronics store, clothing store, shoe store, pharmacy, automotive store, pet store, craft store, ect this would spread wealth around, employ more people and give everyone better service... Sure a tv wont be $200, shoes wont be available for $4.50 a pair, but we will make more money and people will have a lot more to spend, instead of the waltons getting billions, millions would get their fare share.. If you bought a pair of shoes and they wore out prematurely, you could go to joe the shoes store owner and say "whats the story here" and he will say, "wow sorry about that, lets try this brand and I will give you a deal on them for your trouble".. go to walmart with a pair of workn out shoes and they will read you their return policy and politely tell you to screw so the next customer behind you can get the same treatment..
