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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (339748)6/7/2007 3:23:35 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 1574273
 
re: I made the point quite clearly. Walmart helps keep prices down. Statements beyond that where just refutations of your counterargument. The fact that its competitors have competitive prices is hardly a surprise, and isn't much of an argument that Walmart isn't exerting a large force to keep prices down.

That's like saying gas stations pump gas. Yeah, so what?

If Walmart didn't have competition, they would raise prices. Just like every other retailer, they are trying to maximize gross profit per square foot and per employee. To single them out as helping keep prices down" is deceptive.

On headline items they can be lower (though they got walloped this past Christmas); on blind items they can be higher, much higher. In those situations are they keeping prices higher?

Don't buy their smiley face marketing... they are as or more greedy than any other retailer.
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