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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (91781)	4/9/2001 1:45:46 PM
From: JRI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Warren Buffett has nothing on the boys from Bentonville....they know their shite.. I worked for a major pharma in the early 90's.....we were one of Wal-Mart's many thousands suppliers....they paid us whenever they wanted, always took full discount (whether or not they paid within the window), and constantly grinded down pricing on everything we sold...we knew we could nothing about it....every time they took a pound of our flesh, we said "thank you very much".. Those guys are master negotiators and power-play players....you should the hell they put their smaller suppliers through....ya'll gg