Yesterday’s newspaper had the normal chunk of sale fliers and brochures, which is one big reason I continue to subscribe to the newspaper. I want to see the sale prices and new items being cried by the local stores. There is no online source that is as informative and focused on my local met than the Sunday newspaper.
But a new item was stuffed in with the other ads. A big blue folder from Wal Mart. It says something to the effect of, “we’ll match any other store’s price on the same merchandise if we carry it, just put the other company’s sale flier in this folder an bring it with you to WalMart.”
Now, isn’t that the lazy man’s ideal way to put stuff on sale? Don’t bother paying for the models and photo shoot, the graphic designers, printers and dozens, if not hundreds, of other people who make their living producing and distributing sale ads. Just let someone else pay for all that and you just wave your arm and say, I’ll match that price.
This is exactly why WalMart is perceived as so evil to the businesses in America. They put people out of work and then expect them to come to their store and buy things.
