5 Jun
2013
5 Jun
'13
10:04 a.m.
On 6/5/2013 9:57 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
Oh yes, you're a Brit...Wal*Mart is, by far,
the largest retail chain here
in the US. They have muscled themselves into every town and forced every
other store out, and they carry the absolute worst, cheap Chinese plastic
garbage you'll ever see. And they sell it the cheapest, so people buy it.
And they don't seem to mind when they have to replace it when it breaks.
They don't understand the false economy. And when Wal*Mart is the only store
left, if they don't have what you need, you're screwed.
Every chain store does that. Here in Canada, we got them and about
Half a dozen big chain stores, and half a dozen useless chain stores all
selling the same low end stuff. Furniture stores are the worst here
in Canada, they have even lower quality stuff than DEL PC's. I leave
out strip malls because every thing is overpriced because of overpriced
rents. US still has the "pride" in selling a good product, Canada never
had it.
And most people just don't get it.
I'm right there with you on that. It's
"better" than some machines based
on metrics other than performance.
I allays thought was games that sold the PC, or cheapness.
-Dave