(squinty)Coincidence? Perhaps... Offended? Heck no! Where else can you get Motorcraft Syn blend 5-20 for ~$3 a bottle! Actually I hate Walmart too but not for the reasons you stated. FYI, one of the many reasons why Walmart is so successful is there homegrown business information solution that allows them to see/forecast what/how things sell. One of the best solutions out there and ensure they are ontop of suppliers and the market. They command things and you can’t blame them for playing the game right. They started out very small as a mom and pop shop. Don’t hate the player, hate the game, in this case free market/capitalism. (usa)Hate that and you hate America, mister. Yanking your chain.
Back to ramp:
@ Jeff - those ramps look HUGH (size and weight)! I'm sure you've seen some well executed ones. I may make one sometime in the future. Shouldn't be too difficult but would need proper cutting tools. Measure lowest point of bumper, line to lowest point of wheel to get incline%. Layer wood and cut to size. I've also read some put a small wheell on the end to help move it since a stack of wood is naturally going to be heavy. Should be a fun project.
Wow, missed this. I definitely went over the line attacking people who shop at Walmart, but only because people don't know just how bad they are. I'm sorry for saying such a bad thing, but my god I hate that place with a passion.
Let me explain. Industrial engineers design an assembly process, and much like an electronic circuit, it has tolerances for each stage that add up from beginning to end. At a cheap Chinese factory they will have a range of tolerances for what is acceptable and what is not with regard to the finished product. For vendor X, say Sears, the acceptable range is +/- .5% for some random plastic piece of crap. For Walmart, the range is different. When a part comes out where the assembly line has lost its precision, they stick the crap in the back and slap a "Walmart" sign on it. Then you come along, buy the cheap crap, and manually filter the acceptable, working products from the broken ones. They know many will buy broken junk, but they don't care. You get to bring it back, which makes you happy(sadly) and they filter all the garbage out for the manufacturer. In return, Walmart gets it cheaper than Sears. Originally this started with Walmart forcing companies to allow such a shady practice as a condition of carrying their products. They are heavy-handed crooks. See how that works? I know an industrial designer who works in Asia and he said it's common knowledge that "discount" stores do this. Walmart started it and is the master. Often they will even own the factory and get more of the profit from the company who designed the product. What they do is blatantly illegal in my opinion and absolutely not American unless capitalism is greed.
Additionally, I have bought a stereo from Sam's Club that, you guessed it, broke immediately. I opened it up to see what was going on because I was in electrical engineering school at the time and gave a crap about fixing their garbage instead of shoving it up their ass. Opened it up and it had a "refurbish certification by: xxx" tag inside. It was sold as new. I was ignorant enough to believe it was an anomaly. Then, I bought a DVD from MallWart. The DVD player quit working immediately as well. I opened the tray to see if the gears were intact and there was dust where the thing had sat open in a factory waiting to be repaired. Below the tray was a tray where a hand had wiped across to remove the dust, leaving it in the corners. Clearly the device was returned and sat around in some nasty, filthy Chinese factory for who know how long. I will never buy anything ever from that dishonest, corrupt piece of crap for a company.
That is fact and that is why I hate Walmart. They are what is wrong with America: unbounded, unrepentant greed. I disagree with anyone who does not see it the same. My father and grandfather taught me that Capitalism is the freedom to trade and make money, not the freedom to f*** ignorant people in the ass with deception.
