Posted by
John Finnigan on Monday, May 21, 2007 1:04:15 PM
I had a prescription refilled at Wal-Mart yesterday and paid $ 8.00 dollars. Another national Chain Store, CVS, charged me $130.00 for exactly the same generic the previous month. Now let’s see $8.00 verses $130.00. I wonder where the extra $122.00 goes. Wal-Mart has the reputation for being a cutthroat competitor. They throw their weight around and squeeze everybody to keep their prices low. Yet, the principle stock owners the Walton Family are filled with Billionaires.
The majority of American families I know shop at Wal-Mart. It’s how we keep our heads above water. Yet, CVS manages to stay in business so at lease some people are willing to pay $130.00 for what is available for 1/16 the consumer cost just three thousand feet away. I and others have choices.
If I go down to the GMC candy store and get the spanking new Mac-daddy, crew cab, turbo diesel elephant that my flesh desires, I’ll pay $55,000.00. If I could find a version of a Wal-Mart Motors corporation and use the ratio of difference that my prescription has, I’d only pay $3,500.00 for the beast. I’m sure I’d have two of the elephants in the garage. Obviously there are differences in available profit margins for different products, but hey, I can dream.
American families need places like Wal-Mart in order to provide anything like a middleclass lifestyle for themselves and offspring. I plan to take my extra $122.00 and but my son a birthday gift, not at Wal-Mart. I’m going to take my wife to lunch, and but gas to go down and look at GMC elephants, and dream.
John