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Letter to the editor: Other options available besides Wal-Mart
Issue date: 2/18/09 Section: Opinions
Bryan Rolfsen's article "Buy local, not corporate" caught my eye.
As an advocate for small, local businesses (my father is a small business owner), I've always been suspicious of Wal-Mart, but when I came to Charleston, my options and pocketbook were limited. Luckily, since then I've found a variety of options to circumvent buying from the company, including several places that have the products I actually want to buy (i.e., fair trade, no animal testing).
It's unfortunate that so many college students are unaware of the other options or are only thinking of their own budget rather than treating the extra pennies as an investment in the future of America to not become monopolized by cheap consumer crap.
Please see www.storyofstuff.com as well as the documentary "Wal-Mart: High Cost of Low Prices."
Keep doing good things!
Nicole Mette
Clinical counseling grad student
As an advocate for small, local businesses (my father is a small business owner), I've always been suspicious of Wal-Mart, but when I came to Charleston, my options and pocketbook were limited. Luckily, since then I've found a variety of options to circumvent buying from the company, including several places that have the products I actually want to buy (i.e., fair trade, no animal testing).
It's unfortunate that so many college students are unaware of the other options or are only thinking of their own budget rather than treating the extra pennies as an investment in the future of America to not become monopolized by cheap consumer crap.
Please see www.storyofstuff.com as well as the documentary "Wal-Mart: High Cost of Low Prices."
Keep doing good things!
Nicole Mette
Clinical counseling grad student
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Chester Frugal
posted 2/18/09 @ 6:28 AM CST
Variety of options? Several places? Nicole, care to give any examples?
J
posted 2/18/09 @ 11:44 PM CST
A small local business? Is the only criterion SMALL? I imagine Wal-Mart started out as a small local business as well.
So, for argument's sake, if everyone took heed of your advice and started flooding your Father's store with business, what would your Father do with all the extra income? I imagine if he had the resources he would turn his SMALL, LOCAL, business into a LARGE, NATIONAL, business. (Continued…)
Grad Student
posted 2/19/09 @ 11:37 AM CST
Excellent point Chester and J! As a student I cannot afford to spend the extra money it takes to do this. Plus I have been to some local business and the service has been terrible and typically very slow. (Continued…)
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