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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:30 PM Original message |
Some thoughts about where we shop. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. It'll be a moot point for all of us pretty soon. We'll all be out of work and |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Sadly, Wally world will be the only one standing |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No, Idiocracy tells us it'll be Costco. nt |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. How much do you want to bet they were originally going to use Wal-Mart, but ... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Well, I don't do SNL because it traditionally favors rethuglicans, |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I was thinking that too. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. "it's really based on individual needs and situations." |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yep, it makes me crazy when posters here assume that |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. I stay away from Department stores, which is easy in my Town. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's works for people with bucks. Most of us are poor. nt |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Hey, I'm poor, too. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Poor people spend $20 on shoes and can't afford Marin County. |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. $20! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Ha..you reminded me of something.. I once paid $45 for a pair of shoes..in 1967.. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Nordstrom? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That's about it, Texasgal. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. If Nordstroms was the only place I could shop |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No shit! I had a $100 gift card from there |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. My aunt took me to Neiman-Marcus in Miami Beach |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Ross makes me CRAZY!! plus, whenever I go, it seems to be "screaming baby day".. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Thanks |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. I certainly don't have time to do hella research on every store that I consider going to.... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes, I know all my second hand clothes were made by brown little overworked hands. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I'm not saying that they are part of the problem--I love thrift stores. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Not necessarily. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. There is that, I'd forgotten. |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. Support DUers on Ebay! |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. How much of what we are buying do we really need? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. who's business is it what I buy? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Or where I buy it? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Or why I buy it! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. Target treats their employees better. Costco treats theirs WAY better. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That's interesting, I was wondering about that. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Target, in my experience, does not treat their employees any better. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. The problem is not so much WHERE we shop, as it is WHY we "shop".. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I agree that for some people shopping is a social or family event, |
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