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These are 'cradle to grave' stores or at least that is what I have heard
them called. There is a Wallyworld about 1 1/2 miles from me I go to, but like
shopping for AMC stuff, I would rather buy my AMC stuff from AMC vendor as
opposed to chain like O'Reillys or Auto Zone knowing I will probably pay a
little more, but support the little guy who has made the big investment to try
to keep out cars on the road, as opposed to big chain that has 11 year old
stamping out radiator hoses for 30 cents a week. Sometimes you can't get around
it however, as only game in town.
Awhile back there was big argument on internet about Chinese made musclecar
parts. Think about it, you have a $100K rotisserie restoration and some of the
parts are Made In China on it simply because it could not (or would not) be
feasible to do them reasonably priced in US. That is like wiping your ass before
you shit. But I see it all the time, and big key word here is outsourced.
You look at some of the major AMC vendors catalogs and suddenly realize how
much of the stuff is not made in US anymore. Simply due to cost.
Back to the cradle to grave thing. You see same thing with this current
administration trying to be everything to everyone....cradle to grave.
Wallyworld has actully done it however!
more with article
yikes! I wonder if they toss in a free greeter?
Bart, part of the problem is most people are hooked on crack for lack of
better term, but hook on uber low prices stuff. Whether it made in China,
Mexico, Malaysia, Hong Kong, don't matter. Even labor, if I want my driveway
done or drywall and sheetrock and painting inside house done, I go up to (pick
one) corner of Witte and Long Point, or in front of Home Depot, or corner of
Blalock & Long Point, or any corner under Westpark Tollway from Loop 610
west for 30 miles and there are dozens of Mexicans, Hondurans, Brazilians, Costa
Ricans, Nicarguauans, Cubans, you name it, they swarm your car when you pull up
so pick a few guys out to work labor! I pay $10 a hour which is something like
the GDP of most of their toilet native countries, which is why they here, for
work. Eh, ok, some to sell drugs for MS-13 also. But the honest guys will bust
their asses for you from sunup to sundown for a days pay. And there is no
shortage of them either. Go do a google Street View search for Witte Road &
Loong Point, Houston, Texas and you can actually see the dozens of vatos
standing around waiting for work.
There are few places left out there like Doc speaks of, or as Bart said
'where you knew the people behind the counter' unfortunately. If you do know
some, support them! There is a O'Reillys (yes, I know, a chain) on Gessner 2
miles from me but the guys there more than happy to look thru rows of books at
end of counter to find me right AMC part and I spend $10K +++ a year there. But
going back to Sprawlmart......funny how you can go from one city to next and it
all looks the same sometime.
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