I will never shop at Wal Mart again, who is with me?

[coriolis]

That was a good catch. I'm glad you were on top of that.


Heck, even leases can have wiggle room. If I pay my rent a couple day's late, the landlord isn't going to evict me because they know that it is coming and that they would incur considerable loss of income and expense by evicting me, preparing the premises, and finding a new tennant. I've been in this house for going on 5 years, and if I'm going to be a little late, I send them a check with the right date on it and tell them when they can cash it. I don't push it for weeks, though, just maybe a week. Technically I am violating the contract, but it's in their interest to let it slide.

[sunny]

My lease stipulates that my rent is due on the 1st and late on the 2nd of each month. The 'late fee' increases as each day passes that I do no pay. After 15 days they then have recourse for eviction. And here - right now - they do not have any trouble filling vacant units!! And to show how they are sticking it to people right now - a neighbor decided to move to Colorado to be near her daughter and grand children. She had someone who would have sub-letted the unit. Nope, the complex management would not go for it. So they stuck the penalties to her for breaking the lease and had another lease on this same unit signed before the woman had even moved!! But in my situation we are dealing with a company and not an individual and their leases are drawn up by Real Estate attorneys.

[lurkey]

Some of you might be interested in this article regarding video from Wal-mart's internal meetings. The Deborah Shank case is mentioned:

Flagler now is becoming a must stop for a variety of parties interested in Wal-Mart. Critics of the company have been looking there for clips that support their views. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and Service Employees International Union, for example, sent employees to research footage in connection with their campaigns to force Wal-Mart to change its business practices.

On March 31, the UFCW posted a video on YouTube that included clips from Flagler of Mr. Walton and other Wal-Mart executives telling employees they must always "do the right thing" and put integrity above convenience. The union was campaigning for Wal-Mart to drop its legal efforts to recoup monies paid for medical treatment of former employee Deborah Shank, who was seriously injured in an accident and had separately collected money for her injuries. Last week, Wal-Mart said it would drop its demand for repayment.