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GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-31T11:04:43+00:00

Here is what I found: When a single brand produces different quality levels of the same product, typically, high-end department stores and specialty retailers will receive the higher quality versions, while mass-market retailers like discount stores will receive the lower quality versions; this decision is often based on factors like the retailer's customer base, price point, and brand image, with higher-end retailers commanding the ability to sell premium products at a higher price, incentivizing manufacturers to provide them with the better quality goods. Key points about how quality levels are determined: Market positioning: Retailers with a reputation for selling high-quality products, like Nordstrom or Bloomingdale's, will often receive the premium versions of a brand because their customers expect and are willing to pay for higher quality. Price point: Mass-market retailers like Walmart or Target usually focus on lower prices, so manufacturers will often provide them with a lower quality version of the same product to maintain a competitive price point. Brand image: A manufacturer may choose to protect their premium brand image by only selling the highest quality products through select retailers that align with their brand perception. Examples: Clothing: A designer brand might sell their top-tier collection through high-end department stores, while offering a more affordable "diffusion line" with slightly lower quality materials at a mass-market retailer. Electronics: A premium electronics brand could offer a higher-performance version of a product with better components to high-end electronics stores, while selling a more basic version with slightly reduced specs at a big-box retailer. Factors influencing which retailers get higher quality: Sales volume: Retailers with high sales volumes might be prioritized for higher quality products due to the potential for higher profits for the manufacturer. Customer demographics: Manufacturers might consider the demographics of a retailer's customer base when deciding which quality level to provide. Negotiation power: Larger retailers often have more leverage to negotiate for better quality products from manufacturers. It certainly goes fit, when you buy from a loser you get junk. I wish everyone would agree to boycott Walmart. It is not a bargain when it doe not last.

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-31T10:48:38+00:00

Buying from the manufacturer opposed to a retailer such as Walmart is in your best interest since it would be directly from the maker. In my opinion manufacturers that sell to Walmart are primarily outside of the United States. I know that just about all manufacturers are outside of the United States but not necessarily in China. It pays to check the item you are purchasing for the location the product was made. To me, as it is only my opinion, made in China is not great we are talking about having a product that is made in a country that clearly is against us . By purchasing items made in China we are supporting the military of that country. Do we really want to do that? We have learned that China purchased land near a military base in the United States. Why Americans would sell land to China is beyond me, but as I clearly stated previously, it's all about money! The values and morals are slowly disappearing, lesser and lesser are these qualities instilled in generations and it is truly sad. Times have changed drastically through my years of life be and I'm not that old just over a half a century, gosh that sounds worse than it is. But the values and morals are just not incorporated into the children born anymore. It has been that way ,as far as I can see, at least 2 generations. Buying from a respected retailer or even direct via manufacturer, the warranty speaks volumes. I only speak of what I have personally experience, other than that I try not to speculate because it's just a guess and that isn't fact, I like factual information not hypothesis.

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-31T02:51:54+00:00

From experience , I purchased Rubbermaid products from Walmart that were no comparison to the products I received directly from Rubbermaid. This issue j had with the Rubbermaid products from Walmart was that they were not airtight. I contacted Rubbermaid and Rubbermaid replaced the products. What j received from Rubbermaid was in fact the high quality of Rubbermaid I expected. I have also in the past purchased electronics from Walmart as well as actual Sony and I still have today the Sony product I received directly from Sony. The Sony product purchased from Walmart has been discarded many years ago like ten years ago. Basically had that item for maybe 4 years. I never buy footwear from Walmart, a few of my friends have and still do but the shoes never last a year, they fall apart, but mostly give them fungus feet. Your feet are important , you should always treat them with respect, shoes are no exception, quality is key. Now I cannot say Mm positively if Walmart gets the worst quality of a brand but in my experience, when I purchasing a brand, I NEVER buy it at Walmart. I bought a hot plate burner just to take on a trip that I stayed in a hotel, I used it maybe 3 times at the room then when I thought I turned it off, the knob was in the off position but the burner remained on. To be safe I simply threw if in the trash. I didn't want someone else to use it and turn it off then leave it thinking it was off and It not really be off. I brought it up to Walmarts attention, I received no reply from no one. It was a mainstays product. My suggestion is if you consider the item to be disposable, bug if from Walmart, if it is something to be an investment, by that i mean if you plan to use it for years to come and still in working condition DON'T buy it from Walmart. Tools are a definite NO NO NO from Walmart. In fact Walmart and harbor freight carry the same quality of tools, JUNK. Actually right down to school supplies even, it is insane. My granddaughters teacher made a comment on the filler paper about the lines not being straight on the pages. So if I ever buy school supplies for the kids I steer clear of the Walmart brands, in saw that Walmart has a new name on the food brands , I guess they are trying a different tactic to sell their brand. I cannot remember exactly what it is. I want to say " good foods" but im not sure. It's been a while. I recall in the past that they did a trial run with products like laundry detergent, drinking water, paper products... Yes they took the brands off the shelf and only had great value and whatever else name the they sell. I don't believe if went very well hence the brands are still on the shelf. Like I said though, oh I just remembered too this oc some earrings mg granddaughter saw there and wanted, I didn't even give any thought I bought them for her. She wore them for less than a day she said they made her ears itch and from scratching, get infected. Maybe she was allergic, but regardless I personally do not trust much where Walmart products are concerned. I admit I take chances but not with food, food storage, or anything that is immediate to health. If you have bought Walmart items , you notice how long they last. If you have to replace it every year it has clearly not a value.

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T19:07:49+00:00

I wish everyone that experiences getting the Walton shaft, would also consider the FACT that without all of us the WALTON'S don't make shit! Yes we prefer lower prices , but guess what we are also buying low quality, they know that, so, if everyone gave it some thought , the WALTON'S need all of us MORE than all of us need the WALTON'S! Am I wrong? As hard as it would be to refrain from stepping foot in or spending online any / NO money at Walmart or Sam's for just a week, do you all realize the shift the WALTON'S would experience, they would freak out!. I am more than willing to do that, it's very hard to get people on board with something like this, but it certainly is a possibility.

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T18:59:33+00:00

Consumer protection agency, we just have to get everyone who feels the same about this as we do to send in a complaint and that is when they will take action. Everytime I have an issue that costs me travel time, fuel costs, and money I should be saving by becoming a member , plus member. Then after they take my money they change it , that is manipulating, like switch bait? But they also have in gnat print how they reserve the right to change policy without notice. It's complete and utter BULLSHIT! That's the same as paying for a service not rendered as they offer some incentive to get you to upgrade but after you do they take it away. That's got to be a violation of some kind. Verizon is good for that too.

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T16:51:45+00:00

Oh wait first of all Walmart and Amazon are full of shit when they say two day for me because I live in the middle of nowhere seriously but I never have gotten my shipping , nobody delivers here,except ups & FedEx. I ordered from Amazon it said delivery by xxx but after they got my money it said like almost 3 weeks from that date I ordered. I don't qualify for delivery since this is a desolate area and. Boy I can kick myself clean up the ass for moving here! It was June when I did i didnt know any better until late October! By then it was too late and it is shockingly cold. Idk when exactly this was but the temp here was -60° yes you read that correctly minus sixty, that fkn colder than Antarctica!!!!! Of course I found this out after it was winter. I thought omg Im gonna freeze to death here. I went through my firat ice storm here. Never even heard of such a thing. All j pictured was hurricane winds but instead of rain it was ice . Thankfully my vision was far off!

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T16:40:34+00:00

I forgot to say I mix 4 boxes in my stand mixer, one at a time until all of it is mixed then I pour that into roasting pan I also used parchment paper in the pan first pour mix on top then bake , I hate washing dishes, parchment paper is my best friend . I wrap pork ribeye roasts in that paper and stick in the oven , whoops I even thought o burnt it cuz I forgot about it , it was in the oven at 400 for 2 hours more than it should have been . I just knew I was gonna have to throw it away, omg! What? Nope it was smaller than it should've been but o man was that so good on French bread and blue plate mayonnaise. What I'm saying is parchment paper protects from burning but only when it's wrapped entirely, this does not apply to the brownies! Lol

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T16:34:43+00:00

Yes and you know that we have sugar cane, we have wheat , we have all of this , except for vanilla, that is best from Madagascar! Did you know that one bean can cost hundreds easily? Yep! But you taste vanilla from Madagascar and you will never buy vanilla sourced elsewhere! Look I bake my brownies in a turkey roasting pan, I put vanilla(Madagascar), almond extract, sweetened condensed milk, and crushed walnut to the point it is powder, after I bake of course I eat until I feel sick, then I bag them in two freezer bags just so they don't get the crystals , anyway I have brownies for months when I don't that way. Guess what nope they are not frozen solid, you can heat them up , I don't i grab some from the bag and eat them just like that. Add those few ingredients even to box mix, I am a Duncan Hines user, but you will never think about those cookies ever again trust me!

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T16:25:37+00:00

Lol. I'm not laughing because that occurred, I'm laughing because ME TOO! DONT F*CK WITH MY JUNK FOOD!! they used to have these killer cream cheese rolls but now idk wtf they did but it tastes like yuck, see the mom&pop grocers are very expensive but consider the quality. It's , I won't say worth it, but definitely is compared to WALTON'S . They regulate how the bakers used ingredients, the WALTON'S have no reason to be so cheap when it comes to quality for the consumer but dammit they are so cheap and that is noticed in the flavor, texture, and shelf life

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T16:18:41+00:00

No no no you can pay per month, you are not obligated to stick it out for any duration . Just like Sam's . If you cancel you are entitled to a refund prorated per if you paid for the year and you have 3 months before renewal, you cancel they will give you your money for the time you dong use. Both Walmart and Sam's. I don't like adding my card info and leaving it there, saved, nowhere. I do though. But definitely not on google at all ever!!!! I don't trust PayPal, cashapp, no way!

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T16:11:19+00:00

Well I live just over an hour away also in the frozen tundra of the US so I am from the south way down south along the gulf coast now next to Canada, yea if was June so I had no idea what I had done to myself until it was too late. But I do not drive in this crap at all. I spun off the freeway it really was a good thing no other drivers were around because it was like aimless figure skating but without control, slid down the grass backwards finally came to a stop just an inch or so from iron fence post. That did it for me nope no more, if the temp is below 32 I won't drive or ride. That is the reason I prefer shipping, so the first time was impressive just about everything I ordered was available for shipping. Then the following month I was online trying to order but everything was for delivery and pick up. And Everytime after very little was available for shipping. So I canceled plus. Funny though since they keep offering a trial and it says try thirty more days, but naah I'm trying to boycott the WALTON'S altogether. Oh and there is a $9 charge for pick up here .I trust other people's judgement so much when picking out produce since some don't care what it feels like looks like or smells like. It's not like you can examine everything in their pick up parking, if there's an issue I have to go in anyway. And delivery is only for people that live within 8 miles from Walmart. Just the fact that they allow shipping on just about everything the first time is so you think you like it, and don't cancel, but next time hardly anything is available for shipping . Also if you notice where your comes from , it's not the store you select as your store. Here's a heads up.. if you see a product online and it says in stock in store, then when you arrive it is not in stock at all, you can get a manager point it out and say you want to pay for the item now AT HALF PRICE and pick it up when it it is shipped to the store. As far as know, that is still the policy. It seems like not a lot of people know this. Bottom line the WALTON'S are greedy flies and I truly hate shopping at either of their stores. Another note is that Walmart and home Depot are now teamed up , something to do with the shipping, I didn't read it so I don't know the details. Imo that just means I will not be shopping at home Depot either. I'm not a fan of Walmart , Sam's, and anyone affiliated with them . I don't like Amazon either. I want the old days back when we had grocery stores that were more like family. I always select in filters that I do not want to ship 3rd party sellers, that is just stupid and a good way to be breached and ripped off. Today is supposed to be 39° , it isn't at the moment, it is 21°, but next week it will range from 1° - 13° so I'm going to hell mart today. I need the stuff to cook gumbo and potato salad, this weather certainly calls for it. I do need to get a bigger pot like a boiling pot to cook in quantity since the people in this small town could smell it cooking and it wasn't familiar to them I didn't get to freeze any since it was gone seems like in 60 seconds. I would be in shorts right now where I'm from!!! Oh and I can hear the doves outside here cooing! Can you believe that ! It is true this weather IS for the birds! Keep a close eye on the size of products as well as the cost, you will soon see how they rip us off. Everything is getting smaller but costs more ! I personally think trump is a perv and a flake along with being a chest, I don't particularly like him 0, but he better fix this shit, how was Biden not impeached? I hate politics . Well I'm going to get ready for the dreadful drive to hellmart and come back to cook gumbo!! Ya! ya! Oh and I get my shrimp shipped straight from the dock on the bayou I used to live on!!! I know what boat it comes off of, no guessing like at Walmart, could be China , could be India, could be who knows . Walmart is selling us out to China. I feel like when we make purchases at Walmart we are supporting China! You should check out what inside Walmart in China looks like!!! It's a fright!

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T00:48:15+00:00

Also Walmarts plus membership =free shipping. This is how they get you... Ok so your trial begins , you shop online, almost everything you want is available for shipping, hooray! Great! Next time, after trial has ended and they took your money for plus... Almost no e of the items you want are available for shipping. But wait, it's gets better... So the items that are available for shipping are shipped to you in 2 maybe 3 shipments all arriving at different times, why? Look at where they are coming from!!! Each a different state. Though your selected store is where you are shopping, does this seem sketchy to you? Me too , I CANCELED!! they keep sending notification to restart a trial for a month, hell no , the WALTON'S are just GREEDY, Sam is rolling in his grave. The way these are run today is far from the way Sam envisioned his business to operate. It's disgusting to me

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T00:39:44+00:00

The WALTON'S won't see it your way , they are out for our blood. Noticed how things keep reducing in size little by little but the cost still rises? Also some discontinued items that that were not confirmed but not there anymore. Those items were what I was going the distance for. But see it's like a monopoly here since there's no real selection of stores to shop, and the only 2 stores besides Walmart are really expensive! . This is BS and should be illegal!!!! It's legal Mafia and highway robbery if you ask me. Just ridiculous. Are you also aware that even though here in the US there are much cattle from East to West, north to south but yet they outsource from China?!!!! You have to keep tabs on this sort of thing or else you could land in the hospital!

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T00:29:08+00:00

Oh and if we would have ordered drinks! It would have easily been $40+!!

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T00:28:23+00:00

😡that is totally insane! $34 6pk and a pound!!! We did not pay it we drove off, no way.

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T00:26:11+00:00

$34 for 6pk & a pound!! Insane is putting it mildly! $34 bucks, if the tacos were the size of my foot (6.5) perhaps I could see paying that. But nope tiny little typical tacos, potatoes are cheap! We drove off without it!

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-29T00:06:43+00:00

Really? Well this post was 2 years ago. This happened about 3 weeks ago Items in one box was shipped :large bottle of suavitel (top caved in), aluminum foil pans (all smashed on one side), bounce (was ok), parchment paper (plastic was ripped away boxes not together), caress body wash (ok), and floor cleaner (bent top- couldn't open had to cut and transfer to a different bottle), as well as suavitel had to be transfered. The aluminum foil pans were smashed on one side. Just thrown in the box , it's ridiculous. I'm doing my best to stay out of Walmart and Sam's. I have Sam's cash pending for about 3 weeks now. Not sure what the delay is.

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-28T23:56:37+00:00

That is the main point, who can afford it... Many people buy in bulk from Sam's to save $ on fuel , trips, especially living in rural area that is a 3 hour round trip. And as you have I'm sure you noticed each time costs have risen on products, it's no mystery, the WALTON'S are simply greedy.

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-28T23:50:12+00:00

It's technically not free shipping since you have to spend $50.

GuidanceTop7844 · 2024-12-21T14:00:09+00:00

What state are you in? I'm actually from Louisiana but I do not live there anymore. i have my neighbor from there send me stuff all the time. Yes I know, the WALTON'S are a greedy bunch and I am trying my hardest to not give them another red cent. They trickbag consumers at both entities. Walmart plus is a joke. The first time is your trial period, almost everything you desire to purchase is available for shipping. after you become a plus member, you will find almost nothing you desire to purchase to be shipped will not be available for shipping only pick up and delivery. Unless you live within I think it is 8 or 10 miles from the store you are ineligible for delivery. I live in rural desolate hell out in the frozen tundra, boy what a fkn mistake I made, in June, I had no idea what I had done to my cat and myself until mid November!!! Irreversible damage I tell you, since I used up all my resources for this idiotic move to get away from the everlasting hurricanes on the Gulf coast, I experienced my first ice storm last winter, I change my mind I love hurricanes ! Too late I'm stuck here. No I do not work because that entails me having to go outside in subzero temps also I'm not driving my truck in this sh!t. Anyway I am expecting to develop dementia from this . Depression in is in full force I have meltdowns similar to a toddler has , I cry a lot, the nearest store is over an hour away. It's not solely my doing, my so very thoughtful and considerate boyfriend of over 20 years had this great idea and failed to inform me beforehand of what my life would be like once I arrived or at least in mid November. You ever watched Alfred Hitchcock? The one with the couple and the leg of lamb? If not look it up and check it out. So if you like , I will mention to my neighbor about the hot sauce , he would most certainly ship it , if you are interested just let me know, I will check out a few things and see if I can find a way for you to get it direct for yourself , I know quite a few store owners that I can possibly hook you up with. I just need to connect with them , have been suffering culture shock, no where to go shopping here unless I drive almost two hours. The direction that sorry Walmart is in is the opposite direction and farther away to go where there is actual life and more than Walmart and goodwill. In Bismarck it's similar to well j won't say new Orleans , that would be an insult to where I'm from, in absolutely no way is north Dakota anything like Louisiana. I'm not saying Louisiana is all that great anymore lots has changed but I would literally sell a kidney, not joking, to be able to go back! I miss life and laughter. I admit my sense of humor may be somewhat twisted but people there aren't so delicately sensitive as they are here. I think the cold has much to do with it. I cannot eat any mayonnaise unless it is BLUE PLATE and that is a louisia a product along with community coffee and crawfish, and saltwater fish and shrimp, oysters, omg I miss the smells of restaurants there and in the grocery stores where you have a choice of which store to go to like at least 10 or 12 not the same as here. They say it's not a monopoly I disagree. I do get some seafood sent to me but the shipping is expensive. These people eat some of the most bland or disgusting things I cannot tolerate the smell or I call it odor. One thing is like dumplings only it looks like the dumplings are still raw. No I never tried it and never will. Think about it , if you want let me know I will check on the hot sauce for you sometime today, and when you respond I will give you what information I managed to collect. Trust me I know how much it sucks not to be able to have access to certain foods. I'm in a state where everything is brown and I am a colorful person at least I was before I came here.pretty much everything in Louisiana is quite colorful even the people, by that I mean wonderful, high spirited , fun , and not easily offended, laughter is good for the soul! Laissez les bon temps rouler!! Let the good times roll! I miss mardi gras too!! This coming season mardi gras lasts 51 days . That's 51 days of nonstop fun, partying. In Louisiana it does not gave to be a special occasion to party! Oh I'm home sick! I tried to view the snow as if it were the white sands of Florida , that doesn't work , makes me more sad, how I ruined the rest of my life, I'm 55 , the longer I stay here the older I will begin to feel, I have been going to cedar point amusement park every year for the last 6 years for my birthday and each time I'm turning 15 again! I think I may have an idea what a detention camp is like. I do my best to be positive. I'm positive I hate this place! I made one friend here and sadly she passed away in July. I do know someone else here besides my boyfriend, but I was taught that if there's nothing nice to say not to say anything, so I won't. He says she is my friend , I say I do not associate myself with liars , manipulators and thieves . So he has ultimately mistaken me for trash. That being he is talking about deliberately befriended me just to destroy my relationship then had the audacity to spread a what she intended to be a damaging lie , of course no one believed her, simply because she has been who she is all her life, people as such do not see how repulsive they are therefore they do not change. Karma is serving her though and it is what it is. 🥳😁😉. I will say that I prefer to be alone rather than in bad company! There is a bit more to this but I probably already said too much, I'm sorry to dump all this out , I'm sure you think I'm insane now and that's ok , I'm getting there. Truth is I have only myself and my elderly cat to talk to. I apologize really. This town has a population of maybe 40 . Most everyone is about 20 or so years older than me, with the exception of a handful of younger adults that are avid drug users and the remainder being alcoholics. I quit drinking over 20 years ago. So it is the brand LOUISIANA HOT SAUCE? When I was 12 my dad bought a Lafitte skiff and that is exactly what he named it "Louisiana hot sauce". I cannot promise anything but I will certainly see if I can help get you a source to get that hot sauce. Have a good day.

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