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U.S. woman sues Wal-Mart for overcharging 2 cents - and wins

By theevilhamster on  From evilhamsteroftheday.blogspot.com
Image via Wikipedia Shoppers, have you ever picked out an item labelled a certain price, only to be charged a higher price for it at the checkout counter ? Annoying, right? But if the difference is a matter of merely two cents, is it worth disputing? One U.S. woman insists it is. After Wal-Mart charged her $1 for sausages that had been marked 98 cents, Mary Bach took the retail giant to court – and won. MORE RELATED TO THIS STORY Halifax woman sues Wal-Mart over shoplifting...Read Full Story

Wal-Mart Caused Black Friday Tragedy

By free2be2cool on  From danceawayblues.blogspot.com
The NY Times report below attempts to place an ethical question onto this tragedy, but misses the point. Americans have been brainwashed into believing they are only as good, successful, and worthy as the things they own. Democracy Now's Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales present the facts with clarity as well as compassion. Their interview with Patrick Purcell of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 and Savriti D, Director of Rev. Billy's Church of Stop Shopping, discusses the...Read Full Story

Wal-Mart Is About To Get Hit Up For Some Stacks

By shugaray on  From filthyrag.com
How can a sale be so important to people that they would trample and kill someone without a second thought: The family of a worker trampled to death in a “Black Friday” crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming store ads offering deep discounts “created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety” that led to “crowd craze.” The lawsuit claims that besides failing to provide adequate security for a pre-dawn crowd estimated...Read Full Story

Adden-dumb to Wal-Mart post...

By omemeeozzie on  From countrypointofview.blogspot.com
The family of a worker trampled to death in a "Black Friday" crush of bargain hunters at a New York Wal-Mart store filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming store ads offering deep discounts "created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety" that led to "crowd craze." In simple terms, the advertising made people do it. Please. As many of you know, by day, I own and run a small, full-service advertising agency based in Toronto. While I do believe strongly in the power of the...Read Full Story

Jdimytai Damour Death Remembered as Black Friday Looms

By JJ on
Jdimytai Damour died the day after Thanksgiving last year when he was trampled to death while working at a New York Wal-Mart where shoppers had lined up to rush into the store and nab the best deals of the store's annual Black Friday sale. This year, the corporate giant responsible for providing some of the cheapest deals in the market place is taking precautions to insure that another such death doesn't occur. As part of a legal agreement in which Wal-Mart admitted no culpability in the...Read Full Story
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