# Thanks, Wal-Mart! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510 "2020-08-10T21:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/41 "2020-08-14T18:09:53Z")
> [@Rod-Knox](#): > > lately their staff seems bothered when asked for any assistance, even for directions to a particular product. That kind of reminded me. When I bought a set of those Silverstar head light bulbs for $50, I had to get a guy to unlock it from the rack. Acted like he was doing me a big favor. Sorry but when you lock stuff up like light bulbs and shavers, you need to be ready to open the dang case up when someone wants something. ---
**Author:** ![1977Cutlassjones\_169686](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c2a13f/32.png) [@1977Cutlassjones\_169686](https://community.cartalk.com/u/1977Cutlassjones_169686)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/42 "2020-08-14T19:41:07Z")
I know this wont help your trip and would take a little planning, but try going to parts store websites before your trip. [Advanceauto.com](http://Advanceauto.com) is quite helpful. ---
**Author:** ![seebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@seebear](https://community.cartalk.com/u/seebear)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/43 "2020-08-14T22:44:15Z")
I buy some of the filters I change (cabin air, regular air filter, furnace), even wiper blades online. no sorting through books for the right filter, or blade refills. ---
**Author:** ![Jerome-Silverman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jerome-Silverman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jerome-Silverman)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/44 "2020-08-15T01:18:01Z")
He wore a disguise while driving his Maserati. ---
**Author:** ![Jerome-Silverman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jerome-Silverman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jerome-Silverman)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/45 "2020-08-15T01:27:38Z")
Common practice when dealing with big companies. Salesmen and manufacturers representatives sometimes are kept waiting for days or weeks in the lobbies waiting to see a buyer. Once, I waited for 2 days in the lobby of GE Power Equipment and just gave up. Others had been waiting much longer. One ploy was to have the receptionist phone the buyer and offer to take him out for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/46 "2020-08-15T01:34:46Z")
I always treated the sales folks with respect and tried to be honest with them. They helped me with problems and I helped them with fairness. One IBM salesman turned up one day and turned out to be an old college class mate. I had quite a few that came to my retirement party. I just don’t understand the antics of some companies. To me they are losing out on the wealth of product information that the sales people have. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/47 "2020-08-15T03:55:01Z")
> [@1977Cutlassjones\_169686](#): > > I know this wont help your trip and would take a little planning, but try going to parts store websites before your trip. [Advanceauto.com](http://Advanceauto.com) is quite helpful. In theory, the websites are great . . . Seems like 1/2 the the time the store website shows the item in stock, yet it doesn’t reflect reality Every time I call one of those places, I’m a real jerk. I ask the guy to walk over to the shelf and tell me if he can actually see the part. As I said . . . about 1/2 the time, he comes back and says the shelf is empty But if he says he’s got it in his hand, I ask him to hold it and I’ll be over in just a few minutes, at which point he asks what my name is so that he can put it away under the front counter. And when I show up, I specifically ask for the guy I was dealing with on the phone. ---
**Author:** ![kovemo8082\_170029](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@kovemo8082\_170029](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kovemo8082_170029)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/52 "2020-08-16T19:12:18Z")
sempre gostei do walmart é um máximo. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/54 "2020-08-16T20:00:52Z")
This is primarily an English speaking Forum. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/55 "2020-08-16T20:28:54Z")
@VOLVO-V70. I wish we were required to post in Latin. I wouldn’t be able to read the posts, but they would look scholarly. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/56 "2020-08-17T01:58:07Z")
> [@kovemo8082\_170029](#): > > sempre gostei do walmart é um máximo. Something like always like Walmart-it is maximum. Maximum something-fun, savings, products? I bought a belt there once and a couple pair of jeans while my wife was gone. It was not a maximo experience. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/58 "2020-08-17T04:50:05Z")
Good grief . . . ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/61 "2020-08-17T12:52:11Z")
> [@thegreendrag0n](#): > > …COVID stats show almost a flat-line for the county and VA in general. Would you mind citing your source? Which stats are you citing? I ask because my sources\* show this to not be true for Virginia. ![VA cases](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/4/e/4ef89894bc506f85e87d316c4b6e33e5cde81859.png) ![Capture va](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/6/c63872afe60ab547c9ed0f28136861250546d486.png) \*My sources: [https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-daily-dashboard/](https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-daily-dashboard/) and [US States beating Covid-19 — EndCoronavirus.org](https://www.endcoronavirus.org/states). ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/62 "2020-08-17T12:57:21Z")
As per Stanford Medical School and Georgetown Medical School, as of yesterday: > **[America’s COVID warning system.](https://covidactnow.org/us/va/)** > > Covid Act Now has real-time COVID data and risk level for your community. See how your community is doing at covidactnow.org. ---
**Author:** ![KathyRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@KathyRoberts](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KathyRoberts)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/63 "2020-08-17T13:05:19Z")
I’d buy mine at 7-11 if they had it because I despise parking miles away from an entrance. Ask me how much milk costs? ---
**Author:** ![KathyRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@KathyRoberts](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KathyRoberts)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/64 "2020-08-17T13:05:49Z")
Sorry, don’t ask, I was making a 7-11 joke. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/65 "2020-08-17T13:05:50Z")
@VDCdriver, if @thegreendrag0n happened to be referring to per capita death rates and per capita infection rates, that that would be helpful, but we have no way of knowing that. @thegreendrag0n, will **you** please cite **your** sources? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/66 "2020-08-17T13:07:23Z")
@cdaquila - looks like we’re off the rails. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/67 "2020-08-17T13:11:47Z")
> [@KathyRoberts](#): > > Sorry, don’t ask, I was making a 7-11 joke. And not a very good one at that. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510/68 "2020-08-17T13:28:01Z")
Good morning. I agreed with the flag and tried to delete the replies in one fell swoop, but there are some leftovers. @knocksensor this is not a covid forum, and when it has come up here in the past it didn’t go well. Thanks @texases for the bat signal. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-wal-mart/168510.md?page=4)