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From:
A*@aol.com
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: new hosta at Walmart
Gary.
I don't if you have had both K Mart and
Wall Mart ( and Quality Fleet) open up and start selling low cost & low
quality plants, with in a mile of you, but I have. They put almost all
the little garden centers here out of business. They have slowly
"stolen" a lot of my business.
Hope I don't dissappoint you here, but when
a grower/supplier, resorts to selling "wholesale" to Wal Mart and
undercutting the people who have been it's supporters for many years, it is
with some glee that I watch it wither and die. Do you think, that
Wal-Mart or K Mart "Cares" when they suddenly cancel a contract on one of
these people. There is a understood policy on the part of the big
chains. It gos like this. Come in an area with low cost ,
higher quality merchandise. Put down a huge inventory. Place "loss
leaders" in every area where local compition seems strong. Continue this
untill you have put most of that compition out of business. During this
time pick high profile , public "causes" like schools, and do some "public
betterment" programs. Believe it or not, they came to me and bought
large spruce to plant at one of our local schools. I charged them plenty
( retail +)I am proud to say. Once they have accomplished wrecking
the local businesses, they gradually change all of the above, and a large part
of the public then becomes the "target". If you think for one minute
these companies, or their suppliers deserve any sympathy when they fail, I
disagree. I am sorry for innocent employies of the said companies, but
for the businesses themselves, I am very happy to see them go.
Thanks
Ran
The whole point that is
being missed is the fact that Wal-Mart, Home Depot,
K-Mart are mass
merchants, they compete for the volume. We are specialty
growers and we
compete for the dollar. Makes no difference what it is, could
be diamonds
or coal.
Ran, I really hope you do not take glee and revel in the demise
of anyone.
Andrew, you are a jerk of the highest order. The simple words
you speak make
it very easy to relies that you are more on your way out
than you were ever
on your way in. Having said that, I will still feel a
little sad when you
disappear. Have a good day and a better evening.
Gary
Amber Wave Gardens
Where quality grows. ( and ain't nothin
gona ever change that)
