The Top 5 Reasons Walmart Dropped Their Claim From The Shanks
You all have heard of the claim that Walmart had filed against Debbie Shank, and if you have not then you can just do a quick google search. Well that claim has been dropped officially. It is a great time for the shanks and a great time for everyone, because this was just horrible. So I have listed the top 5 reasons Walmart dropped the claim. This goes without saying but, it would have been a horrible injustice for Walmart to collect.
#5) Walmart Did Not Have To Claim The Money
I know this is a lame argument but it has to be said. Walmart dropped the claim because they did not have to claim it nor did they need the money they could claim. It almost makes me feel that Walmart halfway cares about my or anyone elses service.
#4)Too Many People Called For It
Walmart bashing has practically been religious over the past few weeks since the news broke. Everyone who is anyone has covered the story and had some pretty harsh words for Walmart. So with all these newspapers and Tv shows calling for Walmart to have some mercy on the Shanks put enough pressure on Walmart to finally call off the dogs(or in this case the lawyers).
#3) Loss of Customers
A lot of people over the past few weeks, whether it be comments on blogs or forums, have been claiming that they will never shop at Walmart again. For me this one was probably a little more shaky because, most likely these people will forget about the story next week. There are a lot of people --like me-- who are forced to shop at Walmart though because Walmart has run every other business out. Walmart may have lost a few hundred customers over the deal, which can be a lot of money I might add. Figuring that my family spends about $10000 a year at walmart, if all those customers never shopped at walmart again, Walmart would be out a lot more money than what they would get back from the Shanks.
#2) Public Appearance
There was just way too much pressure on Walmart due to all the coverage this recieved. Walmart's image was going down the drain along with several hundred thousand dollars in sales, people were pretty serious about not shopping there again. Walmart has had image problems over the past few years anyways, so they had to get the story straight.
#1) Right Thing To Do
Walmart knew that is was wrong, and for reasons they will never be able to explain-- they didn't care. Walmart did pull through in the end, and maybe they never knew the whole story till it got covered over the news. Maybe they didn't understand the circumstances to which the Shank family lived.
I do not know your take on it, whether or not we should give Walmart a break is still up in the air. It is almost hard to support a company who would try to claim money in a situation like this anyways. Feel free to comment on the great news.
#5) Walmart Did Not Have To Claim The Money
I know this is a lame argument but it has to be said. Walmart dropped the claim because they did not have to claim it nor did they need the money they could claim. It almost makes me feel that Walmart halfway cares about my or anyone elses service.
#4)Too Many People Called For It
Walmart bashing has practically been religious over the past few weeks since the news broke. Everyone who is anyone has covered the story and had some pretty harsh words for Walmart. So with all these newspapers and Tv shows calling for Walmart to have some mercy on the Shanks put enough pressure on Walmart to finally call off the dogs(or in this case the lawyers).
#3) Loss of Customers
A lot of people over the past few weeks, whether it be comments on blogs or forums, have been claiming that they will never shop at Walmart again. For me this one was probably a little more shaky because, most likely these people will forget about the story next week. There are a lot of people --like me-- who are forced to shop at Walmart though because Walmart has run every other business out. Walmart may have lost a few hundred customers over the deal, which can be a lot of money I might add. Figuring that my family spends about $10000 a year at walmart, if all those customers never shopped at walmart again, Walmart would be out a lot more money than what they would get back from the Shanks.
#2) Public Appearance
There was just way too much pressure on Walmart due to all the coverage this recieved. Walmart's image was going down the drain along with several hundred thousand dollars in sales, people were pretty serious about not shopping there again. Walmart has had image problems over the past few years anyways, so they had to get the story straight.
#1) Right Thing To Do
Walmart knew that is was wrong, and for reasons they will never be able to explain-- they didn't care. Walmart did pull through in the end, and maybe they never knew the whole story till it got covered over the news. Maybe they didn't understand the circumstances to which the Shank family lived.
I do not know your take on it, whether or not we should give Walmart a break is still up in the air. It is almost hard to support a company who would try to claim money in a situation like this anyways. Feel free to comment on the great news.
Labels: TT5R, Walmart did the right thing, Walmart does not claim the money, Walmart drops claim, Walmarts loss of cutomers
posted by braane at
2:07 AM
2 Comments:
I take exception with reason number one. 'It was the right thing to do.' I understand that. You understand that. Helen Keller would have understood that. Wal-Mart will never understand that reason. Bad press, potential loss of business, pursuit of profits and increasing shareholder value where and will always be the the reasons for any decision Wal-Mart makes. Human compassion will never be part of the equation.
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CyberCJH, At
April 2, 2008 9:33 AM
Yeah, thats why it was a shaky option. I was not real sure if that was why walmart did it, but I put it in anyways. Walmart is one of the unknowns in the world.
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braane, At
April 2, 2008 10:17 PM
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