Not a monopoly?? What is your definition of a monopoly? Wal-mart uses its size to force companies to sell them good at a lower cost, how do you think companies make this money back? The charge higher prices to other retail outlets. This hits home for me as my home town was once occupied by a company called Mirro, maker of cookware. They recently closed up shop and moved opperatons to mexico. Why you ask, becasue they couldn't afford to remain profitable in the US and meet wal-mart's price points at the same time. Normally I'd be happy about lower prices on CD's but in the case of wal-mart I can do without the watered down CD's they have. I don't want edited music nor wil I support a crooked comapany.
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Not a monopoly?? What is your definition of a monopoly? Wal-mart uses its size to force companies to sell them good at a lower cost, how do you think companies make this money back? The charge higher prices to other retail outlets. This hits home for me as my home town was once occupied by a company called Mirro, maker of cookware. They recently closed up shop and moved opperatons to mexico. Why you ask, becasue they couldn't afford to remain profitable in the US and meet wal-mart's price points at the same time. Normally I'd be happy about lower prices on CD's but in the case of wal-mart I can do without the watered down CD's they have. I don't want edited music nor wil I support a crooked comapany.