I was in one of your stores recently (the new one in Worcester, MA) and it was very nice, but I noticed that a large majority of the products you sell are made in China.   I’m not writing to quibble over that, let’s face it, those folks seem to have a lower cost of living there, what with the average hourly wage being just over $2.00  USD an hour.  No, instead I’m wondering if we can work out some cost savings for Walmart itself and just start paying in Chinese yuan at the register.   Just think how much this will save Walmart on exchange fees at the bank desk.  Just pay directly rather than dealing with the whims of the currency market.

If you could, please let me know when the US stores will be equipped to handle this (if they aren’t already; it never occurred to me to ask the cashier).

If you don’t feel comfortable replying to me via email, you’re welcome to comment on this letter on my blog which I’ve posted here:

Thanks, and keep up the great work!

As soon as I entered your site I was presented with a survey. Not after using it. Not after making a purchase. As. Soon. As. I. Entered the site. It seems you were just looking for age and time zone info. But let me add a question for you, “how was your experience today on the wal-mart.com site?” Well, let me tell you, I was so annoyed with the stupid ass survey that popped up that instead of looking for a picture frame as I had intended I instead sent the customer service folks an angry message then left to shop elsewhere. So I’m glad you got your demographic data, I hope it was worth losing a sale over.

While they couldn’t get the age range data from my visit, there are several web services out there that could have matched my IP address to known geolocation data and looked up the time zone data from that.  It’s not that hard.

As an interesting aside, I’ve put Google AdSense ads on my blog recently.  Next to my “Deadliest Craft Show” entry there was an ad for replacement canopies.  I found that amusing.