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Now if buying Canadian meant having better options. Crave is the only Canadian streaming platform I know of and on top of giving money to Bell, it's... not great.

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[–] CkrnkFrnchMn@lemmy.ca 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yet Walmart is still raking in the $$$...

[–] quanin@lemmy.ca 6 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, sometimes cheapest wins. As long as what you're walking out with is Canadian or at least not American. Personally my other options are Loblaws and Metro, and between the three of them milk is usually cheaper at Walmart, just as an example. And yes, I buy a Canadian brand.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

“Fun” fact: Walmart has/had an entire business strategy that boils down to:

  • Enter new market,
  • Undercut new market, using established stores to support the new one,
  • Pay employees poorly so that they can’t afford established businesses even if they wanted to,
  • Drive out local businesses/any competition at all,
  • Jack up prices so store can be successful.

Buying cheap from Walmart is not a good idea.

[–] quanin@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

Neither is getting ripped off by Loblaws.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Walmart should be avoided, always. Cheapest does not win. You lose later while thinking you won. And the rich that own big chains like Walmart know that.

[–] quanin@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

And in about 15 minutes someone's gonna come by and tell me to avoid Loblaws. In about half an hour someone else is gonna come by and tell me to avoid Metro. Those are kind of the options in most of the country.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Boils down to 2 things

  1. Do the best you can.
  2. Be honest with yourself whether you really are doing the best you can.

Cycle through those two and you're golden.

[–] quanin@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

I would add: 3. Do your best, not someone else's.

If you're making $80k and living in Toronto you do not get to complain that the thing I can afford at $30k in rural Ontario is not doing the best I can, unless you're offering to pay for my relocation and support me until I'm also making $80k.