Wal-Mart

[Auskan]

I've seen a few posts where digital thermometers are available at Wal-Mart. Can anyone narrow down where in Wal-mart I might find them (last time I was there it was kind of a big store and I'll be looking for a relatively small item). I.e. are they in the pet dept or home improvement, housewares, where?

[C.m.pyrrhus]

You can find them in the 'home improvement area' , by the paints, lighting, plumbing and so on. You will see as well regular thermometers and other related items next to them. They range in price from ~ $10- $30. Some come with indoor and outdoor temp gauges, humidty reading and time..etc etc....

[sapphire_moon]

in my wal-mart it is over by the screws,nails, etc...etc...

[C.m.pyrrhus]

Every Wal-Mart is the same....lol.

Just go to the 'home blah blah blah area' and ask an employee to show ya...makes it very simple.:D

[varanuskomodoen]

don't get anything at walmart where somebody's life (like a pet) depands on it:D

[chamitch]

its the same digi thermometer as sold in most stores.

[C.m.pyrrhus]

I buy a lot of my herp supplies at Wal-Mart. Sterilite tubs, thermometers, rat food, aspen shavings (still the most decent price in town), tape, sometimes other substrate, etc etc....

I just go by value and quality, and a lot of the time they carry the same products as other stores, but with a better price tag. I do a lot of shopping around with what there is locally, and they fair out well with what is available.

[Mr.Lizard]

I'd have to agree...Walmart is a great place to get supplies.
My friend got some mite killer for a fraction of the price of the petstore brands and every bit as effective.
Not to mention tons rubbermaid items in so many sizes.

[Smilts]

Walmart is fine and i find it to be handy when your in a rush

[Lisa]

my only beefs with wall mart are they are american owned and often don't have stuff i want that's availible south of here.

[nolagurl]

There are Wal-Marts in Canada Lisa?! I rarely frequent the place myself, if ever. I'd rather give my business to local small business owners, even if that means I pay a few dollars more.

[Oliverian]

don't get anything at walmart where somebody's life (like a pet) depands on it Why? I get a lot of my stuff at walmart, like rubbermaids, misters, ect. Why wouldn't you get your stuff from there?
-TammyR

[northernsnake]

If Home depot had an automotive dept. you could kiss canadain tire good by! does anyone remember woolco.

[JonD]

Ahh good ol Woolco........

[LadyHawke]

i miss Woolco........:(

[JonD]

And K-Mart too

[LadyHawke]

yes and k-mart...there use to be so many places to shop...now theres only zellers and walmart
i use to work at Towers...i miss them too

[JonD]

Oh and the ever popular Consumers Distributing!!!!

[northernsnake]

Towers.....he...he...he

[Trace]

Originally posted by JonD
Oh and the ever popular Consumers Distributing!!!!

LMAO!!! Consumers Distributing! Now there is a blast from the past. Oh man, paging through the catalogue, filling out the cards, waiting for your product from the back.

Thanks for the memories!

Trace

[C.m.pyrrhus]

A great place to get supplies when I was in Minnesota was Menards. Really cheap pet screen, substrate, building material, etc etc. They had tons of crap, and cheap as well. Plus, it gave me an excuse to drive to Duluth and check out the cool herp shop there, although it later closed...sh!tty day that was.

[northernsnake]

Consumers distributing! Im feeling old. The good old days

[Yness]

Oh dear..back in the days when Shells were Circle K, petro-Canada was Neighbours..anyone recall Texaco. . .

[Trace]

Since a few of us, myself included, seem to be reliving their childhoods through this thread, I have a few words to say to you:

The Ponderosa SteakHouse
Red Barn

Trace

[northernsnake]

RED BARN mmmmmmmmmm good old hores meat!

[daver676]

When I located mine, I just asked an employee where the thermometers were.

[JonD]

Originally posted by Trace
Since a few of us, myself included, seem to be reliving their childhoods through this thread, I have a few words to say to you:

The Ponderosa SteakHouse
Red Barn

Trace
Remember Mother's Pizza?

[culebra vibora]

I agree a lot of the Canadian stores are falling victim to American ones but I have yet to find a Canadian run organization that is as diverse as Walmart... I remember when the Woolco around the corner from my house closed down. It was a sad day.

[Fritz]

Ponderosa is still alive and well. There are a few around Nova Scotia. Except the one in Truro, it burned to the ground a year or two ago, what a mess!

Atlantic Wholesalers/Superstore is trying to compete with Walmart but I doubt they will be able to, They sell clothes and furnature and stuff like walmart would have, but they just can't match the prices. Luckily they are mainly a grocery chain and Walmarts around here hasn't expanded much past the milk/eggs :)

[shaggybill]

Walmart is the perfect example of how great our govnt system is.

You open a store in hopes of being sucessful, you undersell everyone else, you get big, you get rich. Thats what its all about. Its the American dream.