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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: WMT vs AMZN, groceries and e-commerce
Date: 06/07/24 4:03 PM
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Since I've gotten married my wife does most of the shopping. She uses Safeway to pre-order things and then just drives by to have them put the stuff in the car. She also will go to Sams and Costco depending on what she needs.

I'm usually a Walmart hater and avoided the store for a long time due to it seemingly being dirty, crowded, etc. (crowds are a reason I usually avoid Costco). Where we are living now I will go to the Walmart early in the morning (before 0830) and it isn't crowded, I can usually use the self checkout line and no one is there. I only buy a couple of items there.

I have Walmart+ via a credit card and I did try delivery back east but it was hit or miss. I didn't like the substitution of items and it seemed awkward to turn off, frequently deliveries were way late (i.e., 12-4pm and still getting late messages after 4pm so I would have to cancel) so we haven't done that in a long time.


I kept Amazon Prime for one more year, partly due to forgetting to cancel it. I used to use it a lot more before ads were added. And I would buy BritBox and Acorn through it but now I get them separately. The Amazon Prime TV has diminishing value to me. I suppose some people "need" it for NFL games now but I can survive w/o that.

Amazon is also losing me with all of the 3rd party items it sells and how it keep pushing items at the top of the page due to sponsorships, etc.

I'll have to do a search but can anyone give a quick note on BRK buying/selling of Walmart stock? I didn't realized he ever owned it.
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