Talk:Sam's Club
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[edit] Title format?
I noticed when you search for SAM'S CLUB that nothing is found. The proper typesetting/spelling/whatever you want to call it is for SAM'S CLUB to be in all capital letters.
- See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks) – flamuraiTM 05:35, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Image issues
The text doesn't wrap around the images properly, but I don't know how to format it. --cactuar12 13:10, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Factual inaccuracy
The article contains the following statement:
the prices are designed to reflect the actual costs of doing business with no mark-up.
I believe this to be factually inaccurate, as I have been a member of the club for several years and can definitely attest that their prices on certain items are the same as (or higher than) "traditional" retail stores that mark up prices. For example, Sam's Club price for the Dell XPS M1710 laptop is about the same (or more expensive) than I found at other places. Also, when I'm doing my grocery shopping there, their Blue Bell Creameries productes are always more expensive at Sam's than at my local Albertsons. --Vincentanton 02:43, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Many other stores sell certain items below cost (esp. computers and grocery items). This is often referred to as a "loss leader," and is something that the clubs don't do. Even though it may be cheaper elsewhere, Sam's price still reflects almost no markup above the cost of doing business. Elpablo69 05:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bowling Alleys???
"Many Sam's Club customers are small businesses (such as bowling alleys)"
Why would a bowling alley be a typical "small business"... Sounds kinda ridiculous (but I'm from the UK, so I could be wrong...) EAi 11:30, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sams-club-2006.gif
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[edit] Criticism
The criticism section seemed a little bit extreme. It contained unattributed quotes claiming that Wal-Mart is "America's Most hated business" and is the "big store that shuts down the mom-and-pop stores". I removed these quotes and tried to make the rest of the language more neutral without removing the actual criticism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.137.192.51 (talk • contribs).
- Good call. I've also removed the most blatantly unreferenced sentence. -SCEhardT 18:00, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removal of information by IP registered to Wal-Mart
In this edit, an IP address registered to Wal-Mart removed a sourced section. I couldn't decide if it should be re-added. Any thoughts? --Geniac 23:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
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- I say put it back. Seems relevant, it's sourced... and that editor added in a whole bunch of promotional language as well, so -- yeah.Orbicular 22:19, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sams-club-2006.svg
Image:Sams-club-2006.svg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot 00:34, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Advertising
I read the article and I think it needs to be marked as advertising because it it written very much like an advertisement. Dobby421 (talk) 00:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Square footage discreptancy
If the largest Sam's Club is 145,000 square feet, then how does this sentence make sense?
Locations typically range in size from 70,000 – 190,000 square feet, with an average club size of approximately 132,000 square feet.
