Cannibal Corpse: Why They Tore Down the Whirly Ball And Put in a Sam's (And a Walmart)

• Booooooooooooo.  Loved me some Al's.

• You're both right, can we please stop fighting.

• actually, it is anti-competitive, Microsoft was successfully sued in a similar situation.  I don't like Wal-mart, but I don't hate them either.  I would if there wasn't other alternatives.  And, I'm not down there, but you might do more study of real news yourself.  These are considered unethical business practices, I believe there is a gov't agency that is tasked with preventing these sorts of business practices. These type actions have been enjoined by the USG in the past, though I am aware they are considered quaint now. It's a bit disturbing to hear so frequently discussions in business schools often resolve that some in fact illegal and unethical business practice is voted as the best without at least some commentary by the professor that those practices may well be illegal, even if that is seen as quaint today.

• they aren't the lowest price anymore. 

• yes there was also a Sound Warehouse on that norhwest corner of Preston and Beltline, where the western clothing place is(or was). almost forgotten about that one.

• That's what they told me last time we were in, but the spot they pointed out is gone too!

• Wonder what I'm thinking of, then? There was definitely something at Belt Line and Preston. I think in later years it turned into Sound Warehouse and then became Western Warehouse or somesuch. It must have started life in the late 70s or early 80s as something else.

• Loved me some Al's, but the strip shop they were in was a real shithole.  I hear they're moving into a spot across the parking lot.

• Well, the one out near the border of Dallas and Irving has closed, so it's only three.

• Actually no, the Sound Warehouse was across the street on the other side of Webbs Chapel.  But it was the best!  A Dixie House and a Cowboy Chicken, long gone and turned into tortilla shops, were also bulldozed.

• He puts his white sox on one foot at a time. But once his sox are on, he goes out and wins NBA championships.

• Since Wal-Mart has been doing the low price gig for 50+ years, when does the second part of the conspiracy occur when they jack up the prices?  Or do they have to drive everybody else out of business before they can bring their evil plan to conclusion?

• How many Mom & Pop stores are on NW Highway threatened with ruin?  That horse left the bar decades ago.

• "Anti-competitive business practices" would be several retailers secretly colluding on prices and carving up market territory among themselves. Say Wal-Mart and Target agreeing not to sell socks for less than $8/pair. A company building stores in an area to grab a bigger market share is pretty much the exact opposite of "anti-competitive business practices". Didn't realize they had free wi-fi down at the occupy dallas encampment... 

• That makes the 4th Sam's on Northwest highway!  I hate Walmart.  I guess that has been their strategy in all of small town America ..... take away the market share of Mom and Pop stores.  Reading this makes me sick. 

• Self-cannibalization; i.e. leaving behind giant empty hulls that no other business can use, a la Hypermart/Super Walmart at Garland and Kingsley. Big F.U. to Walmart, as far as I'm concerned.

• Take me back to Peaches Records and Tapes on Fitzhugh and Cole. Ah, good ol' day syndrome. I think I still have a crate full of albums.

• I loved the Valley View Sound Warehouse, truly. That's where I bought Adam & the Ants' import of <i>Dirk Wears White Sox</i>, and the Mexican version of <i>Complete Madness</i> that had the Spanish liner notes. I had many friends who worked there. But the NW Dallas Sound Warehouse was awesome because it was also less picked-over.

• so Walmart is admitting to seeking to exercise anti-competitive business practices, being that the up-shot of their plan is to no doubt drive their competitors out of business and then shutter their excess stores.

• All the stuff that was on that NE corner got torn down prior to 2001, when the Walgreens and Rooms-to-go came in.  The only survivor of that corner was a gas station, which has since closed and is another frickin title-loan place.  Even the old Terra Cotta Inn closed, was torn down, now the site is a new Holiday Inn Express.

• It was right there on the NE corner of LBJ and Preston. I think the original building is gone, but it was typical 70s with wood shingles. The inside of the store was multi-level and huge. Great import section, too.

• Wasn't the one up north more like Preston/Belt Line? I used to ride my bike from west Richardson, braving the shoulder of Belt Line and the barely controlled intersection at Preston, all in an effort to pick up Buddy magazine.

• I drove by this area and was shocked by the change - all for the better.  It is really great to see so much money being invested in this area that really needed help.  I'd say I'll miss Al's, but the truth is I haven't visited in years. Now, if only the City of D could tear down the abandoned, graffiti covered Library on Marsh Lane....

• Best Sound Warehouse would have to be either Greenville Ave or Preston/LBJ, circa 1978-1985

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