Wal-Mart - Dangerous Products, Conditions

John of GREENVILLE, SC June 10, 2009

Model 14-716 Ant1W 044681371875 3362-4552. I bought this chair at Walmart of Taylor's, SC on May 14 or sometime that week. On the morning of May 21, it cracked and I fell down. After the fall, I hurt my hip, and it stung for a half hour or so but thank goodness no medical operations. I returned the chair to Walmart on May 21 and exchanged it for a more expensive model. I am young of age, the fall from the chair did not cause any serious medical issues. However, I believe Dorel has a defect in the chair, and perhaps one day someone will get hurt and will sue. Walmart told me that they would return the chair to Dorel. It may be wise to recall those chairs, just encase someone else does get hurt. I believe with Dorel's chair there are others out there with this defect. Someone at the Taylor's Walmart told me that they get lots of chair returns, so its possible that others who have had this experience have not bothered to contact Dorel, and just have exchanged the chair for a new model. I was contacted by Dorel by phone after I filed a online complaint and the agent I spoke with "A. Engleking" said she would contact the Taylors Walmart about the chair, but someone dropped the ball at both Dorel and Walmart, and they are poo-pooing this whole thing, and avoiding any investigation as I was not injured and the chair was only worth 10. However a chair breaking on someone, may result in a death or injury of someone one day, if there is a defect in the chair. I have photos of the welding of the chair and all the details that I took after my fall. My hip hurt for a half hour. Dorel needs to take this matter seriously.

michael of louisville, KY June 1, 2009

bought a 50pound bag of dog food a week ago. i was feeling my dog bowl up and nosed there was mold in the dog food. then i look at the bag a notice that the date on the dog bag was use by nov 05. my dog have ate a lot of the dog what should i do

Elizabeth of Portland, TN May 28, 2009

Why can't the temperature be adjusted to handle little children too. Designate one faucet for them is all I ask. I don't want my granddaughter to get burnt because of the water temperature but I want her to wash her hands. The manager said there were many complaints about this but because of sanitary reasons...it needs to be hot. Well, how sanitary is it to the children who cry not to have to wash because it hurts.

I am a shopper at the walmart store in Franklin Ky too. The same there. If you have small children, then you know anytime you shop little children have to go to the bathroom. My granddaughter is six but she has very tender hands. It seems like a very simple solution to me. I hope I get a response back because this bothers me more and more evertime we go. Please let me know you care. In sharing my complaint with friends who firmly agree with me...I'm sure we can find someone to listen.

Jennifer of Hilton Head Island, SC May 7, 2009

I have a physical disability and have to use the electric carts when shopping. I rely on these and cannot make it through the store without them.

The Wal-Mart on Hilton Head has 4 carts, and all of them are in horrible shape. They are always filthy. They are beat up, missing parts/chunks, the wheels are uneven and often missing pieces of the rubber, the arm rests are broken and some of them are missing chunks or pieces of rubber/padding.

All of them are EXTREMELY SLOW. The motors are burned out because they are old and have not been properly cared for.

Further, two of them are not aligned, so when you are driving them, you have to fight to keep them going straight. Combine that with the missing rubber on the wheels and you are in for a bumpy, struggle of a ride. ost people who use these carts have physical problems, many of which are muscular in nature. When you put someone in a cart like this in which they are being jostled around or are having to fight to get to stay in one direction... by the time the shopping is over, that person is in physical pain.

I cannot tell you how much I dislike going to Walmart. I avoid it like the plague. I don't understand how Target, Publix, and other stores can provide wonderful, clean, and well-running carts, and Wal-Mart's have to be in such a terrible state.

I have asked so many times for them to have the carts serviced. I've spoke to numerous managers, and they all act very concerned... nothing ever happens.

I own a business, and spend an average of 1000/month a Wal-Mart. It's stopping. I now am a Target shopper. If they don't care enough to see that I can shop in comfort then I will not return. Shame on them.

Joyce of Springfield, OR April 28, 2009

My hubby bought a large plastice jar of Planters Peanuts yesterday at Wal-Mart, When he got home we opened it up. Laying right on top was a cooked and salted cat doodoo. I know what cat turds look like because I have 2 cats and a litter box. When he brought it back to Wal-Mart, they wonen gagged and choked when they saw it. Too bad I did not read the label for a phone number for Planters, but the lady at wally world said she would tell the supervisor. I did write to CDC, as well. Phil got his money back.

Elaine of Park Forest, IL April 27, 2009

4-27-2009 On this day I was inside my vehicle geting ready to enter the store. I saw a cart comeing from blowing wind which hit my car. Thinking that the hit was lite, I got out the car and saw, the hit was hard on the driver side. I can not claim it on my insurance cause i just recently been in a car accident. Economic the car has a medeuim dent in my car. Whose going to paid for it?

Brandi of San Antonio, TX April 26, 2009

I has just finished paying for my merchandise, walking through the main hallway exit in front of the eye center, slipped and fell on my knee. I am 8 months pregnant, employees from the vision center and the cashier witnessed this and did not help me at all. The cashier immediately pulled out her roll of paper towels and cleaned up the wet area. It looked like maybe a customer had a bag of ice in the basket and it leaked through the walkway. The cashier immediate returned to work. The vision center just sat there and watched as my mother tried to help me up. A customer did come up to ask me if I was ok.

I was very disappointed of the way the situation was handled. The assistant manager came out to talk to me as I was sitting in a chair and started telling me about his grandaughter that was pregnant and had toxemia and made made a joke about my mothers last name. At the end he asked if I needed a wheelchair. I told him I just wanted to get done so I can get home. The assistant Manager Jesus went into the vision center and asked the Doctor if he saw anything and the Doctor said no. I mentioned to Jesus that the Doctor was not out there only the two employees sitting at the counter. They said they did not see it happen but when I fell the gentlement sitting there made said ooh, when I fell so I know he saw me on the ground. He then said "Walmart can view it on their camera". I am very upset that the cashier did not call anyone. My mom had to go get someone. No one ever apologized for anything.

knee pain and soreness to my body. Luckily I was holding on to the basket and broke some of the weight when I fell but I got scared and tightened up my body trying to hold myself. Being that I am eight months pregnant, this is my first baby. I feel like I have to watch everywhere I walk on the ground to make sure there is no puddle of water like at walmart. It was very scary and worried.

Ethel of Jupiter, FL April 23, 2009

The electric scooters for the handicapped! You need to go take a look at them and ride one. They jerk and buck. There are in discusting condition. Large hunks of foam showing and the plastic covering them loose and harp. I have an injured leg and the scooter bucked and jerked so bad it hurt me and I had to leave the store. They are like that in every store. If you ask to get another one..ha..all alike.

Now a big wealthy company like walmart could surley get new ones. You are not allowed to take them outside so who is going to steal them. ALL the walmarts are like that. Because of that scooter problem I am changing my purchasing habits to Target. Better service, better equipment. As to the amount of complaints Walmart receives one would think they need to clean up their act. Past Walmart shopper.

Debra of Williamston, SC April 17, 2009

Debra of Williamston SC (04/17/09)
I purchased a Bouncy Mouse toy for my cat, Rambo, at Wal Mart, Liberty Hwy. Store, in Anderson SC, thinking I was doing a good thing that was going to make my kitty happy. Never did I think that the toy would kill him. On Saturday, April 11th, my cat seemed that something was wrong with him. He was not eating and I had noticed vomit throughout our house. I took him to the vet. hospital and they told me that his kidneys were failing. They put him on a high dose of IV to see if they were truly failing or if he was dehydrated, and to observe him.

By Monday, his kidney values had returned to normal, so the Dr.s decided that by the way he was acting (projectile vomiting) he had a blockage. They performed surgery on him and found that a piece of one of his toys was blocking his intestine. It was the fuuzy foot off of the bouncy mouse. In inspecting this toy closely, I found that the feet are just tack stitched...no glue or anything to make them secure. They pull off easily. This kitty was my child. He helped me cope with my daughter moving away to college. He was only 11 months old. I got him when he was 3 days old and raised him from a bottle. His mom had been killed 3 days before he was found as he was brought to these peoples garage by their tomcat. I nursed him to health, saved his life, and did everything I could to make him happy.

I never thought that I was buying him something that would kill him. I have written this company by email and told them that I feel they should pay the vet bills and compensate me for the loss of my baby as I see this as no differently than a human child being killed by a dangerous toy. I also told them that they should pull these toys before they kill someone elses animal and that I plan to seek legal action if they don't do so. I have had no response. Please see if you can help me. I do not plan to let this go until something is done because right is right and wrong is wrong. They just can't keep putting out toys that kill pets. The loss is almost more than I can bare. Thank you for your time.

My kitty, Rambo, was killed by a defective cat toy. The damamges are large vet bills and severe emotional trauma to me and my children.

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