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Blog EntryIs Wal-Mart Evil?May 16, '08 11:26 AM
for everyone

TMZ and Sports by Brooks report the latest Wal-Mart PR problem:

From the TMZ article: "NFL superstar Andre Johnson claims his charity got stiffed by Wal-Mart -- it all involves water and ice. Yes, ice.

Johnson ordered 750 bicycles to be given to underprivileged kids at an event sponsored by the Andre Johnson Foundation -- in return for the purchase, Wal-Mart agreed to donate water and ice for the May 3 event.

But there was a problem with the order, so Johnson ended up buying fewer bikes than planned. Wal-Mart countered by not giving the water and ice as promised. That's cold.

Wal-Mart is trying to rectify the situation. They tell TMZ, "We are reaching out to the Andre Johnson Foundation as we speak to rectify the situation. It's disappointing that this happened.""

As I understand it, Andre fell short of the 750 bikes by about 70 or so.  I realize that a deal is a deal and this was something between two corporations, I could see not honoring the deal.  But, we're talking about kids here.  *sigh*


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