About a year ago or so the Wall Street Journal ran an article about WalMart encouraging RVs to park in their lots. I once met a German guy staying in my local Wal-Mart's lot (spoke no English) who had brought his Vanagon over here to travel the US, Canada and Mexico; I live near the route to Yosemite which is where he was heading the next day. Got his film developed; showed me pictures of other buses and Vanagons he had photographed in Mexico; and bought a bunch of other supplies at WalMart, so I guess it's a great marketing strategy. Guy was from Duisburg (I think that's in the Ruhr) and he was quite excited about my van's Wolfsburg crest. I was really jealous of the guy because he had a turbodiesel; his camper conversion was odd looking and not Westfalia. Donna, 1987 Wolfsburg >>> Joe Fortino <biker.pride@usa.net> 05/17/01 08:48AM >>> careful I can just see my luck with this, park @ walmart the the parlinglot cleaner 1. hits my car ;( or keeps me up haft the night. just thinking funny and its not Friday yet
"Horace K. Sawyer" <firestream@mindspring.com> wrote: At 08:52 PM 5/16/01 -0700, Jim Arnott wrote: >WAL-MART!!! encourages RV'ers to park in their lots... Are you serious? That's a brilliant marketing ploy. I had no idea. Are there any official advertisements or signs to that effect? My own ignorance never ceases to amaze me. : ) HK
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