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While the government is in shutdown, all US Military is allowed to shop at Sams Club without needing a membership.

I don't have any official links for this, but it's info our base PA office is spreading, and others as well.

 djones520 wrote:
While the government is in shutdown, all US Military is allowed to shop at Sams Club without needing a membership.

I don't have any official links for this, but it's info our base PA office is spreading, and others as well.

Nice.

But, I didn't hear that the PX was shutdown... that's odd.

AAFES hasn't. DECA has. DECA controls the base Commissary. All base Commissary's shut down on the first, and will remain closed until the government reopens it's doors.

 djones520 wrote:
AAFES hasn't. DECA has. DECA controls the base Commissary. All base Commissary's shut down on the first, and will remain closed until the government reopens it's doors.

Thanks for clarification.

But not non-military government workers? I'd like know if this is military only.

What does Walmart have to do with this

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
What does Walmart have to do with this

Walmart owns Sam's Club...

Sam Walton, founded Walmart and Sam's Club

 Manchu wrote:
But not non-military government workers? I'd like know if this is military only.

Given that non-military government workers didn't have access to the Commissary in the first place, I'm going to assume no.

We lost a venue of grocery shopping, so Walmart provided us with a new one in the interim.

Commissary?

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Commissary?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissary#Other_uses

LEARN YA SUMTIN!

Commissaries are stores of provisions for the armed forces (usually).

 Alfndrate wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
What does Walmart have to do with this

Walmart owns Sam's Club...

Sam Walton, founded Walmart and Sam's Club

They are separate though and Sam's Club doing something doesn't have much bearing on Wal-Mart. Sam's Club has long been known as the "better" brand/company of the two when it comes to treating people decent.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Commissary?

Grocery store provided on base for military personnel. Often times we're stationed places where getting to other grocery stores can be very difficult and costly.

 d-usa wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
What does Walmart have to do with this

Walmart owns Sam's Club...

Sam Walton, founded Walmart and Sam's Club

They are separate though and Sam's Club doing something doesn't have much bearing on Wal-Mart. Sam's Club has long been known as the "better" brand/company of the two when it comes to treating people decent.

Separate stores, but it's rare that you to see a Sam's Club not within spittin' distance of a Walmart because it is owned and operated by Walmart Stores Inc. Both of them are gakholes imo. Though this move to help the military is a decent move.

hotsauceman1 wrote:What does Walmart have to do with this

hotsauceman1 wrote:Commissary?

Dang yo, do you EVER Google things on your own? Id really like to know

 djones520 wrote:
Often times we're stationed places where getting to other grocery stores can be very difficult and costly.

One would think by the same token getting to a Sam's Club would be difficult and costly.

It would be a pity if Walmart is not showing the same concern for non-military government employees.

 Manchu wrote:

 djones520 wrote:
Often times we're stationed places where getting to other grocery stores can be very difficult and costly.

One would think by the same token getting to a Sam's Club would be difficult and costly.

It would be a pity if Walmart is not showing the same concern for non-military government employees.

As I mentioned earlier, said employees don't have access to the commissaries, so nothing has changed for them in these regards anyways.

I don't think they're missing out on much, as far as the AAFES commisary goes. When I was at Tinker AFB it was fairly overpriced on most things, but occasionally had good deals on some specific stuff. On the average, shopping for groceries at Walmart is likely to be consistently less expensive. YMMV of course.

At least Sam's lets them buy bulk, who knows when the next paycheck comes!

 Ouze wrote:
I don't think they're missing out on much, as far as the AAFES commisary goes. When I was at Tinker AFB it was fairly overpriced on most things, but occasionally had good deals on some specific stuff. On the average, shopping for groceries at Walmart is likely to be consistently less expensive. YMMV of course.

.......

Ok, AAFES has nothing to do with the Commissary. I addressed that earlier.

Secondly, Commissaries are almost always cheaper then local area markets, because they are legally bound to sell at cost (plus small surcharge, to cover some expenses). They cannot turn profit on their items.

 d-usa wrote:
At least Sam's lets them buy bulk, who knows when the next paycheck comes!

I know! I'm sure a few of the navy lads have gone to their local sam's club to stock up on 55gal drums of Jergens...

I love Sams club, we shop there every month. They have a bag of dark chocolate covered pomegranate seed...thingies...... Anywho, the bag is like 2 pounds of the stuff. Its fantastic

If true, then that's really cool of them.

 d-usa wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
What does Walmart have to do with this

Walmart owns Sam's Club...

Sam Walton, founded Walmart and Sam's Club

They are separate though and Sam's Club doing something doesn't have much bearing on Wal-Mart. Sam's Club has long been known as the "better" brand/company of the two when it comes to treating people decent.

NO they are not separate. Sam's is a subsidiary of Walmart.
Walmoart doesn't have membership requirements to waive in the first place.

 Manchu wrote:

 djones520 wrote:
Often times we're stationed places where getting to other grocery stores can be very difficult and costly.

One would think by the same token getting to a Sam's Club would be difficult and costly.

It would be a pity if Walmart is not showing the same concern for non-military government employees.

Manchu, you should know only the military can be fetishized. Plus, other government workers are EVIL!



Plus, the uniformed military is still getting pais unlike the park rangers, IRS, capital police, Dept. of Labor, etc., etc., etc.

Park Rangers? Weren't the National Parks opened back up? Or are they like those police officers from yesterday's car chase where they were on duty but not getting paid?

I honestly have no idea if the parks were reopened. Last I heard they weren't.

 Easy E wrote:
I honestly have no idea if the parks were reopened. Last I heard they weren't.

Hrm... I must have misheard the sultry voice of Diane Sawyer last night (who is fething 67! She looks 40).

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/3/senate-dems-block-reopening-nih-national-parks/

 Alfndrate wrote:

 Easy E wrote:
I honestly have no idea if the parks were reopened. Last I heard they weren't.

Hrm... I must have misheard the sultry voice of Diane Sawyer last night (who is fething 67! She looks 40).

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/3/senate-dems-block-reopening-nih-national-parks/

Yeah, that article said that the House wanted to pass a fe wmeasures to fund a couple part sof our government, but he Senate blocked them.

Therefore, National Parks are not open.

Edit: Which was probably the point of your last post. Sorry if I misunderstood.

The fact that they made the active decision to close open air parks and monuments is one of the more ridiculous, petty things I've ever seen. I still can't believe it happened.

 Easy E wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:

 Easy E wrote:
I honestly have no idea if the parks were reopened. Last I heard they weren't.

Hrm... I must have misheard the sultry voice of Diane Sawyer last night (who is fething 67! She looks 40).

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/3/senate-dems-block-reopening-nih-national-parks/

Yeah, that article said that the House wanted to pass a fe wmeasures to fund a couple part sof our government, but he Senate blocked them.

Therefore, National Parks are not open.

Edit: Which was probably the point of your last post. Sorry if I misunderstood.

Yup it was, I didn't make myself clear enough, so it's cool that you misunderstood