Oh, Walmart...

[s_bushido]

I found out about this while watching someone's stream late last night. The whole thing was pretty hilarious. I'd almost feel bad for them if it wasn't...you know...Walmart.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/walma...ry?id=20804317

[Underverse]

Another example of government inefficiency. Sigh.


Wait what are we talking about?

[Tinykong]

People won't be getting those items.

[lockedout]

Obama's fault.

[Yami]

People won't be getting those items.

Many people did get their items as they did in store pickup or they went to other stores and did a price match.

[Kraenen]

It's time to shut down walmart permanently because of this.

[Rukentuts]

People won't be getting those items.

Pretty much this. Because those orders have to be boxed and shipped. They'll just track all the orders in that time interval with the affected items and cancel them. One simple query will find em.

[Tradewind]

Many people did get their items as they did in store pickup or they went to other stores and did a price match.

Just as many are being told to go kick rocks though when they go to pick up their $8 projectors.

[Rukentuts]

Many people did get their items as they did in store pickup or they went to other stores and did a price match.

Wal-Mart in-store pickup still requires stock to be shipped from a warehouse to the store specifically for that order. Plenty of time to cancel it.

[lockedout]

Pretty much this. Because those orders have to be boxed and shipped. They'll just track all the orders in that time interval with the affected items and cancel them. One simple query will find em.

It's possible they might have to honor those sales.

[Rukentuts]

Just as many are being told to go kick rocks though when they go to pick up their $8 projectors.

And the employees that did the price-match will be shown the door no doubt.

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It's possible they might have to honor those sales.

No, you don't. You just throw the money back on the card. Until it's picked up in the store, they have total discretion to just refund.

[Tinykong]

Many people did get their items as they did in store pickup or they went to other stores and did a price match.

I'm sure that's what people are saying, but I highly doubt anyone is actually getting anything.

[Skippy88]

You would think they would have a monitoring system in place where if the item is currently being sold is less than the cost of the item it would come up with a red flag.

We have about 15000 products and it's so easy to make a mistake. Sometimes it's our suppliers fault. Sometimes it's our fault. Sometimes the pricing is updated by hand or sometimes we upload it.

[lockedout]

I'm sure that's what people are saying, but I highly doubt anyone is actually getting anything.

Everyone's a liar.

[Kraenen]

I'm sure that's what people are saying, but I highly doubt anyone is actually getting anything.

walmart is just a mess...get rid of it already.

[Rukentuts]

walmart is just a mess...get rid of it already.

They're actually the epitome of a perfect supply chain. This is just a web ordering glitch.

[Payday]

Many people did get their items as they did in store pickup or they went to other stores and did a price match.

Other stores price matched a $600 monitor for $9? Show me

[lockedout]

They're actually the epitome of a perfect supply chain. This is just a web ordering glitch.

Didn't they have the EBT glitch also where people were cashing out carriages full of food?

[Kraenen]

They're actually the epitome of a perfect supply chain. This is just a web ordering glitch.

but don't you see? it has website problems so it needs to be shut down. scrap the whole of walmart to save the country from godzilla.

[proteen]

It's possible they might have to honor those sales.

Not at all. Walmart has a disclosure that allows them to cancel any order. The people who were able to capitalize on the situation were the ones who purchased it online for on-site pick up, and actually picked up their item(s) early this morning. I bought 3 projectors online and am waiting for my cancellation email any moment now =(