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Maybe it's my limited experience, but it always seemed to me that the people that shop at walmart genuinely enjoy the idea of shopping at walmart (going to the physical store to get a good deal on a product) and aren't the type to buy walmart products online.

Their products aren't even that good, surely more of them aren't going to hold up to online competition either.

I also never got the feeling that walmart shoppers are "i need same day delivery" types. they're in it for the bargains. You tell them an option is going to be slightly cheaper, they'll go for it.

I feel like they should keep the focus on their brick and mortar stores and forget about trying to compete with amazon.

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I now trust Walmart more than Amazon for brand name goods that are easily counterfeited since they don't mingle inventory. Never thought I'd say that.

Walmart has been known to put pressure on brands to reduce the cost of their products. Sometimes they can find the cost savings in the economy of scale of doing business with Walmart. Sometimes they find cost savings by making a cheaper product.

Buying something from Wal-Mart is far from a seal of quality.

Same! I received a 20,000 mAh store-brand battery from WalMart a while back, and it works really well, was a good value, and can run a Pi forever. Same goes for the HDMI -> RCA adapter of theirs that I literally asked my mom to get (she's not technical, and managed to get exactly what I needed, which is great!)

Yay, WalMart! (And Best Buy, for that matter- their online pick-it-up-in-five-minutes option is amazing.)

That's an outdated stereotype. I think they're really moving in the right direction.

Their deliveries are on point, the self checkout works perfectly, they're even a store pick up service where you just pull up to designated parking stops and the attendants load up your trunk with order which is ready by time you arrive at the shop.

It's a lot harder to get your product on a Walmart shelf than having it listed on Amazon. There's an existential quality assurance when you buy from Walmart than Amazon.

I always felt like people go to wal mart just because it has everything and it's cheap. And their products have always been fine for me. Recently bought a ton of stuff there for my first bike and no complaints.

Nope. I shop at Walmart and hate the experience of going to the store. I just hate it less than the counterfeit products on amazon or getting ripped off elsewhere.

Wait, there’s a type of person who shops at Walmart?

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