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That changed last night. My wife is such a frequent user of Amazon Prime that I wonder sometimes if I should register as an Amazon Fulfillment Center. But last night, after our hair dryer failed, Amazon Prime would only guarantee delivery by April 21.

The good news is Wal-Mart's model relies on their existing stores, not fulfillment centers. Wal-mart's delivery times are still fairly short.

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Thank gawd you didn't have to wait for something as absolutely essential as a hair dryer.

doesn't Wal Mart still use drop shippers for some of the online inventory?

3rd party retailers, but same difference I guess. Personally I look for things that offer ship-to-store since this is using Walmart's own logistics network.

Those products are clearly called out on its website.

I'm also impressed with how much cheaper Walmart is than Amazon for a large number of the things I just ordered.

We need an aggregator that compares prices between Amazon, Walmart, Target, etc. for the same or similar SKUs. It'd be even better if you could build your cart with it and then it put together the relevant orders with each service. (This maybe already exists, I just haven't searched for it.)

You can do this to some extent with UPCItemDB and BrickSeek.

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