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This is actually something I am very interested in. There are certain categories of items, I am worried about buying from Amazon due to counterfeits. I don't want to have to worry if my phone charger is actually UL certified or not and if it will electrocute me or burn my house down. If I can get free delivery from Walmart, and not have to worry about counterfeits, it would be huge for me.

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I prefer walmart for the same reason, I have a lot more trust in their supply chain. And the free delivery times are about the same, coupled with easy returns to the store. I would guess my Target and walmart online orders are 10x my Amazon orders. But I wouldn't pay for prime or walmart plus simply for the faster shipping, the free tier is already plenty fast

IME, Walmart has the worst in store returns experience in any retailer, which I why prefer not to shop there.

Every time I've had to return something, it has taken at least 20 minutes as there is either no employee or is understaffed with a 5+ person queue.

My experience has been quite good recently. I start them through they app and they have an express returns spot in the customer service area. I'll start the return before I even set out to the store, sometimes they'll just comp it and refund my money without returning.

Walmart online store includes third parties. It's not going to be any better.... They will absolutely move to copy Amazon's zero liability selling strategies.

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