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I don't think selling things to people while they are drunk/high/otherwise is invalid. Otherwise Walmart would have to breathalyze visitors.

However, it's massively, objectively, unequivocally unethical, and part of the reason I quit that place. And for the record, selling crap to drunk people in APAC was probably the least morally suspect tactic this company got up too.

Walmart will let you return an item the next day. Meanwhile, I believe that a contract signed while drunk would be unenforceable.

What does the acronym APAC mean?

> What does the acronym APAC mean?

Asia-Pacific

> if the buyer was intoxicated, isn't that sale invalid?

Under what law? Am I not allowed to drunkenly order food at a restaurant? What's the threshold for a purchase that should be invalid?

Lots of laws to pick from depending on the jurisdiction, e.g. see https://www.quora.com/If-you-sign-a-contract-while-drunk-or-...

> what is the threshold...

Far past the threshold is glaringly obvious, far below as well. If it is close, you do what is always done about any threshold question.

> if the buyer was intoxicated, isn't that sale invalid?

Sadly, we don't hold capitalism to consent standards