Comments for Walmart: You Cannot Buy This Lamp Anywhere, So Just Give Up

Walmart: You Cannot Buy This Lamp Anywhere, So Just Give Up

2008-12-02T18:29:05Z

We love Walmart's website. We really do. Here's a nice lamp that you can't buy. At all. Deal with it.

(Thanks, Evan!)

Comment from ELC on 2008-12-03

2008-12-04T00:08:35Z

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Don't forget baby items. Plenty on display, none to buy!

Comment from RagManX on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T22:01:08Z

It's such a deal that they had to reduce the impact on margins somehow. Durrr!

Comment from themcp on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T14:42:01Z

I also found this Men's "Big & Tall" Barbie backpack:
[farm4.static.flickr.com]

Comment from Grrrrrrr, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T10:47:22Z

Thirty bucks for THAT lamp? Wal-Mart is doing everyone a favor by not selling it.

PS: I think it's ugly.

Comment from clickable on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T09:32:03Z

I think this was much ado about nothing, and you may have cruised by the site just as it was being updated. The item now shows as being available online and in stores (I didn't check specific locations). Time is 11:30 PM.

Comment from pigbearpug on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T07:24:27Z

@pigbearpug: And I agree with you!

Comment from pigbearpug on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T07:23:26Z

@snowburnt: Caliber. Sorry, I'm a spelling nazi, but it's not my fault.

Comment from humphrmi on 2008-12-02

2008-12-03T04:21:04Z

@silver-bolt: See the picture. It doesn't say "not available in store," it says "Not sold in stores", plural, as in any store.

Comment from MooseOfReason on 2008-12-02

2008-12-03T03:13:43Z

@lintacious: That's blue, not baby blue.

Look at the item name in the picture at the top of the article.

Comment from SJRNWT on 2008-12-02

2008-12-03T03:05:27Z

"Save money. Feel better."

Did you not just save $30 by not buying a garbage Wal-Mart lamp? lol

Comment from snowburnt on 2008-12-02

2008-12-03T01:22:14Z

@punkrawka: Forgot also, safe working conditions, health coverage for employees, non-sexist employment policies...the fact that they don't work their employees in the store overnight without asking them...

I consider Walmart a genetic wasteland. Every Walmart you go to has the same calibur people wandering around. If downtown Manhattan had a Walmart, if you went in on a Sunday you'd see groups of people 4 generations deep complete with the granny in the scooter that is more annoying than her whiny grandson and more dangerous than her son in his 15 year old Ford F150.

Comment from i_love_life on 2008-12-02

2008-12-03T01:17:12Z

@busrid3r: I love desk.

Comment from Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on 2008-12-02

2008-12-03T01:06:22Z

What a coincidence. Last week my desk lamp quit working, so I went to WalMart's website to see if they had anything similar (a goose-neck fluorescent) they did (it was listed as being available in stores) and so I printed out the page and went down to the local store. Couldn't find one on display so asked an associate and he told me they have never carried that style before. Okay - found a different lamp and got it instead. I went back to the website today after reading this article and lo and behold you can't even FIND the lamp I was looking at last week! I guess they pulled everything that they don't *REALLY* offer?

Comment from jswilson64 on 2008-12-02

2008-12-03T00:55:20Z

@midwestkel: Where does it say it's available. It says it's Not Sold in Stores and Not Sold Online. Sounds pretty unavailable to me.

Comment from discounteggroll on 2008-12-02

2008-12-03T00:50:05Z

I Love Lamp...

Comment from C.S.M. Technophile on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T23:41:58Z

Same thing as this:

[Walmart]

Comment from echyone on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:59:26Z

@JazzmanSA80: It still there. Scroll down the page and click on the baby blue one.

Comment from busrid3r on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:50:27Z

i love lamp

Comment from coren on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:30:20Z

This was funny the last time yall had one of these a few months ago, but I thought it was figured out then that WalMart lists items that are out of stock funny?

Comment from coren on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:29:32Z

@silver-bolt: It says that regardless of zip code

Comment from skipjack on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:22:13Z

@odhen: With as many items as wal-mart has, it's amazing that they keep up with anything at all.

Comment from skipjack on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:21:49Z

@StellaBella07: That's why i have a phone. There's no reason to get upset at a store clerk because somethings not in stock.

"I'm sorry sir, what you wanted was in stock 10 seconds before you asked, but i decided to sacrifice it to the heathen god oo ee oo ah ah. He was pleased, and now he has granted me my 15 minute break."

Comment from ChChChacos on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:11:29Z

Well if you like this same lamp in pink you can't get it either!!! [www.walmart.com]

Comment from Yokai Monsters Spook Warfare on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:07:41Z

@skipjack: yeah, if it is anything like the retail chain I used to work at, the online thing only says if they had any (even if its only 1) in stock as of close the day before. So if anyone has come in since midnight and bought it, then the computers won't show it until the following day. It REALLY sucks trying to explain that to an irate customer who just drove 30 mins...blah blah - you get the idea.

Comment from i_love_life on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:07:39Z

This should have that famous picture of the angry baby yelling, "FOOK YOU, ONLINE SHOPPAH!"

Comment from superhalo on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T22:04:03Z

But I wanna buy it!!!

Comment from kitykat70 on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T21:29:05Z

I saw some curtains this weekend on their site that said the same thing. I took it to mean I wasn't meant to buy it.

Comment from midwestkel on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T21:28:29Z

@morganlh85: Well the other sites like Best Buy, Target, etc on their website, if it is sold out then it is marked as sold out. These marking indicate that they still have them available but you can't buy them in stores or online.

Comment from odhen on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T20:45:59Z

@skipjack: Yeah, as someone who works at a Walmart, I can tell you that find in store thing isn't always (read: never) accurate.

Comment from shufflemoomin on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T20:42:59Z

@MeSoHornsby: Or just go to an employees house or yard sale. Maybe you can buy it there. It's entirely possible said places will have much Target stock in them anyway.

Comment from skipjack on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T20:32:35Z

My favorite thing about wal-mart's online store is the function to see if an item is in stock locally. I tried to buy GH world tour a couple of weeks ago and every walmart in the area had it "in-stock". I called before wasting my time...and none could lay a hand on it.

Yay.

Comment from LatherRinseRepeat on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T20:25:12Z

I've noticed that this happens a lot for popular or big ticket items. I think they purposely leave items up for a few weeks to help with search engine optimization. Just a guess.

Comment from lintacious on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T20:06:48Z

Looks like you can purchase the lamp now...

I took this screenshot just a minute ago:
[www.lintacious.com]

From this page:
[www.walmart.com]

((I didn't put in a zipcode to find my local stores))

Comment from Coyote on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T20:00:54Z

There were alot of these during black Friday. I think they sometimes list sale items online before they offer them like placeholders.

Comment from unojack on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T19:47:57Z

available online for me and only $29.98. SWEET! but i'm still not buying it.

Comment from Ash78 ain't got time to bleed on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T19:40:22Z

@apronk: I like the cut of your jib. And don't forget the old "deferred taxation."

I work tirelessly to keep track of all of my tax-free online purchases in order to pay my state by April 15, as I'm sure all the rest of you do, as well!

Comment from blackmage439 on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T19:38:53Z

I saw a lot of this over the weekend. It normally happens when an item is only going to be sold in-store or online after a specific date, but it is posted sooner. Seeing as the lamp is on clearance, it looks to be more of an inventory clusterf%*k.

Comment from geeky_reader on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T19:33:35Z

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Or just go to Amazon and order it for $1-2 less and yay free shipping!

Comment from morganlh85 on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T19:32:13Z

It's a clearance item...likely means the item is simply sold out and not removed from the site yet.

Comment from JazzmanSA80 on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T19:31:53Z

A quick search on Walmart.com now won't turn up the item- must have been a temporary mistake as it was being pulled off the online store.

Comment from JazzmanSA80 on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T19:28:08Z

@punkrawka: Also, Target throws a no-trampling to death fee in there. Commies.

Comment from Ash78 ain't got time to bleed on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T18:49:54Z

@punkrawka: Fair enough...Unless you need something in hardware, garden, auto, tools, or basically anything else besides clothes, toys, or beauty. I'm shocked TGT even bothers with those things anymore.

Comment from silver-bolt on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T18:45:34Z

If at anytime you put in your zip code and the item is not in your local store, it will say that :/

Comment from Anonymous on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T18:41:56Z

Perhaps they have a mail-order catalog you can use.

Comment from punkrawka on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T18:37:28Z

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: The $20 premium is for aisles that you can walk in, a decibel level that you can hear your shopping partner, and a checkout process that takes less than 30 minutes. Also, for actually having the item you need in stock.

Comment from Ash78 ain't got time to bleed on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T18:32:55Z

Guess I'll have to go to Target and buy it for $50.