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Walmart Managers Turn Away Wannabe Secret Santa
The biggest trend this holiday season appears to be people who have some money doing something nice for those who might need it by anonymously paying for layaway purchases. But when a woman in Houston attempted to do this at two of her local Walmarts, managers at both stores turned her away, citing a nonexistent company policy.
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Which Online Retailers Have The Fastest & Slowest Delivery Times?
Today is Free Shipping Day, which is pretty self-explanatory, but free shipping doesn't mean good shipping. That's why the folks at STELLAservice wanted to know which of the top 25 online retailers were able to get you your order in a timely manner.
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More Shoppers "Renting" Electronics From Retailers
A new study shows that a growing number of electronics purchases — up to one in five — are being returned to retailers, and that a large majority of the items returned as defective are in fact perfectly fine.
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Shoplifter Stabs Walmart Security Employee In Parking Lot
Something odd must be in the water at a Walmart in Georgia. At the very same store where syringes were turning up in clothing, an employee was stabbed over the weekend after confronting an accused shoplifter in the parking lot.
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Walmart Announces It's Probing Itself Overseas In Bribery Investigation
We've got to at least give Walmart credit for being unafraid to admit they're getting frisky with themselves. More specifically, they announced in a securities filing that they've launched an internal probe into whether employees were bribing foreign officials overseas.
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Walmart Charges A Dollar More For Weaker Shampoo In A Smaller Amount
This makes sense! Why buy the cheaper bottle of stronger dandruff shampoo, when you can buy a smaller, pricier version of the same shampoo in a weaker strength? Such is the reasoning at Walmart, as witnessed by Consumerist reader Steve.
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Walmart Customers Keep Finding Syringe Needles Inside Clothing
Oh, wacky Walmart! If it's not someone getting pepper sprayed on Black Friday, it's a jab from a syringe needle: Multiple customers in Georgia are claiming they've found needles in clothing from Walmart, and in some cases, were stuck by those needles.
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Alleged Walmart Pepper-Sprayer Turns Self In But Won't Talk To Cops
By now you've likely heard about the
Walmart shopper who police originally said used pepper spray to give herself a competitive advantage while bargain hunting on Black Friday. In the days since that incident made national news, the woman believed to be responsible for injuring at least 20 people has turned herself in to the the authorities — but she's not really giving much of an explanation for why she thought a cloud of pepper spray would be a good idea.
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