[possom813]

I just got a pretty darn good deal on 9mm at Wally world. The WWB 115gr FMJ's that are 15.47 a box down here got miss marked.

I got 600 rds for 9 bucks a box of 100. Woo hoo.:D

I'm done, just had to share because all of the cases I've been looking at online were about 160 a case.

[jcwit]

I notice some really like to scam WW. But I bet if the shoe's on the other foot the screeming will never stop. Just because you take advantage of someone's mistake doesn't make it right. Remember what goes around comes around.

[George Hill]

Karma can be a witch....
But I'd have stocked up on that too.

[Albatross]

I bet mistakes like that wouldn't happen if they had employees who gave a crap , but then you'd have to pay them more. Bummer.

No one cares about scamming Wally World because Wally World doesn't care about scamming you. Giant faceless business concerned only with increasing the bottom line. Surprise, surprise no one has great love for them.

Krama is a witch.

[biscuitninja]

I just paid for 500 rounds in 100 round boxes, the price was 15.50 per box. This is socal, so i'm not complaining too much. New ammo that cost as much reloads. Oh well, take it easy and don't work too hard.
-bix

[possom813]

I bet mistakes like that wouldn't happen if they had employees who gave a crap , but then you'd have to pay them more. Bummer.

I actually don't feel bad, and I'm not expecting karma on this. I asked the kid behind the counter for a couple of boxes of WWB because I needed some more. I did notice that the price was 9.96. He rang them up at 15 a box and I said the price shows 9.96. He looked at it and the ammo was in the wrong spot.

I said no problem, I'll pay the 15. He told me that I could have them for 9 bucks a box because, and I quote, "It's no cash out of my pocket and I don't get in trouble for it".

Sooo, I bought all of the 9mm that was mismarked, which was 6 boxes.

Don't think I went looking to scam Walmart, because the last time that I found something like this it was .45acp marked at 10 bucks a box, I paid 28.88 a box, and they moved the .45 to the right spot.

-John

[280shooter]

most walmarts sell cheap to make room,MY brother knows people that work at one in the northest,and they told him that,So he goes in a few times a week to see what they have on clearence,some of the smaller gandrmountains do that too.our walmart,here only carry a few guns,maybe a 22 or a shotgun,thigs do change dont they,,

[GRB]

However you look at it, the buyer was not scamming Walmart, even if he had not told them about the apparent wrong price. The fact is that when a price is marked, it must under law in most states sell for that price if the consumer asks for it at said price. I am not talking about ads in papers, where the advertising company got it wrong, Ia m talking about price tags on items in the store. Yous ee there is such a thing calle dbait and switch. It applies to getting you to come to the store for one item then them saying whoops all out, so we switched to this and they give you junk at the price. However it can also apply to switching prices, they scam you in with lowball prices then tell you, sorry we switched the price back to normal. I don't think they did this, but that is why the law usually states, if marked for one price, at that price it sells. So there wa sno scamming of Walmart, only mislabeling of the ammo by a Walmart employee.

Nice to see thoguh that Possum813 was honorable about it and told them of the price being off.

All the best,
Glenn b

[Elm Creek Smith]

I wait for clearance after hunting season to buy 777. I've never paid more than $13.00 a bottle for it, and most of what I have I bought for $9.00 a bottle.

I use it in .45 Colts and 12 gauge all-brass shells. The guys at the trap range just shake their heads when the white flowers bloom!

ECS

[takhtakaal]

Sorry. Ammo boxes mismarked with a stickered price are one thing. Ammo boxes marked with the correct price but sitting close to a shelf tag with a better price are quite another.

The other posters who mentioned karma issues got this one right. I don't know if I'd be posting and crowing about it, because it doesn't seem very "HR."

[Treo]

At first I thought the OP was in the wrong, but when he posted that he went out of his way to tell the employee who sold it to him & the guy essentially said so what & that he basically didn't care if Wal-Mart lost money. What would you have the OP do ? demand that the employee sell at the higher price. I don't see that the OP did anything wrong.

[takhtakaal]

At first I thought the OP was in the wrong, but when he posted that he went out of his way to tell the employee who sold it to him & the guy essentially said so what & that he basically didn't care if Wal-Mart lost money. What would you have the OP do ? demand that the employee sell at the higher price. I don't see that the OP did anything wrong.

Let's examine this. Pay attention to the portion in bold.

I actually don't feel bad, and I'm not expecting karma on this. I asked the kid behind the counter for a couple of boxes of WWB because I needed some more. I did notice that the price was 9.96. He rang them up at 15 a box and I said the price shows 9.96. He looked at it and the ammo was in the wrong spot.

The quote ends with "the ammo was in the wrong spot." It rang up at the $15-something that it now goes for, despite the fact that it was in the "wrong spot," one that I deduce had a shelf tag indicating that something valued at $9.96 should sit there. if it rang up at $15-something, obviously the tag on the box was correct.

I'm not sure that this is sufficient defense of his actions.

[possom813]

The quote ends with "the ammo was in the wrong spot."


I'm not going to try to defend my actions. And the quote didn't end with the ammo was in the wrong spot, it ended with "I told him no problem, I'd pay the 15".

But then again, you probably think I scammed Winchester because two of the boxes had 101 rds instead of 100.

[ColinthePilot]

He noticed a discrepancy in price, mentioned it, offered to pay full price, and was offered the lower price. I don't see the problem. Who in their right mind would demand to pay 15 when it was offered at 9?

[Erinyes]

I don't know about your Wally-World, but at mine, ammo boxes don't have price stickers. There's only the shelf price.

[possom813]

I don't know about your Wally-World, but at mine, ammo boxes don't have price stickers. There's only the shelf price.

Yessir, the boxes were stacked like that, the price on the shelf and the 9mm stacked behind the price.

[takhtakaal]

Possom didn't explain everything very well, left things open to certain interpretation, and allowed the clerk to under-ring the merchandise. I'm sure that Sam Walton would have spun in his grave. Whether or not you see Walmart as ruining America, what's theirs is theirs. I thought it deceptive and said so.

By the way, ammo here gets bar-code scanned at the sporting goods dep't. register.

[plexreticle]

Good job.

Wallmart has no qualms about ripping people off so karma does work.

[chris in va]

Possom didn't scam WalMart, the employee did.

I'm curious what they sell currently would be $9.96. That was the price of WWB 2 years ago...

[Diggers]

He didn't allow the clerk to under-ring anything.

That clerk chose to.

Possom813 is not in charge of some other persons actions.

Honestly, this whole “You weren’t honorable enough” thing that happens here really gets out of hand.

[Baba Louie]

Honestly, this whole “You weren’t honorable enough” thing that happens here really gets out of hand.Yeah, but it shows aby outsiders lurking in (and there are plenty of guests viewing daily) that we few, we proud, we firearm loving WW shopping citizens are capable of honesty, veracity, yada yada, taking the high road... and who doesn't love a nice mismarked deal once or twice in one's life?

Hey possum! I just wondered... is the WWB sold at WW still made in the US or is it outsourced from Asia? ;) Never mind.

[possum]

i have worked for wal-mart and i have family that are in the higher echelons of wal-mart and i know some things that would make people cringe, i would take the ammo and i would have taken it at the lower price. this is nothing in comparison to the amounts of money that they throw away on a daily basis in other areas and for generally stupid reasons at wal-mart.

btw congrats on the ammo and a job well done.

[jcwit]

Re: W/W scaming you so its alright. I was brought up two wrongs do not make a right, maybe I'm wrong but I don't think so. People complain about the morals going down in the USA, well guess what it starts at home. Its what each and every one of us practice. Perhaps you should feel the same way about your small mom & pop gun store that sells ammo & supplies higher because they don't get the benifite of purchasing power, are they ripping you off? Scam them every time the goof up and we can maybe put them out of business, that'le teach them for their high prices. This attitude of getting something for nothing or benifiting from someones error is just wrong.

[JustPassin'Thru]

Sorry guys, just had to chime in. I would bet dollars to donuts that if you got home and found that you were overcharged, you'd beat a path back to the store demanding a refund. In a moral society, right and wrong work both ways. No matter if it's "big corporate conglomerate" or the corner mom and pop store. Knowingly paying the wrong (lower) price is dishonest. By the way, what does "THR" mean? Just curious.

[XD Fan]

Hey if he told the clerk, he did what he was supposed to do.

[jcwit]

Well possum you have to live with yourself. You state job well done, what a shame, pull your self out of the gutter man.

[Blackbeard]

Offer, acceptance, and consideration. The clerk offered $9, possum accepted, and took the ammo. Binding contract in any state. Possum didn't mismark the ammo himself. He didn't move the ammo to the wrong spot. He didn't kick back $1 per box to the clerk. Everything was above board and at arm's length. I see no moral problems with this transaction at all.

The topic of buying underpriced ammo at Wal-Mart has been discussed before, but I couldn't find the thread.

[Baba Louie]

By the way, what does "THR" mean?
The High Road

[beaucoup ammo]

A Mom and Pop..never. Wal-Mart? Without batting an eye. Good job, Possom!

[Treo]

One of my kids worked at WM store policy: they don't individually price anything if THEY mis- stock it ( the ammo is usually locked up so they did) & the little sign in front of the product says 2.00$ & the register says 4.00 you pay 2.00. that is COMPANY policy. IOW Wal-Mart decided that how they wanted to do business. the employee followed policy possum got a windfall because of it. The only thing that isn't High Road about this is all the aspersions being cast on possum, BY High Road members .....Things that make you go hmmmmmm.

[jrfoxx]

Just as a note, some states, like MI (unless its changed since I lived there), the law says a retailer MUST sell an item for the price marked on the item ( I believe the intent was to stop bait and switch price scams) , if the customer wants it for that price.Thus, If the boxes were marked $9.96, in MI, they have to sell them at that price.Also, the fact the price ends in a 6, and not a 9 or 5,is usually how retailers mark items that are intentionally discounted for whatever reason (damaged, discontinue, not sellng fast enough, etc).As usual, YMMV.

[Ben Shepherd]

I see no problem here. He TRIED to pay full price, the company rep he was dealing with said no. And stated store policy in doing so.

Now mine was a little different. I bought a couple bricks of 22 ammo from the local cal ranch. The sticker on the box said 1.99. That's what the girl that was cashiering charged me for the brick. I got her to call over a supervisor and straighten her out on it.

The difference: Wal mart guy followed policy. My cashier was just lacking info.

[jcwit]

Mom & pop "NO"---WW "YES" Whats the difference, the're both in the retail business. OH I understand WW has more money it can afford to lose! What a pitiful attitude.

[The Deer Hunter]

I actually don't feel bad, and I'm not expecting karma on this. I asked the kid behind the counter for a couple of boxes of WWB because I needed some more. I did notice that the price was 9.96. He rang them up at 15 a box and I said the price shows 9.96. He looked at it and the ammo was in the wrong spot.

I said no problem, I'll pay the 15. He told me that I could have them for 9 bucks a box because, and I quote, "It's no cash out of my pocket and I don't get in trouble for it".

I think that if you correct them, and they stand firm on the mis marked price(well, don't wanna call in someone from upper management) your not really "scamming" them.

[possum]

lets get this straight the op is
possom813

i am possum, lets get it right people.

Well possum you have to live with yourself. You state job well done, what a shame, pull your self out of the gutter man.
who are you to judge me? i have lived 23 years without your opinon and 2 deploymets to the sandbox, and i think i will be just fine for another 23. and who are you to come on here and try to make comments such as you have?
pretty bold for a new guy that hasn't been around long!

[Wild Deuce]

NOT AGAIN? (http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=299837) .... This thread can only end badly.

From the last time I saw this discussed (Moderator):

I'm closing this flamefest before members start losing their posting privileges.

[jcwit]

THANKS POSSUM FOR YOUR SERVICE. Who am I? Just an old guy with the idea that right is right & wrong is wrong. No I'm not judging you just stating my opion on what I believe is right. Profiting from someones error or mistake IMO is wrong, whether they are a big retailer or small. Nuff said.

[possum]

THANKS POSSUM FOR YOUR SERVICE. Who am I? Just an old guy with the idea that right is right & wrong is wrong. No I'm not judging you just stating my opion on what I believe is right. Profiting from someones error or mistake IMO is wrong, whether they are a big retailer or small. Nuff said.
i respect your opinion, thanks for sharing.

[jcwit]

Now we can be friends again. Doc. Holliday (Tombstone) Sometimes in the heat of discussion/argument (never did quit know the difference) things are said with out really meaning how they might be taken. Well we'll just go on from and the world brobably won't change much.

[possom813]

This is crazy. I posted about a good deal that I got at Walmart and it's going off in a tangent that I don't care for.

All I was planning on purchasing was two boxes of 9mm and a box of .22. The 9mm rang up at 15 a box. I pointed out what they were marked, he told me I could have them at that price. So I asked if I could buy all 6 boxes, he said yes because it was no money out of his pocket.

Everyone here has their own ideas about what's right and wrong. So be it, I'm not apologizing about it. There are a lot of people here calling me immoral and wrong and everything else.

That's fine, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But there isn't a single person here that would have paid the 15 a box after the clerk told them that he would sell it for 9 dollars a box.

I didn't do anything wrong, and I don't appreciate it being construed that way. I buy a lot of ammo from Walmart, enough so that most of the guys that work in the sporting goods dept. know me on a first name basis. Like I pointed out earlier, I've noticed this before and never demanded any kind of price break, just like now. I showed him the error and then, his choice, benefited from it.

I would have been just fine purchasing the two boxes at 9 each, but he told me I could buy them all if I wanted to, so I did.

Now I'm done with this thread, so those that are "Holier than thou" can go back to finding other things to gripe about that you think people are wrong about.

-John

[htxred]

buncha saints in here!!

[beaucoup ammo]

Well said possom813. When someone misinterprets something I've said, as in this thread, I just consider the source..figure they don't share my perspective (their privilege) and move on.

You've taken the High Road here, others a different path. Moderators, do your thing!

[btg3]

Not so fast...

"to one who knows the right thing to do and and does not do it, to him it is sin." James 4:17

[possom813]

Not so fast...

"to one who knows the right thing to do and and does not do it, to him it is sin." James 4:17

I'm getting real tired of people trying to call me out on this. I tried to do the right thing. I offered to pay full price. Go back and read.

It's kind of ridiculous to quote the Bible when it doesn't apply to the situation.

-John

edit: I'm done with this thread because, I fear, that my next response to anything stupid won't be so High Road, and it would be the only thing posted by me in this thread that wasn't High Road.

[Roboshred]

I had a similar issue at Wal Mart. I told them about the pricing error they had made and the guy still gave me the discount.

[hankdatank1362]

It's not like you sat there and badgered the clerk ("but it's priced like that, I want it for that price, blah blah blah") like I've seen so many people do.

Almost without fail the person was freakin older than dirt and had nothing else better to do than try to screw the clerk into giving them a deal. Makes me sick.

What you did ("hey, the tag says it's priced cheaper, but I think it's mistagged, so I'll pay the full price, no big deal") is, I GUARANTEE WITHOUT A DOUBT what made the clerk think "Man, this guy's pretty cool, I'll cut him a deal. It's not like the Waltons will miss the money."

Catch more flies with honey any day. Job well done. If someone wants to sell you something for cheaper than it should be, and knows the difference, than there's nothing wrong with that. Anyone tells you otherwise is a fool.

[CannonFodder]

Not so fast...

"to one who knows the right thing to do and and does not do it, to him it is sin." James 4:17

First, the box was misshelved.
Second, the clerk acknowledged the error and followed company policy and cut possom the deal.

Case closed.

Third: Quoting the bible as a higher authority and judge of another person's actions is... a contentious and tenuous use of a non-standard metric.

And that's all I have to say on that subject.

[Vector]

I am surprised so many people still help screw up America by shopping at Wal Mart just to save a few $$.

http://walmartwatch.com/


:banghead:

[cedjunior]

Wow its the "Holier Than Thou" Road. I always get a kick out of those so willing to judge everyone else.

Obviously, people can't read, or have never been to Walmart. Walmart does not put price tags on items. They put the price on the shelf where the item is located. Oh wait, I read that here too...... So Walmart unintentionally mislead the OP into thinking the ammo was one price when it was in their system as another. The man offered to pay full price, it was the cashiers decision not to since it was Walmart's mistake.

Maybe the holier than thou's are just jealous they didn't run across this deal?

[Grizfire]

notice some really like to scam WW. But I bet if the shoe's on the other foot the screeming will never stop. Just because you take advantage of someone's mistake doesn't make it right. Remember what goes around comes around.

then later,

Well possum you have to live with yourself. You state job well done, what a shame, pull your self out of the gutter man.

Relax, Jcwit, eat some dip.

This attitude of getting something for nothing or benifiting from someones error is just wrong.

Its a good rule to live by. But letting someone benefit from your error is also right. In this case, WM acknowledged the mistake, took the high road and allowed the OP to have the ammo at the mis marked price.

[XavierBreath]

This is crazy. I posted about a good deal that I got at Walmart and it's going off in a tangent that I don't care for.Yep.

I'm closing this flamefest before members start losing their posting privileges.Yep.