From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-18 10:30, Paul wrote:   
   > On Tue, 2/17/2026 1:52 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-17 15:58, Paul wrote:   
   >>> But personally, I'm holding out for even bigger ones, at $59.99 each.   
   >>> And if you're listening, fraudsters, I really like the*red* aluminum ones.   
   >>> That seals the deal, I like the red ones.   
   >>   
   >> What I don't understand is how an actual place sells this garbage. Not   
   living over the pond, I assumed walmart was more or less reliable.   
   >>   
   >> I have not hit this class of garbage in Amazon. Maybe I have been lucky.   
   >>   
   >   
   > the Walmart web site is for their "bazaar business". I don't   
   > think the listings on the site, have anything at all to do with   
   > the brick&mortar business at street level. Sure, the Chinese   
   > seller could deliver to Sacramento, where you would walk to the   
   > store and pick up the item, but that does not imply the   
   > item was "in stock" at the store. The store does not   
   > treat that as an "inventory". Returns would likely   
   > be taken up with the seller, and not by them.   
   >   
   > Walmart is reliable at street level, but not so much on   
   > that bazaar site of theirs. Lots of businesses run bazaar   
   > selling on the side. Some now, have a tick box for "local stock"   
   > so you can tell the difference between items they retail   
   > and the items they have nothing to do with.   
   >   
   > And yes, Amazon has instances of those fraud-mobiles as well.   
   > It's the same bazaar selling model, mixed with some stock   
   > which is in Amazon warehouses.   
      
   Maybe you can detect the stuff by careful reading of the clients reports.   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
           ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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