Does walmart still have a catalog at the gun counter that you can order from?
Knowing what I know about their practices of demanding a certain price for an item which causes the manufacturer to cut corners and build a special, cheaper version for Walmart distribution, be VERY careful. Make sure the model number in their catalog matches EXACTLY the model on the maker's website.
Totally random example:
Winchester wants Walmart to sell their 870. They suggest a price of $329, which is what everybody else is selling them for. Walmart says "No, it needs to be priced at $275." (which leaves either no margin for Winchester or not enough to stay in the black)
So Winchester creates a "new walmart exclusive" version of the 870. With changes such as lower grade wood furniture, plastic trigger guard instead of metal, MIM parts instead of machined, less stringent QC, etc.
Winchester 870 from everybody else has a model number of 25568 Walmart's model is listed as 25568-WM
Sometimes when you see a much lower price at Walmart, What you are getting is not absolutely identical to what everyone else is selling. Buyer beware.
Urban legend. No gun company makes cheap models just for Walmart. Walmart gets cheaper prices due to the fact they buy 10,000 unit's to distribute nationwide (that book that you can order from if they don't have your model at your store. It goes to their distribution center). Your local store can't out negotiate a 10,000 unit order.
Maybe, maybe not. Who says those 10,000 are the same as the millions of others they made for general distribution?
Yes, they may be the same. Two things to watch out for:
-Price significantly lower than a LGS
-Different part number than the rest of the market (If the walmart production run is the same, there is no need to change the model#.)
Maybe there arent any guns that are different. I can't prove it. But I have seen news articles about the practice in general and I could swear this came up here about a specific gun there before. Caveat emptor is all I'm saying.
So does anyone know if they still have the catalog?
I've done the "Walmart order online pick up at the store" thing three times, never again. I don't know if all Walmart store are like this but the Kokomo Walmart does not man the pick up desk and it is nearly impossible to get someone to help you there. They have a place for you to signal that you need assistance, but I don't believe anyone checks that either. I would have left if I hadn't already paid for the item when I ordered it.I never knew they ever had a catalog. Have you just tried walmart.com. I believe if they have the item available they will send to the store of your choice free of charge, and you pick it up at that store.
I've done the "Walmart order online pick up at the store" thing three times, never again. I don't know if all Walmart store are like this but the Kokomo Walmart does not man the pick up desk and it is nearly impossible to get someone to help you there. They have a place for you to signal that you need assistance, but I don't believe anyone checks that either. I would have left if I hadn't already paid for the item when I ordered it.
Knowing what I know about their practices of demanding a certain price for an item which causes the manufacturer to cut corners and build a special, cheaper version for Walmart distribution, be VERY careful. Make sure the model number in their catalog matches EXACTLY the model on the maker's website.
Does walmart still have a catalog at the gun counter that you can order from?
I will never buy a gun from Wal-Mart, it took them 1 hr to do the paper work. Three different managers had to check the paper work, only a mgr could get the box, only mgr could walk me out. Nothing to do with "Walmart brand guns". The gun I got was the exact same gun as a friend bought a local gun shop, so in this case no Wal-Mart Junk Corner Cut guns. It seems this pops up every few years on INGO.
What's next, Lifetime License to Carry going away? Well I heard from a friend of a friend who heard it from his second cousin it was.