Something is funky about how Walmart is pricing these two deodorants.

Same brand, the left is $.98 for 2 oz and the right is $2.38 for 3 oz.

Stores have caught on to to people catching on that there is often a price break for buying in bulk, so they’ve decided to flip the script and profit on people shopping mindlessly.

“The sad thing is,” tipster Inuyasha writes, “many people had the larger sticks in their shopping carts.”

Always check your unit prices, folks.

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