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Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

edgarj455 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:15:26 EDT

@acambras: typo my bad

edgarj455

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

edgarj455 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:14:39 EDT

typo sorry my bad,and my best to all the Irish in Belfast.keep the peace, god bless.

edgarj455

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

acambras — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:16:23 EDT

@edgarj455:

Um, is that really IRA, or did you mean to say NRA?

acambras

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

forever_knight — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:07:36 EDT

@Sonnymooks: "Um, not to scare you, but walmart is the largest seller of firearms and ammunition in the country.

No company, store or retailer, sells more guns and or ammo then Walmart (by far)."

i'd expect no less from the largest retailer in the u.s. and the largest private employer in the world.

also, wal-mart shoppers + drano = another bad combination

forever_knight

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:42:56 EDT

Is this going to be on one of those SWAT shows on A&E?

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

edgarj455 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:03:05 EDT

my dear Friends am an IRA life member.Myself and my two Daughters are avid pistol shotgun and rifle enthusiast support the 2nd amendment as a right.along with the constution.that's why we are what we are. free. This fellow did not understand that rights come with responsibilities IE the rights of others. I can't believe this person didn't have a history, mentle or crimel problems.We have so Meany laws, How could a person like this buy shells, Owen a gun, drive to walmat.He had a drivers licence? The system failed us. In court, what? 200 dollar fine, no. Maybe you need your head candled and you can't have guns any more.

edgarj455

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

synergy — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:51:04 EDT

Oh! And one more illiteracy joke made it in under the wire while I read the comments and made mine! lol

synergy

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Ola — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:51:01 EDT

@inthrees: "Please troll responsibly." Heh! I like it, I like it. It needs a banner.

Chalk me up as a 2nd amendment supporter who doesn't shoot guns in Walmart parking lots. But I do like nuts...

Ola

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

synergy — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:50:13 EDT

Just when I was getting hopeful that I'd be the first to make the obvious poor taste joke that Walmart customers can't read, 3 commenters fusillade them out. Darnit.

synergy

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Lacclolith — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:45:23 EDT

The biggest mistake is assuming that he can read the signs.

Lacclolith

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

edgarj455 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:44:21 EDT

@joeblevins: I have both

edgarj455

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

edgarj455 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:42:29 EDT

@ironchef: thanks for sharing that, very deep,very enlightening.don't burn your self.

edgarj455

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

edgarj455 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:32:24 EDT

@GuruSteve: good point

edgarj455

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Shadowfire — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:13:21 EDT

@Sonnymooks: To be fair, I don't know of any other chains that are nation-wide, and sell firearms. And many Wal-Marts -are- getting rid of their firearms.

Shadowfire

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Protector — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:44:32 EDT

Wait. Walmart customers live in mobile homes?

Seriously, it's very rare people EVER read return policy signs. They're basically there so the store has a legal leg to stand on, which it clearly does.

Protector

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

cawpin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:42:09 EDT

@cawpin: why this didn't show up in the correct place is beyond me...

cawpin

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

cawpin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:41:00 EDT

@GURUSTEVE - I don't know what you're claiming to be a guru of but I can assure aren't a guru of guns. Reloaded ammunition isn't "inferior" in any way to commercial ammo. It can be much more accurate and consistent than commercial loadings. I reload quite a few different calibers and have had 1 failure to fire in about 10 years of loading. Compare that with half a dozen or so from commercial ammo and you get the point.

cawpin

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

gibsonic — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:28:03 EDT

+5 editorial points for Meg

gibsonic

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

vr4z06gt — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:12:04 EDT

thats an awesome title, bad article, AWESOME TITLE!

vr4z06gt

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

STrRedWolf — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:44:15 EDT

Any word on if this guy was literate or not? This just screams "back-waters redneck" to me...

STrRedWolf

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

aikoto — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:39:07 EDT

The title of this article made my day.

aikoto

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

mrearly2 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:21:02 EDT

I found the headline very amusing.
The man is obviously nutters, though. First, he shopped at Wal-Mart. Second, he became extremely emotional about what was actually his error--a futile attempt to ask Wal-Mart employees to sidestep their company policy.
But he really could have let off a few rounds at the store sign--that would have made it a little more interesting.

mrearly2

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Nakko — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:04:11 EDT

Holy crap!
I'd say it's a bad tip to buy a zillion bullets, then tell anyone you're going to "kill them all" because... isn't making death threats illegal to start with?

On the other hand, if you can't return bullets but you want to get your money back, I guess it's not the sort of thing I would try to put on Craigslist...

Nakko

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

mrstu — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:47:54 EDT

I gotta ask... why in the world dosn't this have the "Bad Consumer" tag?

mrstu

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Sonnymooks — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:44:07 EDT

@forever_knight:

Um, not to scare you, but walmart is the largest seller of firearms and ammunition in the country.

No company, store or retailer, sells more guns and or ammo then Walmart (by far).

Sonnymooks

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

FullFlava — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:42:56 EDT

Best headline I've seen in a while.

FullFlava

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

krylonultraflat — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:24:55 EDT

Waiting for the [www.behindthecounter.com] commentary on this one.

The above is likely why more wal-marts are getting rid of their gun counters.

krylonultraflat

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

backbroken — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:20:55 EDT

What makes you think he could read the return policy?

At least this didn't happen at Home Depot. They would have fired the clerk who called the cops to stop the guy from shooting.

backbroken

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Youthier — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:58:34 EDT

This should really help WalMart's "We're upscale-ish! Really!" marketing campaign, huh?

Youthier

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

joeblevins — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:49:52 EDT

I don't know any stores that allow return of Ammo, even if unopened. Too many things can happen when it is out of the control of the store.

I love my guns, I carry them, but I don't shoot them in the parking lot of the Wal-mart.

When someone is breaking in your house, do you want a phone or a gun in your hand?

joeblevins

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

krom — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:25:24 EDT

More reasons to avoid Wal-Mart like the plague.

krom

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

ShadowFalls — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:25:04 EDT

ahh Meg Marco, but you forget, you are under the impression that everyone can read, and can read english for that matter.

ShadowFalls

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

ironchef — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:19:00 EDT

oh thanks.
I mean
Gotta love them 2nd amendment proponents/gun nuts.

ironchef

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

DeeJayQueue — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:16:52 EDT

@nffcnnr: is your english broken?

DeeJayQueue

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

nffcnnr — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:05:16 EDT

Some peeps is sofa king frazos, they shouldn't be totin' guns. This guyz one of um.

nffcnnr

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

nursetim — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:04:34 EDT

The guy lived in a trailer, thus completing the "Stereotypical WalMart Shopper" profile

nursetim

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

FROST1 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:45:10 EDT

He didnt even shoot a few car tires out? What kind of guy is this? when you return something to walmart and they wont let you, your suppose to go on a rampage and show customers how bad walmart is, but in the end, they see how bad you are for shooting their tires flat and causing them to be stranded in a walmart.

FROST1

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

InThrees — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:42:31 EDT

I'm what I guess you would call a 2nd amendment proponent, but the 2nd amendment offers no protection to irresponsibly firing a gun like that, nor should it. If you're going to troll, at least troll responsibly.

InThrees

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

iMike — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:41:17 EDT

One of the better headlines I've seen on Consumerist recently.

iMike

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

ironchef — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:37:21 EDT

gotta love them 2nd amendment gun nuts.

ironchef

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Dibbler — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:35:10 EDT

What wast the guys problem? Obviously it was the right ammo because he could load it in his gun and fire it. Shotgun ammo is pretty cheap so if he wanted ammo for deer hunting and came home with bird shot he should have just went in and bought the right stuff because, as I said, the ammo is really cheap and much better than going to jail...

Dibbler

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

gusgus — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:29:03 EDT

He makes a very compelling argument for accepting all returns of guns & ammo.

gusgus

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Steve518 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:25:25 EDT

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Steve518

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

shiwsup — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:20:32 EDT

great headline

shiwsup

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

badhatharry — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:18:57 EDT

@Papa Midnight: "They've already got him on discharging the weapon in the parking lot. Doubt he'd want to get pinned on destruction of property as well."

Yeah, because he really thought this plan through.

badhatharry

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

GuruSteve — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:16:57 EDT

For those of you that don't know about guns, bullets can be reloaded (most of them), and reloaded bullets are considered inferior to commercial grade to gun enthusiasts. That is why they don't allow returns. A knowledgeable gun store owner would be able to spot reloads, but a Walmart return-desk employee would not.

GuruSteve

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

forever_knight — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:16:28 EDT

walmart customers own shotguns? that is a dangerous combination.

forever_knight

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Beerad — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:13:02 EDT

Hey, isn't that item number 7 on the list of how to get excellent customer service results? Threaten to come back and kill everyone? No?! Uh-oh. This explains why nobody returns my calls.

Beerad

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

ncboxer — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:12:55 EDT

@ArtDonovansDrunkenLovechild: It could be a story if you think- I should stay away from stores that sell ammo.

Or maybe just a typical Walmart story- look around carefully when going from and to your car for someone with a lot of ammo.

ncboxer

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Trai_Dep — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:06:28 EDT

No word on whether or not a Wal-Mart associate demanded to check the receipt...

Trai_Dep

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

nickripley — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:06:04 EDT

Steve Jobs has already issued him a $100 credit toward an iPhone, don't worry.

nickripley

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Papa Midnight — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:57:21 EDT

@ArtDonovansDrunkenLovechild: Deals with returns and exchanges (as stated in the title). Plus, it happened at Wal-Mart. It makes Consumerist by default.

@AngrySicilian: They've already got him on discharging the weapon in the parking lot. Doubt he'd want to get pinned on destruction of property as well.

Papa Midnight

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

Asvetic — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:55:13 EDT

@ArtDonovansDrunkenLovechild: How isn't it... Buyer Beware, more maybe I should say, Seller Beware.

Asvetic

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

AngrySicilian — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:42:44 EDT

Shot in the air? Wish he would of at least shot out the Wal-Mart sign or something...

AngrySicilian

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second

ArtDonovansLovechild — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:40:00 EDT

How is this a consumer story

ArtDonovansLovechild