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Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Day 41

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Day 41

Same Zune Gay Porn Post, Now With Video Included

CHANELL: “And she asks me what is this? And I’m like, I don’t know what that thing does. So she gave it to me, and it was a homosexual orgy… that they had videotaped for an hour and 44 minutes.”

Walmart Sells Gay Porn Filled Zune To Little Girl

Walmart Sells Gay Porn Filled Zune To Little Girl

Chanell Martin bought her 12-year old daughter a Zune from Walmart, pre-loaded with gay porn.

Announcing The Floggies

Announcing The Floggies

Since nobody should be allowed to move on from their mistakes, we’re holding a knife fight to see who had the “best” flog of 2006. We are pleased to announce… The Floggies.

Top 10 Biggest Business Debacles 2006

Top 10 Biggest Business Debacles 2006

Welcome, New York Times readers. Here’s a bit of an intro to The Consumerist, if you’re curious and want to learn more.

Walmart Mysteriously Finds Hidden Stash of Elmos

We hope we are not dignifying this obvious publicity stunt with coverage, but Walmart has “found” 4,000 of those stupid Extreme Tickle Me Elmo pieces of crap and will be “make [ing] the toys available “around noon E.T. on a first come, first serve basis” for $39.97 apiece.” So, if you’re one of those people who wants a zombified psychotic Elmo beast that will amuse your brat of a kid for about 10 seconds total, here’s your big chance to hit refresh 300 times and still not get one. Have fun. —MEGHANN MARCO

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Day 30

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Day 30

Thirty days after t-shirts bearing Nazi insignia were discovered in Walmart, the retailer has yet to remove them from their stores. Rob spotted this one in Salem, NH, on 12/09/06.

Retailers’ Return Policies

Retailers’ Return Policies

Retailers are getting stricter with their return policies this year. If you’re not hot about the Marshmallow Shooter or Toshiba SD-4990 DVD Player grams got you, keep the receipt and don’t take it out of the package. Here’s the return policies of some of the major retailers. — BEN POPKEN

Walmart Layaway Ends Friday

If you’ve got something on layaway at Walmart, this Friday is your last day to pick it up. Of the major retailers, Kmart still supports layaway.

Police Called After Walmart Changes Mind About Selling Wii

Wii fans in Washington state queued up for the Wii at 10pm last night, only to be told they weren’t going on sale until eight this morning. A dispatch from the front lines:

Designer Of Walmart’s Nazi Shirt Found. He’s Jewish.

Designer Of Walmart’s Nazi Shirt Found. He’s Jewish.

The Miami Herald found the designer of Walmart’s Nazi tshirts, a man of Jewish persuasion. [More]

Walmart Won’t Let You Buy Nazi Shirts, Yay!

According to commenter Papercutninja, the Nazi shirts may still be on the floor, but you can’t buy them. [More]

Walmart Replaces Smocks With Target-Style Uniform

Walmart Replaces Smocks With Target-Style Uniform

Walmart will replace its employee’s trademark smocks with navy shirts and khaki pants.

Men in Walmart Smocks Steal $300,000 in Cash

    “Police are hunting for some big time thieves this morning in Philadelphia. Two armed men robbed a Northeast Philadelphia Wal-Mart Sunday morning. It happened shortly after 2 a.m. at the store on Roosevelt Boulevard. The suspects were wearing Walmart smocks. They made their way into the store, forced a manager into a safe and duct taped another employee before fleeing with about $300,000 in cash. No one was injured.”

Walmart Nazi Shirt Watch: Day 22

Walmart Nazi Shirt Watch: Day 22

Twenty-two days after t-shirts bearing Nazi insignia were discovered in Walmarts, the retailer has yet to remove them from their stores. Matt spotted this one on Friday in Rochester, NY.

Walmart Rolls Back Prices By 13 Cents

Walmart Rolls Back Prices By 13 Cents

Analysts noted that Walmart set the pace this shopping season with four consecutive price point drops. But maybe they should be looking at how much those drops were by…. — BEN POPKEN

Is Walmart Charging The Wrong Price?

Is Walmart Charging The Wrong Price?

A little bird told us that Walmart’s products don’t ring up for the same price they are listed as on the shelves, so we went and tested one of their stores.

Walmart: First Holiday Sales Slump in a Decade.

Walmart: First Holiday Sales Slump in a Decade.

Walmart is announcing its first November sales slump in a decade, “In a season of what has been pretty healthy numbers from retailers, Wal-Mart has been lackluster, to say the least,” said Adrianne Shapira, an analyst at Goldman Sachs. “Houston, there is a problem.”