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I think it is SEO driving this. They want to surface product pages for as much stuff as possible so they contract with some third party to also be a reseller of

I think it is SEO driving this. They want to surface product pages for as much stuff as possible so they contract with some third party to also be a reseller of such goods because it probably requires little overhead. And if it brings traffic then they can try to push their own "sponsored" products. I think it dilutes a brand. I don't know that Walmart has any worthwhile reputation as a brand though (at least in my eyes) to dilute so they're probably selling these things and don't care. When I search on local chain retailer websites, I try to use the "In Store" or "Same day pickup" filters to get actual products they sell. The nice thing is sometimes they indicate the inventory level.

shaftway 4y ago
It has some reputation as a brand. If I buy something from Walmart I generally don't expect it to be a quality product. It will fall apart very quickly and it'll probably have some unexpected issue with it. But I do expect that it won't be an *outright* scam.
- nucleardog 4y ago
  I'm at least fairly confident if I walk into Walmart and buy something it will be minimally fit for purpose and meet the legal requirements to be sold in my country. Meanwhile, you have no problem finding devices that should have FDA/Health Canada/FCC/IC approval and do not.