re: My recent Walmart experiences make me think employees are hiding ammo

Happened to me this morning. Last night they started showing .22 in stock. I woke up early this morning and went up there. I found an asst. mgr. and he said they didn't have any. I told him to open the boxes that were in plain sight behind the counter. All that was there was birdshot. He said as soon as they get billed for the truckload, it shows up in stock, sometimes 2 days in advance. He was acting fishy, but no way I could argue. Guess what...that same ammo is now showing out of stock. I hate a liar almost as much as Coot Killa hates dogs.

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I've had the same experience with wal mart.

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There is one close by my house that I check every time we go for any random thing. Haven't purchased anything in months.

This morning I swing by because I was picking up a for sale sign. They had 2 50 rd. boxes off WWB .45 auto so I knew they got some stuff in.

I ask the girl and she says no they don't have anything I asked about. Then she says, "Wait a minute. You've been in here a lot..."

Poof! Out from behind the counter comes 1 20 rd/ box of tula steel case .223 for $5.72!

Of course I bought it...

Then she tells me the exact days they get the truck... I can't share that info, but this wasn't the day and it was 10:30 in the morning when this ammo magically appeared.

The trick is to peg out which Wal-Marts are workable. Out of four Wal-Marts in the area I know to avoid one even if ammo shows available, to only check one at 7:30-8:00 if I'm in the area, and to try to get to another one every time they show something in stock. I guess one out of four isn't a terrible average..........

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My hunch is the have 'regulars' who give them extra cash to hold it back for them, or they sell it to pawnshops.

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This.

Bingo. Waited around for 30 minutes to get a turkey tag and when i finally get some assistance, "the system is down."
I was pretty pissed.

thats a damn shame

Everytime i've been to academy they tell me they don't know what's on the truck. It shows up from the dist. And they unload it.

This was before the ammo craze. I was looking for a duck call or something.

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It's not wal-mart's fault.. they're distributing it.
It's the pos cosby kids working there that aren't worth a shite even when not buying ammo.
Sadly that's the only people they have to work there.

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I think it IS WM's fault. WM is responsible for the actions its employees working at the WM store. If an employee misbehaves and mistreats customers, lies to customers, hides products from customers, etc, the employer should take action against the wayward employee. The problem here is that I've not been impressed w/ most of the management I've seen at WM's, including my local store. I wouldn't expect management at our local WM to hold its employees accountable for such improper actions. If WM has poor quality employees, they should hire better employees and cut loose the substandard ones. Unfortunately, WM is the only store w/in 30 miles that sells ammo. It's hard to boycott a store because of the actions of its employees when you don't have any other options to buy from.......

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WM has poor quality employees, they should hire better employees and cut loose the substandard ones. Unfortunately, WM is the only store w/in 30 miles that sells ammo. It's hard to boycott a store because of the actions of its employees when you don't have any other options to buy from.......

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They are one of the largest companies in the world. They are doing just fine. This little ammo thing dont mean shite to them. The sell more cottage cheese in one day than a week of ammo.