Walmart is very concerned about returns on these due to quality (or lack there of) and rightfully so. After Christmas there is going to be a flood of returns on these when unsuspecting parents try putting them together and realize just how cheaply made they actually are. They were as low as $100 on clearance in some areas just to get rid of them. Walmart has different in store and online prices and won't even price match their own website which makes it difficult to find out how much they are actually selling for and where those prices are.

...and yes...I know you can get a free plastic control panel overlay protector now that so many people have complained, but parents in general are not going to know that or want to deal with that. The same with the ball tops as soon as a kid just twists one off and it goes missing or the plexiglass windows that scratch if you look at them cross eyed.
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That varies by store then, even if they obviously should have a standard policy. I know several people who were shot down at various stores trying to do just that. Some even went out in the parking lot, placed the order online, then came back in the store to do to a pick up. Yes, Walmart was that stupid about it.

My friend's wife is a manager at our local Walmart.