Online prices can be lower, even when you are selecting store pickup.
That's what I was thinking as well!Wow-I just learned something! Actually I would have expected the opposite to be true also. After all, if I actually go into the store to buy something, I rarely walk out with just that thing. I usually see one or two other things I forgot I needed, or just look like something I want to buy.
WM's online and B&M channels all flow thru the same company - but what customers really have to watch for is accidentally buying from third party "marketplace" sellers on the walmart website. I've almost been caught by this several times.Sometimes the online store operating under the same name as the brick and mortar store is not the same company.
Not sure if that is true for Walmart.
I know in the past, not sure if true now, Target was an example. Target online was not the same as Target in store.
Even when they are the same company but different divisions it can be strange.
I agree it is stupid though. I too would have just returned the items and bought elsewhere.