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I've been using the Walmart app on my android phone for a good 3-4 weeks now with excellent results. Aquired good amount of 22lrs, 9mm, 380, 7.62 and 223 rounds during that time. Luckly I have 13 walmarts in my city and was able to hit the walmarts that have the ammo in stock.

You can find the free walmart app on android market or itunes. And these are what I learned so far while using it.

1. When it shows the ammo is in stock, it means several things. As soon as the ammo is scanned at the main warehouse, it shows its in stock. That means the ammo is anywhere from the main warehouse, on a truck and being still transported to your walmart. Or, it's sitting in the back of the stockroom at your walmart (in pallets) and not taken out to the floors yet. Or, shady employees are hiding it so they can buy it later.

2. Walmart is the most efficient and has the most advance inventory management in the world. If the employees are telling you different about the app, then they are misinformed or wrong. There are too many coincidence where I went to the walmarts that showed "in stock" and it was there. And too many times, after I buy the last box, 10-30 mins later, it shows "out of stock".

The other day, I went to one of the walmarts early to pick up some 22lrs that shows in stock early in the morning. Was told by the worker there that they didn't get any shipment in that morning. I stated otherwise...... manager even came to me and stated the same thing. Instead of arguing, I left to hit up other walmarts. Came back 1 hr later (app still showing its in stock), sure enough........ after I left, 20 mins later, they brought out that night's ammo shipment. Same again with walmart #2. Worker and manager there swore there was no shipment. But according to the app, the ammo that shows "in stock". changed to "out of stock" by 10am.

3. When it shows "limited stock", it means there are only 1-3 boxes left.

4. Find out when your walmart start selling their ammo. Usually the ammo shipment arrives in the evening and they wont start selling it until the morning. Mine is usually around 7-8am. Every walmart runs different. Some have 3 box limit, some has 1 box limit, some open at 7am, some sell ammo all night. I usually check the inventories at night and plan which walmart to hit in the mornings. Usually the app gets really busy around 6-8am and might crash.

5. The people I've been telling to about the walmart app been getting really lucky. Sure beats waiting in huge lines at bass pro shop or academy. The lines are usually sparse here since not alot know about the app.

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Happen to stumble on a gold mine at glockforum.com forum. Using the Walmart app to scan barcodes off ammo boxes to search certain ammo that is not showing up on the usual search. So naturally they saved the pics of the barcodes. Now I can search for tulammo for 9mm.

Great thanks to the original posters in these threads below.

http://www.glockforum.com/forum/f...mmo-19448/
http://www.glockforum.com/forum/f...sts-19312/

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Last Edited by doinky April 1, 2013 at 07:17 AM
Quote from Kegjon :
Looks like when I use the iPhone app it only checks the closes 10 stores. We live in indianapolis and there is a Walmart on every corner. Used the app on iPad and it lets u see store avalibility in a map view. Works better for me. But never tought of this. GREAT POST!!
App for the ipad will give a map view of all the walmarts in your city. Very helpful if you have more than 10 walmart stores. Thanks Kegjon

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06-17-2013 at 10:57 AM.
06-17-2013 at 10:57 AM.
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Well inventory is spot on. Maybe it's where you live? I have actually no problem getting 3-5 thousand rounds a week using the app. Inventory is accurate. Like I said unless several WM employees are in on the scam then then it is extremely hard to get away with it (at least more than once or twice). Inventory IS taken once a day, the manager or assistant managers do a recount to verify!
Maybe it's where you live? 3-5 thousand rounds a week is completely unheard of. Where do you live? Please say Colorado!
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06-17-2013 at 06:45 PM.
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My store just says "inventory stock unavailable" for everything they carry. Do they seriously not keep inventory here or is this likely a temporary thing? It's said that for everything they carry since I installed the app.
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06-18-2013 at 07:22 AM.
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I took photos of the barcodes at my Walmart and am finding some items that accurately come up as "out of stock" now. Other still say "inventory stock unavailable" and some say "0 results" when I search. Some will scan the barcode, but not work when I type in the upc for some reason...

Is there any way to automate the process or make it any faster? Or are you guys literally typing in or scanning a dozen barcodes into the app several times a day?
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Quote from MyNameIsTooLong :
I took photos of the barcodes at my Walmart and am finding some items that accurately come up as "out of stock" now. Other still say "inventory stock unavailable" and some say "0 results" when I search. Some will scan the barcode, but not work when I type in the upc for some reason...

Is there any way to automate the process or make it any faster? Or are you guys literally typing in or scanning a dozen barcodes into the app several times a day?
You only need to check it once at night. Once the truck shows up in the afternoon anything on board will show up on the App at night to be put on the shelf the next morning.
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You only need to check it once at night. Once the truck shows up in the afternoon anything on board will show up on the App at night to be put on the shelf the next morning.

I'm about to give up on this. I've checked the closest 10-20 stores for all the 22lr variants I can find UPCs for at least 4 times a day for a week. Not a single one has ever shown any in stock. I'm starting to doubt they're scanned before they get to the store, because they HAD to have gotten a shipment to one of those stores this week.
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I'm about to give up on this. I've checked the closest 10-20 stores for all the 22lr variants I can find UPCs for at least 4 times a day for a week. Not a single one has ever shown any in stock. I'm starting to doubt they're scanned before they get to the store, because they HAD to have gotten a shipment to one of those stores this week.
The past week or so I've only seen one item in stock at 1 store. That's it. A few weeks ago I'd see stuff go in stock at night and then go OOS in the late morning. And some stores used to always show in stock when they never had anything on the shelves. So either the count is off or ammo was being hidden.
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06-30-2013 at 09:09 PM.
06-30-2013 at 09:09 PM.
Just a followup to my previous post, apparently, if your local store "normally" carries the ammo you're looking for, and it says "Inventory Status Unavailable" that *probably* means it is in stock/low stock according to other forums.

Happy Hunting!
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I've been watching two different geographic locations for a month. Only one or two stores in each location have shown any 9mm or 22lr in stock, and that was about 3 weeks ago. It looks like the Wal-Mart warehouse may finally be running out.
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