Seriously Walmart?

lifesizehobbit · Jul 31, 2017

So I'm out of Zippo fluid and I made a quick run to the local Walmart, where they sell:
Cigars, Cigarettes, Chew/Dip, Butane Lighters, Matches, Vape products, paint thinner, various flammable automotive products, various flammable hair care products, camp stove fuel, propane tanks, charcoal fluid and who knows what all (as Andy Griffith would say).
The even sell Zippo brand lighters!
Guest what they don't sell? Yep - neither Zippo, nor Ronson lighter fluid. And to be sure, it wasn't that they were out and waiting on a shipment, it was a flat, "we don't carry it."
NPS feedback provided on their site.
Ok - I feel better now.

hobie1dog · Jul 31, 2017

Another reason to not go there.

randelli · Jul 31, 2017

Last year I bought a zippo and ronson fuel. They did not have zippo fuel at that time.

philobeddoe · Jul 31, 2017

Meijer carries Zippo fluid, at least in Indiana.

Chasing Embers · Aug 1, 2017

The Walmart in Mt. Sterling, KY still has the Ronson.

phantomwolf · Aug 1, 2017

Last time I stopped at WalMart on my way to camp(first time in over a year) I left feeling like I needed a shower. One big, stinking din of screaming kids, bitching-benefit-scroungers, and motorized fatsos. I swear it is no jest when I tell you all who would listen that a fat, flatulent, boofer relieved himself next to me near a Lay's chips display. Not even an apology or acknowledgement. He may as well have been dead, rather that walking around filling his sweatpants with flatulence and spending tax dollars on junk-food. Hate to sound like the antagonist from the film Se7en, but it was incredible. Laughing as I type this now, but I didn't see the humour in it then.

nevadablue · Aug 1, 2017

Phantom, you need to move away from there... quickly.

davet · Aug 1, 2017

One big, stinking din of screaming kids, bitching-benefit-scroungers, and motorized fatsos.

I've never experienced this myself although I've laughed at pictures on peopleofwalmart or whatever it's called, no denying it's a real thing. I've been in Walmarts across Canada and down into Maine but the strangest was in Fort MacMurray, looks like a natural disaster or something happened, empty shelves everywhere and that is the normal state of the store.

pappymac · Aug 1, 2017

The nearest Walmart to me actually carries Prince Albert tobacco. It's not my favorite OTC so I don't buy it but its there if I want to.

hobie1dog · Aug 1, 2017

d at WalMart on my way to camp(first time in over a year) I left feeling like I needed a shower. One big, stinking din of screaming kids, bitching-benefit-scroungers, and motorized fatsos. I swear it is no jest when I tell you all who would listen that a fat, flatulent, boofer relieved himself n

Great description, first time I have heard the word " boofer "

mawnansmiff · Aug 1, 2017

Boofer: (boo_fur) noun.
Western Pennsylvanian slang used to describe narrow-minded country-folk.
-One who wears camouflage, flourecent-orange, floral-print, or character T-Shirts as part of their casual dress.
-An uneducated, trashy person attempting to function in modern society.
(Mostly used in restaurant lingo.)

"Damned boofers left me 2 dollars on an 80 dollar bill.-
It must be tax-return season because the store was booferific today!-
I waited on a pair of boofies today, why do they always smell like firewood smoke and earth?-"
Regards,
Jay.

hobie1dog · Aug 1, 2017

Awesome Jay, that's going to be my new word to use. I'm going to start calling Walmart....BooferWorld.
Living here in NASCAR land, it also described 90% of the people who attend races.

philobeddoe · Aug 1, 2017

You guys might want to avoid Indiana and the rest of the Mid-West, outside of the big cities, if you are trying to avoid the camo, blaze orange & Carhartt's crowd.

mso489 · Aug 1, 2017

The Walmart nearest me in Raleigh, N.C., has Ronson lighter fluid. The inventory at Walmart is somewhat spotty. I've seen them sell out of distilled water, of all things. Maybe some folks in these parts will buy anything that's been distilled.

thomasw · Aug 1, 2017

Where I live, in the Lowermainland of British Columbia (Canada), Walmart sells Ronson Lighter Fluid, but not the Zippo. I've found that the best price on Zippo Lighter Fluid around here is at my local MEC (Mountain Equipment Coop), which is a fabulous outdoor gear outfitter. Apparently Zippos are the bees knees for high altitude mountaineering, more so than butane lighters -- hence they keep ready a steady supply of both Zippos and the Zippo lighter fluid.

kodos44 · Aug 1, 2017

I Don't go to walmart. I'll pay an extra sawbuck or 2 for my stuff to avoid it. It's against what I stand for on too many levels. There are some places I have traveled to where it's almost the only game in town and you have to travel a significant distance to have another option. Unfortunate.

cosmicfolklore · Aug 1, 2017

Walmart keeps the lighter fluids in the camping section with the propane and camp stoves. The Ronson and a Zippo brands are identical. Check the label, they are both made by Zippo Manufacturing, just packaged differently for distribution.

Chasing Embers · Aug 1, 2017

You guys might want to avoid Indiana and the rest of the Mid-West, outside of the big cities, if you are trying to avoid the camo, blaze orange & Carhartt's crowd.

And Kentucky.

Boofer: (boo_fur) noun.
Western Pennsylvanian slang used to describe narrow-minded country-folk.
-One who wears camouflage, flourecent-orange, floral-print, or character T-Shirts as part of their casual dress.
-An uneducated, trashy person attempting to function in modern society.
(Mostly used in restaurant lingo.)

"Damned boofers left me 2 dollars on an 80 dollar bill.-
It must be tax-return season because the store was booferific today!-
I waited on a pair of boofies today, why do they always smell like firewood smoke and earth?-"

So.........a boofer is a pipe smoker?

saintpeter · Aug 1, 2017

So.........a boofer is a pipe smoker?

Evidently I am. I have the powerchair and pipe to prove it.

lifesizehobbit · Aug 1, 2017

Walmart keeps the lighter fluids in the camping section with the propane and camp stoves.

Thanks Cosmic; once I get over my irritation at our local clueless group, I'll wander into camping to see if its stocked.

Seriously Walmart?

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