Walmart: Making Money Any Way We Can

Our good friends at Walmart have decided to lower shipping costs to troops overseas. Aren't they special!

“Effective immediately, we have modified our APO shipping charges,” Walmart spokesman Ravi Jariwala said in the e-mail. “They are now the same as shipping to homes and businesses in the continental U.S. This change is currently reflected on our site as our customers select and purchase their merchandise.”

Apparently they decided that the publicity from an earlier story was making them look, well, opportunistic:

According to Small, when companies ship to APO addresses in Europe, the order is shipped to New York, after which the Department of Defense picks up the tab to get the package to an APO address.

On Walmart.com, the company says shipping costs will be higher to APO addresses due to higher transportation costs.

“There is no higher transportation costs,” said Small. “Companies are abusing the system and making a killing.”

Thanks to Stars and Stripes