Wal-Mart Leek different?

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I notice online for most knife dealers, you'll see the blackwash Leek, model 1660 BLKW. Wal-Mart has one about $14 cheaper, looks exactly the same with the model 1660BWWM.

Is there a difference between the two?

My only guess is wal-mart says the parts are imported, then assembled in the US; and I'd hope the normal ones are completely US parts & made.
 
A leek is a leek. Wal-mart sells them cheaper because they buy more of that model than probably any other retailer in the united states and therefore not only get the best price but can sell at the best price. I would not worry about "imported parts" claims. All the essential portions of the knife such as the blade and frame are USA made. They may have a outsourced backspacer, but its not guaranteed that those parts are imported either. My guess is given its wal-mart they have an incorrect description and simply utilized a description from an imported Kai product as a template in which to describe the leek.
 
I suspect it would be way too much trouble to have two leeks (Walmart and other). People said the same thing about certain firearms. There were some firearms that were specifically made for sale by Walmart however (a stainless 10/22 comes to mind). But most were precisely the same gun just sold at a different retailer.
 
My old college Gun smith told my I just customize 870's cause I can not beat the Wal-Mart prices. He said they order 5,000 and all I can afford is 3. So volume buying allows Wal-Mart to beat nearly everyone on price.
 
I find a lot of common items sold at walmart, have model numbers exclusive to them.
Two theories I've heard on this are for returns(proof it was purchased from walmart), and to get around price matching (sale items and close outs from other retailers).
 
Walmart TVs are different than the standard model of the same brand that you buy elsewhere, although the model number is the same other than a WM on the end. They use cheaper resistors and boards from china.
 
manowar669 said:
Walmart TVs are different than the standard model of the same brand that you buy elsewhere, although the model number is the same other than a WM on the end. They use cheaper resistors and boards from china.
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This is absolutely not true...an urban legend propagated by Walmart haters.
 
Alnamvet68 said:
This is absolutely not true...an urban legend propagated by Walmart haters.
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Agreed. There is absolutely no evidence that this happens. Why do people repeat this stuff? It would cost the company more money to stop production and change the parts exclusively for walmart to save money. The parts in a chinese TV are so cheap to begin with the cost savings of doing it would be minimal compared to the cost of making the change for them. And its not a big enough difference to make them significantly cheaper. Wal-mart buy larger quantities than anyone else and usually therefore can sell cheaper than anyone else. Next people will be saying the Tide sold at wal-mart is diluted. :rolleyes:
 
Well, the Kershaw Shuffle sold in Walmart was a different steel than the one most places had-- the Walmart version was 3Cr, the normal retail version was 8Cr13MoV-- model 3800 vs. 8700. The value pack Swerve and Freefall were also not speedsafe in the Walmart versions and used 3Cr steel as well. So it's not completely true that Walmart doesn't commission different versions.
 
Scurvy092 said:
Good read. Unfortunately, if you follow up on it, Snapper is in Wal-Mart as of 2013. They are made by Murray and then labeled as Snapper. Also, Briggs and Straton are closing the Snapper plant in Georgia and moving production to their other facilites in the US.
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That is unfortunate to hear.
 
I doubt the same model of gun, knife, TV, etc.. has inferior parts. What does happen is a consumer will see something like an HP Laptop at Best Buy, Office Max, etc.. for $449 and then see what they deem the "same" laptop at Wally World for $389. The laptop was simply built to a specific price point which could mean less RAM, smaller HD, etc.. No real ill intention, just Walmart.
 
I used to work at a large outdoor retailer in the firearms department and one of the vendors that supplied a popular AR brand told us the way Walmart keeps the prices lower on the same guns there was that they actually would have them have the rifles they checked for QC farther apart and reduce the number of actual QC inspection people if possible, requiring less man-hours to be paid for and the like. For example, instead of inspecting every 10th rifle, they would inspect only every 50th rifle. I don't know if that carries over into any other product they carry though.
 
Yalius said:
Well, the Kershaw Shuffle sold in Walmart was a different steel than the one most places had-- the Walmart version was 3Cr, the normal retail version was 8Cr13MoV-- model 3800 vs. 8700. The value pack Swerve and Freefall were also not speedsafe in the Walmart versions and used 3Cr steel as well. So it's not completely true that Walmart doesn't commission different versions.
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I have also seen the softer steel 3Cr used in Walmart knives when regular steel is 8Cr. This was for a dual knife blister pack.
 
Yalius said:
Well, the Kershaw Shuffle sold in Walmart was a different steel than the one most places had-- the Walmart version was 3Cr, the normal retail version was 8Cr13MoV-- model 3800 vs. 8700. The value pack Swerve and Freefall were also not speedsafe in the Walmart versions and used 3Cr steel as well. So it's not completely true that Walmart doesn't commission different versions.
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Thats not what is being argued. people are implying that if you buy the identical model number from wal-mart as sold in other retail outlets that the walmart knife will be inferior by default. Creating a new model specifically for walmart is nothing new. CRKT did it with the aluminum ripple before others started selling it.
 
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