Comments on: Walmart FAILS Web 2.0

By: Terry Howard

Terry Howard — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:16:14 +0000

Update: Looks like Walmart has removed the question feature altogether.

By: Tana

Tana — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:22:48 +0000

thanks,
my dad’s going to take a look.

Tana
P.C.

By: Terry Howard

Terry Howard — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:45:21 +0000

@Tana: I would check the bulbs, make sure they are in firmly. I have 5 running in one continuous strand with no problem. Also, putting an extension cord between strands would only make the possible issue of a weakened current worse.

By: Tana

Tana — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:32:15 +0000

Ok, thanks. I checked the out stars yesterday. One thing I realized is that you are only supposed to hook 3 sets up together? Are yours all together? I tried running extension cords from individual sets of 3 and still had problems (I spent a crazy amount of time on this) I hate to take them down. Yes, I bet they look good.

thanks again
Tana

By: Terry Howard

Terry Howard — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:59:34 +0000

@Tana: Mine worked fine, both the ones we bought last year and stowed away and the 3 new boxes we picked up last week in store. We didn’t have them shipped, so not sure if that’s a factor for you, but they worked perfectly fine for us. They look to be just your standard mini lights attached to a star frame, which would mean that yes, if one bulb is burnt out that strand should stay lit. However, if one bulb is not seated properly or missing entirely, then the strand will not work. This would affect any lights further down the line as well, so I would kind of wiggle and check each bulb starting where the lights stop working. Your problem will be on that first “out” strand.

Keep in mind too these lights have settings, I don’t think there is an “off” setting, but worth a quick check. For what it’s worth, these lights look really cool, especially on the fade setting that makes them sort of randomly fade in and out.

By: Tana

Tana — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:51:41 +0000

Terry- I just bought 12 boxes of those stars. Did you have any problems getting yours to light?? I checked them before I hung them. I spent 2 mornings putting them up and half of them aren’t lighting. Tried changing fuses. If one bulb is out, will the whole star go out.. I am so mad at myself for spending this money on something that is apparently a piece of crap.

thanks

By: Jade

Jade — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:27:29 +0000

Why am I not surprised that Walmart didn’t respond to any of their ads?? I once stood in a Walmart waiting for over 15 minutes for them to tell me they were sold out of Guitar Hero III! No worries, I found it at Target.

By: Rachel211

Rachel211 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:41:15 +0000

And, if I remember correctly, the first person stated that he wished to buy MULTIPLE strands of lights. Big sale loss there – you have no idea how many lights this guy could have needed!