# I pit myself for buying music at Walmart **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 23, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593 "2012-09-23T14:39:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/21 "2012-09-24T00:10:23Z")
I’m actually pretty stunned that so few people know that Walmart censors it music. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/22 "2012-09-24T01:49:40Z")
> [@xanthous](#): > > So I downloaded the album from iTunes and I’m enjoying that instead. I hadn’t intended on paying $17 for a Pink album, but whatever, lesson learned. Whoa—iTunes charges $17 for an album? Is this the same album that Amazon currently has for $5? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/23 "2012-09-24T02:12:48Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m actually pretty stunned that so few people know that Walmart censors it music. And that is why they need a large warning label on their storefronts: “Caution, merchandise inside may have been altered or censored to conform with owners individual sense of morality.” ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/24 "2012-09-24T02:49:00Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Whoa—iTunes charges $17 for an album? > > Is this the same album that Amazon currently has for $5? No, itunes charges somewhere around 8.50 and wal-mart charges somewhere around 8.50. The OP had to buy it twice and consequently paid 17 dollars for it. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/25 "2012-09-24T02:55:00Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > No, itunes charges somewhere around 8.50 and wal-mart charges somewhere around 8.50. The OP had to buy it twice and consequently paid 17 dollars for it. :smack: Yeah, okay. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/26 "2012-09-24T07:21:56Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Whoa—iTunes charges $17 for an album? Though it’s not what the OP meant: yes, in Australia albums are $16.99, or about $USD 17.50. Sadly that’s still cheaper than buying a CD. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/27 "2012-09-24T09:47:53Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > And that is why they need a large warning label on their storefronts: “Caution, merchandise inside may have been altered or censored to conform with owners individual sense of morality.” If this is still breaking news to you with regard to Wal Mart, you get what you deserve in my opinion. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/28 "2012-09-24T10:48:52Z")
Until only 150 years ago, it was considered perfectly accordant with Christian morality to keep slaves and flog them if they did anything that displeased you. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/29 "2012-09-24T10:52:39Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > It seems like a market exists for a web site to sell _only_ versions of music refused or censored by Wal-Mart or other retailers. Since pretty much everyone has access to the Internet, it would be easier to buy something that way than drive to a store. > > “Censored by Wal-Mart, but available here!” You mean like iTunes? ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/30 "2012-09-24T13:50:44Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > So it goes against their Christian morality to sell a CD with the word ‘bitch’ in it but it doesn’t go against their Christian morality to rip off their employees and treat them like shit. They aren’t concerned with anybody’s morality. They’re concerned with not offending customers and losing business. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/31 "2012-09-24T13:54:09Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m actually pretty stunned that so few people know that Walmart censors it music. Well, it doesn’t seem like it would be cost effective. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/32 "2012-09-24T14:26:50Z")
I recommend the documentary “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices”. Gives a bit of a background to the family behind Wal-Mart and business practices there. Available on Netflix, too. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/33 "2012-09-24T17:22:06Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > I recommend the documentary “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices”. Gives a bit of a background to the family behind Wal-Mart and business practices there. Available on Netflix, too. Is it available at WalMart? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/34 "2012-09-24T18:42:30Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Is it available at WalMart? Yes, but it has been edited for content. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/35 "2012-09-24T20:01:41Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Yes, but it has been edited for content. Anything unflattering to Wal-Mart has been edited out - it’s about ten minutes long. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593/36 "2012-09-24T20:09:21Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Yes, but it has been edited for content. …I can’t tell if this is a joke or not, and that terrifies me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-buying-music-at-walmart/635593.md?page=1)