# What is this picture doing on a Walmart product page? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536 "2017-10-11T03:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/1 "2017-10-11T03:34:02Z")
I was looking for this poster I had seen before of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe, and this product page at [Walmart.com](http://Walmart.com) has it. There is a second thumbnail on the page below the picture of the actual poster. WTF??? Check it out [here](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Marilyn-Monroe-James-Dean-Flute-Song-Paul-Gassinheimer-Icons-Poster-36x24/118322288). How very strange. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/2 "2017-10-11T04:21:49Z")
The second image, which appears to be a blurry pornographic image, didn’t load as a thumbnail for me. I had to click a text box. Could be my connection. Probably just part of Walmart’s roll out plan to compete with Amazon 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/3 "2017-10-11T04:27:14Z")
Well, I was gonna inform Walmart but there doesn’t seem to be anyway to contact them, really. The feedback link just takes you to some other company. So I guess I won’t let them know. I’m probably the only person who has looked at that particular product. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/4 "2017-10-11T04:31:20Z")
Reverse image search brings up a few hits. It would appear the woman in the picture is English glamour model Keeley Hazell and the picture may be from a calendar of hers. [Here](https://img.tineye.com/result/87b188691cdbb680cfae127de00bfe68ac415cc2ed916c3777f962aae4bbe7cd?size=160)’s a better resolution image of the same picture where the name “Keeley” can be seen [probably NSFW, if you work in the 1950s]. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/5 "2017-10-11T08:23:22Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Reverse image search brings up a few hits. It would appear the woman in the picture is English glamour model Keeley Hazell and the picture may be from a calendar of hers. [Here](https://img.tineye.com/result/87b188691cdbb680cfae127de00bfe68ac415cc2ed916c3777f962aae4bbe7cd?size=160)’s a better resolution image of the same picture where the name “Keeley” can be seen [probably NSFW, if you work in the 1950s]. Good detective work. The resolved picture is actually a little less pornographic than the blurry one, inasmuch as I thought she was nekkid until I saw the real photo. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/6 "2017-10-11T08:27:20Z")
Do they work like Amazon\* and allow users to submit pictures? Maybe a bad one got through. \*at least, they used to. Don’t know now. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/7 "2017-10-11T11:40:20Z")
A few months ago, I had a Walmart advert show up on my Facebook page. The items they were trying to sell me were: crotchless underwear for men, and something that looked like a cock-ring. To make thing even more strange, I have NEVER Googled or browsed ANY of those things ever. So it wasn’t like Walmart got the idea to sell me these things from my browsing history. The best I can think of is I was once looking for a foam O-ring for my game controller. So maybe their algorithm picked up on that. But even still, who the heck knew Walmart sells sex toys?! ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/8 "2017-10-11T16:19:05Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > A few months ago, I had a Walmart advert show up on my Facebook page. The items they were trying to sell me were: crotchless underwear for men, and something that looked like a cock-ring. > > To make thing even more strange, I have NEVER Googled or browsed ANY of those things ever. So it wasn’t like Walmart got the idea to sell me these things from my browsing history. > > The best I can think of is I was once looking for a foam O-ring for my game controller. So maybe their algorithm picked up on that. But even still, who the heck knew Walmart sells sex toys?! You typed ‘cock-ring’ into the Internet now, though. I dread to think what they’re going to try and sell you now. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/9 "2017-10-11T21:18:29Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > You typed ‘cock-ring’ into the Internet now, though. I dread to think what they’re going to try and sell you now. ������ A chicken fighting arena? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/10 "2017-10-11T21:28:33Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > You typed ‘cock-ring’ into the Internet now, though. I dread to think what they’re going to try and sell you now. 😀 > [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > A chicken fighting arena? And they only accept henways as currency. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/11 "2017-10-11T23:25:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And they only accept henways as currency. About 2-3 pounds… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/12 "2017-10-11T23:38:24Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > About 2-3 pounds… In comedy, timing is critical. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-picture-doing-on-a-walmart-product-page/798536/13 "2017-10-12T03:10:52Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Do they work like Amazon\* and allow users to submit pictures? Maybe a bad one got through. > > \*at least, they used to. Don’t know now. I have no idea of the ins and outs of the logistics, but I’d say they work like Amazon in that they allow third party sellers. Every time I’m looking for some really hard to find item, it shows up on Walmart’s site and says “Ships and Sold by [not Walmart]”. As for the image, what’s interesting is that not only is the picture incorrect, but both the thumbnail and the actual picture are both the thumbnail which is why the large one is so blurry. My WAG is that some how the link for the actual image is pointing to the thumbnail for the other image…or something like that, depending on how that specific image was intended to be uploaded. OTOH, someone could have done it on purpose. If you really want to let them know and the feedback button takes you to a 3rd party website, use the contact us button or PM them on facebook. If they have live chat, you could probably use that as well.