I do not think this is a case of SI knowingly lying to us to attempt to get us to clean out old stock at WalMart. I think they are disconnected from
what is happening at retail and know they shipped product to WalMart. I doubt they are popping into any US Walmarts to verify what they are telling us.
Well, after multiple customer inquiries, SI could at least have checked with Walmart! They must have a purchasing contact.
Really, by me at least, the minis in Walmart are placed in the worst possible shelf positions to move product; damn near impossible to see unless you are specifically hunting for them. They are on the bottom shelf, at the very end of the checkout lanes, where you might not notice them until after you have paid for whatever you were on line to pay for. Especially when you have a cart in front of you! Even if you are hunting for them, sometimes you can see them, but can't get to them because there are people in the way. A store employee saw me looking frustrated yesterday and offered to help. When I showed her what I was trying to look at, she agreed with me that it would be better to come back at 7am some other day.