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Walmart workers who threw around iPads get fired

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I’ve often suspected that the UPS many who delivers to my home actually kicks things to my front door. I never really thought that people who work in the back room at Walmart would be harder on packages then the UPS man, but it appears to be accurate in some cases. A video was posted to Reddit by user going by the name SenorPierre showing some rough treatment of Apple gadgets. The video showed Walmart backroom employees unpacking a crate of iPads and throwing the tablets around like a football. One of the boxes, apparently having an iPad inside, was spiked to the ground like a football after a touchdown on the video. I’m not sure I’ll ever understand why people post videos of themselves doing stupid and illegal things to the Internet. After the video was posted to Reddit, Walmart confirmed that the video was, in fact, real. A Walmart spokesperson also noted that it hadn’t received any returns on the merchandise in question. The person who submitted the video to Reddit says that the em...

Walmart selling iPhone 4S as low as $114

Select Walmart stores are offering a major discount on the iPhone 4S, perhaps just in time for a nice Mother’s Day present. Earlier this morning, Cult of Mac reported that a Walmart location in Edmond, Oklahoma had listed the 16GB iPhone 4S for only $114. The Verge then found that another Walmart location in Austin, Texas was also offering the same deal. The $74 discount, however, seems to only be available at a few select stores and does not apply to Walmart’s online pricing, which currently lists the iPhone 4S at $188 with a note saying “store pricing may vary.” Walmart also appears to be offering a deal on the 8GB iPhone 4S, cutting the price in half to $34, and the 16GB iPhone 3GS for $0.97. It’s not clear which Walmart stores are actually participating in the sale. 9to5Mac called 17 Walmart stores in the US and could not find any similar deals. And when calling the Frontage Road store in Edmond, Oklahoma, they responded saying that the iPhone 4S was “$114 this morning, for a li...