Overview

• Viral posts showed 50-inch TVs at 299 pesos and 70-inch models at 547 pesos in Walmart and some Bodega Aurrerá stores across states including Morelia, Campeche, Oaxaca and Tamaulipas.
• Shoppers filled carts and many paid at the displayed price, but store staff blocked exits and required returns even from customers with valid receipts.
• Videos captured confrontations with security and at least one detention by state police after a buyer tried to leave with a paid television in Campeche.
• Stores removed the televisions from checkout areas and returned them to the sales floor after authorities arrived, according to local reports.
• Walmart had not issued a public statement clarifying whether completed purchases would be honored, as customers cited consumer law that generally requires displayed prices unless an evident error is proven.