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I've been looking for a tech toy for my daughter for a few months now, and yesterday, I stumbled across the InnoTab 2 Baby on Walmart.com. At $89, it's $10 cheaper than the regular InnoTab 2, but it's a Walmart exclusive, and yesterday, it was sold out online. The site also said that there weren't any available in stores in my area.

So I tried Amazon.com, which had some through third-party sellers offering them at $125. Then, I learned through the website for Vtech, the manufacturer of the InnoTab, that they're sold exclusively through Walmart, which explains why the sellers on Amazon were third party.

I thought I might be able to find one on eBay, but they were even higher than they were on Amazon. I still wanted my daughter to have the toy, but I didn't want to pay that much, especially since even $89 is higher than I'd like to pay.

I figured that the people who were selling them, especially those selling them brand new, on eBay and Amazon had a feeling they'd be an in demand toy this year, and with it being a Walmart exclusive, they could make some extra money. I was upset that I couldn't get my daughter the toy, but then my husband came to the rescue.

He noticed on the Walmart website that some other customers had said that the toy was in stock at their local Walmart, even though the site said it wasn't. So we went there, and sure enough, there it was. He got a big hug from me for that.

So, I learned something: Just because a retailer's website says an item is out of stock in store doesn't mean it is. It's worth a look before paying extra through eBay.
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