take sol,ice in the fact that at $69 there cant be a huge markup so Wal-mart is likely not making much money at all off selling this. Just dont buy any accessories with it:)

Just say you bought it online directly through Xiaomi?

Soo you wont buy from wallmart because they are an evil union busting corporation; but have no problem buying a Xiaomi from an evil dey terk er jerbs communist corporation?

I hate wallmart too, but I love AndroidTV alot more.

Do you know that Nvidia Shield is assembled by child slave labor in China?

It's your money, you earned it, spend it how you want to.

I probably would get new friends

When you refuse to do business with the companies that employ or give opportunity to poor people, you only make those people worse off. "Fair trade" is a great example of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvSO43SOtk

You just mentioned your friends are Progressives Regressives so their opinions don't matter. Pick it up and enjoy it.