I was cruising the internet tonight and came across a few ads for Roosebeck flutes, with a few different models available. They claim to be ebony or satinwood. I tried to search for a makers website, and only found ads. They range in price form ~$150-$250. one of the websites I found them on was Walmart. I assume these to be “Pakistani” flutes. Does anybody know anything about these? I did a search on the forum and came up with a few threads about uilliann pipes, and some cases, but no flutes. 
Yup, pretty sure they’ll be Pakistani.
Any time you see the name Roosebeck, you can be confident that you’re looking at Pakistani sweatshop-made unstruments.
Flutes at Walmart … the very idea. That should be everyone’s first clue.
that’s what I figured, but sometimes I get lucky. Not this time. I was hoping I’d be able to try before I buy, music shops in my area have absolutely nothing in the way of keyless flutes.
Since you’re here in the USA (like me), I recommend checking the stock at the Irish Flute Store:
https://www.irishflutestore.com/
I’ve dealt with them on several items, both selling and buying. It’s a good resource for new and used flutes including beginner models. Much better than buying blind online unless it’s a reputable Irish flute maker.
Was the italicized an accidental or intentional misspelling?
In my opinion, Wal-Mart, Amazon, and that ilk are not viable sources for instruments. As Conical Bore said, a shop such as the Irish Flute Store is a much safer bet. Trying before you buy is, sadly, probably a thing of the past when it comes to aerophones. Audio clips will have to stand in as a substitute.
That would be a rara avis these days; everything’s about antiseptic turnover for the common denominator instead of being a temple of the world of music. Back when I was a kid the local music shop had a lyrically arranged window display with real instruments, including ones from around the world - a sitar, tablas, a GHB (pretty hard to miss in its McLeod of Lewis bag cover), a violin of course, a trombone, a guitar, some kind of accordion no doubt, etc. It caught the eye and beckoned, speaking of a world of delights within - and the display never changed for as long as I can remember, so it served as the shop’s calling-card. I never went in to check out the offerings, though; earlier I thought I was too young, and then later on I was otherwise occupied with my misspent youth. But I’d often go by the place just to look at that attractive and signature display.
If there were any place a super-niche interest like wooden simple-system flutes could be met, I like to think that would probably have been it; if not off the shelf, then they might well be on the grapevine and be able to find out who there was to order from - and be happy to do it. Nowadays people would call a shop like that quaint and retro. For me, it would be a relief.
100% intentional. 
Not to mention, for that kind of money, you could get at least a Dixon polymer flute (or one of the less-expensive instruments by known makers, such as the Hamilton practice flute) new, or many others secondhand…
I can see the Pakistani instruments seeming attractive if at a very low price point, but when one can literally get something much better for the same price or less…
The assertion that there are better options is 100% correct. Secondhand is likely not a viable option for me, though…