Walmart Claims It Saves Families $2500 A Year

[Ima saver]

I live so far away that I only go once or twice a year, and I don't spend that much there. But their prices are lower on lots of stuff.

[Viriatha]

Walamrt will match anyone elses prices. I just make a list of the deals at other stores and price match at Walmart.

What do you do for this? Do you have to visit customer service or what?

[herm4]

No, you just write down the item and the price. I make a list after going through all the circulars from all the grocery stores in my area. I take the list and then just tell the cashier that I have "price matches". I always keep all the items that I am price matching together, so I can just go down the list. The cashiers at our store, keep all the flyers at the register so they can check the price themselves if they feel it's not true.

[Viriatha]

Rock on! That is very cool. Thanks!

[herm4]

Rock on! That is very cool. Thanks!

LOL!!

[seo2020]

The money I would save at Wal-Mart is hedged by the fact that it takes 15 minutes longer to shop there than anywhere else.

So I save $5 - $10 but I gain:

1. Stress
2. Loss of wages due to excessive lines at checkout. Keeps me away from work... I actually lose money shopping at Wally World

[rob62521]

I am not a big fan of Wal-Mart for a variety of reasons:

I've purchased electronics and they were junk. I asked about recalls/returns and since it was over a couple of months, I was "out of luck." I'm not talking a $5 or $10 item.

I've seen what Wal-Mart can do to many local communities. They undersell the locally owned businesses and when they no longer have competition, they raise their prices.

This may not be a national thing, but the way the store is managed is often shady. When a worker had been there 7 years and had finally gotten full-time, she was fired because they said she "shopped" on company time. She worked in lay-a-way and someone came in and said they no longer wanted an item. She put it aside and on her break she went and bought it herself at the regular price, but Wal-mart managers wanted an excuse to fire her so she was fired.

We have two local Wal-Marts in our city and the prices are different at each on different items. Neither is in a different neighborhood like an upscale or innercity.

They pull the Sunday ad of a local grocery store out of the Sunday papers because they don't want the person buying the paper to see the nearest grocery competitor.

And, I don't need to say about the lines and the often not to wonderful service...

[lgslgs]

No, you just write down the item and the price. I make a list after going through all the circulars from all the grocery stores in my area. I take the list and then just tell the cashier that I have "price matches". I always keep all the items that I am price matching together, so I can just go down the list. The cashiers at our store, keep all the flyers at the register so they can check the price themselves if they feel it's not true.

We do similar. I have all of the websites for the local competing stores bookmarked and check their advertising flyers the day before I shop.

On my shopping list I note the price and the store for each sale item and highlight them. When checking out we save the price matches for last and get them done all at once.

We've even price matched for a couple of cents per pound on bananas - apologizing to the checker for the extra work. Their response? "I'd do the same - saving is saving!"


Walmart saves our family a lot of money.

Lynda

[eisor]

It's good to all this about price matching at Walmart! I might have to give it a try!

[eisor]

Some questions...
Do they price match produce?
Do they price match BOGO deals?

Edit:

Just found this blog post:

Wal-Mart Price Match: Debt Free or Bust!

[mom-from-missouri]

Doesn't save me any money at all. We no longer shop at Walmart

[Fred333]

I find some deals here and there, but for the most part I do my shopping else where. That $2500 must be the regulars that shop there.

[sweeps]

The $2500 probably assumes that the people who shop there would still buy all the things they buy at Wal-Mart even if it didn't exist. I bet a lot of people would buy Sam's Choice twinkies for 99 cents, but if they had to buy twinkies for $2.99 at the grocery store, they'd pass.

This is similar to Microsoft's claim that piracy costs them billions and billions of dollars. Many of the people who acquire Windows or Office illegally wouldn't spend the retail price $199 or $999 respectively if they didn't acquire it illegally.