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SCHOCKING NEWS: Walmart has changed their price match policy
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Spyder_Monkey
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I'm surprised they didn't get rid of price matching altogether.
sixteen-bit
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super-famicom
Member
Oh man, I remember that.
that had nothing to do with price matching........................... it was THEIR pricing.
Winterfang
Banned
Still a good offer.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Thanks "crafty gamers"
djplaeskool
Member
Kayakmageddon was an interesting glitch.
IIRC it was that items were priced at the amount they were to be discounted, instead of price-discount. So for instance, instead of a $200 item getting $25 off and selling for $175, that $200 item showed up on the site as $25.
That was a fun thread.
ForteanMan
Member
The policy makes more sense now and is still pretty fair. If Amazon is actually selling something cheaper than Walmart, I can get them to price match. I just can't get them to price match "Amzon Electronics" or whatever it was.
Care to explain, please?
Actually, it's about ethics in pricematching culture.
BeatResetsTheWorld
Banned
This is why we can't have nice things
God Dayumm
Banned
Walmart took it like a champ and changed the policy to something sensible instead of getting rid of it. So it was a win-win
It may not be fraud(I don't know enough about it to really say) but it can't be legitimate when the sale/price they used to price match was illegitimate itself.
outunderthestars
Banned
Seems fair. Can't say as though I blame them.
Mass Effect
Member
I don't really see a problem with this. All places now excluded should have been in the first place.
Glass Shark
Banned
As long as they still price-match Amazon, I'm happy.
ThingontheFloor
Member
I'm surprised their policy didn't already exclude third party sellers on Amazon; I assumed the confusion was coming from untrained workers who didn't know the difference with the deceiving "AmzonElectronics" seller name that was set up. Best Buy already had exclusion to their policy and people got around it. I think it's still going to be an issue properly training employees on differentiating 3rd/1st party as long as they allow online price matching.
friskykillface
Banned
Should have been only "shipped and sold from amazon" with the amazon logo in the first place, matching 3rd party sellers makes no sense
Wal Mart only has themselves to blame for people getting away with it, you can't have a price matching sheet taped in customer service detailing this
Wal Mart only has themselves to blame for people getting away with it, you can't have a price matching sheet taped in customer service detailing this
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=710302
It's a huge thread, but it gets much better as it progresses.
It even made Good Morning America. It had a segment too.
Are you really upset that they actually reviewed their policy to adjust for ridiculous loopholes? It's not like they cut out price matching altogether. Not only that, but until they add better training to their staff it's still pitifully easy to get around this policy if you are really out to scam them.
This.
simply put this is why you can not have nice things... systems get abused...
in the UK there is a seller on Amazon called Zoverstocks who automatically lower their price to be the cheapest, a lot of people do the same to them here, the difference being though Zoverstocks have a bottom line price they never go below
in the UK there is a seller on Amazon called Zoverstocks who automatically lower their price to be the cheapest, a lot of people do the same to them here, the difference being though Zoverstocks have a bottom line price they never go below
kitschykitty
Member
I'm surprised they didn't already have a policy like this in place, when I worked retail (albeit not at Walmart) we were aware of the major retailers we could price match, everything else was either denied or had to go through a manager for approval. At no point would a third party seller on Amazon EVER be allowed to be pricematched.
EatinOlives
Member
Why does everything have to be a "culture" now?
Technically it is legitimate if they didn't exclude third party sellers in the first place.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I don't usually shop at Walmart, at all, so I'm not that invested. But at least this isn't a complete shutdown of their PM policy. Could have ended much worse.
Haloid1177
Banned
Do they still price match Sears?
Agreed, I am surprised it wasn't like this already.
pretty sure he was joking
anyway glad this is getting stitched up. still irked about people patting themselves on the back for stealing and all the weird victim blaming in the other thread.
The third party sellers weren't legitimate, however. They were created on Amazon for the express intent of forcing Walmart to pricematch. There was no actual retailer selling actual product for Walmart to compete with.
That sounds a lot like fraud to me.
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