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Re: WalMart vs WalMart
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:16:52 GMT
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The trick is finding the other WalMart that has the item clearanced in the
first place. This is especially difficult on the west coast: none of the
stores here seem to go into the real heavy discounts. Now, other states....!
Bruce
:-(
In lugnet.market.shopping, Ray Sanders writes:
> A while back there was a thread (possibly several) about how a
> particular set would be clearanced at one WalMart but not another. I may
> have stumbled into a solution... Go purchase the set where it is being
> sold at the attractive price. Then take your receipt to the other
> WalMart. Say something like "Oh, I wanted to buy three of these and they
> only had one. Will you match the other stores price ?" They may grumble,
> they may be unhappy, and then they may go ahead and match it. One store
> told me that the first sale had to be no more than 30 days old, another
> tried to tell me 10 days, but then accepted a receipt that was 15 days old.
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> I've seen the same thing at K-Mart. One store just matched the other
> K-Marts price. At another store, the manager refused. So I talked to him
> for a while, explained that these sets were all discontinued
> (non-replenishable, or whatever), explained to him that for a lower
> price I would buy all he had in that SKU. He decided it was cool, and
> did it on his own prerogative.
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> One last note: find something that WalMart is deep discounting to clear
> it out. Buy one. Take the receipt over to TRU (same day if possible).
> Show them the receipt. Walk out with you 75% off Lego set(s).
>
> Ray
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