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Re: WalMart yet again
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Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:40:08 GMT
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Please DO let me know if you convince them to lower the price on the 12/14 order,
as I also ordered 10 8458s on 12/14, and could use the refund ;-)
Ed Koch wrote:
> Since WalMart has decided to implement a "rule" that is not listed anywhere on
> their website, I thought I would pass a little tidbit onto you all in the hopes
> that most or all of you take advantage of this. We placed orders for the 8458's
> at the $85.00 and were shocked out of our mind to see the price at $27.85. We
> also ordered 4561's at the $65.00 price, only to see them at $45.00 a few days
> later. We decided to call WalMart just to see if we could get them to credit us
> the difference between the old and the new price. I know this seems pathetic
> given the fact they had already reduced both sets by 50%, but it was worth a
> try right? Well right we were...they issued a credit for the 4561's with no
> trouble at all, but would not give us credit for the 8458's because we placed
> the order over 30 days ago (12-14 to be exact). We are still trying to get them
> to do it since their website makes no mention of this "30-day limit" to price
> protection, and their own return policy seems extremely lenient. The bottomline
> to this message is that if you ordered either set, or any set for that matter
> and WalMart had reduced the price, AND your order is not older than 30 days, by
> all means call them and ask them to credit you the difference. Please overwhelm
> them with requests for credit. It is obvious that they hope most of you will
> feel guilty having got the 50% off price that you wouldn't fathom requesting
> the 83% off price! All I can add is that those of you lucky enough to have
> waited until 12/23/00 to place your order stand to make a killing! :)
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