tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post3085156427408557985..comments2024-03-28T02:55:32.424-04:00Comments on Behind the Counter: Why won't Wal-Mart price-match another Wal-Mart?Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-65686773296408645092007-10-09T15:36:00.000-04:002007-10-09T15:36:00.000-04:00What I was shocked at was how Walmart's prices are...What I was shocked at was how Walmart's prices are sometime a bit lower than Sam's. Last year I picked up a copy of a book for my wife at Sam's. I ran over to Walmart to pick up a couple of things that Sam's didn't have and I just happened to look at the price for the same book. It was about 50 cents cheaper. Unreal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593292323644117795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-86742003826120821052007-10-04T15:20:00.000-04:002007-10-04T15:20:00.000-04:00That is fascintating! The things you learn here :)...That is fascintating! The things you learn here :)<BR/>~Heidiagent713https://www.blogger.com/profile/00616779546642325238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-13286177664062491962007-10-04T10:34:00.000-04:002007-10-04T10:34:00.000-04:00A customer service oriented company would honor th...A customer service oriented company would honor the difference, so long as the customer has proof. <BR/><BR/>What really concerns me is Wal-Mart's joint venture with China. My organization, Wake Up Wal-Mart, issued a report that is very scary. <BR/><BR/>They don't monitor closely enough what's coming from places like China as much as they should. With more than 70 percent of its goods coming from China, they better start paying closer attention or expect more dangerous products to be on the shelves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-12602199399463334242007-10-04T02:47:00.000-04:002007-10-04T02:47:00.000-04:00I ran into this just last month. I bought a tv fro...I ran into this just last month. I bought a tv from Walmart , because they were the cheapest. Then exactly 20 days later K-mart had the exact same TV fro $80 less. I brought in the receipt and the ad, I also verified that K-mart had the tv in stock. I was told by customer service that the ad had to be within 7 days. But your return policy is much more than that I argued. I also told them that I could return the TV then go to K-mart and buy the exact TV which they were holding for me. I just got blank stares. So I did just that. I went home packed up the TV in all the original packaging bourhgt it back. Went to K-mart bought the exact same TV and pocketed $75 after tax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-73549406287992045032007-10-03T19:44:00.000-04:002007-10-03T19:44:00.000-04:00Other reasons would include differences in costs w...Other reasons would include differences in costs where the stores are. How much is the rent/lease/cost of the building the store is in, how much are the property taxes, how much are the utility and insurance costs.<BR/>Not all stores pay their employees the same, there is a base and then it's adjusted for the local area.<BR/><BR/>Lot's of variables, and it's nothing new....just business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-30831837930955689462007-10-03T19:21:00.000-04:002007-10-03T19:21:00.000-04:00Why do price-checkers have to sneak around like th...Why do price-checkers have to sneak around like that in the US?<BR/>I used to work at Woolworths in Australia and we would have reps from all the other supermarkets around town come in with there PDAs.<BR/><BR/>Not only didn't they have to go Ninja, they signed in and out of the visitors book at the front desk and got a visitors sticker in case they were injured.<BR/><BR/>The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) would flip out and fine the company into last century if price checkers were chased out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-29826764998284719002007-10-03T18:24:00.000-04:002007-10-03T18:24:00.000-04:00Fascinating! Although I figured all stores do thi...Fascinating! Although I figured all stores do this- we've been known to hold off buying something at one Walmart, because we'd be going to the next town over and that one always has it cheaper.Keephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842474902479448541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-6441746178670639702007-10-03T13:13:00.000-04:002007-10-03T13:13:00.000-04:00I don't see why Wal-mart is getting all the crap f...I don't see why Wal-mart is getting all the crap for this reasonable policy because we do the same thing at Target. Granted, the sale prices are the same across the district, but base prices and clearance prices can differ from store to store, and we don't price match other Target stores or Target.com either.<BR/><BR/>I don't see why people get so upset about this, it makes total sense.RetailRobothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346091254070810912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-33535111420106483042007-10-03T12:40:00.000-04:002007-10-03T12:40:00.000-04:00I work in the back of my sotre, I am the dsd recei...I work in the back of my sotre, I am the dsd receiver/grocery reclaimations/secretary/ whatever else. I just have to say you have my respect for working in customer service there is now ay I would do it. Heck I would be shooting some customers, and some mangers for even allowing these idiot customers to bring stuff back after years of use or that WE DON'T EVEN SELL!!!! Hang in there and thanks for what you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-66072394358746529172007-10-03T11:58:00.000-04:002007-10-03T11:58:00.000-04:00The department managers go to the other stores wit...The department managers go to the other stores with the Wal-Mart PDA and scan UPCs at the other competing stores and note what the price is. Lather rinse repeat for everything in the department.<BR/><BR/>If they are caught by the workers at the other store, they simply leave without identifying themselves.<BR/><BR/>This is completely legal because prices are facts, and don't fall under copyright. The other store can simply ask the Wal-Mart employees to leave, and charge trespassing if they don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815729.post-27772685752763209752007-10-03T09:45:00.000-04:002007-10-03T09:45:00.000-04:00Oooh, price-checker for Wal-Mart sounds like a fun...Oooh, price-checker for Wal-Mart sounds like a fun job. Do they just check the weekly ads, or do the poor workers have to take a clipboard with a bazillion page list?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com