Walmart price match

[Jerome Stanek]

I went to the wonderful world of Walmart to pick up 2 prescriptions that were called in. I had a price page from another pharmacy that is just across the street and asked if they would price match. they said that they do and when I showed them the prices they said it was below their cost and no they would not price match. Then they come out with my scripts and one only has 3 pills out of 90 they want me to come back in a couple of days and get the rest. So they don't price match and they want me to send more money and time to get something that they advertise and don't come through.

[Matt Meiser]

Uh...why not just go across the street to start with?

[David Weaver]

At least i'm not the only person who doesn't have a lot of faith in the "guaranteed lowest cost" guarantees that everyone has.

It seems that at a lot of places like to make that guarantee because it sounds good in an advertisement, and then make excuses as to why they won't match.

Hopefully they at least gave you a break to their cost and didn't just completely stiff your effort.

[Jerome Stanek]

They weren't going to give me a break and I ended up going across the street and had my RX transferred. I also let my SIL know because she gets the same meds as I do

[Matt Meiser]

I just don't get the whole "price match" thing. If you are going to sell me the same thing why would I go to your store and go to the hassle of getting you to match the price if I can just walk in the other place and buy it at that price with no hassle? Last time I considered buying an appliance at Sears, this was their tactic. The regular price was 10% over MSRP, "on sale" for MSRP. When I commented on that, the guy told me I could shop around and bring him my best price and he'd match it. Why? Why not just buy it from that place? He didn't get it. Like he thought doing business with Sears was an honor.

Lowes/Home Depot it at least makes some sense where they'll beat it by 10%.

[Harry Hagan]

It's hard to believe that the largest retailer in the world pays more than another pharmacy.

[Bruce Page]

I just don't get the whole "price match" thing. If you are going to sell me the same thing why would I go to your store and go to the hassle of getting you to match the price if I can just walk in the other place and buy it at that price with no hassle? Last time I considered buying an appliance at Sears, this was their tactic. The regular price was 10% over MSRP, "on sale" for MSRP. When I commented on that, the guy told me I could shop around and bring him my best price and he'd match it. Why? Why not just buy it from that place? He didn't get it. Like he thought doing business with Sears was an honor.

Lowes/Home Depot it at least makes some sense where they'll beat it by 10%.

The “shop around and come back” has always baffled me too.

[Jim Koepke]

This is just one of the reasons I do not bother to enter the not so wonderful world of Wallmart.

jtk

[Phil Thien]

I just don't get the whole "price match" thing. If you are going to sell me the same thing why would I go to your store and go to the hassle of getting you to match the price if I can just walk in the other place and buy it at that price with no hassle? Last time I considered buying an appliance at Sears, this was their tactic. The regular price was 10% over MSRP, "on sale" for MSRP. When I commented on that, the guy told me I could shop around and bring him my best price and he'd match it. Why? Why not just buy it from that place? He didn't get it. Like he thought doing business with Sears was an honor.

Lowes/Home Depot it at least makes some sense where they'll beat it by 10%.

Perfectly said, Matt, I could not agree more.

[Jay Runde]

I just don't get the whole "price match" thing. If you are going to sell me the same thing why would I go to your store and go to the hassle of getting you to match the price if I can just walk in the other place and buy it at that price with no hassle?

1. To take advantage of no interest financing.
2. Rewards that I have at one store and not the other.
3. Distance from home. You can take in the ad for another store so you don't have to travel as far.

[Kevin W Johnson]

This is just one of the reasons I do not bother to enter the not so wonderful world of Wallmart.

jtk

Aww, come one, you haven't lived till you've navigated Walmart when the weekend/first of the month fall together. The wife and I prefer Martin's for groceries, and Target beyond that.

[Kevin W Johnson]

I went to the wonderful world of Walmart to pick up 2 prescriptions that were called in. I had a price page from another pharmacy that is just across the street and asked if they would price match. they said that they do and when I showed them the prices they said it was below their cost and no they would not price match. Then they come out with my scripts and one only has 3 pills out of 90 they want me to come back in a couple of days and get the rest. So they don't price match and they want me to send more money and time to get something that they advertise and don't come through.

That didn't stop them years ago when they were sued for predatory pricing. They were selling OTC items below cost in order to run others out of business.

[Ted Pitera]

The Walmart pharmacy is designed for two things: 1. get more people into the store; 2. Keep people in the store longer.

We used to use Walmart for our Rx's because it was on the way home from the doctor's office. The last time I used them they gave me a 40 minute wait to fill the Rx, then they added 20 minutes, then another 20 minutes. At that point I asked for my prescriptions back and they again said wait because they could count the pills in a few minutes! I had to explain that I didn't want the pills just my paperwork.

We use an independent pharmacy that recently opened and refills via an online form. Only wait is for the check out.

[Matt Meiser]

Both Kroger and Walgreens have an automated phone system for refills. Those are the only two I've used in recent history but I'd guess others do as well. They are good about having them ready to go when you arrive and even give you the option of having them contact the doctor if needed for authorization for additional refills.

Kroger gives us the $4/30 or $10/90 pricing on prescriptions or charges our insurance as appropriate for the situation. The only thing I don't like about the pharmacy at our particular Kroger is having to go traipsing through the store if I just need to pick up a prescription, but they started construction on a major expansion that solves that problem a couple weeks ago. Of course the expansion also includes a Starbucks so now I'll WANT to go in the store.

[John Coloccia]

Well, you should file a complaint with your state's Attorney General office since their price match policy is advertised online. Once they do that, they HAVE to price match whether they loose money or not so long as you follow their rules (which you did). So file that complaint if you're really upset.

But there's no surprise here. The headline would read, "Large Corporation With History of Lying to Consumers, Lies to Consumer". I haven't stepped foot in a Walmart since their "Made In USA" scam, and doubt I ever will again.