Wal-Mart Online vs Wal-Mart In Store

[rangers85]

Originally Posted by coachD

I was all set to buy Starship Troopers the other day. I checked my local PX and they wanted $29! No way! Amazon has it for $19.95.

So I called my local Wal-Mart. They had it for the same price as the PX (plus tax).

So I then checked Wal-Mart online. They were selling Starship Troopers for only $18.96. I called back to Wal-Mart and they said they do not price match themselves!?!?!?!!??!

Now I can understand not price matching Amazon or Circuit City or such, but themselves?!?! Why would anyone pay over $10 more for a movie from Wal-Mart when you can get the same movie for a way cheaper price at the same company?

It is like they are trying to get me to NOT BUY from the Brick & Mortar store.

What's the difference to the overall Wal-Mart where I buy it? In the end the money goes to Wal-Mart. Why make the person who actually goes into your store pay more? Not just a buck or two, but over $11 by the time you add in tax.

Heck, I will just order from Amazon or order from Wal-Mart online and pick it up at the store (if I can). In the future I will check Wal-Mart online before I make any Blu-ray purchase over $25 from Wal-Mart.

It's cheaper for them to sell it to you online than in store. Online doesn't have near the overhead costs (Same reason Amazon is usually cheaper). Online they don't have to pay all the walmart workers to be around the store to get it out of the case for you, provide security, work the checkouts, etc, plus you pay for the shipping costs rather than them including it in the prices like they do to items within the store.

As for not matching themselves, a lot do that. Target doesn't because Amazon runs their online store so it's Amazon prices. Fry's Electronics doesn't because they're 2 separate entities that run the online and B&M sides.