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At least Walmart cannot promise 'the lowest price guarantee' any longer, since they dropped their Price-Match policy.

Thanks, Kidd, I didn't know that, useful info I'll pass on to our family's main shopper. We like WalMart, we use it a lot for certain things at reasonable prices, can buy most anything there, sometimes stay in their parking lots for free overnight when I'm trailer travelling in USA (!), plus I like to virtual signal by supporting businesses that sell products resulting in employment of poor 3rd world workers (an offshoot of this pandemic - due partly to lack of 1st world travellers' money infusion to local economies, many 3rd world country folks in dire straits) so I encourage people to shop there.

Lots of marketing phrases are deceptive, we all know it's pretty common. Just last week I had a new wood stove installation at a property and the guy said I had a lifetime warranty which he voluntarily told me really means 25 years! Not as important for me anymore but younger folks might want to double-check those claims.

pooreva said
Manager told me it could be a week, few weeks, etc. and if I see something I need/want to buy it NOW and not to wait until last day or around.

Retailers hope that the fear of 'losing out on a good price' is the motivation purchase immediately. Their research has shown that fear of loss / missing out is far greater than the perception of actual value gained.

A good part of Wal-Mart's discount comes from squeezing and extorting kickbacks (er, "shelf fees") from suppliers.

Another good part of Wal-Mart's discount comes from only offering the crappiest products in a range.

And, finally, Wal-Mart's pricing policy is to compete heavily on the products they know their customers buy most frequently and know the latest prices on. Less frequently purchased products - often big-ticket items - are uncompetitive or even more expensive.
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