- Walmart Layaway is SUPPOSED to be open from 9-9 on Black Friday. They do allow store managers to make adjustments based on store needs. If yours isn’t that sucks and I’m sorry!
- Walmart Black Friday “Special Buy” items will have different bar codes for the most part so items like TV’s Computers, Blu Ray Players and Movies will most likely not be able to use the Layaway Black Friday Strategy. It will work on Games and toys because those items should not have the special bar codes.
- Competitor Black Friday items that Walmart carries will be able to use this strategy. For example: Target has Model XOXO776 in their Black Friday ad AND walmart carries Model XOXO776, you can put that item on Layaway and Price Match ON Black Friday (if your store is open) provided the sale time has not ENDED. It will have to be deleted to get the lower price.
- Do not confuse start times with end times. Walmart will have 3 sales going on at the same time, they may run out of stock but the sale is still running. If your item is in Layaway it is IN stock.
- **Walmart Items** The registers are what determines what price the item is sold at, if an item is in Layaway you do not technically buy it until you pay off the layaway item. The registers AUTOMATICALLY give you the sale price if you close it out during a sale period. So do not worry about deleting items from layaway or any other nonsense, if you have it in layaway you have it in stock. The last two bullet points cover the ” Walmart will only PM BF items that start in Event 3″ Event 1 and 2 End Friday at Midnight, the registers don’t know anything except for the times the sales run, if you have the item you will get the lower price. Period.
- It is my understanding that Walmart sent a memo that they will Price Match Online Competitor Prices during the holiday season IF that competitor has a Brick and Mortar presence in that area. My store confirmed it, YMMV
Thanks to Debt Free Spending for the awesome Black Friday Spreadsheet!
CAUTION: This post will teach you how to save Time and Money Shopping for Christmas Gifts: Black Friday Shopping at Walmart is about to get a whole lot easier.
** A Lot of Questions have been raised, I am waiting on clarification**
Do you want to be waiting in Black Friday Shopping Lines on Thanksgiving Night? NO!
Do you want to be camped out on the sidewalks of BestBuy or Target in the middle of the night? NO!
I don’t know about you but I want to be watching Football on Thanksgiving and then I want to sleep off my Turkey Coma until about 9 on Friday. I’m gonna do it AND I’m still gonna get all the best Black Friday Deals of 2012!
We do a lot of crazy things to score the best deals for our family and friends for Christmas, but not anymore! This is a Game Changer!
I am going Black Friday Shopping this Week- I am sure you are wondering “how? ”
In an I Heart the Mart exclusive interview with the Director of Communications and Community Relations at Walmart, I asked some of the questions that my AWESOME I Heart the Mart readers had about Black Friday. I was floored at the answers so I asked them to write them down. This is EXACT text of the email I received:
- For items already on layaway, will Walmart price match those items if they have now gone on sale for Black Friday?
Items that have been put on layaway then are paid off on Black Friday will be sold at Black Friday pricing (i.e. If you place a LG Blu-ray player on layaway today and payoff the purchase on Black Friday, you will pay the $38 Black Friday price).
- Can you use coupons for layaway items?
Yes. Walmart is committed to providing our customers with the lowest prices. To back up our price leadership promise, we will match the price of any local competitor’s printed ad for an identical product right at the cash register even on layaway items.More information is available at walmartstores.com/download/4752.pdf.
- Are Black Friday deals online again?
Customers can also get a jump start on shopping from the comfort of their homes with a two day online-only event on Walmart.com starting early on Thanksgiving Day and extending through Black Friday. Savings on hundreds of the hottest toys and electronics include:· Samsung 50″ Class LED 1080p 60Hz HDTV – $698
· Ematic 7” Tablet Android 4.0 1GHz, 4GB – $49
· Dsi XL Ultimate Bundle – $129
· Razor A Kick Scooter, Multiple Colors – $25
Walmart.com shoppers can choose free shipping to home on eligible $45 orders with Home Free or free store pickup with Site To Store and also use Pay with Cash.
- Is Walmart price-matching Black Friday ads?
Our long standing ad match guarantee will be in effect throughout the 2012 holiday season – including on Black Friday. The ad match guarantee ensures that customers get the best prices on toys and other items throughout the store. We will match the price of any local competitor’s printed ad for an identical product right at the cash register. Walmart’s ad match guarantee does not include online prices. -END OF QUESTIONS-
This sounds great but it would really stink if you go to get your items out and it doesnt work.. but last year i was able to get the kindle i wanted before the sale even started… I got it right out of the electronic dept and waited till the sale began to ring it up…worked fine
Hello, Well I found out a wealth of knowledge today on how Walmart does it Black Fridays Deals here in CA. First of all, almost all of the items on Black Friday are only made for Black Friday and are NOT normally stocked in the stores any other time of year. So that is why you can’t find most of the items right now. Plus I was told that all the other items at other stores like Best Buy, Target, Kmart, etc. will be different models so that you can’t price match them at Walmart.
I went to my Walmart in CA today and was only able to put the Trampoline, Hockey Table and two convection ovens on layaway. They would not allow me to put the Shop Vacs on layaway at all. Now there was a homemade sign on the layaway counter that said no black Friday items could be put on layaway. Not what corporate said in your email. And I was still able to put the other four items on layaway. They rejected about 6 other items that I had to put on layaway.
Also, they had alot of the Black Friday items on the floor but they were wrapped in plastic and a note was on there that they were not available until Thursday night or Friday morning. So even if I wanted to pay full price today they would not let me. Plus my store would only allow us to put items that were over $15 in value on layaway even though my total bill was over $400 in value. I wanted to get the electronics but they absolutely would not allow me to get anything and there were no electronics on the floor.
However, I was told that all of the black Friday electronics items were in the warehouse but wouldn’t be put out until right before the opening of the sale. Also, they only had about 30 laptops available for $179. The did however have hundreds of the blue ray DVD players for $38 or $68 so I might be able to score one of those if I go early on Friday or Thursday night.
So the big hype is a scam in my eyes. I have been to my Walmart on Black Friday and I was really scared with so many people hitting my cart and then I was actually trapped in one area and had to leave my cart and get out. People were really awful and alot of yelling. There is no security and the Walmart employees are not trained to deal with this behavior. Also our Walmart had to close the doors to not let any more people in the store or let people out which is a huge fire hazard and a potential for disaster.
I love all the good deals and I am hoping that going on Friday later morning will get me over most of the challenges of Black Friday and while it will be still crazy maybe not so over the top. Good Luck to you all and please stay safe!
I have a question, say I put a t.v. on layaway at Walmart, it goes on sale for BF, so I go on BF to pick it up but the upc’s are different, can’t I show Walmart their own ad and have them price match it since the T.V.’s are exactly the same and model numbers are the same?
You would think, but the answer I have been given is no. It will ultimately be up to your manager.
I’ve never used layaway at walmart. The open fee, is that for each item or for the entire “cart load”?
Just go to walmart and ask for a manager. if needed, show them the layaway and black friday policies from walmart.com?
Where would I direct a mananger for the layaway black friday?
Thanks Paul for the great info
Happy Thanksgiving
The open fee is for the whole load. there is a chance you will lose the $5 if they make you delete the layaway to Price match to another store.
I just went to my Walmart and asked about the $15 Fur Real friend. They did not have it in the store, and they said that their Layaway will be closed all of Black Friday, so no go on the layaway thing. They were also cling wrapping a lot of stuff on pallets, I suspect to put it in the back so people can’t price match, check model numbers or put it on layaway.
The manager I spoke to also said they just had had a manager meeting that very morning saying that layaway will be closed and that no one can put anything on layaway now to purchase it on Black Friday.
I have a feeling this is something corporate has said can happen, but the stores can’t deliver.
I plan on getting the laptop for 179.00 tomorrow. Is there a limit to how many I can buy? All I need is two but, I’m wondering if I should bring my wife to get the second.
yes, I think so!
Hi Paul, thanks a bunch for your help.
It appears that Orlando, Florida Walmart is trying to block customers from purchasing their Layaway items at Black Friday prices. Do you think the Director of Communications and Community Relations at Walmart would be interested in knowing about it?
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It’s also been noted that on the layaway receipt, item #10 states “If at the time of final payment of your layaway account, the retail price of an item in your layaway account is lower than the retail price for that item at the time you placed it in your layaway account, you will receive that lower retail price.”
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So does this work if I buy something online from walmarts site? I see they have the same Toshiba 50″ that sears has for 299, but its 549 on walmarts site. Can I order it online and print the order confirmation and take it to walmart to credit the difference?
No. Search “Price adjustment” on walmart.com
It specifies you cannot do that.
This is great information that I wish I had found earlier. My wife dragged me from store to store today when she could’ve just put everything on layaway and bought it all today at discount! Despite the fact that it was a long day, it wasn’t all that bad since I remembered to charge my iPad before we left the house. I was able to watch live TV and my DVR recordings through my DISH Remote Access app while my wife fought the crowds. I’m glad I listened to one of the guys I work with at DISH about bringing my entertainment with me for this huge shopping day. I hope that next year we can both convince our wives to hit Wal-Mart early so we can still save on Black Friday without headaches!