- 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-
My local Walmart said that layaway will not be open, and this whole concept is not real. Is thisin print somewhere from Walmart specificly? I’m not doubting this, but I’d like to see it from Walmart.!
Layaway is supposed to be open from 9-9 on saturday. Walmart doesn’t have a “policy” it is the way their registers are set up. the bar codes have to be exact and MANY of the BF items are specially marked so it will be difficult. it should be fine for all the toys and things like that.
Question, I’m calling all the Walmart stores around me and they are all basically telling me absolutely not and that the black Friday items will be completely different items then what is usually in the store and that they wont price match it because it will be a different item? would you have any proof to show that this is indeed the policy that they should be following? it makes total sense but they are all denying it.
They will have to be the exact same UPC at Walmart which will make it hard for the big ticket items. It woll work great on all the toys. The key to getting the big items is finding the PM deals from OTHER stores that Walmart has the exact same MODEL and they will price match it.
I was interested in the Toshiba TV that Best Buy will have for $180. I noticed on the spreadsheet you had it listed that Wal-Mart carries it. I can’t find it in any store or on walmart.com with the correct model number. I assume that the model number has to be the exact same to price match.
That is correct susan. It is a little tricky and I wish they would make it easier, but the prize is worth it! we work hard for those $$
I went to Walmart today 11-16-12 to layaway the items for Black Friday Price Match. I was told that the layaway department is closed on Thanksgiving Day. A Customer Service Manager also told me that the items that were for Black Friday sale are not available for purchase in any Walmart store. She also stated that Walmart DOES NOT PRICE MATCH ON BLACK FRIDAY. I called customer service while in the store and was told that no one has heard of the Price Matching for Walmart Black Friday sale. I was told that I not informed properly. The assistant manager for loss and prevention was extremely rude, and told the CSM to walk away from me because they did not have any information. I even took a copy of the email from Paul, and was told it was not from Walmart Corporate, and therefore, a fake email.
I am a manager at a Wal-Mart and was asked about this today which led me to reading this post. What some of the last few comments were saying is correct. You will not be able to put the event merchandise on layaway prior to the sale. All of the event merchandise is currently being shrink wrapped on pallets and on trailers until thursday. These items do for the most part have different UPC numbers. There is not a sale time where the price of an item changes down and then later goes back up. Basically they send in special merchandise marked for the event. And these items will always ring at the sale price until all of the allotment is sold. So if you put something on layaway, while it may be similar to that item, it will not be the exact event merchandise so the register will see it as the normal price not adjust the price when you pay out the layaway.
The price matching is true. We do and always have price matched other Black Friday ads. It does need to be the same exact item. Layaway, however, will be closed thursday after 5pm and will not open until 9am Friday. So let’s say a black friday ad at a competitor was running their sale through 10am, then it would be possible to have something already on layaway and do a price match for it. You would need to do it before 10am. You would not have to have a layaway cancelled to do this. The system allows the cashier to do an add/delete. Anytime someone wants to price match an item already on layaway, you simply delete the item and add it back at the lower price.
Sorry for the length here but I hope this answers some people’s questions.
Hey Sean, I just updated the video and the post. I think I had finished right as you hit enter. Thanks for the comment and please chime in whenever you can.
Does anyone know where I can get information or proof to print out so that I can price match an ad on Black Friday? I want to price match a TV from either Sears or Best Buy.
Angelica, it says it right on the front page of their BF ad.
In order to avoid Wal-Mart dealing with ‘black friday’ deals, I believe the layaway department will be closed during the nighttime sales – thus why they say only the 5am deals will be honored since those are 2 day prices.
However, if they will ad match, it means we can get items from 3 or 4 OTHER stores ads and ad match them – in theory. I agree with those who are asking ahead of time though because when I asked layaway associates at my local wal-mart, they said the general manager would make the final call as to whether it will be allowed.
Ty Paul for the clarifications. That makes sense now! lol I was able to find 1 item that the store carries that will be on sale. When I asked about the other items, I was told those will be brought in just for the black friday sale.Thanx fo your hard work!
Is it safe to assume that anything marked “Special Buy” in the Walmart BF ad will be specially marked or isn’t the exact item as carried in the store currently? I noticed that’s most of the big ticket items and some toys. I am also having a hard time finding the big ticket item from other stores carried by Walmart as the exact same model.
Thank you Paul for the clarification of Walmart black friday. So much for Walmart’s Domination of the biggest shopping day of the year. My layaway yesterday was a total waste of time and money.