Price Match at Walmart, Coupon at Walmart, Save Money at Walmart

This is an excerpt from a memo that went out to Walmart Management clarifying points in the Coupon & Price Matching policies as they pertain to using coupons with BOGO ad matching.

Here is the example used:

* Ad match should be completed first
-Buy one shampoo @ $1.50 get one free is the Ad Match.(quantities limited)
-Walmart’s price is $2.50

*Price override two bottle of shampoo  that are required in the BOGO ad match to $.75 each(tax)
-Review quantities on coupon/ad

*Scan the BOGO Manufacturer coupon and enter $2.50 as that is Walmart’s retail price.
-Ensure that $2.50 is written on the manufacturer coupon.
-A minimum of 3 items must be purchased(accounted for) when using this ad match/ coupon combination

So… What does this mean. Let’s break this down into what I think is the most important.

1. This should completely eliminate ALL of the “you can’t price match and use a coupon issues”. (assuming this went out to all stores)

2. You should now be able to use a BOGO Mfg coupon in addition to a price match BOGO sale.
a)You will need 3 items to do this type of transaction.
b)Your transaction will not be completely free. In example 1 you will get 3 items for $1.50

3. This memo completely spells out the cash back policy just in case their were cashiers/CSM’s or Managers that think otherwise.

4. It looks as though Walmart is going to enforce all limits on ad match deals.

The way this memo went is worded will completely confuse many people, especially cashiers and managers. I have sent an email in to corporate to clarify the total price for their example scenarios. By splitting the price match BOGO ad portion they are assiging a price to the item, therefore allowing a BOGO coupon to be used on it.

Overall, I think this is great news. No, you don’t get 2 totally free items, but it does turn it into a buy 1 get 2 free.

So, what do you think?