I am getting a lot of questions about Price Matching the Staples ad @ Walmart. Specifically, can you do it? My short answer is No, becuase it requires a separate $5 minimum purchase. In addition, there is a limit of 2 $.01 itmes.Here is an excerpt from the Walmart Price Match Policy:
We DO NOT match the price in the following types of competitor ads:
- Items that require a separate purchase to get the ad price
- example: “Buy [item A] to get [item B] for $C”
Do I think there are Walmart Managers out there that will Price Match this sale? Absolutely! If you have a cart full of groceries and you are asking to price match a sale that they absolutely will lose money on, they are more likely to do it than if you have 4 packs of gum and a few $.01 items he is going to lose $4 on. I will not attempt this one but I fully understand if you do!
You’re also forgetting the pesky fact that many of the sizes of items that Staples sells are NOT sold at Wal-mart (like if Staples has a 10 pack, WM will sell the 8 pack, etc)
Paul,
I agree with you,but for a totally different reason. First of all, the Mart PM other stores $3 off when you purchase 10 items, they PM and do not set any limits on quantity……However, I do not feel that I need to abuse the PM privilege by getting items for 1cent. I can still save a ton of money and the mart can still make money when I PM “normal” sales.