I might be getting some gift cards for Walmart soon. Anyone ever try to return/rebuy from them?

My wife went to Walmart yesterday and bought a 3DS. They only had 5 left. After talking with a manager the manager told her that all she has to do is bring in the receipt, no system just receipt, within 7 days of the purchase and she would get her money back from the price difference. The manager even told her she could go ahead and open the system up and let my son play it since the only thing she has to bring back in is the receipt.

Originally Posted by Tankinator Asked the worker who doesn't speak english, now I'm waiting for a supervisor...

He no spe-kee? That would annoy me to put someone on the floor that can't communicate. I'm starting to think buying mine last week and adjusting on Friday is a good move. Seems like a lot of grief over this.

i think they will price adjust. the problem will be if they don't change the actual price within the 7 day period. If they are slow to do it, a lot of people are going to be stuck with a 250 dollar system. what troubled me is how they had ZERO knowledge of a price drop. I'm not talking the august 9th rumor, i'm talking they had no knowledge of the august 12 official price drop

My friend just bought a 3DS at his Walmart. He said that the employees didn't know what he was talking about, but he got it anyway. They told him he has 15 days to price match it once it drops.

My plan is to call mine up in the morning to check. If that fails I'll get it at Target and price match there.

Website right now has the drop, but says not sold in stores.

This doesn't bode well....

Originally Posted by NukaCola My friend just bought a 3DS at his Walmart. He said that the employees didn't know what he was talking about, but he got it anyway. They told him he has 15 days to price match it once it drops. My plan is to call mine up in the morning to check. If that fails I'll get it at Target and price match there.

how'd he get away with it, cause when i called mine they had 0 idea??

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Online it lists the reduced price as a preorder but says that it will not ship until 8/12. If that is the case then I may return the one I bought and go buy it at Best Buy so that I at least get some RZ certificates if they refuse to do a price drop match.

Originally Posted by zenne96 how'd he get away with it, cause when i called mine they had 0 idea??

He didn't... He's bought at $250 waiting for the drop.

Listed on walmart.com as a preorder, to ship on August 12th

The site has been saying that all day actually. That you can "preorder now" and it ships August 12.

[QUOTE=omyard;8740521All I know is that there is going to be a ton of bitching between tomorrow and the actual price drop. I really want to look away, but I love seeing the misery people put themselves through because they either ignore good common sense or expect the world on a platter. The last week plus has been way too enjoyable already.[/QUOTE]


Epic

i want a 3ds bad. but i don't want to get burned if walmart is slow to update the price. i may just hold off until the 10th. buy one, and then wait for the price to change and get an adjustment. just in case they are slow to update the retail price.

Originally Posted by jedimario Online it lists the reduced price as a preorder but says that it will not ship until 8/12

We're talking about in-store, which is sometimes different than online.Anyway, I could call the closest 24-hour Walmart to where I live, but I'll be waking people up, even if I went outside.

does anyone know when walmart typically updates their retail prices? What time should i check tomorrow. I worry it will still be listed at 250 simply because they got too lazy and didn't change the price yet.

Originally Posted by Nintendonly We're talking about in-store, which is sometimes different than online.Anyway, I could call the closest 24-hour Walmart to where I live, but I'll be waking people up, even if I went outside.

i just called a 24 hour walmart and they had 0 idea

Originally Posted by Crandellous333 does anyone know when walmart typically updates their retail prices? What time should i check tomorrow. I worry it will still be listed at 250 simply because they got too lazy and didn't change the price yet.

12:01 AM.The people saying a department manager has to do it are full of shit. Department managers only manually price adjust clearance items (red tagged crap). Everything else is done in Arkansas's computers.And also, just because the tag still says $249, you shouldn't leave without asking them to double check it.

damn i think i'll get mine after the 12th. im sure toys r us will give u a 50$ gc or 50% few games with your purchase, so i'll just go with that. gl guys

even if it does price drop for tomorrow, I still need someone to sell me on the 3DS

Originally Posted by zenne96 i just called a 24 hour walmart and they had 0 idea

Because you did it wrong. Tell the person who answers the phone to hit the "item inquiry key" then type in these 11 digits- 04549671922Walmart doesn't use all 12 digits of a UPC # in their system because they have an ass-backwards method.