[quote name='JKSonic']Maybe they have found a loophole in their own system, who knows. But to common sense, just playing for the shipping alone would make it a better idea just to PM. Do you have any ideas as to how they could effectively negate the price of all the extra steps?
I'm not trying argue, it's just you acted like I'm personally hurt by the fact that they do this or something. If I can get it cheaper by waiting an extra 5 days that's a good thing, not a bad one.
What does any of that have to do with what I do for a living?[/QUOTE]
You're whining about Walmart's practice and complaining that it's "STUPID... FOR THEM". Like you know better. But are you sure it is? You think shipping, packing, gas all cost more than just pricematching. But what about overhead? What about the long term pricing effects of that policy?
Have you done the cost allocation exercise? I haven't either. But I know Walmart has. And if they decided that they shouldn't price match, I'm gonna have to go ahead and believe it's smarter for them to not pricematch.
Because while you can call Walmart almost anything under the sun, you can't call them stupid. And you can whine all you want about how dumb it is for them not to pricematch but that doesn't make you right. So I stand by my original statement, which is stop whining about walmart's site PM policy. Bah. All i've done in 2 paragraphs is to say that you're not smarter than the bean counters at walmart. So zip it.
(Goddammit, it sounds like I'm defending WM... and trust me, I'm not. )
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For those that are about to lose their XBL subscription or have Silver memberships, I hear calling Microsoft and asking about deals wields a $35-$40 live subscription sometimes. It might be worth a shot to anyone really desperate.[/QUOTE]
I've noticed some good ebay deals in the past couple of months. Might be easier to grab a 1 month code off the trade forum and wait for a good deal. I don't trust myself to remember to turn off autorenew, especially now that you have to do it via phone again. And I suspect others will fall into that trap too.