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Walmart YMMV In Store Clearance Thread I (READ THE FAQs)


#9571 ThatOneGuyWho   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7285 Posts   Joined 15.4 Years Ago  

ThatOneGuyWho

Posted 28 October 2019 - 06:55 AM

I was in Walmart 2 weeks ago at around 11pm. I needed the game cage opened. Electronics closes at some stores but managers will have keys to open those cages though some lazy employees repeat that they are closed and / or the person with the keys is gone (they can not take those keys home with them).

Anyways, asked a girl at 10:55pm if someone had keys to open the cage. Girl laughed at me, said electronics is closed and that she is about to clock out. Before I could say anything else, she walks away.

Now that's an extreme that barely happens but Fuck that chick. I did end up getting an employee who got a manager who opened the cage and I got my items. I love when Walmart is good but when it's bad, it's the worst store to shop at and it's because of the shitty employees.

#9572 nightc1   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   4466 Posts   Joined 17.9 Years Ago  

Posted 28 October 2019 - 01:09 PM

I typically shop Walmart during the 7am-10pm range.   In the rare instance I'm in there earlier or later I'm not expecting the best service because there are typically fewer employees that can help.  Plus outside of those hours one side of the store has the doors locked anyway to help deter thieves.   Overall, my experience is usually pretty decent with Walmart.  But then it's usually pretty decent with GameStop, Best Buy,  and other places that other people have issues with.  Maybe it's just people are nicer in the south?



#9573 ThatOneGuyWho   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7285 Posts   Joined 15.4 Years Ago  

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 01:42 PM

Maybe it's just people are nicer in the south?

I'm in the south...

 

I find that employees are more helpful in the day time but once it hits 10pm+ in electronics or toys, no one wants to help.



#9574 BudzMcGee   GalaxyofGeek.com CAGiversary!   3897 Posts   Joined 14.0 Years Ago  

Posted 28 October 2019 - 05:13 PM

Last time I tried to buy a new game (Ultimate Alliance 3) from Walmart the woman at one store where they clearly hadn't even stocked the game yet (it was Thursday) actually went so far as to say they didn't sell new games at Walmart to avoid even looking it up on her computer. 

 

Basically the convo...

 

Me: "Hi there, sorry to bug you, looking for a game that came out a couple days ago.  Walmart.com shows you have it in stock but I'm not even seen a spot for it in the game shelf, thinking maybe for some reason it hasn't been put out yet? Anyway, hoping you could just verify for me." 
Her: "What game?"
Me: "Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 for Swtich." 

Her: "Never heard of it, but I've been gone all week." 

Me: "OK... so can you look it up?"
Her: "Oh, if it's not there we don't have it."
Me: "OK, and I suspect you may not but seems odd you don't even have a space for it" 

Her: "Oh, well you said it came out this week? We don't sell new games." 

Me: "You're telling me that Walmart, the largest game retailer in the country, doesn't sell new release games..."

Her: "Yep." 

Me: "You have an advertisement for this game at the front door."
Her: "Oh, they do that all the time." 
Me: "You advertise new games on release week but don't sell new releases all the time?" 
Her: "Yep." 
Me: "So you're not even going to bother typing the name into the system to check if you have it or not?"
Her: "If we had it I'd know." 

Me: "You just said you haven't been here all week"
Her: "We don't have it." 

 

Me walking away, "Wow, seriously?" 
Some random employee walking by who heard the convo, "That lazy ass..." 


Most employees are fine but this one really blew me away. 



#9575 YoshiFan1   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   10073 Posts   Joined 19.6 Years Ago  

Posted 28 October 2019 - 05:35 PM

Stories like that remind of me of when they first started the game trade in program. I tried multiple times to trade in games and was either told they didn't take trade ins (in store signs saying they did) or didn't want to be bothered with them and said they didn't know how to process them and come back the next day. At least they took trade ins online so I just gave up and shipped all the trade ins instead.



#9576 Josef   Raising Acts! CAGiversary!   13727 Posts   Joined 19.2 Years Ago  

Posted 28 October 2019 - 05:43 PM

Today I noticed the local store, the one a few miles away, just lowered all their in stock Labo kits to $9 this morning. After some debate I decided to pick up one of each (Variety, Robot and Vehicle kits).  There is always the chance these show up in a place like Five Below, or get another clearance cut, but they are also Nintendo published so decided to just get them now.



#9577 SunbirdTurbo   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   142 Posts   Joined 14.0 Years Ago  

SunbirdTurbo

Posted 28 October 2019 - 06:00 PM

I have an insider at Wal-Mart where I live. It seems the Final Fight arcade1up that was the display floor model has been moved to the back of the store warehouse. Soon I will find out its fate and hopefully it goes up for sale so I can buy it. Fingers crossed X_X



#9578 Keisu  

Posted 29 October 2019 - 01:54 AM

I got lucky and found Paper Mario Color Splash for 5.00 today.


https://brickseek.co...r/?sku=53966164

#9579 Rig   Rig = Lunar CAGiversary!   14236 Posts   Joined 19.0 Years Ago  

Posted 29 October 2019 - 01:57 AM

Today I noticed the local store, the one a few miles away, just lowered all their in stock Labo kits to $9 this morning. After some debate I decided to pick up one of each (Variety, Robot and Vehicle kits). There is always the chance these show up in a place like Five Below, or get another clearance cut, but they are also Nintendo published so decided to just get them now.


A somewhat nearby store went in the back and got me the Robot and Variety for $9 each. Gotta find that third one now.

#9580 KinjiMuto   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   377 Posts   Joined 15.1 Years Ago  

KinjiMuto

Posted 29 October 2019 - 05:36 AM

I got lucky and found Paper Mario Color Splash for 5.00 today.


https://brickseek.co...r/?sku=53966164

Every store around me is at $49.94 lol sad



#9581 KinjiMuto   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   377 Posts   Joined 15.1 Years Ago  

KinjiMuto

Posted 29 October 2019 - 05:38 AM

Me: "You have an advertisement for this game at the front door."

Her: "Oh, they do that all the time." 
Me: "You advertise new games on release week but don't sell new releases all the time?" 
Her: "Yep." 

So, False Advertisement.



#9582 MobileFrank   CAG in Training CAGiversary!   122 Posts   Joined 11.0 Years Ago  

MobileFrank

Posted 29 October 2019 - 05:54 AM

Got the Burger Time and Dig Dug myarcade machines for $5 each.

#9583 Keisu  

Posted 29 October 2019 - 06:17 AM

Every store around me is at $49.94 lol sad

Keep an eye on it, it might drop hard in the next week or so.

 

The sticker on mine says was 49.94 clearance 5.00



#9584 darkdaze73   Serious Fisherman CAGiversary!   532 Posts   Joined 15.1 Years Ago  

Posted 29 October 2019 - 08:27 AM

Got the Burger Time and Dig Dug myarcade machines for $5 each.

A store I went to yesterday evening had quite a few for $5(Galaga, Pac-man, Ms Pac-man, Burgertime, Dig Dug). Only one I purchased was Ms Pac-man. They also had a bunch of Arcade1up stuff marked down(Street Fighter 2 cab $74, Rampage cab $74, Golden Tee $99, risers $11). I picked up the SF2 cab. The GT cab and risers were gone before I could get there though. I also found the Pac-man ghost light-up wall signs for $4.



#9585 Bezerker   Bezerker Barrage! CAGiversary!   7096 Posts   Joined 17.9 Years Ago  

Posted 29 October 2019 - 12:43 PM

Cant imagine why this "Black Seaweed" face mask is being clearanced out... 

 

https://brickseek.co...r?sku=944029031



#9586 coolduck   super cool duck CAGiversary!   538 Posts   Joined 6.0 Years Ago  

coolduck

Posted 29 October 2019 - 12:49 PM

Cant imagine why this "Black Seaweed" face mask is being clearanced out... 

 

https://brickseek.co...r?sku=944029031

says out of stock in all the locations up to 50 miles from me

 

 

 

i called to make sure, they say some really polite guy named Justin bought them all



#9587 Explicit   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   1603 Posts   Joined 11.6 Years Ago  

Posted 29 October 2019 - 01:50 PM

Cant imagine why this "Black Seaweed" face mask is being clearanced out... 
 
https://brickseek.co...r?sku=944029031

  

says out of stock in all the locations up to 50 miles from me
 
 
 
i called to make sure, they say some really polite guy named Justin bought them all


They're in stock where I live. I can buy them all and sell them to you guys so that your faces look fresh and clean

#9588 mitch079   Mumm-Ra shares with no one! CAGiversary!   12844 Posts   Joined 19.0 Years Ago  

Posted 29 October 2019 - 10:00 PM

They're going for over $20 for a 12pk on Amazon.  CHA-CHING https://www.amazon.c...e/dp/B00JKEVDJE



#9589 Mystery Man   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   41 Posts   Joined 13.5 Years Ago  

Mystery Man

Posted 30 October 2019 - 01:25 AM

Found numerous copies of God of War (2018) in the clearance section at my local Walmart. Had to scan on one of those machines just to be sure. Rang up at $19.94 or something like that. Couldn't believe it. Grabbed a copy since there were only 5 or 6 left.



#9590 themidgardknight   Runner Nerd CAGiversary!   161 Posts   Joined 11.8 Years Ago  

themidgardknight

Posted 30 October 2019 - 01:59 AM

I had SF2 pop up for $75 at a Walmart 45 minutes away from me. Said there were 2-3 IN STOCK! I took the chance and drove out. "We don't know what that is... Oh, well we don't have anymore... Oh that floor model isn't for sale." Didn't even bother checking inventory or offer to sell me the shite floor model (still ran fine, cosmetically beat up.) I wasted an hour and a half on one of my busier days to run into a completely incompetent employee who I have a feeling knew about the price...



#9591 JohnnyCage   CAG in Training CAGiversary!   1420 Posts   Joined 10.7 Years Ago  

JohnnyCage

Posted 30 October 2019 - 02:16 AM

Found numerous copies of God of War (2018) in the clearance section at my local Walmart. Had to scan on one of those machines just to be sure. Rang up at $19.94 or something like that. Couldn't believe it. Grabbed a copy since there were only 5 or 6 left.

It got an official price drop to $19.99 some time ago.



#9592 ohhellnaw  

ohhellnaw

Posted 30 October 2019 - 02:21 AM

Found numerous copies of God of War (2018) in the clearance section at my local Walmart. Had to scan on one of those machines just to be sure. Rang up at $19.94 or something like that. Couldn't believe it. Grabbed a copy since there were only 5 or 6 left.



😂😂😂

#9593 keyblader1985   Wait, what? CAGiversary!   4444 Posts   Joined 10.3 Years Ago  

keyblader1985

Posted 30 October 2019 - 02:40 AM

I was really confused for a minute there..

#9594 inverted_fray  

inverted_fray

Posted 30 October 2019 - 08:45 PM

Anybody wanna buy a Victrola for $9? https://brickseek.co...er?sku=46365814



#9595 ohhellnaw  

ohhellnaw

Posted 30 October 2019 - 08:47 PM

Anybody wanna buy a Victrola for $9? https://brickseek.co...er?sku=46365814



Does it come with a pair of skinny jeans?

#9596 zekana  

Posted 30 October 2019 - 09:51 PM

Micro USB cable $1
https://brickseek.co.../?sku=452459714

32gb sandisk usb flash drives for $1.
https://brickseek.co.../?sku=370071686

God I remember when you had to spend $20 just to get 4gb. How technology has advanced.

#9597 keyblader1985   Wait, what? CAGiversary!   4444 Posts   Joined 10.3 Years Ago  

keyblader1985

Posted 30 October 2019 - 10:48 PM

Back in 2007 I spent $20 for 1GB. And actually thought that was a lot of storage..

#9598 kraftwerks   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   1397 Posts   Joined 19.3 Years Ago  

kraftwerks

Posted 30 October 2019 - 11:40 PM

Back in 2005 I spent $150 on a 1gb pro duo for my PSP. 



#9599 Blade   This is the way Silenced   15480 Posts   Joined 18.0 Years Ago  

Posted 31 October 2019 - 12:22 AM

Back in my day, we used computers as big as you kids' dorm rooms! You'd have to jump on your segways just to get from one vacuum tube to another! All to store a few words!



#9600 ThatOneGuyWho   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   7285 Posts   Joined 15.4 Years Ago  

ThatOneGuyWho

Posted 31 October 2019 - 12:30 AM

Damn those PSP days. Paid $100 for a 1GB card. Was worth it at the time though.