I have a few questions in regards to the policies and procedures for Walmart price matching and layaway. This is my first year to put something on layaway, first time ever pricematching, and first Black Friday sale that I have ever went to first thing in the morning. The past couple years I've ventured out later in the day because I didn'thave an interest in any of the hot ticket items that were on sale and bought earlier in the day. So I'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to all this.
I've heard people mention about putting items (like the gameboy, computers, etc.) on layaway before BF and then price matching it on BF. How do you do this? Do you put the stuff on layaway now and then ask them to give you your items during the BF early bird sale, take it up to a register and get the good price for it? I don't quite understand it so if anyone could explain it to me that would be so extremely helpful and I would be forever grateful!! I understand the whole pricematching from other store ads. Like if I find a CD player (for example) on sale somewhere else but find the exact same model at Walmart and take that and the ad up to the register they will (or should) honor the sale ad from the other store, I guess I just dont' understand how it pertains to Walmart and their BF ad.
Plus if I don't put things on layaway in advance but do during BF, as long as I have the items, if I don't get up to the layaway counter before 11am will I still get the BF price? Or do I have to get there in time, what if there's too many people...do I start kicking and shoving to get through the line in time. I'm just trying to understand it and get the best strategy. I'm sure in years to come I'll be more apt to get right inthere along with everyone else but it's all a little intimidating for your first time.
Up until this year we havent' had enough money to even think about Christmas much less BF and now we do and we have 2 sons (a 2 1/2 year old and a 7 month old) so we have some big plans to spoil them rotten this year (unlike the first 2 years of my first sons life and this is my second son's first Christmas!) and some of the things I'd like to get are on that WM list but I'mworried I won't be able to get them. Anyways, any advice and suggestions would be wonderful!! Thanks so much for all of the wonderful advice that has been shared in other posts thus far. I've gained a wealth of knowledge just from reading your responses to other people (what an ingenious idea to gather your pricematching items while waiting for the pallets to be unveiled!! Definitely gonna do that one!!)
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