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Why should they have to match the online price? There's a reason the price is usually lower. There isn't the overhead on online items as there is for in-store items. They add trucking costs, wage costs, theft costs, etc, all gets passed on to the customer in the store pricing.

Everyone for themselves....Pallet on floor by midnight...Supposed to have employees "carefully open" the pallet at midnight...not a chance...lol! :) Can anyone saw BF of years past all over again?

Ok everyone...I just asked the management. If you read the ad all the items available at 5am are mostly electronics, if not all electronics. The only exception in electronics that is being released at midnight are the video games, music, and DVDs. Everything else AS STATED in the ad, will be released at midnight...They were scrambling at my store with the new announcement. I was told, EVERYTHING will be set at midnight, although there will be Q lines for the 5am items. The only issue I see is most of your overnight staff is not trained to cashier and those are the ones who will be cashiering on the midnight sale, so watch for a headache there. My gut feeling after talking with most of the management is expect a headache like a few years back before they did the line Q's. I expect a madhouse at midnight. People are already planning on lining up at 6pm on Thanksgiving. But bottom line, You can buy all midnight items at midnight. Line up in Q lines for wristbands or tickets for 5am items. Once all tickets are handed out then it sounds like you're free to wander wherever or even leave and come back at 5am.

As far as I know, I'm double-checking tomorrow, most of the midnight sale items will be wrapped. Then once midnight rolls around an associate will unwrap the pallet. However, in years past, the associate never gets to unwrap the pallet, it's usually the customers that get to it first, lol!

I'll get the info the best I can tomorrow. Even if I get the info, I have noticed some managers treat the home office advice like the Constitution. It can be interpreted many different ways...lol:)

I was looking at this model the other day at our store...You're right, it does not stream Netflix. It's kind of sad, they call it a "Internet Application BluRay Player" and it has very few usable apps on it. It's almost like they took the Netflix off of it to cheapen it a bit.

Please read my thread "BF Advice..." The whole purpose of this midnight sale is that you can buy the midnight items at...wait for it...MIDNIGHT. You can buy the midnight items anytime after midnight. Only items you can't buy at midnight are of course the 5am items. Load up on all the midnight items you want, take a breather, get a wristband, enjoy the fun.

That's a good one! I wil find out tomorrow from the management team about this and post on my "BF advice" thread.

There is a city in our area that won't allow retailers to open before 6am! Imagine the confusion at that store. "Attention shoppers, our midnight sale won't start until 6am". Ha ha :)

Emily, WM kind of released all this BF info at once and it was a scramble once Target released there ad. Even though most of the planning has been in the works for awhile, it still is learn as you go thing this year, lol! I tell you what, I am off today, but I will find out for sure tomorrow when I go in and post it to this thread. As far as I know and the logical (WM doesn't do logical sometimes) thing would be you can get a wristband and move on...but I will find out for sure.

Hey everyone, I've been reading through the posts on here and there are a ton of repeat questions regarding WM BF this year. I'm going to try and sum it up here the best I can and hopefully we can reduce some board clutter. Walmart this year announced an "Open House" which starts at midnight. This is much different than years past. If you read the ad there are "5am Doorbusters" and items that start at 12:01am. Walmart is opening most of its stores at midnight (if they're not already open) for this sale. As a BF shopper, you can walk into WM after midnight and buy any of the "midnight sale" items at that time. There is no need to wait around until 5am to pay for them. You're free to do whatever you'd like after midnight. The only thing you cannot do is buy the 5am doorbusters. WM will have staffing available for you to purchase items after midnight, so don't worry. As for the doorbusters. There will be numbered balloons with associates near them throughout the store where each doorbuster is being passed out. Look for "Line-up here" type signs for those items. Each item corresponds with a specific inventory number/wristband. At 5am those in line with the wristbands will receive the item they hae a wristband for. As for store operating hours. All WM stores will be open at midnight. There are some stores that never close, so they will be open. There are some stores that close for Thanksgiving, they will open at midnight. However, with that being said, you need to check with your local store for its hours. Some states have weird and quirky laws about store opening times. Make sure you check with your local store manager to find out for sure. Walmart.com has a map that you can print out that will tell you where the 5am items will be located. Check that out before you go. To sum it up: *Midnight sale items can be purchased ANYTIME after midnight. *5am items, can only be purchased at 5am. *Check with your local store for operating hours. *HAVE FUN THIS YEAR!

Not sure if it is. I was just walking through the store and saw a whole stackbase of them under a $65.00 sign.

The WHOLE PURPOSE of this "Open House Midnight Sale" is exactly that. You can buy all the non-doorbuster midnight-sale items starting at midnight...take them to your car, go home, wait around, do whatever you want. The only things you CANNOT buy at midnight are the 5AM items. Anything else is fair game, that's the whole purpose of this midnight sale:)

Unless you are at a 24-hour store that doesn't close on Turkey Day you can have your Thanksgiving at WM, lol :) I see your point on the lines...

LY we had a ton, until someone impersonating an employee walked out with a few boxes worth...sad But we should have a ton as we usually do!