Is Wal Mart really cheaper?

[CW&M Mom]

I find it interesting the worry about the roll back price. To me grocery stores don't do any different they just call it on sale vs not on sale.

Soda is a great product to look at ...because I know my price that I won't pay for it. I generally find if it's not on roll back at walmart it's probably too high...I FIND the same exact thing at the grocery stores. Dollar General and Family Dollar tend to be where there non sale prices is more consistent and that price typically is a where I am willing to spend if it's not on sale anywhere.

The only difference I see between a grocery store sale and a Walmart roll back...is you typically know for how long a sale at the grocery store is lasting..where as Walmart is hit or miss...but typically roll back prices last a lot longer then the sales week at a grocery store.

So I may find coke for a $1.00 at Walmart for three weeks or before it raises it back up...where as it's going to be only a week at the grocery store..and I still find walmart non sale price better then grocery store non sale price...but won't pay either of them..when it comes to Soda LOL. BUT for many other things I am willing to.

And of course the nice thing...is if Coke is no longer on sale...but your kroger across the street has it for 10/10...walmart will price match. quite handy when Kroger doesn't want to stock there sale items.

[gctattoo]

The issue with the rollback system is not that the price goes back up. It's the fact that they increase the price exponentially beforehand so they can pretend the rollback is a great deal. When in actuality, it's a significant percentage more expensive on rollback than what it used to be regularly priced.

It's not done on every rollback, but it's done enough to be noticed by those of us who pay attention to and remember prices. Here would be an example of what WM does (although it hasn't been done on this particular product or else DH would be a sad man with no bologna). ;)

Gwaltney bologna-- $1.27 for a 16 oz. package. Price stays the same for years. Suddenly the price jumps to $1.77. Stays that way for a month or six weeks. Then goes on "rollback" down to $1.57 for a month or six weeks. And we're supposed to ooh and ahh over saving that 20 cents. When we're actually paying 30 cents more than what we always used to. And the rollback price is only temporary, as we all know. So $1.77 comes back and stays there as the regular price.

They think the average customer is so stupid they won't notice or mind the increase. And even the ones who happen to notice will be so overjoyed when it's on rollback that they will come to appreciate that price over the newly inflated regular price. That's what the issue is.

[CW&M Mom]

Still not seeing how this is any different then a regular grocery store...let alone the big pharmacies.

They all play this game.

And quite frankly the grocery stores point blank do it all the time with BOGO products. Only if your smart enough to realize that you can use 2 coupons on the BOGO (if the store even allows it) will it usually make it even worth your while. I am from the Utah area...and our big grocery store that does BOGO is Albertsons and they are notorious for hiking up the price for there BOGO sales...which makes them sometimes even a worse deal then if you get them when it's not BOGO if you don't use coupons.

[pasharain]

So, if some stores will only take 2 IPs per day......can't you just go back into the store, through a different checkout lane, and use 2 more IPs, and then repeat, etc. ?

They aren't going to notice, are they?

Most legit internet printables have tracking software attached to them that only allow 2 prints each.

[Nascar88]

I shop very rarely at Walmart. I would rather have to use a coupon somewhere else and get the item for the same wal mart would have sold it to me for without the coupon....

I am not a Wal Mart hater. Well, maybe a bit.

[jkljkl]

I am not finding many things on sale at Wal Mart. The only good price they seem to have is on baby wipes.

[nlowndes]

For the most part, Walmart is not the cheapest anymore. There was a time when it was really cheap and worth the trip to where the closest one was. Now though, that the nearest one is likely in your town, it seems the prices have gone up. Walmart used to be competive to all it's neighboring stores, it's not anymore.

[postalq]

Right now, Walmart is about the best store we have here. We have 2 other chain grocery stores, but only one of them doubles coupons maybe once or twice a year. And both of the chain stores (Hays and Country Mart) have their prices higher than WM. And if they do have a sale, WM will match the price. I loved using Kroger, but they are 20 miles from my house and now with the price of gas the way it is, it's just not so much worth driving out there even to double .60 coupons. Their prices are higher than WM also. Their sales are really good though.

I guess for me, it is more economical to shop at Walmart (and Walgreens when they have a great sale).

carol

[CW&M Mom]

One of the other stores we have is a Country Market store as well...and there prices are outrageous. Completely agree.

We have a dillons (kroger) store that I drive too to mega shop but it's over an hour away so I really have to justify the gas I spend...and rarely go there more then once every month to 6 weeks or so.