Well I had a shock yesterday. Went into Wal-Mart to check out their yarn prices and they were selling the Bernat Boa at ABOVE the manufacturer's recommended price. We sell it for $4.49 (Canadian) in Canada, and they were selling it for $4.79 So much for their claim of "Always low prices - always".
Anyone know what Wal-Mart sell it for in the USA?
Roger.
Hi there:
That's true about pricing at Wal-Mart. My family has noticed that in a lot of cases other stores have lower prices. We have a 4 yr old here and have noticed that even Toys R Us have lower prices on some toys .
take care donna from ontario, canada
And on some things it's really only a few cents lower... like shampoo for 96 cents where other stores have it for 99 or $1.
sue
They do have a rule though (I've heard them tell people)... if you bring in a flyer from another store showing the prices, they will sell at the lower price.
Gemini
I often find Wal-Mart more expensive than other places.
Higs, Katherine
Yarn Forward wrote in news:_eYLf.31796$% snipped-for-privacy@news20.bellglobal.com:
well, they know that most customers don't bother to price compare once they get in the habit of shopping at a particular store. so Wal-Mart moves into an area, undercuts the local stores until they go out of business, than raises thier prices. they don't have to be competatively priced anymore because they will have a core group of customers that falls for the "Always Low Prices" gimick without ever bothering to check elsewhere... because they "know" a nice store like Wal- Mart wouldn't be misleading them...
unfortunately, i refuse to even enter a Wal-Mart, Walgreen's or Sam's Club store, so i can't help you with that answer. i can check at Michael's or JoAnnes though ;) lee
As for yarn, I have found that our local Walmart has actually been lowering the prices on the fuzzy, furry special yarns. I figure that either it hasn't been moving or that since spring is on the way, they were trying to rid themselves of winter-type yarns. But the selection of yarns has decreased as well as their crafts department. I must go to the Walmart 20 minutes away for better selections. I am beginning to think that the area has something to do with it. Maybe not too many crafters in my general area.
The food department is another story. They are undercutting the local grocery stores by a lot! We are not a super-Walmart but we do have a decent selection of food there. I am buying half of my food there because of the prices. Will it continue? I hope so. I need to save money where I can these days.
Diane
I've noticed that on just about anything (not really yarn), Superstore sells it for less. I bought a Swiffer Carpet Flick at Wal-Mart for $15.47..... then found out a couple of days later Superstore was selling the same thing for $9.97. I've gotta remember to check Superstore first.
Shelagh
Yes, I shop at Walmarts unless our local market has it for less. Also Gemini is correct, about the price in a flyer from another store. I am always taking the AC Moore or Michaels ad for the Red Heart yarn with me if it's on sale there and Walmart will honor their price. So far, none of the local stores have closed because Walmart moved in. The smaller stores were gone years ago.
Hugs,
Nora
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I've found that I like shopping at WalMart - it's close to me and has a large department of fabrics, yarn and other craft materials and supplies. The store is well-lit and always very clean. The Michael's up the street is not as organized and often you have to wend your way through a lot of stuff to get to the yarns which are located in a back corner, and there is no one around to answer questions - only the check-out people who often don't have the answers.
Like any store, you do need to shop around for certain items. You also need to check for scan errors on everything. There was a big deal on the news where I live that their scans were incorrect more often than is allowed, and always charging a higher price than that on the shelf when it was wrong. I've also caught the cashiers scanning things more than once when you have a big order because they don't move things from scan to bag efficiently. That's why when it's our turn, I stand up front and watch every item that's scanned and make sure that everything is priced like it should be and scanned only once.
There are also price differences between Wal-Mart locations. The one nearest me didn't have what I wanted, so I checked one further away, and their price was lower on the item I wanted.
Leah
I think it was around $4 US when I was there the other day (saw the new Vouge Knit Simple and had to price out what the bears would be because they're made mostly of fun fur and I knew it would be obscene-- $90-100 US! Yikes!)
-Amanda
Leah wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
almost all franchise & chain stores have different prices in different locations depending on the immediate local economy (or the clientele they expect to cater to). since Wal-Mart has the stated goal of having stores no more than 20 minutes apart.... if you must shop there, do shop to see which ones are cheaper. it's called 'zoning' in retail. when i managed a software store we had 4 zones, & my store was a Zone 2, the second most expensive (Boston stores were Zone 1. the lonely Vermont store was a 4) it also pertains to fast food joints. for example, there are
4 Wendy's in Manchester NH (that i know of. i don't live there anymore so i don't go shopping or eat there as often now). one of the 4 is a different 'zone' because it's not near a main through road or a shopping area. it gets most of it's business from a business park lunch crowd. as a result, menu items tend to be 50 cents to a dollar less than the other 3 Wendy's (all within a 10 minute drive), except the 99 cent menu, of course. still, since Wal-Mart goes for low price over quality & they demand thier suppliers meet thier price point (*and* make products cheaper every year), quite often you will find that the product they sell is NOT the same as a similarly labelled product sold elsewhere. thier Sony TVs are not the same as the one that *looks* identical at Sears... it's Buyer Be Aware. lee
Your are correct. Over here we have different prices for Mcd, Wendy and BK. And all stores are close to one another.
My mom worked for a major cleaning product company and whenever Walmart placed an order, everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) stopped to place that order. They would literally run the plant overtime for all 3 shifts and weekends to get that order out. Walmart was their biggest account and when they spoke, they listened.
I have found that when price checking, I do better checking prices of local competitors on the internet before I physically go to the stores. You can go locally to many different appliance stores and they all carry the same products, but their model #'s are all different which makes price-comparing almost impossible. That drives me batty!
Diane
Gemini
Which is a lot more expensive than we sell it for in the USA. So much for "always low prices."
Roger.
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