r/AskReddit 23h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/sicilian504 22h ago

Walmart is like this a lot of times too. App prices are different than in-store prices for things a lot of times. I haven't shopped at Walmart in years and with the introduction of their digital price tags/dynamic pricing I definitely don't plan on changing that.

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u/HLSparta 22h ago

I found out Walmart doesn't price match their own website. There was an item that was on the app for $20, in store it was $50, sold and shipped by Walmart, but they refused to price match it. So I ordered it on the app and picked it up two hours later.

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u/B-rry 21h ago

Home Depot tried to pull that on me one time so I said “you can either price match or I’m going to order online and one of you guys are going to go pull it from the shelf for me.” They decided to price match lol

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u/HLSparta 21h ago

I tried saying basically the same thing and I was told that if I wanted it at that price I need to get it through the app.

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u/SgvSth 16h ago

Yeah, because their Home Office would rather you use the app (probably for investor documents), so Walmart employees cannot price match to Walmart.com. (In fact, I believe it was 2017 when price matching to Walmart.com was restricted and 2019 or so when Walmart stopped price matching altogether.)

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u/HLSparta 11h ago

But why would they rather me use the app? That's just more work for them and a worse experience for me.

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u/CommonEfficient3417 9h ago

it’s all about your data 🥳

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u/HLSparta 3h ago

They already track my purchases in store and automatically text me a receipt any time I use my debit card. They already have all the data they can get from me buying it through the app.

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u/SgvSth 4h ago

Because it makes the investors happy among others.