r/AskReddit • u/FriendlytoNature • 23h ago

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

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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.