Walmart’s New Price Matching Policy for Holiday Shopping

Walmart wants consumers to have price protection and price assurance when they purchase items at Walmart between November 1st and December 25th. I read about this on Yahoo Finance  and several other frugal sites today.

If you purchase an item at Walmart between November 1 and December 25 and you find a lower price, bring in your receipt and proof of the lower price to the customer service desk, you will be issued a gift card for the difference.

Here is the fine print:

The gift card will be for use after December 25th.

Excludes certain items such as groceries

Excludes Black Friday ads

For competitor’s printed ads in the same local area

Excludes internet pricing

Items placed on layaway are eligible for the price matching

Can’t be an expired ad

If you are interested in using the new Walmart layaway option for holiday shopping, here is how it works:

Walmart is bringing the layaway plan back in time for the 2011 Christmas season. Layaway at Walmart begins October 17th. You can layaway toys and electronics of $15 or more, including dolls, bicycles, video games and televisions, so long as the total purchase price exceeds $50. You will have until December 16th  to pay off your remaining balance and take home your goods.

To qualify for the new layaway plan, customers must spend at least $50, and each item put on layaway must be worth at least $15. Shoppers pay a $5 fee to open the layaway, put 10% down, and the balance must be paid by December 16th or you will pay a $10 cancellation fee.

Walmart hopes to give shoppers under tight budgets or without credit cards a way to secure the gadgets and toys their children want. You can preview what is on sale here at Walmart.com.

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 Here are other stores offering layaway plans:

Kmart- no interest, pay 10% down or $15 and take up to 8 weeks to pay. Read their layaway policy HERE

Sears – pay $15 or 20% down, must be paid in 8 weeks or less. Read layaway policy HERE

Burlington Coat Factory – $5 fee and 20% down. Pay in 8 weeks or less, read layaway policy HERE

Toys”R”Us and Babies”R” Us -available for “big gifts” read their  layaway policy HERE.

Dress Barn -from their website: Do you have a layaway policy?

• Yes, dressbarn does have a layaway policy. Our policy varies depending on where the layaway transaction is taking place. We invite you to visit any dressbarn location and ask a Sales Associate to assist you with your layaway.

In researching this article these stores were mentioned in articles as offering layaway plans but I could not verify this on their websites; please check with the individual store managers:

Men’s Warehouse

Footlocker

Big Lots

TJ Maxx & Marshalls- many stores (but not all of them) offer layaway.

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