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Walmart takes on Amazon

butterfly123 — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:31:37 GMT

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Nataliesgramma — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:35:33 GMT

I have ordered a few things from Walmart and their shipping was terrible....never had an issue with Amazon...

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chickenbutt — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:39:51 GMT

Yeah, Walmart is not so great for shipping. Recently I ordered something that I've ordered a few times over the years so it was time to get more. They don't usually have it in the store.

They got my money on 6/22, the day of my order. Supposed to get it by 6/30. Well, that date came and went. I contacted them a few days after that on their chat thing, as the order still showed 'processing'.

I was assured that it would go right to the warehouse and be shipped. I should get a 'shipped' email directly.

Waited another three days, as nothing changed, and called them on the phone. Like the previous time, I had to go through two people and like the previous time (with chat) the higher up person assured me that it would be taken care of by an even higher up person and I will hear within 24 hours that it's shipped.

Later that day I get an email that the order was cancelled. We'll see if it also takes three weeks or more to get my money back. No explanation and item still shows in stock on website. *sigh*

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SilleeMee — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:47:16 GMT

My Wally's orders are usually placed with the pickup-in-store option. So This free shipping won't do me any good and besides, as @Nataliesgramma mentioned, Wally's shipping is terrible....slow!

Amazon ordering for me has decreased since their increased minimum amount for free shipping.

Jet dot com is getting to be my fave these days. They have free shipping with a 35 min. They also feature Jetcash where QVC has 20%. It simply can't be beat. Jet's shipping is the fasted I've ever seen. They live up to their name.

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Qgirl26 — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:50:55 GMT

I have not had good luck with ordering online from Walmart. I ordered something they had a nice sale on for Christmas that they kept telling me was in process. Sat there for days and nothing happened. I finally got an email many days later saying it was canceled. It was a very frustrating experience. They've canceled more than one thing on me. Until it actually arrives, you really can't be sure you are going to get it.

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chrystaltree — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:53:47 GMT

Good luck to them. I have ordered a few things from Walmart, shipping is high and too forever for my items to arrive. Nothing can beat Amazon Prime for me...not even Qvc. And now I get same day delivery on many thing!

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Jacie — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:54:30 GMT

If there is a potential buck to be made, Wal-Mart will give it a go.

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stevieb — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:49:37 GMT

Yea, whatever... I'll probably shop Amazon at some point today... Walmart, not so much... I might walk through Walmart every once in a great while or pick up a few groceries, but it isn't an on-line destination for me.

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Shorty2U — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:04:29 GMT

I don't shop Walmart. I don't like their business practices and treatment of employees. (As I mentioned before on here they were sued and people won in my state for making their employees work off the clock without pay and because of many other bad treatment issues to their employees).

As far as Amazon, I mostly only shop on there at Christmas time since they raised their free shipping limits. (I refuse to join Prime).

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gardenman — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:40:52 GMT

It pays to check online prices at Wal-Mart's site before visiting the store. I recently bought a new phone at Wal-Mart. Online it was $33 in the store it was $49. I went back home (about a mile from Wal-Mart) ordered it online and opted for same day in store pickup, and within an hour I got an e-mail that it was ready for pickup. I saved $16 by ordering it online and picking it up at the store. I now check the prices of almost everything online before heading to the store.

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Spurt — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:45:12 GMT

Not a fan of either chain.......

Amazon---

They had a security breech and a credit card was hacked

I had ordered an item from a vendor who had pictured a named brand item and mentioned the name brand in his description, yet what I received was a CHEAP KNOCK-OFF, when I wrote this in my negative review, my review was deleted and Amazon never replied to my inquiries why----that vendor is still there selling merchandise too...

Unless you buy a heck of a lot from Amazon their $99 Prime shipping is a rip off

Wally World--

Rude employees, few checkout lines, quality has gone downhill. And a sign of the times, some neighborhoods don't want new Walmart Stores in their subdivisions.....

Well Wally World is taking on the world lately (and didn't they actually close stores last year)---- we have ONE major grocery store chain here, H.E.B.---who drove out and toppled both local and national grocery store chains (Piggly Wiggly, Albertsons, Krogers, and are the main one left standing (excpet for Super Walmarts and Targets and Whole Food Stores too, but their grocery store numbers pale in comparison in terms of sales) and now Wally is taking HEB on --and H.E.B. is already reducing and countering their prices to compete---and Wally's produce is sorely lacking as well as other departments too......

Interesting....

From a 2015 report---

The Consumer Reports Bottom Five consisted of Shaw’s, Pathmark, A&P, Walmart and Waldbaums.

http://wtvr.com/2015/04/03/best-and-worst-grocery-store-chain/

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butterfly123 — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:08:20 GMT

@gardenman wrote:
It pays to check online prices at Wal-Mart's site before visiting the store. I recently bought a new phone at Wal-Mart. Online it was $33 in the store it was $49. I went back home (about a mile from Wal-Mart) ordered it online and opted for same day in store pickup, and within an hour I got an e-mail that it was ready for pickup. I saved $16 by ordering it online and picking it up at the store. I now check the prices of almost everything online before heading to the store.

@gardenman

Although we don't shop Walmart that often, we have found that they will match the online price in the store if you print the page with the item or use your phone to show them. This may save you some time. HTH

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mima — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:23:29 GMT

@butterfly123 wrote:
@gardenman wrote:
It pays to check online prices at Wal-Mart's site before visiting the store. I recently bought a new phone at Wal-Mart. Online it was $33 in the store it was $49. I went back home (about a mile from Wal-Mart) ordered it online and opted for same day in store pickup, and within an hour I got an e-mail that it was ready for pickup. I saved $16 by ordering it online and picking it up at the store. I now check the prices of almost everything online before heading to the store.
@gardenman
Although we don't shop Walmart that often, we have found that they will match the online price in the store if you print the page with the item or use your phone to show them. This may save you some time. HTH

Our WM will price match other online stores but they will not price match walmart dot com. I've tried. It doesn't make sense to me, but they won't.

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Yardlie — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:08:48 GMT

I put in a large order at Walmart (dot) com to see how I liked ordering online from them. I was thinking about signing up for their $49 ShippingPass. I always have such great experiences with Amazon.

Well, two items I received from Walmart were totally smashed, and one item was totally incorrect. There was hardly any packing material at all in the box. They sent me new items to replace the ones that were smashed. They sent a label to send back the incorrect item. I reordered the item so that I would get the correct item. I again received the incorrect item. I again sent back the item and reordered. The third time I received the correct item. Whew! I won't be taking their $49 ShippingPass until they work the bugs out of their system and gain a little more experience with it.

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chickenbutt — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:23:13 GMT

Brinklii wrote:
I put in a large order at Walmart (dot) com to see how I liked ordering online from them. I was thinking about signing up for their $49 ShippingPass. I always have such great experiences with Amazon.

Well, two items I received from Walmart were totally smashed, and one item was totally incorrect. There was hardly any packing material at all in the box. They sent me new items to replace the ones that were smashed. They sent a label to send back the incorrect item. I reordered the item so that I would get the correct item. I again received the incorrect item. I again sent back the item and reordered. The third time I received the correct item. Whew! I won't be taking their $49 ShippingPass until they work the bugs out of their system and gain a little more experience with it.

Wow, you're really patient! Big points for that. But I can totally see how you wouldn't want to invest in their ship program after that experience. I sure wouldn't either!

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Anita Hug — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:30:44 GMT

The only thing I've ordered online from Walmart were new car tires. The online price was much lower than the store price..

The biggest issue I've had with trying to shop on walmart.com is their website itself. I find that searching for items takes much longer and each page takes forever to load. I've tried different browsers and two different computers and it's the same. I shop online all the time, and very often use site to store shipping options to save time. Lowes, Home Depot, etc. But Walmarts website frustrates the heck out of me.

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Witchy Woman — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:40:04 GMT

@Anita Hug

I agree.

I have 3 Walmarts within 30 minutes either direction, but sometimes, I'd prefer to shop online. Getting there and back and just shuffling around the store is time consuming.

However, their website is one of the worst. So frustrating. And the search feature is just about useless. They lose more orders from me because I cannot stand to navigate the mess that is their online shopping.

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deeva — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 21:19:47 GMT

I've had good luck with Walmart online. The two orders I placed within the past three weeks were shipped promptly. Both orders arrived earlier than expected and in perfect condition. I use the ship to store option so I don't pay a s&h fee.

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HappyDaze — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:04:31 GMT

lol Walmart wishes it could compete with Amazon! No way, no how.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:24:51 GMT

One year I placed a huge Wallys Christmas order. It was placed well in advance of the big day, like mid-November. I kept checking the tracking info...my order didn't seem to be moving. It looked like it was stuck at my local post office. I called, I went there...no package.

Christmas came and went...still no sign of my package from Wallys. One week after New Year's I get home to find a tattered, barely held together box sitting on my porch from guess who...