- These are the 10 things you don't wanna buy
on Walmart or Walmart.com.
He guys, I'm the Deal Guy, Matt Granite
from mattsdailydeals.com.
Typically I find deals and sales,
but I also showcase what not to buy,
and I work as a consumer advocate.
So today the list of the 10 things not to buy,
all of which are listed with great alternates
at mattsdailydeals.com.
I uploaded a video a while ago
of what not to buy at Walmart,
and I wanted to update the list,
especially with everything going on,
and then I was actually looking back
at an article that I wrote from 2016 on USA Today
on what not to buy at Walmart.
And I figured, well, things have changed significantly,
so as things change,
let's start with the first thing that I would not buy.
It's a little bit controversial when I say this;
people always post in comments how much they hate me
and what a moron I am,
but if you actually look at your price points and research,
number one, don't buy a TV at Walmart.
What, what, Walmart's best for TVs.
Yeah, it's great for some low end brands.
And for the non- Samsung and non-LG TV deals,
you're gonna find that if it's not black Friday,
prices are actually typically better at Best Buy.
But on a regular mid-range brand like TCL,
let me show you why I wouldn't buy TV at Walmart.
A simple search will reveal that
Amazon and Walmart are actually neck and neck
when it comes to prices.
So let's look at the TCL 75 inch TV
that I have on my screen from Walmart.
You guys look very carefully at the screen,
great price, $749, but they require you to pay $49.99
to get this delivered to your home.
If you wanna do a free in-store pick up, good for you,
but I can't fit a 75 inch television into my vehicle.
So I'm forced to pay $50 for this television
to get it delivered if I order from Amazon.
The exact same TV, same model number,
same price at Amazon, just as an example,
has free scheduled delivery.
You don't even need to be a Prime member for that;
just free scheduled delivery
and then right off the bat,
I'm saving 50 bucks to get this delivered to my house.
That is the first item I wouldn't buy at Walmart today.
The second set of products I wouldn't buy at Walmart:
Photo prints.
Although they have competitive pricing,
if you actually compare prices side by side
between Shutterfly and the Walmart prints,
that you're gonna find Shutterfly is more aggressive,
they run more sales throughout the year.
At Walmart, you're looking between 19 and 25 cents per print
unless you use the value prints, the prices drop.
But comparing photo package to photo package,
Shutterfly, they get the win,
and you can also do same-day print pickups
at Walgreens, CVS, and ironically through Target
if you are shopping from Shutterfly.
In the number three spot of what I would not buy
from Walmart or Walmart.com: bedding.
There is a recent study from Market Watch
where they at least identified that
a lot of the bedding deals were phenomenal,
but the quality as a whole, not particularly fantastic.
My recommendation, just in terms of what I've purchased,
and I do have lots of bedding deals on mattsdailydeals.com.
Go to your favorite department store.
You're gonna find even things at Macy's
or other stores in your area
will bring more aggressive pricing
on higher end brands.
If you're simply comparing dollar for dollar,
Walmart has many in-house brands
where you can't put two side-by-side that are identical.
It's the same thing on Amazon.
You're gonna find some great bedding deals
from some not so great brands.
Just keep that in mind when you are shopping,
it's not just about the dollar for dollar.
In the number four spot, it looks delicious.
Pet food.
You're gonna find that pet food deals
are good if you're just buying one container at Walmart,
very aggressive pricing.
But if you are willing to sign up for a subscribe and save,
you're going to save as much as 20%
if you do shop over time from Amazon
just to give that as a comparison.
In the number five spot of what I would not buy at Walmart,
do not buy jewelry from Walmart.
I don't know if you're aware of this,
but the quality, my goodness.
It correlates with the great prices.
Let's just leave it at that.
A jewelry magazine called JCK Magazines
did an explanation to CBS News not too long ago,
and did a full breakdown of why the jewelry deals
that you see at Walmart are not worth buying.
In fact, it was a plea to not buy jewelry at Walmart.
I'm gonna tell you right now,
in my experience, go to bluenile.com.
If you are shopping for jewelry,
Blue Nile has aggressive sales,
incredible customer service,
and you're going to find that
you're getting GIA certified diamonds
of a much higher quality that come with
appraisal certificates and the GIA certificates
per diamond where you at least know what you're getting,
and it is with these incredible buyer protection
and warranties tied to each product.
So bluenile.com all the way when it comes to jewelry.
In the number six spot, diapers!
I have a 22-month old baby girl.
There goes the box down there.
And you're going to do very well
if you're just buying one box
and you need 'em quickly at Walmart.
But over time, you're going to do 20% better
on average for diapers if you purchase them
with a Prime membership from Amazon.com.
So compliments of the Amazon family membership.
Prime members are able to save up to 20% off
diapers, baby food, and more,
and that's part of the Amazon Family Prime membership.
You're gonna find that it works on everything,
with the exclusion of baby formula.
But as a whole, much better diaper prices from Amazon.com
if you are a Prime member.
In the number seven spot, batteries.
I test a lot of batteries, I consume a lot of batteries.
And if you're home and cooped up
and everyone's all at home looking for batteries
for toys and other things around your house,
you're going to find some of the battery pricing
enticing on Amazon.
But Consumer Reports tested more than a dozen brands
and Costco's Kirkland signature brand of batteries
were actually the best performing.
If you can't get to a Costco,
the Amazon Basics brand of batteries
did very well price-wise and performance-wise,
at least in my home studio.
In the number 8 spot of
what I would not buy at Walmart: furniture.
You're gonna find lots of enticing furniture deals,
but if you actually look side-by-side,
you're paying prices that at least in my comparison,
most identical to Value City Furniture,
and you're not even getting that level of quality.
If you are shopping online,
I'm recording this in the middle of the spring,
and there's a black Friday blowout right now on Overstock.
If you were to shop from Wayfair, same thing.
You're going to get furniture deals
from retailers that actually specialize in furniture.
And if you don't wanna shop Overstock or Wayfair,
you haven't had luck with those retailers,
Ashley's Furniture is a generic brand,
but they've got some great items
that are very well priced.
And an Amazon there's another brand,
which I think they're out of New Jersey
called Safavieh, and a lot of the furniture
that I've tested and seen from them
has performed very well, and almost at Walmart pricing.
In the number nine spot of what I would not buy
from Walmart: protective items.
Whether they're civilian face coverings
or something like an infrared thermometer.
If you look very closely at walmart.com right now,
you're going to find widespread competitive pricing,
but almost none of these products
are shipping from Walmart as a store.
It's merely acting as a marketplace,
so rather than going to walmart.com
and paying for items to ship
from brands you've never heard of that have no reviews,
and no real accountability for the products.
If you are looking for these type of products,
on mattsdailydeals.com,
I have a full breakdown of these products,
and why you might wanna buy these
from one retailer versus another.
And in the number 10 spot
of what you don't wanna buy at Walmart: fish and meat.
Now, I'm gonna let you guys take it from here.
At my local Walmart more recently
have actually been pleasantly surprised
over what's available and how it looks,
and the taste so far has been just fine.
But when I did this roundup last time,
you guys went off on the grocery section
and the produce and I know at a time when we're all looking
for competitive pricing more than ever,
I don't know how the quality correlates for all of you,
so I'm going to put fish and meat in the number 10 spot
with an asterisk.
And if anyone out there thinks I'm completely wrong,
and you guys have had great success,
please correct me in the comments section.
But in the meantime, I'm leaving this on my top 10 list.
I hope I can get some video in the next
couple of uploads of what I've purchased,
how it looks and when I bring it back.
And maybe it's not as bad as everyone says,
but I'm gonna leave this up to the wonderful
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