- Today, 10 shopping secrets Walmart
does not want you to know, in fact,
this is something only a Walmart employee might know.
I am The Deal Guy, Matt Granite, I am not an employee.
I am an insider and I'm here to put more cash back
in your wallet where it belongs.
I did a piece not too long ago where I explained
the 10 things I would never buy at Walmart.
So if you saw that video, welcome back.
If you're a subscriber, great to be with you.
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and I'm going to put more cash back
where it belongs and that is in your wallet.
Before we get to Walmart and what I would buy,
and what not to buy, and all these secrets,
a reminder that I store my best shopping secrets
on mattsdailydeals.com.
if you're looking for anything from deals
to what not to buy, what to avoid,
it is all here including how to instantly
make your Wi-Fi speed faster.
I do use affiliate links,
which means I benefit monetarily
if you're kind enough to use some of my links.
Let's start with secret number one and that is freebies.
Before this new normal,
a lot of us would walk around to sample stands
in Walmarts and grab as many samples
as we could possibly gain.
And you might not know this,
you can actually now do this digitally.
And all of the free samples you pick up online
or with the correct voucher will
score you that item at a Walmart.
You can even research in advance,
and this is called FREEOSK.
So you enter your zip code and you can see what's sampling.
And just as an example, whether it's Walmart or Sam's Club,
for example, Gain Fireworks Dish Detergent
is available as a freebie.
And Arm and Hammer Clean and Simple Detergent
is available at Walmart, and you can find more freebies
just based on what zip code you put in.
So that is the first thing.
This is a FREEOSC.
The link to this website is on mattsdailydeals.com.
Speaking of freebies, shopping secret number two is
that if you are a new parent or you are about to give birth
to another member of your household
or you simply want free baby stuff,
Walmart offers a free Welcome box to any new parent.
Now you need to sign up to receive your baby registry
with a specific link which I've listed
on mattsdailydeals.com, but it is absolutely awesome
when you are setting up a registry
that you can score free diapers,
free cream and all sorts of bath products
that you would otherwise be spending
your hard-earned money on.
Secret number three is that Walmart uses a very specific
numbering pattern to let its staff
and its internal numbering system know
when an item is at a final markdown price.
Prices that end in seven display the item's original price.
So for example, this Lasko 20 inch Air Circulator
ends in a seven, although they list a list price of $59.99,
that's basically just the MSRP.
And since this is an only at Walmart product,
it would be virtually impossible for you to price compare
this exact model somewhere else.
But the seven means that this is
in fact their original price.
And if this price were to, for example,
change to something that ends in a five,
that would be a whole different ball game.
Products that in a five, as you can see,
signify an item's first markdown.
So that's why we're seeing roll back on this.
And regardless of what the list price is,
do not base your life around assuming an MSRP
or a list price is what the product ever sold for.
That five is key though, that lets you know
that this is part of reduction number one.
For prices that end in one or zero,
that signifies the item's final markdown.
So let's take a look at the six gallon
air compressor right now.
List price of 336, 209.
I've been watching this for an extended period of time.
This is the lowest price you are likely to see,
at least in terms of how Walmart
follows its pricing patterns.
Secret number four is that Walmart is more receptive
to coupons and price checks than virtually
any other retailer, and that includes Amazon.
A lot of people think Amazon's got
this crazy price matching policy, they don't.
There's not even a price matching policy in effect.
I love Amazon,
but for those of you that are shopping regularly at Walmart,
you might not know that Walmart works well
with certain cashback services.
What you guys might have tried before is Rakuten,
which is formerly Ebates.
You'll type in Walmart and you're gonna find,
there's no discount and,
unless you're buying eBooks, no cash back.
But what you might not know is if you will actually earn
cash back for your grocery trips at Walmart.
And it's as simple as just uploading your receipts.
So all of the information, the way to make that happen,
is also available on Mattsdailydeals.com.
Walmart shopping secret number five.
Did you know that for many electronic categories,
when you do shop from Walmart online,
you're not actually shopping from Walmart at all?
And that could affect more than half the purchases you make.
This is for all types of electronics.
Let's look at TVs for an example.
When you type in a TV to search for on Walmart,
you're going to notice Walmart is very quick to tell you
which televisions have free pickup and free delivery,
but if you'll notice, a good chunk of the TVs
that are coming up here have little disclaimers,
which you might not notice on a quick search,
especially if you're using an app,
but this television is actually sold by Beach Camera.
This is sold by Wholesale Values.
This is sold and shipped by Electronic Express.
Even though you're getting free delivery,
it's not actually coming from Walmart.
Walmart is acting as your shopping mall.
They're facilitating the purchase,
they're taking your money, applying it to a credit card,
and then giving that money along to a different merchant
from which they take a cut.
That could actually affect
your return policies with Walmart.
Just because you feel comfortable
with Walmart's return policy on a specific product,
if it's a third party merchant,
you actually have to get approval for the return
in many cases from that third party.
That's a little complicated with a large TV,
but even on small scale purchases.
Let's look at infrared thermometers as an example.
A lot of people are buying these right now.
You're going to see that there's not one thermometer
sold by Walmart on the entire screen,
that's significant right?
These are not only marked up,
but most of these products have no reviews.
And they're just coming from Chinese overseas merchants
where you may not necessarily get your product,
and if you do get your product,
and I can't speak on behalf of everything right here,
you'll have to be dealing with a third party.
Not to give myself any specific shout outs,
but on mattsdailydeals.com,
I take a look at what people are shopping for,
and I make sure that they are
domestic fulfillment on the products.
So just keep that in mind when you are shopping.
It's not always from Walmart even though
that's what the website says in your browser window.
Shipping and saving secret number six.
There is a stark difference between the prices
you get in a Walmart physical store and a Walmart website.
And usually the online prices are much better, why?
Well, price matching is very competitive online.
Walmart understands that if you're shopping
for a television or a brand they don't control,
you can open up five browser windows,
you can compare them to Amazon, Target.
You can even use apps to help you find lower prices.
When you're in a physical store,
you're at the mercy of that retailer.
You're not gonna drive around
all of these different stores.
And if you are going to open up your phone
and start price matching,
you put the control back in your hands.
Walmart will price match any of the products
that they offer in-store to its own web prices.
So you'll definitely want to know
if an item is cheaper online.
Saving secret number seven is you can save on gas
if you use a Walmart gift card.
What you might not know is Walmart has partnered
with Murphy USA and if there is a gas station near you,
and this applies to your specific zip code,
when you pay with a Walmart gift card,
Walmart credit card or a Walmart MasterCard,
you will find deals at a minimum of three cents per gallon
when you fill up with a Walmart gift card
at participating Murphy USA gas stations.
Now this doesn't work for Murphy Express,
doesn't work in Alabama, but this is worth knowing
because there are different types
of promotions that are sent out.
The Walmart gas discounts can really add up fast
if we are at a time where oil is not doing
what it is doing at the time at which
I am recording and uploading this video.
Savings secret number eight.
When you're shopping at Walmart, if you buy the item online
and then offer to pick it up in-store,
certain product categories have
an additional savings that kicks in.
That's called bonus pickup savings.
So if you read Walmart's terms and conditions,
they offer you discounts on eligible online non-store items
that you place an order for
and ship to any Walmart store for pickup.
And these discounts are displayed
at checkout as a pickup discount.
So all you need to do is you add the item
with the pickup discount eligible to your cart at Walmart.
And then upon checkout you select pickup.
On something like a large screen television
that's not in stock at a Walmart,
you may actually be able to lower your prices by 30 to $40
if the television is over 60 inches
and you are not getting it delivered to your home.
It depends on the item, the cost of freight,
and what's going on at the time,
but a lot of people don't know this quick trick.
So again, I'm going to just say the slowly.
If an item is not available in a store from Walmart,
and they have a ship-to-store option in your zip code,
ship the item to the Walmart store,
go and pick it up and it will appear in many cases
as an extended eligible discount
that you can then apply to your order.
It's a two-step process but it might be worth your while,
especially because that cash can add up fast.
I've tried this with a bunch of different zip codes.
It depends on the day and the hour,
and I was gonna show you some great examples right now,
but I realized I'd just be infuriating certain people
for that TV that's not available in your zip code,
and so on and so forth.
Saving secret number nine.
Items behind lock glass at Walmart are actually,
in many cases,
some of the least expensive products in the store.
This goes against the typical mindset
where if something's very valuable,
you put it behind a glass lock at a museum
or when something's on display,
if it's a very hefty value or difficult to replace,
we typically see it all locked up, right?
The razorblades at CVS or Walgreens always behind glass,
like many other expensive products.
But Walmart is a little bit different.
They lock up products that are most likely to get stolen.
And in some cases those are very highly sought after,
inexpensive products and accessories
that you could fit into your pocket.
So sometimes, keep in mind that if you're looking
for a great budget pair of Bluetooth headphones,
the Beats by Dre box might be readily available
and something that you could grab with all sorts
of theft detection built into the box.
But another great pair of over-the-ear headphones
that has none of that and no fancy box or packaging
will actually be the pair that's locked up.
That could actually affect the way that you shop
for electronics more than you've ever thought.
This does not apply to the Tide lock up
and some of the other lockups you see
in different products at Walmart.
And for savings secret number 10 with my big finish,
which I'm not usually known for,
I want to give you one word that could
forever change your shopping experience
online on walmart.com.
On their search bar, once you're on walmart.com,
and this does not work as well on the app,
type in the word clearance.
May take a few seconds,
but this will bring up every single product
that's actually at clearance pricing
available on walmart.com.
Now you may say to yourself, "Granite, you've just given me
"a list of more than a thousand products."
Well that's fine.
If you search through the categories that you now see
available at the top on something like home improvement,
it's searching from only within the clearance categories.
If you want to nail it down to something
very specific like paint,
I know a lot of you're tackling home improvement projects,
you're going to find everything in the paint aisle
in terms of accessories and supplies
that is reduced on clearance.
If you go back, just to show you one more example,
which I think is key, if you go back
to the clearance section using that same parameter,
and you click on some of the TV deals,
you're going to find prices that are so low,
a regular web search wouldn't even generate a price for you
unless you add this television to your cart.
So this is the Samsung 55 inch Class 4K Ultra HD.
Let's add it to the cart.
And you will see this has a price of $449.
At the time I'm recording this, with this same web search,
I can't find a price remotely close to that
for a non-refurbished television.
Checking Amazon just as an example, not even close.
So I hope that helped you save money.
And this is just a little bit of what I could do at Walmart.
Imagine if we build our bargains together at Target
or Amazon or Best Buy or another store,
that could be really fun.
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