People getting Ps4 for cheap at walmart price match

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oh yeah, cliff notes: Someone listed ps4 console on amazon for $89.. somehow people have been able to get walmarts to pricematch them for that much..


I tried 2 different walmarts this evening and no luck, saying they dont pricematch amazon.
 
wow.... ok thats crazy... now if people would try for like say a.... 150$ ps4 they might fall for it easier LOL
 
hypertek said:
oh yeah, cliff notes: Someone listed ps4 console on amazon for $89.. somehow people have been able to get walmarts to pricematch them for that much..


I tried 2 different walmarts this evening and no luck, saying they dont pricematch amazon.
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Well, im not saying you should do this but since you already tried scamming walmart anyways...

You could easily go to bestbuys website (or any other) save the webpage to to your desktop, open it in a text editor and just change the text where it lists the price to whatever you want it to say. Open the page up in your browser and print it.

Only a retard would go through all the hassle of making a fake listing on amazon.

EDIT: omg PS4's are at gamestop for $109.99!

took like 30 seconds.

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Props to you if you can get it.

Seems to me that its pretty unethical as most people will just put it up on craigslist for a quick buck though.
 
The employees i talked to, said they dont price match amazon.. Yet i read online that walmart chains changed their policy to accept online advertisements, so those employees wherent informed. otherwise im sure it would easily surpass..

Walmart is evil anyways lol
 
My boss over me is evil for sure the guy takes some drugs or something...
 
hypertek said:
The employees i talked to, said they dont price match amazon.. Yet i read online that walmart chains changed their policy to accept online advertisements, so those employees wherent informed. otherwise im sure it would easily surpass..

Walmart is evil anyways lol
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What you are trying is fraud and you know better. Doesn't matter if Walmart is evil or not, you are trying to scam a business out of money
 
hypertek said:
The employees i talked to, said they dont price match amazon.. Yet i read online that walmart chains changed their policy to accept online advertisements, so those employees wherent informed. otherwise im sure it would easily surpass..

Walmart is evil anyways lol
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"Walmart is a big bad company so it gives me full license to act like a huge asshole with zero integrity."

Got it.
 
Damos said:
Props to you if you can get it.

Seems to me that its pretty unethical as most people will just put it up on craigslist for a quick buck though.
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It is unethical period. This quite simply is theft.
 
gman said:
They also provide jobs for a shit load of people. Not sure how that's evil, but whatevs....
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Yeah, really high paying jobs while selling the cheapest products that they can find while putting other retailers out of business. :rolleyes:

Yup, walmart is great for the economy.

I hate walmart as much as the next guy but you would have to be a pretty shameless dude to even attempt that.
 
Yeah, really high paying jobs while selling the cheapest products that they can find while putting other retailers out of business.
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Americans want everything cheap that's why they're there.
 
gman said:
Americans want everything cheap that's why they're there.
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Then complain when their manufacturing job is shipped overseas.

I'll pay a little more for better quality and to not deal with walmart. I hate that place.
 
Faking prices to abuse price matching.

How scummy can people be?
 
Chas said:
Faking prices to abuse price matching.

How scummy can people be?
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How scummy can people be?
People dont report the DEATHS of family members so they can collect their social security checks.
The Futures market makes broad guesses based on useless data to fix prices for items we all pay for.
The stock market is all about insider trading.
People play video games while their children DIE from neglect.

I could go on, but faking prices isnt anywhere near the top of how scummy people can be. Out of a 10, this would have to be a 1 on the list. lol
 
SS_Wehrwolf said:
How scummy can people be?
People dont report the DEATHS of family members so they can collect their social security checks.
The Futures market makes broad guesses based on useless data to fix prices for items we all pay for.
The stock market is all about insider trading.
People play video games while their children DIE from neglect.

I could go on, but faking prices isnt anywhere near the top of how scummy people can be. Out of a 10, this would have to be a 1 on the list. lol
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Ah, OK, so since there are murders in the world, ripping somebody off doesn't matter because, compared to murder, it's virtually nothing.

It's people like you and the ones that you listed that make the world a worse place to live in.

Sure, you may not be as bad as the others, but I'd still hate to have to work/deal with somebody with your morals.
 
BababooeyHTJ said:
Then complain when their manufacturing job is shipped overseas.

I'll pay a little more for better quality and to not deal with walmart. I hate that place.
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Obviously people's rhetoric don't match their actions as the overwhelming majority continue to buy from the cheapest places possible.

SS_Wehrwolf said:
Its theft IF AND ONLY IF you know the price is false. A ridiculous deal does not mean theft, a typo is not theft. If you DO NOT KNOW, then it is not theft, it is thrifty shopping, and good for you.

As for unethical... come on kyle.. this is the Internet... the very definition of unethical. I think if people wanted to be ethical the internet would turn them off in a hurry.
-Pop ups.
-Ads.
-Cookies/Tracking of any kind, or the allowance of other cookies to track your site.
-Page Rankings.
-Attempting to boost your web traffic.
-Sponsors.
-Censorship (although thats a two way street anymore, turn people off without it and you lose readers, dont allow it, and you lose readers)


If you can get a PS4 for 90 bucks that you know isnt stolen (even the deep web is more expensive for stolen PS4's although with the game bundles the deals are pretty close to 90 for the system) and you cant verify is a mistake, i have to say, good for you, buy me one, its the only way i would get a console anyhow.
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In this case it is theft and fraud. People are creating fake amazon listings for $90 PS4s, then showing it in store to get it for $90. Keep in mind this is actual Amazon listings created with the intent to essentially steal from Walmart. And I can guarantee you Walmart will be going after these people for fraud.

I mean, some of these people are stupid enough to put receipt pictures up on Twitter with the register number, transaction number, store number and address, and last four digits of their debit card number clearly visible.
 
ITT we make excuses to justify committing fraud to satisfy our sense of entitlement.
 
Tsumi said:
Obviously people's rhetoric don't match their actions as the overwhelming majority continue to buy from the cheapest places possible.



In this case it is theft and fraud. People are creating fake amazon listings for $90 PS4s, then showing it in store to get it for $90. Keep in mind this is actual Amazon listings created with the intent to essentially steal from Walmart. And I can guarantee you Walmart will be going after these people for fraud.

I mean, some of these people are stupid enough to put receipt pictures up on Twitter with the register number, transaction number, store number and address, and last four digits of their debit card number clearly visible.
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Yep, it is pathetic. I hope a lot of these scammers get prosecuted, though sadly I doubt many will.
 
Damos said:
Props to you if you can get it.

Seems to me that its pretty unethical as most people will just put it up on craigslist for a quick buck though.
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right, because capitalism cares about being ethical...
 
temujin987 said:
right, because capitalism cares about being ethical...
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It might not care about ethics, but it sure as hell does care about fraud and theft.

Besides, things like this will only drive up costs for everyone else, as they have to cover their losses somehow.
 
It is much worse than theft, because it undermines something great for the rest of us. The more people do this type of thing, the less B&M stores will be willing to price-match. When you try to steal a candy bar from a store, they just keep more of an eye out for shoplifters. When you pull this sort of deceitful I'm-so-smart shit (these people are fucking lowest-common-denominator morons, btw), you poison the legitimate uses of price-matching. Good for you.

People who do this undermine the trust which is (or used to be) the foundation of society. They deserve to be executed.
 
Everyone defines morals differently, it's all a matter of opinion, no matter how passionate you are about it. This applies to age old discussions ranging from piracy, to taking a pack of gum out of a pile of one million of them and the arguements that it hurts no one.

This thread should be closed, in my opinion, nothing good can come from it.
 
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This is extremely unethical. Simply put this crime is called Theft By Deception and is a Felony in most states due to the value of the ps4. If you have lucked out expect wallmart to waste their time and get the full value from you or press charges on you. The retailer is not stupid they already have all your information and the card you used.
 
You can get lots of PS4s for free if you get there at the same time the delivery truck does.
 
Shantarr.Dalrae said:
Everyone defines morals differently, it's all a matter of opinion, no matter how passionate you are about it. This ranges in age old discussions ranging from piracy, to taking a pack of gum out of a pile of one million of them and the arguements that it hurts no one.
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No, it is not all a "matter of opinion", or "defining morals differently", or other such moral relativist dogma. In fact, yours is precisely the attitude that forgives behavior which damages society.

In the sense of the universe caring one whit about our actions here on Earth, objective morality does not exist. But in the sense of a morality which defines what actions are good and just for society and mankind, objective morality does exist. Can you see the difference?

Moral relativists cannot. They make their own reality and define their own right and wrong. Every person is free to define their own moral code, but it is up to society to judge whether that moral code is worthy. Judgement has become a taboo word, as if no one is fit to pass judgement on any action from any person. This is taking "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" and twisting it maliciously. The politically-correct choice, of course, is to treat every moral code as equally valid, leading to an imagined kaleidoscope of moral diversity that ultimate benefits society. Unfortunately, when you stop and think about it, this creed makes no distinction between a sociopath and an honorable man.
 
wabbitseason said:
No, it is not all a "matter of opinion", or "defining morals differently", or other such moral relativist dogma. In fact, yours is precisely the attitude that forgives behavior which damages society.
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Soapbox is over there, fella.
 
Why is this getting so much discussion and press? I would imagine that people try to pull this shit all the time.
 
wabbitseason said:
No, it is not all a "matter of opinion", or "defining morals differently", or other such moral relativist dogma. In fact, yours is precisely the attitude that forgives behavior which damages society.

In the sense of the universe caring one whit about our actions here on Earth, objective morality does not exist. But in the sense of a morality which defines what actions are good and just for society and mankind, objective morality does exist. Can you see the difference?

Moral relativists cannot. They make their own reality and define their own right and wrong. Every person is free to define their own moral code, but it is up to society to judge whether that moral code is worthy. Judgement has become a taboo word, as if no one is fit to pass judgement on any action from any person. This is taking "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" and twisting it maliciously. The politically-correct choice, of course, is to treat every moral code as equally valid, leading to an imagined kaleidoscope of moral diversity that ultimate benefits society. Unfortunately, when you stop and think about it, this creed makes no distinction between a sociopath and an honorable man.
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This is what I was referring to specifically, in my statement of opinion.

Your reference to having society judge - What defines society? Does it's perspective/definition not change as you enter into to different geographically seperated demographics? How then can one be judged when not all are judged equally?

The fallibility of man prevents judgement from existing in an unbiased form. Human nature is to push limits and bend the rules without breaking them, which is what happened here.

For what it is worth, I can see the difference. I agree that the actions here can and will directly and negatively impact some individuals working at any department stores that honored this price matching. This will then trickle down to consumers through either pricing or policy changes that are, ultimately, deterimental to us.

That being said, I reiterate my stance that this thread be closed, as nothing of value will arise from it.
 
Megalith said:
Why is this getting so much discussion and press? I would imagine that people try to pull this shit all the time.
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I think it's purely because it's Walmart and people are flaunting their "ingenuity" on twitter and other social media sites.

And disregarding ethics and morality, this is fraud, pure and simple. And fraud is against the law.
 
Chas said:
Faking prices to abuse price matching.

How scummy can people be?
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Actually it could be fraud strait up and land you in deep trouble. There was a case a couple years ago where a guy would take a picture of the barcode on a product that was similar but cheaper than a product he wanted say he wants a $1500 laptop he takes a picture of the barcode on a $200 laptop from the same company. Then he would print the barcode on a sticker and take in and place the new sticker on the box and check out. He got caught and got in trouble and I think they found some extra stuff to charge him with beyond theft.

Forcing a store to price match that doesn't want to IMO is fine. you made a price match policy stick to it. But forcing them to price match a product that is not actually sold anywhere for that price is wrong. Being the person who makes up or fakes the price is strait up fraud and I bet there is the possibility of serious prosecution. Being a complete dumb@$$ and not even having the ingenuity to commit fraud with a slightly different product than the one that is plastered all over the news shows a total lack of originality and is strait up stupid.
 
rudy said:
Actually it could be fraud strait up and land you in deep trouble. There was a case a couple years ago where a guy would take a picture of the barcode on a product that was similar but cheaper than a product he wanted say he wants a $1500 laptop he takes a picture of the barcode on a $200 laptop from the same company. Then he would print the barcode on a sticker and take in and place the new sticker on the box and check out. He got caught and got in trouble and I think they found some extra stuff to charge him with beyond theft.

Forcing a store to price match that doesn't want to IMO is fine. you made a price match policy stick to it. But forcing them to price match a product that is not actually sold anywhere for that price is wrong. Being the person who makes up or fakes the price is strait up fraud and I bet there is the possibility of serious prosecution. Being a complete dumb@$$ and not even having the ingenuity to commit fraud with a slightly different product than the one that is plastered all over the news shows a total lack of originality and is strait up stupid.
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For the people that listed the Amazon PS4's and did it, it is fraud. For the people that exploited it /in full knowledge/ of the situation, it is fraud but nearly impossible to prove.

However, those that just happen to search Amazon for a PS4 and decide to see if any local retailer will price match, it's just another deal.

Now in the case of the Sears 3DS XL ad. That was a legitimate mistake by someone in Sears and people saved hundreds of dollars there too. That's not fraud, it's absolutely exploiting a situation but it's just another deal to the average consumer. The informed consumer knows what happened though...
 
temujin987 said:
right, because capitalism cares about being ethical...
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Capitalism is an economic system just as communism and socialism are alternative economic systems. Morality and ethics are not inherent in any economic system as they are simply a method of distributing resources and money throughout an economy.

Morality and ethics are social norms that are often codified into law (they are also often based upon religious morality/ethics as throughout history societies have often drawn their social norms from the dominant mythologies of the time). This behavior (creating or using fraudulent advertisements to get a store to price-match) is, in my opinion, definitely unethical, arguably immoral, and legally - fraud. However, feel free to continue to impugn capitalism without an understanding of the differences between economic theory, political theory, and culture, or how they come together to form a society...
 
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Also not to let walmart off the hook a price match at most stores should be verified as in stock. That's as old as price matching itself.
 
I can't get Walmart/Target/Best Buy to price match legitimate deals. Always one of the following excuses:

- We don't price match online.
- We only price match from physical fliers.
- We don't price match what is advertised in store; again, only fliers.
- We don't price match off of your phone.
- We match prices from the internet, but not from a print out.
- We only price match from local stores (typically within 15-20 miles).
- We only price match from local stores with inventory.
- We are not authorized to price match from this store.
- We can not price match that much of a discount.

I don't think you can ever actually price match from a legitimate deal. Maybe I can get them to price match a fake listing.

Although I did get Frys to price match a CPU for $30 off. They were not going to do it (they do not match Micro Center, and even if they did, it has to be within 15 miles with inventory), but at the last minute the guy forgot and accidentally give me the discount.

If you get any price match consider yourself lucky.
 
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