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walmart secret Friday in-store specials

allisolm

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Gatrway laptop $399
pink ipod shuffle w/$15 itunes card $78.72
wireless video rocker $89
Tosiba HD A3 HD DVD player w/12 free DVDs $298
40GB PS3 w/$50 gift card $399
Webkinz (stuffed animals) $12
Motorola H555 Bluetooth headset $19.87
Philips 8GB MP3 player $99.87
Virgin Mobile marbl w/$10 Gift Card $14.97
Roadmaster Mt Fury mountainbikes $47.77
Power tour electric guitar $25
Girls Hannah Montana tees $6.44
Young men's no boundries hoodies $12.88
jrs no boundries dorm pants $7
 
Hawaii I can see (overseas shipping), but why are Ok, WI, and Utah getting much higher prices for things? Nearly 200 more for the laptop...makes no sense. (I'm in OK so it means no reason to try for the laptop...)
 
Originally posted by: cboath
Hawaii I can see (overseas shipping), but why are Ok, WI, and Utah getting much higher prices for things? Nearly 200 more for the laptop...makes no sense. (I'm in OK so it means no reason to try for the laptop...)
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Minimum markup laws. It is illegal to sell things below cost in those states.
 
Originally posted by: Crucial
Originally posted by: cboath
Hawaii I can see (overseas shipping), but why are Ok, WI, and Utah getting much higher prices for things? Nearly 200 more for the laptop...makes no sense. (I'm in OK so it means no reason to try for the laptop...)
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Minimum markup laws. It is illegal to sell things below cost in those states.
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Why?
 
If Crucial is correct and it's markup laws (i have no reason to doubt it) - then ironically it's BECAUSE of wal-marts and large scale gas station chains. I DO know that here in OK, that they passed a minimum price law for gas because large scale chains (shell, texaco, etc) can sell at or below cost and have it not matter because they make it up elsewhere (other states, and/or other items) whereas small mom and pop type stores simply HAVE to charge more than their actual cost to keep the store afloat. I do remember talk of a law like that for retail but never heard of anything more about it. But it was 3 or 4 years ago and small store owners were throwing hissy fits (and probably rightfully so) that stores like wal-mart were moving into small towns and intentionally underpricing them to force them out of business.
 
Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Originally posted by: Crucial
Originally posted by: cboath
Hawaii I can see (overseas shipping), but why are Ok, WI, and Utah getting much higher prices for things? Nearly 200 more for the laptop...makes no sense. (I'm in OK so it means no reason to try for the laptop...)
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Minimum markup laws. It is illegal to sell things below cost in those states.
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Why?
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The dumping strategy.
 
I'm also interested in the laptop but I can't figure out any additional info from the website as to its specs, model number, or anything useful. Wondering if it is worth it to show up at 8 AM tomorrow & buy one, then return it later if not a good deal. Of course, they are only promising two per store so it may be academic anyway.
 
For whatever it is worth I looked up the most basic laptop on Gateway's site. It is the Gateway® ML6720 Notebook. Has an Intel Dual Core 2310 Processor, 1 GB of memory, 120 GB Hard Drive and a 15.4 screen..Here is the link: Gateway laptop .


Does that mean this is what Wal-Mart will be selling? Don't really know, as Wal-Mart might be selling off some older model, but this is the most basic laptop Gateway currently lists on their site. Like I say, for whatever it is worth...

 
Originally posted by: puffdraggon
For whatever it is worth I looked up the most basic laptop on Gateway's site. It is the Gateway® ML6720 Notebook. Has an Intel Dual Core 2310 Processor, 1 GB of memory, 120 GB Hard Drive and a 15.4 screen..Here is the link: Gateway laptop .


Does that mean this is what Wal-Mart will be selling? Don't really know, as Wal-Mart might be selling off some older model, but this is the most basic laptop Gateway currently lists on their site. Like I say, for whatever it is worth...
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thanks for the effort but i really really doubt those specs for that price...more like amd or celeron...haha!
 
Originally posted by: allisolm
here

Gatrway laptop $399
pink ipod shuffle w/$15 itunes card $78.72
wireless video rocker $89
Tosiba HD A3 HD DVD player w/12 free DVDs $298
40GB PS3 w/$50 gift card $399
Webkinz (stuffed animals) $12
Motorola H555 Bluetooth headset $19.87
Philips 8GB MP3 player $99.87
Virgin Mobile marbl w/$10 Gift Card $14.97
Roadmaster Mt Fury mountainbikes $47.77
Power tour electric guitar $25
Girls Hannah Montana tees $6.44
Young men's no boundries hoodies $12.88
jrs no boundries dorm pants $7
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There are quantity limits:

Gatrway laptop $399 (1 per store)
pink ipod shuffle w/$15 itunes card $78.72 (15 per store)
wireless video rocker $89 (1 per store)
Tosiba HD A3 HD DVD player w/12 free DVDs $298 (5 per store)
40GB PS3 w/$50 gift card $399 (2 per store)
Webkinz (stuffed animals) $12 (45 per store)
Motorola H555 Bluetooth headset $19.87 (10 per store)
Philips 8GB MP3 player $99.87 (12 per store)
Virgin Mobile marbl w/$10 Gift Card $14.97 (20 per store)
Roadmaster Mt Fury mountainbikes $47.77 (14 per store)
Power tour electric guitar $25 (10 per store)
Girls Hannah Montana tees $6.44 (96per store)
Young men's no boundries hoodies $12.88 (27 per store)
jrs no boundries dorm pants $7 (144 per store)

it looks like Hannah Montana tees and the boundries dorm pants are the best bets!
😀

 
Originally posted by: gcy
Originally posted by: allisolm
here

Gatrway laptop $399
pink ipod shuffle w/$15 itunes card $78.72
wireless video rocker $89
Tosiba HD A3 HD DVD player w/12 free DVDs $298
40GB PS3 w/$50 gift card $399
Webkinz (stuffed animals) $12
Motorola H555 Bluetooth headset $19.87
Philips 8GB MP3 player $99.87
Virgin Mobile marbl w/$10 Gift Card $14.97
Roadmaster Mt Fury mountainbikes $47.77
Power tour electric guitar $25
Girls Hannah Montana tees $6.44
Young men's no boundries hoodies $12.88
jrs no boundries dorm pants $7
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There are quantity limits:

Gatrway laptop $399 (1 per store)
pink ipod shuffle w/$15 itunes card $78.72 (15 per store)
wireless video rocker $89 (1 per store)
Tosiba HD A3 HD DVD player w/12 free DVDs $298 (5 per store)
40GB PS3 w/$50 gift card $399 (2 per store)
Webkinz (stuffed animals) $12 (45 per store)
Motorola H555 Bluetooth headset $19.87 (10 per store)
Philips 8GB MP3 player $99.87 (12 per store)
Virgin Mobile marbl w/$10 Gift Card $14.97 (20 per store)
Roadmaster Mt Fury mountainbikes $47.77 (14 per store)
Power tour electric guitar $25 (10 per store)
Girls Hannah Montana tees $6.44 (96per store)
Young men's no boundries hoodies $12.88 (27 per store)
jrs no boundries dorm pants $7 (144 per store)

it looks like Hannah Montana tees and the boundries dorm pants are the best bets!
😀
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quantity limits? hell, the walmart site is stating minimum 2 for the gateway laptop. Is that also acting as a maximum of 2 as well?
 
Here you go, stolen directly from the forums at slickdeals. I have no idea of how accurate this information is:

Gateway Specs (from Gateway support page)
From Gateway Support page: http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobi...Rsp2.shtml

Specifications
Part Number: 1015043RGateway ML6232 Notebook


Feature Description
Processor Intel® Celeron® M Processor 530
1 MB L2 cache | 1.73 GHz | 533 MHz FSB
Chipset Intel® 943GML
Display panel 15.4-inch WXGA (1280 × 800)
Memory 1024 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 × 512)
Operates at 533 MHz
Total slots: 2 DDR2 slots | Available slots: 0 DDR2 slot
Maximum memory: 2 GB
Video controller Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Up to 64 MB of shared video memory (when 512 MB or more system memory present)
Audio High definition audio - 2 channel
Hard drive 80 GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive
Optical drive 24X/10X/24X CD-RW/8X DVD combo drive
Modem Integrated V.92 56K modem
Network 10/100 Ethernet LAN
802.11g Wireless LAN
Memory card reader 4-in-1

Memory Stick®
Memory Stick Pro®
Multimedia Card?
Secure Digital?
MiniSD and RS-MMC (when used with adapter that is supplied with card)

I/O ports Four - USB 2.0 ports
One - VGA port
One - S-Video
One - IEEE 1394 (4-pin)
Microphone jack
Headphone jack
RJ-45 port
RJ-11 port
Power input

Pointing device Touchpad with vertical scroll zone
PCMCIA 1 - Type I or Type II; Card Bus
Battery 6-cell Lithium-ion
Dimensions 1.31 to 1.40-inches (H) × 14.09-inches (W) × 10.39-inches (D)
33 to 36 mm (H) × 330 mm (W) × 264 mm (D)
Weight 6.40 pounds
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If true, then its sucks compared to the $399 Compaq at BB which had a T2310 dual core, 1GB, 80GB and a 15.4 brightview screen with X3100 graphics and dual layer dvd recorder...

Hard to imaginge that WM's offering would be so far behind BBs for the same price.

 
I'd say its true. Wal-Mart every once in a while has a Laptop for $399 out of the blue with a celeron CPU in it. I've seen it several times before.
 
The minimum markup law is in effect in OK; I was told this on the pre-Black Friday sale for the Toshiba HD-DVD A2; however, later that same day, I went back and it was marked to the same $99 price as in other states; so there must be a way for them to get around it; seems like a pretty antiquated law to me---but I do live in OK!!!!
 
Last time they did the laptop thing (pre BF for $350 - acer laptop) they had about 50 in both of the stores around me... I wouldn't doubt that they have a bunch, but I didn't specifically go check.
 
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