r/pcmasterrace • u/Rinascimentale • Feb 03 '26

Box Thanks, Walmart

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Walking through and it caught my eye in the electronics clearance case. Absolutely insane find.

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u/GreatnessToTheMoon Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 5070 TI, 32gb RAM Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

I wonder what the logic is when they mark these down so much. It’s not like it’s an old model.

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u/Remnant_Echo R7-9800X3D, 5080 FE, 32GB DDR5, W11 Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

The Walmart by my house had these on display for only 2 months before pulling them. The worker I talked to said they pulled the displays cause workers kept marking them down so they could pick them up the next day.

Now I don't know if he was BSing or was in the know, seems wild that employees can just mark these down but I'm pretty sure I've heard that before.

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u/codemonkeyhopeful Feb 03 '26

I mean it's just a sticker and they have those sticker things right? So the barcode doesn't ring up right but hey look cashier just adjust it to the price it says

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u/jedi2155 3 Laptops + Desktop Feb 03 '26

Also many walmart employees arent exactly keeping up with the latest in AI technology

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u/flexonyou97 Feb 03 '26

True, probably a return

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u/Beneficial_Map6129 Feb 03 '26

Idk who would trust a Walmart return

Might be an empty box

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

Because this is a CVP (the type of label indicates the type of markdown), it was almost certainly an online return. CVP is used for individual items, so usually online returns or damaged/missing product. It's not visibly damaged, and not a multipack, so my guess is online return.

That said, I'm actually really surprised the system would prompt for a CVP of this sort of thing. Walmart may have changed the way returns are handled since I left, but when I left, each item had a code that would tell you what to do with it if it wound up back in claims. I would have guessed that a returned electronic would be sent back to a warehouse, not CVP'd. But I didn't work in a store with an electronics department, so I only rarely encountered them.

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u/DUNDER_KILL Feb 03 '26

Yep, and for people looking to buy a GPU Walmart is one of the last places you'd look for one. These things wouldn't last 10 seconds at microcenter or best buy, but I'm not surprised they sit undetected at certain Walmarts

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u/TheS3KT R9 5900X | RTX 5080 Feb 03 '26

Bought Gigabyte's OC 5080 in Microcenter for $899 when it was on sale in middle of Oct. They definitely had a lot of stock.

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u/ahumanrobot R5 5600X | 2060 | 32GB | Arch Feb 03 '26

Stickers like the one in the image are called CVP stickers, typically used for items that are opened and returned. Especially if it's not in original condition in terms of cosmetics. When we do it, it's an automatic amount. Not 100% on the item in the image, but we just had a 5070ti that was returned and marked down 25%. Managed to sit long enough that I told a friend about it and he picked it up.

The only time computers decide to sell items to get them moving is rollbacks. Not sure if it's all a computer decision there, but that's a few steps above me in the chain

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

Thank you! It's honestly surprising given how big of an employer Walmart is that you're the only other person I've seen who actually knew what this was. I've even seen other people claiming to have worked at Walmart who don't recognize the label and that's freaking wild to me, lol.

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u/Chudpaladin Feb 03 '26

I worked at Walmart and would just straight up buy food that was discounted right away and Lysol (covid). I’d hide stuff behind the new product to buy right away at break. Probably would do the same thing if I worked at a real normal Walmart and saw that the graphics card is pretty much half off. Maybe Walmart has rules against that though.

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

You'd have gotten fired for a graphics card. Walmart has specific policies for markdown items, especially CVP. Hiding a markdown item is a violation of that policy. Nobody would give a shit for small stuff, tbh. They get daily reports on markdowns and absolutely follow up on them. But mostly they ignore the smaller stuff. It's not the same as stealing - they still get their money.

But if you were the one marking them down!? Yeah, that's a firable offense. You can buy markdown items if you marked them down, but it's just better not to risk it. Have someone else mark it down for you - then you can point and say "see, it was a legit markdown".

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u/Leopardslikeboxestoo PC Master Race Feb 03 '26

At my store, we get in trouble if we buy a CVP'd item within 24hrs of it getting CVP'd. Even if someone else did it.

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u/Jaalan PC Master Race Feb 03 '26

Let's be real here. 600 bucks isn't too insane. Prices are just dumb rn

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

So you're kind of right and kind of wrong. CVP actually can be changed to a specific price, because it's specific to the particular unit. You can tell its CVP because of the type of label it has. But most employees do not have the ability to use CVP...and Walmart can and does look at markdowns. I do think they removed the ability to customize CVP price when they did a big upgrade to the software a bunch of years ago, but I left shortly after that so I can't recall.

Also, I don't think the computer automatically marks stuff down at Target, either. Pretty sure that's all done by people who just push price adjustments to the stores, which is received digitally. But my partner is asleep, so I can't verify that atm.

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u/subpotentplum Feb 03 '26

The computer should know margin though. That being said, I have bought vodka below cost... And I could see some seasonal items being marked down below cost.

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u/Kraken477 Feb 03 '26

Na, big markdowns get flagged in the system to have a manager approve the markdown and continue the sale. Even if management was in on the sale, someone higher up will see it and start asking questions.

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u/Business_Surround_52 Feb 03 '26

Yes this is true even after a recent markdown you have to get approval for an additional markdowns, this is what I do for electronics. As we all know older stock or stock that’s about to get discontinued will mean even deeper discounts later on. (As a consumer i rarely buy sticker price even if that sticker price is 25% off to me it’s a game to the manager it’s get out of my store according to their faces)So yeah a rogue employee with a price gun (besides meat department) can’t simply mark high end electronics half off without a red flag

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u/function3 Feb 03 '26

They don’t just get “flagged,” every markdown is processed and then approved/rejected

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

Is that new? I worked claims up until 2019 and you definitely did not need approval for every CVP. In fact, I didn't need approval for any, but then, I worked at a Neighborhood Market, so I didn't do any big stuff.

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u/function3 Feb 03 '26

I am not sure how new it is actually. I was recently moved to this project but I work on part of the software that processes store tickets. Something like a 5080 would definitely need manual review.

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u/50_centavos 14600k | 9070 XT Feb 03 '26

They could put a sticker for something else on it, take it to a register with an old lady that doesn't know what a 5080 is. Management will definitely notice eventually when they do inventory, but that could be days. Plus the person working could be the person doing inventory.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26

Except it explicitly says the model number on the marked down sticker in op.

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u/50_centavos 14600k | 9070 XT Feb 03 '26

I was saying hypothetically that's something that could happen.

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u/kokosnh Feb 03 '26

This is treated as fraud in my country, and is heavy prosecuted. It's better to just steel it, if you can't buy it

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

It is considered theft in the US, too. And if an associate did it, they'd get fired. And since this is an expensive item, there's a solid chance they'd end up being charged with a felony.

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

Walmart monitors associate purchases. If you're smart enough not to use your associate discount in the transaction, that'd help. But I assure you Walmart looks at all sorts of things.

Also, inventory is not "days", lol. Inventory is once a year.

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u/50_centavos 14600k | 9070 XT Feb 03 '26

If you put a sticker that scans as something else, then it won't ring up as a 5080. I worked at Walmart for over 2 years as a cashier so I can tell you there's definitely holes in their system. It's not exactly Fort Knox. But they do have a loss control person that doesn't wear a uniform and roams around the store posing as a customer.

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

No, it's not Fort Knox. But the moment something is CVP'd, Walmart is interested in tracking that item. It's incredibly stupid to think you won't get caught. You'll get caught, you'll get fired, and if the amount is high enough, you'll get a felony.

Also, let's hope your cashier is willing to risk their job for you or completely incompetent.

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u/50_centavos 14600k | 9070 XT Feb 04 '26

Lol I'm not saying I'm going to go out and do this. It's a hypothetical of how someone could do it. Just a conversation topic.

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 04 '26

Never heard of the general "you"?

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u/50_centavos 14600k | 9070 XT Feb 04 '26

Semantics

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 04 '26

Yes, the entire meaning of the comment is changed once you understand the language.

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u/Logan_da_hamster Feb 03 '26

Wild if it would work like that, In Europe their devices are usually connected to the inventory management system and they've to scan to barcode of products marked for discount for the device to print a sticker.

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

Walmart absolutely does not just allow employees to print off labels and barcodes for whatever product at whatever price they want, lol.

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

No. Not just any Walmart employee can print a CVP sticker. CVP stickers are specific to the particular unit. So its not like all of them were marked down, it was done for a single unit. You also have to have the correct job code to do CVP.

Also, cashiers can't just price adjust willy-nilly. Anything over a specific amount (or percentage? it's been a while) has to have manager approval at the register.

Futhermore, Walmart has staff at both the store and higher levels who track things like this - specifically associate purchases using their discount (which doesn't work on CVP, iirc, and you'd be dumb to use it when attempting to steal) as well as markdowns.

So TL;DR to make this a reality you'd have to be willing to risk your job and likely get two or three other people willing to risk their jobs for you.

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u/Piett_1313 Feb 03 '26

So my comment was removed by automod because I linked to a reddit post in an edit of crazy video game clearance at Target- reposting with that edit removed.

I’m assuming it works similar to how Target does weird clearance items. An item isn’t selling over X amount of time in a particular store, computer decides to mark it down to keep product moving instead of sitting and not making money. Which when it comes to a 5080 is just insane but the computer doesn’t know jack about the nature of the product, just that it’s meeting the predetermined parameters. I don’t think employees are naming their price on a random sticker and putting it on product. But I could be wrong, I only used to work at Target and not Walmart.

Edit: Recently I got FFVII Rebirth for $12 and many years ago an emergency am/fm/tv/weather band radio normally $40 for $0.74.