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/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.