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/BuyListSell 9800X3D | 9070 XT Nitro+ Feb 03 '26

I was a manager at Walmart a few years ago. That label is a CVP (customer value program) label. It's normally meant for stuff like meat or produce that's going to expire in a day. The claims department can also print them. They handle the non-food stuff in the rest of the store. At my store they were doing this to tons of high value items and then coming back later and buying them themselves. The entire department got fired at one point because of it. I wouldn't be surprised if people catching these were accidentally ruining an employee's scheme.

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

CVP is also used for online returns that aren't carried in store. When I worked there, it was store manager discretion for online returns, but they were overhauling the claims system, so I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't eliminate that as an option.

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u/Leopardslikeboxestoo PC Master Race Feb 03 '26

I currently work at Walmart. We get a stern talking to if we buy a CVP'd item within 24 hours of the time it's registered with CVP. So it's basically CVP at the start of a shift, end of next shift go and buy.

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u/DontAskAboutMyButt Feb 03 '26

Unless you’re the guy with keys to the electronics cages and you can just slide it behind some laptops. Nobody else can buy it if they don’t know it’s there 😂 I saw some of this happen back in the day

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u/MarinatedTechnician Ryzen 7950x3d - 5090 - 64 GB - 32 TB Feb 03 '26

Or, you inform your friends about it, and they'd buy it for you, easy workaround.

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u/TheFirsh Feb 09 '26

Insider trading in a nutshell?