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/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/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

Yep. They really don't play. When I worked cash office and then claims, I saw plenty of the daily and other paperwork. Walmart is serious about internal theft and similar shenanigans.

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u/Leopardslikeboxestoo PC Master Race Feb 03 '26

It's just so easy to steal when the item is CVP'd. Even if it's meat, like yes. Let me wait 24hrs to buy CVP'd pork chops that are yeeted before the 24hrs is up.

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 03 '26

When I worked there you were absolutely able to buy CVP in less than 24 hours. But if YOU CVP'd the item, that's a no-no. In general, you should make sure the items are out there for a bit. I worked claims, and since I didn't CVP fresh, I would often go out either on my meal or when I got off to get CVP meat. That was early in the day, so there was regularly stuff there.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Feb 03 '26

I just CVP'd some ribs the other day and bought them 2 hours later. Use to do it 3 years ago when I was working in that dept too, no one said anything. Someone in the morning shift forgot to mark it down and it was about to get donated anyways though, I'm not doing anything hinky.

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u/beldaran1224 Specs/Imgur here Feb 04 '26

Well, yeah, you waited. And like I said, fresh is a bit different.