Walmart.com messed up with crazy low pricing

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Walmart.com messed up with crazy low pricing

Post by NiceMarmot » Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:55 am

Walmart.com is totally messed up tonight with crazy pricing. Many sets are reduced 60-80% to $10.99, while tons of other sets are showing a price of $369.99.

I just ordered Unexpected Gathering and Mines of Moria, both for $10.99 each. We'll see if they cancel the order or not.

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Post by zztoy » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:47 am

They could have been hacked or someone in IT will be in big trouble in the morning. I would hesitate providing or using any cc info if the former is true, it's not just Lego.

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Post by Penguinomf » Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:31 am

I ordered Unexpected Gathering and Lone Ranger train. I used a Visa gift card so I feel better about any hacking issues. I put it as in store pick up so hopefully they fulfill the order before anything is canceled. But I'm not holding my breath.

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Post by intromission » Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:20 am

I saw this too and was just coming here to post about it. Ordered a few sets for store pickup as I didn't want to overdo it, but I doubt it will go through. Hadn't given any thought to the risk of using CC information in the case they were hacked so now I'm a little concerned. I guess we'll see how it plays out. :shock:

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Post by Brickbuilder0937 » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:09 am

:crazy: Wow that is crazy, I can't help but wonder if they'll actually honor it.

edit: OK I couldn't help it, I placed an order that ships to me and an order with in store pickup. Hope it works.

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Post by pumbaugh » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:39 am

I have already gotten an email that one of my instore pickups is ready...so take that for what it is worth.

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Re: Walmart.com messed up with crazy low pricing

Post by starfailure » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:44 am

what a disaster.
Lone Ranger and Galaxy Squad are two themes almost all marked down to 10.99 per set.

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Post by Morgan19 » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:48 am

And a ton of other stuff is at $369, even tiny sets... Dunno, I'd be too paranoid to try ordering.

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Post by starfailure » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:55 am

maybe it's a new marketing scheme: yeah, take a hit on the 10.99 sales, but think of all the profit they'll make on the $370 items!

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Post by chanmic » Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:34 am

Most of the largers sets at $10+ are now sold out. I'm trying to order, but I seem to be in a holding pattern waiting for the confirmation.

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Post by Morgan19 » Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:42 am

Huh... Does Target pricematch WalMart.com if the item is out of stock?

(EDIT) Nope, appears not. Oh well. :lol:
"Competitor online items must be in stock at the time a price match is requested."

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Post by intromission » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:01 am

I should have received a pick up confirmation by now, so I'm guessing there is a lot of scrambling going on at stores trying to fix this and cancel orders etc.

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Post by NiceMarmot » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:06 am

zztoy wrote:They could have been hacked or someone in IT will be in big trouble in the morning. I would hesitate providing or using any cc info if the former is true, it's not just Lego.
I wasn't too worried about this. If you're hacking a site to harvest CC info, the last thing you'd want to do is to bring attention to yourself by changing prices. And if you did change them' you certainly wouldn't raise them by $300!

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Post by NiceMarmot » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:10 am

Wow, the prices are still messed up. What are they doing over there?

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Post by radiocd » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:11 am

Well, success so far. I have gotten all of the store pickup items that were scheduled for today. We'll see if the ones that aren't available for a few days go through or if they cancel them.

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Post by intromission » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:12 am

If I wasn't at work right now I'd be attempting an early pick-up...

Radiocd, did you get the pick up confirmation email or beat them to the punch?

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Re: Walmart.com messed up with crazy low pricing

Post by Athos » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:28 am

The website is down now...

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Post by Morgan19 » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:31 am

^ Still working for me here, and still with the goofy prices.

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Post by Athos » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:52 am

Working again, but now the check out isn't working...

Its getting harder and harder to take advantage of Walmart's screwups anymore...

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Post by darbee » Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:01 am

Site looks to be down now siting "scheduled maintenance" in the middle of the morning....

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