News, Has Walmart's Price Chopping Come to an End?

[rory00]

Excatly! That is how the same items get to be sold at a lower cost at Wal-Mart- it is because not all of the parts of a part are made the same (Levis jeans are made of thinner material at Wal-Mart, cheaper parts for appliances, ect. That is why serial numbers for products at Wal Mart will sometimes have certain letters in them indicating that they are in fact a product bought at Wal-Mart. Product you think is the same food as other stores are made with cheaper ingredients, ect.

that's not necessarily true. it's also not true that those things you find at other stores are necessarily better either. some, not all.

[texdav]

Many of teh tiems made for many sotres actaully have different part numbers but the components are the same as sold in other prodcuts they make. Its like computers made escusively for wal-mart and other stores that are large. its every expensive to mae a part or have it made just for one store.

[mimimomx3]

Consumers are becoming a lot more discerning about WHAT they buy, and nonessentials are disappearing from budgets. This has to hurt WM, who sells lots of 'stuff'. How many placemats and baskets does anyone need???

[motormaker]

Originally Posted by mimimomx3

Consumers are becoming a lot more discerning about WHAT they buy, and nonessentials are disappearing from budgets. This has to hurt WM, who sells lots of 'stuff'. How many placemats and baskets does anyone need???

But they still sell alot of essentials, and their profit was up $3.6 Billion for the 2nd quarter period ending.

[PacificFlights]

Originally Posted by texdav

Many of teh tiems made for many sotres actaully have different part numbers but the components are the same as sold in other prodcuts they make. Its like computers made escusively for wal-mart and other stores that are large. its every expensive to mae a part or have it made just for one store.

Not really, if you ever get to see these factories in foreign countries, they may have a brand that uses cheap parts for the less expensive models and more quality parts for the quality products. Either part will work. The lower quality parts are used in the models designed to be cheaper and lower end, and higher quality is used in the bmodels that are made to be quality. But if someone wants the quality looking product but at the lower quality model price, they will switch interchangable parts to the lower quality.

many things have universal chassis where the individual parts are connected, the outside looks the same, and the inside is what is not the same. If you don;t know what makes it different, you can't really comparrison shop. This is hard because one major retailer makes sure the package of a lesser item is near identical to the package of the regular item. How do you know the difference in two blenders that look near identical in looks and packaing? Do you ever check the specs of the motor? the thickness of the blades? So you buy one model cheaper without realizing the motor and blades are from the lower quality item and the shell is from the higher quality items.

To you it looks the exact same as the higher priced items in other stores. But you are buying a shell of the higher quality items but with internals used mostly on the lower quality items. You think you got a good deal because you saw that item at another store for a higher price.

But WalMarts marketing is to sell you on products and price, not on identical products and pricing. Do not confuse packaging part numbers with model numbers.