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REMINDER:Walmart Savings Catcher Money Doubling on Bluebird ENDS Today!

February 28, 2015 by Aarn Farmer 1 Comment

REMINDER:Walmart Savings Catcher Money Doubling on Bluebird ENDS Today!

Just a quick reminder for those of you with money in your Walmart Savings Catcher account, the ability to double your money by moving it on to a Bluebird card will end Saturday, February 28th.

As it takes a few days for a receipt to be processed, today is probably the last day you can shop at Walmart and enter a new receipt into Savings Catcher and expect to get money back before the 28th. So if you have money in your Savings Catcher account, go ahead and transfer it over today so you don’t forget. If you get more in before the 28th, you can transfer that over as well with no penalty.

Here are a few other articles we’ve written about Savings Catcher and Bluebird

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How To Transfer Walmart Savings Catcher Money To BlueBird To Double It: Step-By-Step Instructions.

November 25, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 3 Comments

UPDATE: Everything changed on February 28th and now nothing in this post is valid. Now there is a NEW way to transfer funds but it won’t double anymore. Everything you need to know is at How to Transfer Savings Catcher Bucks to Bluebird.

A few weeks ago, I told you how you could double your Walmart Savings Catcher money using the American Express BlueBird Get 2x Program but at the time, I hadn’t actually transferred any money to my account myself. All that changed this morning so now I want to walk you through the quick and easy process.

If you aren’t sure what Savings Catcher is, here is an overview of what it can do and here are 3 reasons why you should be using it.

1. Get a BlueBird card

You can do this one of two ways. You can go to Walmart and pick up a FREE BlueBird temporary card. They are usually on big spinners near the front of the store. The advantage of this is you get a temporary card that you can begin using immediately.

The other way is just to go directly to the registration page and sign up. At the top where it asks “Did you purchase a temporary card at Walmart?”, just answer No and they will send you a BlueBird card in 7-10 days

2. Activate Your Card

If you bought a temporary card, you will need to register it here. If you sent for one online, you will need to wait for the card to come in the mail to activate it.

3. Transfer your Savings Catcher Money over

You can do this from your Walamrt app or your computer.

From the app, click on Savings Catcher on the home screen. Then click on Get Money in the bottom right hand corner. Scroll down to see the option to transfer to your BlueBird account. You will need to log in to your BlueBird account on confirm the transfer and the transferred ammount will be doubled.

From the computer, go to Savingscatcher.Walmart.com and log in. Follow the directions on the page to transfer the money to your BlueBird account

4. Go shopping!

It’s pretty much that easy, the whole process took me less than 10 minutes. Here’s proof of what I did.

2 Things to keep in mind is that they will ask for your Social Security Number when signing up for BlueBird and the transferred money can only be spent at Walmart.

Has Savings Catcher been working well for you? Let me know in the comments.

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3 Reasons You Should Be Using Walmart Savings Catcher

October 20, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 13 Comments

3 Reasons You Should Be Using Walmart Savings Catcher

First of all, you should know I LOVE Walmart Savings Catcher. I was fortunate to be in the Beta launch area so I got to see the first few baby steps of the program and was impressed then and it’s done nothing but get better. So let’s take a look at why should be using Walmart Savings Catcher every time you shop at Walmart.

1. You Will Save Money

When Savings Catcher first launched, this was the ONLY reason to use it and it was awesome enough. As you scan each of your receipts into Savings Catcher, Walmart checks the store ads in your area for things you bought that are a lower price at another store near you. If Walmart finds a lower price, they will credit the difference back to you. (This process is much easier with the Walmart app, but can also be done on your desktop.)

2. You Will Track Your Receipts

Have you ever wanted to return something and couldn’t find your receipt? Now you can have a digital copy of every single receipt you load into Savings Catcher on your phone. No more keeping track of little slips of paper!

3. You Can Double Your Money

If you will transfer your Savings Catcher money onto a BlueBird account, you will get DOUBLE your money back! I’ve got a ton more info about how to sign up for BlueBird here.

UPDATE: Savings Catcher no longer doubles when transferred to Bluebird. You can still transfer it, it just won’t double and the Bluebird card is still a ton easier to use than those Walmart eGiftcards.

In short, Savings Catcher is an incredibly easy program to use that will save you big. Be sure to watch the video above for more info. Thanks!

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Double Your Walmart Savings Catcher Money With the Get 2X Program From BlueBird!

October 3, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 22 Comments

UPDATE: This program has stopped. You can transfer your Savings Catcher money over to BlueBird but it will not double. I apologize if you got here through a Social Media post, they have a life of their own now and I can’t stop them from being reposted everywhere. If you want to save money though, check out my list of FREEbies available at Walmart, or the $1.00 and Under list, or the list of apps you can use to save money at Walmart. Sorry about the confusion!

At this point, I think we all know that Walmart Savings Catcher is awesome. (Don’t know what it is? Read all kinds of stuff about it here.) I’ve got about $28 sitting in my account and was all set to just be happy with that but now I am so excited about DOUBLING my money!

Here’s how the “Get 2X” Program works.

How Get 2X works:

– Log in to Walmart Savings Catcher and enter the Walmart receipt barcode number and if there’s a lower price advertised, Walmart will refund the difference in the form of Reward Dollars.

– To double the Reward Dollar amount, select “Redeem to Bluebird” in the Savings Dashboard.

– Existing Bluebird customers who choose to redeem to Bluebird will automatically receive double the Reward Dollars into their account to spend exclusively in Walmart stores or at Walmart.com. Customers who do not already have a Bluebird account will be prompted to register for a FREE Bluebird Card in a few easy steps.

– Savings Catcher customers can use their Bluebird Cards to spend Reward Dollars exclusively at Walmart or Walmart.com. Reward Dollars will be applied automatically at checkout. Any remaining purchase amount after applying will be deducted from their Available Balance. For more information, please visit Bluebird.com/SavingsCatcher.

BlueBird is a prepaid credit card that is easy to use. That’s no money to start, no monthly fees, no overdraft fees, and no minimum balance. If you’ve been using Savings Catcher, you should definitely get a BlueBird card next time you are at Walmart and double your money!

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Ask a Walmart Expert: How Many Stores Will Walmart Savings Catcher Ad Match?

August 18, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 1 Comment

How many stores will Walmart Savings Catcher compare your receipt to? A TON!

UPDATE: As of February 14th, Savings Catcher will no longer catch deals from drug stores or on produce or bakery items. You can read more here.

I uploaded my receipt to Savings Catcher tonight and saw a new feature that absolutely blew my mind. Once you scan your receipt with the Walmart app, Walmart Savings Catcher tells you how many stores it is going to compare.

It told me it was Ad Matching and incredible 134 stores in my area! Not only that, it also started showing me the actual stores it was looking at and it was all over the map. There were stores from as far away as about 40 miles included on the list!

Not only that, I was astonished at the stores on the list. The stores you would expect were there like all the grocery stores, dollar stores, and pharmacies but there were also stores I totally didn’t expect like Best Buy and Radio Shack.

That means that Walmart Savings Catcher will match a huge array of stores from all over your area and will even catch things like electronics and more. Long story short, make sure you are loading EVERY SINGLE WALMART RECEIPT you get into Savings Catcher because you have no idea what it will catch!

Click here to read more about the Walmart Savings Catcher

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CONFIRMED: Walmart Savings Catcher Will Be Available Nationwide THIS MONDAY With New Improvements To Save You More!

July 30, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 1 Comment

We can now confirm some EXCITING changes to the Walmart Savings Catcher program that is gonna save you a TON of money!

Walmart Savings Catcher is AWESOME!

First a recap for the uninitiated. Walmart Savings Catcher is a program where you enter your Walmart receipt into the Savings Catcher website and it compares what you bought against the local ads in your area and refunds you the difference. It’s an amazing program but has been in beta until now and only available in 6 select markets. You can see the first time we discussed it here and an interview we did with the launch team here.

Walmart Savings Catcher is Soon NATIONWIDE!

While there have been rumors that it would soon be available nationwide, no one could nail down an exact date that it would actually be available everywhere. Well we can wonder no longer because the team heading up the Savings Catcher program has just confirmed to me that most of the nation has access to it now and will be available absolutely everywhere starting August 4th.

Walmart Savings Catcher is Ad Matching FRESH PRODUCE!

And as exciting as that is, it wasn’t the coolest thing in the email they sent me. Here’s what I think is probably the absolute biggest deal imaginable. Once August 4th get’s here, Walmart will automatically ad match produce through the Savings Catcher program. That is a BIG deal.

Walmart Savings Catcher is Ad Matching GENERAL MERCHANDISE!

It doesn’t even stop there because they are also going to ad match select general merchandise as well. I’m not sure exactly what that means and what exactly will be matched but it’s just another way that Walmart is gong to save you money. UPDATE: Walmart has gotten back to me and said that the general merchandise catagories that are currently included are outdoor living consumables (e.g. fertilizer, bug spray) and stationery (pens, markers, crayons). So if you weren’t paying attention, that means your school supplies are getting automatically matched.

Walmart Savings Catcher is Integrated Into the WALMART APP!

The other thing you need to remember is that it is integrated into the Walmart smartphone app so you no longer have to type in a long string of numbers to enter your receipt. Just zap it, select the date and you are done. (You can see a walkthrough here)

Walmart Savings Catcher is AWESOME! (Did I Say That Already?)

Those of us that were fortunate enough to live in one of the Beta areas can tell you that Savings Catcher is an absolute game changer. It is easy to use and I’ve already accumulated about $10 in rebates that I will probably use around Christmas time.

I want to hear your stories! Did you use Savings Catcher? How did it work for you? How much did you save? Tell me in the comments!

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Weird Walmart News: Walmart Savings Catcher Now Integrated With the Walmart App!

June 27, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 5 Comments

For those of us fortunate enough to live in one of the Beta test areas for Walmart Savings Catcher, you know it’s an awesome way to save money on your weekly groceries. You also know that it’s a pain to have to type all those blasted numbers into the Savings Catcher webpage. Well, that’s no longer a problem! Now you can use the Walmart app (Available for Android or iOS) to just scan your barcode in. Easy peasy! Here’s how.

After step 2, you will need to SCROLL DOWN to see where to select the date. I thought it didn’t work the first time because I expected to see it at the top but all the fields that need to filled in are at the bottom.

There you go, your life is now easier!

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Walmart Savings Catcher Soon to be Available Nationwide!

June 4, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 1 Comment

I’ve posted several times about Walmart Savings Catcher. (You can read the initial post here and read the interview I did with the launch team here and this update)

Unfortunately as awesome as this program was, it was only available in a few select markets but that is all about to change. That’s right, Walmart has just announced plans to move forward with the Savings Catcher program nationwide!

That means that soon the entire country can use the Savings Catcher program to ensure you are getting the best deals on your groceries no matter where you live!

If you aren’t familiar with the program, you just go to the Savings Catcher site and log in to your Walmart account. Then you type in the receipt number and date from your last purchase at Walmart and it looks at all the local ads in your city and automatically gives you the difference if anyone has something on sale for cheaper than what Walmart sold it to you for. I’ve been using it for a while now and have already racked up over $5 in savings.

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Walmart Savings Catcher Update

March 11, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 4 Comments

I’ve posted several times about Walmart Savings Catcher. (You can read the initial post here and read the interview I did with the launch team here) I thought you guys would like to see the savings that Savings Catcher caught for me.

In the picture above you can see that I have uploaded 3 receipts so far but I have only gotten the results of 2 so far. Here’s the breakdown of the receipt from this shopping trip.

I know these pics are a little hard to read but here’s basically what it says. Of everything I bought on this receipt I had 3 items that were cheaper somewhere else so they gave me $2.40 as a “Savings Catcher Credit”. It should also be noted that not only did they give me the difference but the also refunded me the extra amount I paid in tax. It was only $.08 but that is a pretty cool little nugget.

They also showed my the items that I saved on by buying them at Walmart. The 3 items listed above are all Cesar dog food. Dollar General had them on sale for $.75 each but they were $.70 at Walmart so I saved $.05 per can by buying them at Walmart.

In just 2 receipts I have already accumulated $2.40 in cashback savings that I can use on my next purchase or I can let this figure accumulate until the end of the year, at which time Walmart will just send whatever I have accumulated to my email whether I request it or not. Anyone thinking this would be an awesome “Christmas Club”? Just let these savings ride until the end of the year and have some bank saved up for a few presents!

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Walmart Shopping Secrets: My Interview With the Walmart Savings Catcher Launch Team

March 11, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 11 Comments

Walmart Savings Catcher

I posted about this a few days ago but it’s such a cool thing that I thought it merited another post. A member of the Savings Catcher launch team reached out us to this weekend and was nice enough to answer some of my questions. Let’s review exactly what the Savings Catcher program is before we get to that.

UPDATE: I got my first Walmart Savings Catcher Rebate

What is Walmart Savings Catcher

It’s really hard to overstate how incredible this program is. If you are in one of the selected beta test markets (Atlanta GA, Charlotte NC, Dallas TX, Huntsville AL, Lexington KY, or San Diego CA) you can upload your Walmart receipts and they will check them against your local sales ads. If you paid more at Walmart than what your local stores have them on sale for, they will refund you the difference on an eGiftCard. Wow. You can see the program for yourself here.

My Interview with a Member of the Savings Catcher Launch Team

1. Where are you getting your ad information from? I assume there isn’t a master database of all weekly ads, have you contracted a company to enter the info in a database? I would love a LOT more info on exactly this process is.

The ad information is provided through an industry leader in gathering data from ads. Working with our Global eCommerce team, we have developed a system for matching the ads to items customers have purchased. We welcome feedback to help us make it better.

2. How did this idea begin? It’s absolutely brilliant but seems incredibly data intensive. Who thought of it? How was it implemented?

The idea for Savings Catcher came from our continued efforts to help our customers save money. It was a team effort to bring it to life and is an example of the way Walmart is bringing physical and digital even closer together.

3. What are you plans to increase the testing areas? I love that DFW was included in the initial list but it would seem like the goal would be for this to be nationwide.

As you’ve noted from our FAQs, we are testing Savings Catcher in several markets. This is actually something that Walmart does all the time. We frequently test new ideas in markets to learn and improve.

4. Is this scalable? Again, it just seems like a massive undertaking, data-wise. (I do price match lists for my area every week. I know how difficult it is.)

It is indeed a complex project. We will continue to test and evaluate.

5. What is your role in the project?

I’m on the marketing team that helps drive the project strategy and communication to customers. It’s really exciting to be working on something like this that brings Walmart’s mission to life: saving people money so they can live better. We focus on that every day and (hopefully) this is a great example of that commitment.

6. What does the future hold for this project specifically or Walmart in general?

We are going to win at the intersection of digital and physical, and Savings Catcher is just one example of that – this tool could lead to things like eCoupons, automated shopping list and more. We are well-positioned to innovate and lead in the tech space, and you’ll see more of this.

7. How automated is this process? Is this a computer program going over our receipts or is this an actual person comparing our receipts to the ads?

The comparison is automated.

8. Will your program also catch deals on produce and meat?

Currently it excludes store brand items, deli, bakery and weighed items like produce and meat.

Conclusion

First I want to thank Walmart for reaching out. I had a lot of questions rolling around in my head and he cleared up some of the confusion I had. Here’s a couple things to keep in mind.

Not every store is checked

Here’s a list of the stores they are checking in my area. (DFW) Albertsons, Aldi, Brookshires, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, HEB, Kroger, Target and Tom Thumb. While that is an incredible list, it leaves out some of the smaller stores in my area like El Rancho, Elrods, El Ahorro, Fiesta, and a few others I can think of. I’ll still need to be sure to price match those at the store.

Price Matching Produce and Meat is Tricky

Although I forgot to ask about this specifically, price matching produce and meat is always tricky. I’ll be curious to see how accurate Savings Catcher will be on these items.

UPDATE: He got back to me and I added question 8 above. As I suspected, we will still need to manually price match produce, meat, deli, and bakery items.

It’s in Beta

They are still working out the kinks so I don’t know how much faith I’d put in it yet. Don’t get me wrong, every single receipt I get from Walmart from now on will be uploaded. Heck, I might upload receipts I find blowing around in the parking lot. But I think I’ll still do my own price matching at the register until I feel comfortable with how it’s going.

Bottom line, everyone in the test markets needs to do this every time they shop. For those of you that don’t already price match on a regular basis, this will be a great way to save more money with almost no effort being put forth.

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