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Will Walmart Soon Deliver Groceries to Your Door Via Drone?

November 6, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Will Walmart deliver groceries to your door via drone? It certainly looks like that might be the direction the retail giant is moving towards. The Motley Fool had an article yesterday revealing that Walmart filed for permission to test fly drones.

I remember a few years ago when the CEO of Amazon was on 60 Minutes talking about the drone program they were hoping to start and thinking how cool it would be to get what I want in minutes. Now it seems that this is coming closer to being a reality and Walmart is not going to be left behind.

This isn’t going to happen overnight, the FAA has promised a ruling on the legality of these drones sometime in the next 12 months, but we are getting closer everyday. I think the thing I am most excited about is the packages don’t necessarily have to delivered to my home. I could get my favorite coffee creamer delivered to me while I sit at Starbucks. Is that the craziest thing you’ve ever heard of?

What do you think? Will this revolutionize shipping or is this a disaster waiting to happen? Let me know in the comments!

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Walmart Announces Their “Easier Shopping Every Day” Plan for the Holidays!

October 30, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

For Walmart, the Holiday shopping season starts November 1st and they have been combing through data and predicting trends to come up with a strategy that can be summed up in one phrase: easier shopping every day.

Walmart is promising customers low prices and one-of-a-kind convenience on a product assortment hand-picked based on current customer trends.

In a post on Walmart’s blog, Judith McKenna, chief operating officer, Walmart U.S. said high-low retailers and pricing games have led to frustrated holiday shoppers who second-guess their purchase decisions throughout the season. Walmart’s playbook to win starts with doubling down on its everyday low price promise through the season, coupled with an on-trend assortment and new tools for seamless shopping like never before.

Honest, Low Prices All Season Long: The retailer promises more Rollbacks that last at least 90 days on everything from electronics to baking essentials, and fewer “this weekend only” holiday offers. These savings will last all season long and are backed by Walmart’s Ad Match Guarantee and Online Price Match. If customers find a lower price, Walmart will match it.
Free, Easy Pickup with New Mobile Check-in: Nearly 75 percent of traffic to Walmart.com is expected to come from a mobile device this holiday season. To better serve the growing number of shoppers who order online and pick up in stores, Walmart is rolling out Mobile Check In. Customers can check in using their phone when they arrive to pick up their online order. And new Pickup branding in stores will help guide customers more quickly to the Pickup service area. Pickup is always free at any Walmart store or Neighborhood Market.
Scan and Shop with Wish Lists: For the first time, customers can scan items in store to build a Wish List or search for someone else’s list by using the Walmart app. The new feature makes giving and getting the perfect gift faster and easier.
Top Trends and Products: Based on data and insights from adults and kids through Walmart’s “Chosen By You” program, the retailer bought deep in popular categories and items, including:
- Pop Culture Favorites: Expected top sellers include Star Wars, Minions, Jurassic Park and Paw Patrol licensed merchandise along with a new kitchen collection byThe Pioneer Woman only available at Walmart.
- Toys: With help from hundreds of kids, Walmart merchants identified the top toysof the season. In addition to adventure and action toys, other trends tie to personas: foodies and chefs, animal-lovers and designers.
- Seasonal Décor: Walmart Christmas Shops in stores and online will offer a wide range of holiday decorations and gift giving supplies. Cashmere artificial trees are back and aisles are full of creative ways to personalize décor and customize any gift. Gold and natural colors are on trend for ornaments, while metallic is the new look for wrapping paper.
- Tech: From wearables to tablets, Walmart is stocked with top brands at unbelievable prices, like an Apple iPad Mini 2 for $199.
- Food: Walmart is ready for holiday gatherings and each of the 63 everyday meals remaining before the new year. On-trend food flavors include black forest, mocha and peppermint. Walmart will offer its lowest prices on holiday ham in years, and its bakeries will sell two pumpkin pies every second in November.

Sounds great! Let’s hope they are able to pull it off!

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Print Coupons From Your Mobile Device Without An App!

October 30, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Print Coupons From Your Mobile Device Without An App!

This is such awesome news. Now those of you that have wifi connected printers can print coupons directly from your mobile phones!

So, say you see a deal here and want to print the coupon from coupons.com you can just click the link in the post and click directly from the post! The coupon will show right up when you click on it, then you can choose print, it will ask if your device is connected (wirelessly) to a printer, then it will ask for your phone number to confirm that you want to print. You’ll get a one-time code to verify and then it will print!

I just tried it and it worked great! You can even print 2, just go back and click to print it again!

You can go here and try it right now! This is going to make printing coupons from a mobile device sooo much easier than before! It’s a new thing, so be patient, if you have any problems they are still working out the kinks!

Thanks, Lady Savings!

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Bad Barcode on Tena Coupon Makes it Unusable for Couponers!

October 30, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Do you remember that awesome Tena coupon I told you about in last week’s Coupon Insert Overview? Welllll…turns out it might not be the awesome deal I told you it was.

It appears as though someone screwed up at Tena and put an old barcode on this coupon so when you scan it at the register, it’s only good for $1.00 off and expired last August. Oops!

The people over at Dusty Wallet who make the QSeer app are having a field day with this. (I covered this app a little more extensively here if you are interested.) They have always contended that consumers should be able to read those barcodes to better understand exactly what will happen when you are at the register. Of course the coupon industry has gone to great lengths to keep us from knowing anything about the barcodes. Sure there are horrible couponers out there that will use anything to defraud the coupon issuers but most of us just want our coupons to do what they say they are going to do.

The worst case scenario for any couponer is to be standing at the register and have a coupon beep that you know shouldn’t beep. In fact, in doing a little more research for this article, I picked up the first coupon insert I found on my desk, last week’s SS and scanned the first coupon I saw, a POM Wonderful coupon.

I scanned it with the QSeer app and guess what came up.

Awesome. I’m not sure who is in charge of quality control for these coupons but maybe they should hire the folks over at Dusty Wallet to help them out.

Special thanks to Coupons in the News for bringing this issue to my attention.

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Stephen King Has Taken Over the Official Walmart Blog! Preorder The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Today!

October 29, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Stephen King has taken over the Walmart blog! You can check out the foreword for Stephen King’s new book and preorder the novel. Click here to check it out!

If you find this post after Halloween, you can find the book order page here.

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Hey Fashionistas! Enter for Your Chance to be a Walmart Spark Reviewer!

October 16, 2015 by Aarn Farmer 1 Comment

Do you like sharing your thoughts on Walmart clothing and jewelry? Would like the opportunity to become a Spark Reviewer for Walmart? You are in luck because Walmart is looking for you!

Walmart’s Spark Reviewer program sends their reviewers new products in exchange for their honest opinions and online reviews. All you have to do to enter for your chance to win to review any piece of clothing or jewelry on Walmart.com. Click here for more details.

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A Look at Walmart’s New Grocery Delivery and Pickup Service!

October 16, 2015 by Aarn Farmer 2 Comments

Walmart is rolling out a new Grocery Pickup and Delivery service that might be a Godsend for those of us too busy to actually go into the store to do our shopping. You can see the service for yourself here or watch the video I did walking through the process below.

There are a few drawbacks for the frugal shopper though. You can’t use coupons or price matches being the main ones but I’m reasonably sure you can put your receipt into Savings Catcher, although I don’t have actual confirmation of that yet.

There is also a huge list of Walmart Grocery FAQ’s you can peruse at your leisure here. Also, don’t forget to use code “NEWORDER” to save $10 on your first order over $30.

I would love to hear your opinion on this. Is it worth it to just be able to sit at your computer and shop like that or would rather have the ability to use coupons and ad matches? Or maybe some hybrid shopping where you do most of your shopping online except for what you have coupons and Ad Matches for? I don’t know but I’m looking forward to the opportunity to try it out!

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What’s Going on with Grocery Shop for FREE at The Mart This Week?

October 10, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

I just wanted to let everyone know what is up with Grocery Shop for FREE at The Mart this week. Dian and are are at a very cool conference learning how to be better bloggers. We drove down on Wednesday and will be driving back tomorrow so that has impacted what I have been able to put up on my site this week. You may have already noticed the price match lists didn’t go up on Wednesday and they won’t go up tomorrow either. This also means that the Reverse Coupon Matchups won’t go up tonight as well. (You can see a list of the coupons you can expect here.) That sucks, I know but since I am the designated driver to all things everywhere, it makes it tough to blog at the same time.

The good news is that everything will go back to normal on Monday so just bear with us until we get back to town. Love you all!

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Walmart Announces Top Christmas 2015 Toys as Chosen by Kids!

September 17, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Walmart has just announced this year’s top toys for Christmas 2015 as chosen by kids! You can read the full press release here and check out all the great Walmart deals on these toys here. Now let’s look at the top Christmas 2015 toys at Walmart!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
It’s one of the most anticipated toy releases in years, and Walmart is the place for customers, fans and collectors from across the galaxy to be among the first to get their hands on new Star Wars: The Force Awakens merchandise, including items only sold at Walmart. Customers can also visit Walmart.com today to preorder the Legendary Yoda. The excitement begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4 at Walmart.com and at midnight Force Friday events in 2,900 Walmart stores across the country. To find Force Friday events happening in your neighborhood, visit walmart.com/starwars.

“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, customers could only shop in stores,” Kehoe said. “Today, we make it easy and convenient to find new Star Wars merchandise in our stores, on a mobile device or on Walmart.com with light speed shipping options.”

Walmart will be the only place to find the Star Wars Galactic Connexxions trading disc game by Topps, a collectible trading disc game featuring the Star Wars characters generations know and love. At Force Friday midnight events, Walmart will hand out a free limited edition two pack of the discs, including a rare star field disc that is only available in packs given away on Force Friday. If customers find one of four special redemption discs inside Galactic Connexxions game sold in stores, on Walmart.com or during the events, they can be redeemed for an ultra-rare 14 karat gold disc and a Star Wars room makeover.

Fans can log onto Walmart.com right now and preorder the video games Star Wars Battlefront and Disney Infinity 3.0. Available exclusively at Walmart is the Disney Infinity 3.0 Star Wars Kanan Jarrus Figure. Former Jedi turned rebel fugitive, Kanan Jarrus leads bands of rebels in covert operations to help overthrow the Galactic Empire.

Top Holiday Toys
Customers won’t need to rely on Jedi mind tricks to find out what the top holiday toys are this year. Once again, Walmart turned to true toy experts – kids – to pick the hottest toys of the season. The retailer enlisted hundreds of kids aged 18 months to 12 years to play with the most-anticipated toys, gadgets and electronics of the season to better understand their changing tastes. With these insights, Walmart is working with suppliers to stock the right toys for great prices all season long. Top toys include:

Future Foodies
Toys that inspire kids to get creative in the kitchen and play with their food … in a good way:

Hasbro Pie Face
Skyrocket Toys Chocolate Pen
Wicked Cool Girl Scout Cookie Oven
Moose Shopkins Scoop Ice Cream Truck Playset

Veterinarians in Training
Kid-approved picks for lovers of animals, real and imaginary, and future veterinarians:

Fisher Price Little People Zoo
Fisher Price Imaginext Ultra T-Rex
Spin Master Paw Patrol Mission Chase
Just Play Doc McStuffins Vets N Pets Care Center
Moose Little Live Pet Clever Keet
Hasbro Furreal Unicorn

Adventure-Seekers in the Making
Action-packed toys for kids who love dancing and moving – and all things fast and flying:

Vtech Ultimate Raceway
MGA MC2 Deluxe Lab Kit
Mattel Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage
Fisher Price Thomas Shipwreck Rails Playset
Jakks RC Hulk Smash Vehicle
Mattel Hot Wheels Terrain Twister
Jakks Max Tow Truck
New Bright RC Pro Reaper
Fisher Price Beatbo
Hasbro Nerf Rotofury
Blip Hovertech Battle FX
Alpha Voice Command Helicopter

Dreaming Design Stars
Play sets that give kids the chance to create outfits and decorate houses and castles:

Mattel Frozen Ice Castle
Hasbro My Little Pony Canterlot Castle
Mattel Barbie Dream House

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Walmart Announces the Top 25 NFL and NCAA Teams!

September 12, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Walmart has just announced the top 25 most spirited NFL and NCAA fan bases determined by in store sales of licensed apparel and stationary items at Walmart U.S. stores August 1 – 28, 2015! I was a little disappointed that my beloved Dallas Cowboys were only #4 but I guess I’ll take what I can get. You can see the list of the top NCAA teams in the video on this page but the NFL teams are in the video below. You can also check out the infographic included below as well, click here to see a zoomable copy of the infographic. How did your team do?

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Star Wars: Force Friday is at Your Local Walmart Today!

September 4, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Force Friday is coming to your local Walmart this Friday! There are tons of awesome deals for all you Star Wars Fanatics out there.

You will be able to get a Walmart Exclusive Kanan Jarrus figure for $13.96.

You will be able to get Limited Edition Collectable Steelbook versions of the first 6 movies for $16.96 each.

You can get a Star Wars Legendary Jedi Master Yoda with Free $10 VUDU Credit for $179.97.

Walmart will be the only place to find Topps’ Galactic Connexions, a trading disc game featuring the Star Wars characters. Customers that visit Walmart stores on September 4 will receive a free two-pack of Galactic Connexions discs, including a rare blue star field disc that will only be available in packs given away on Force Friday.

The Star Wars page is also reporting that you will be able to get a $10 Vudu credit if you preorder Star Wars: Battlefront but I can’t find confirmation of that on the Walmart website. If that deal goes live, you should be able to find it here.

You can see more Star Wars goodies and see more deals on the Walmart.com/StarWars page found here.

May the Force Friday be with you!

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New Walmart Weekly Sales Ad Flyer is Out!

August 30, 2015 by Dian Leave a Comment

Walmart has their new weekly sales ad flyer out. Tons of great Labor Day deals in this one. Take a look!

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Does Walmart Owe You Money? It Might!

August 11, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Does Walmart owe you money? They might! According to Coupons in the News (One of my favorite blogs. Go check them out.) Walmart reached a 5 Million Dollar Class Action Settlement because they refunded the tax wrong on returns.

I’ll quote from the Coupons in the News article here.

Back in 2012, Brandewie said he bought a computer router and a light bulb from a Walmart in Cuyahoga County, and was charged 7.75% in sales tax. When he decided to return them, he went to a differentWalmart in nearby Summit County, where the sales tax rate was 6.5%.

That Walmart refunded him the 6.5%. And Brandewie was out 64 cents.

He said the same thing happened to him two years later at Walmart-owned Sam’s Club. And Newbrough said he was shortchanged at a different Walmart, too.

So basically, for that buck and a half difference in tax, they filed a class action suit against Walmart and won and if you returned something and didn’t get the right tax amount refunded to you, you are eligible to get part of the payout.

Regardless of how much the difference was, if this happened to you, you are eligible for a $3 Walmart giftcard that could go up to as high as $15 based on how many people make a claim.

To make a claim, all you have to do is got to walmartsalestaxsettlement.com and submit your info. It’s pretty easy to do . I had a piece of jewelry I returned for my MIL a few months ago and even went to the trouble of getting my receipt out of my filing cabinet but it turns out I didn’t need it. All they wanted was my personal info, what I returned, where I bought it and where I returned it.

Of course, it will be probably be a year or more before we get those big $3 giftcards but every little bit helps. Please be sure to share this post so everyone has a chance to claim. Thanks!

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Walmart Announces Car Seat That Beeps When You Leave The Baby Strapped In!

July 26, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Walmart and Evenflo have teemed up to create the Evenflo Advanced Embrace with SensorSafe infant car seat!

Just like your car will beep at you when you are not buckled in, this carseat will beep when you turn the car off and there is still a baby buckled in. This has been created to combat the growing number of infant deaths from parents absent-mindedly leaving their infant in the car seat and leaving the car.

Right now you can pick one up from Walmart.com starting at $149.88 and will be available in store after mid-August.

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Truffle Fries? Biscuits and Gravy? Lay’s Unveils New Flavors Soon to Hit the Shelves at Your Local Walmart!

July 18, 2015 by Aarn Farmer Leave a Comment

Someone on Reddit posted these new flavors on Lays chips that will soon be hitting the shelves at a Walmart near you.

I think the Reuben and Gyro flavors look interesting bur Truffle fries? I’m not sure about that and for sure won’t be trying Biscuits & Gravy. I love biscuits and gravy but that is not a chip flavor.

What do you think? Will you be trying these? Let me know in the comments below!

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Amazon Prime Day Vs. Walmart Dare to Compare. Who Won?

July 15, 2015 by Aarn Farmer 1 Comment

Amazon Prime Day Vs. Walmart Dare to Compare. Who Won?

The Amazon Prime Day event is over! (Or at least will be in a few short hours) Amazon and Walmart went head to head with their deals today and it looks like there is a clear winner.

Here’s a sampling of the Twitter feed I’ve been following today.

#AmazonPrime sucks so much Michael Bay wants it as the leader of the autobots in his next #Transformers movie – #PlotTwist

— MyahSundvall (@MyahSundvall) July 16, 2015

I love @amazon and have been a #amazonprime prime member for 3 years, but #PrimeDay was a complete disappointment to me.

— Dan Ramirez (@KinksterSUP) July 16, 2015

I'm thinking my #AmazonPrime membership is equally as faulty as my http://t.co/SHmJVV5k5K account. #SadOptions

— Jahaira Hooker (@ChatteringGem) July 16, 2015

In one day, some marketing 'genius' has managed to devastate the #AmazonPrime brand. #PrimeDayFail

— Populo Iratus (@cmahar3) July 15, 2015

#AmazonPrimeDay really any good deals had to have been while I was at work .. you knowing working so I can afford to have #AmazonPrime

— Crystal (@lowcarbguru) July 16, 2015

I'm so old I remember when having #AmazonPrime was cool, and DIDN'T mean the company thought of you as just a blob that coughs up money.

— Populo Iratus (@cmahar3) July 16, 2015

#AmazonPrime is a SCAM! Says u won't be charged til after 30 day trial, but u're charged IMMEDIATELY & EVEN MORE than the listed price!

— Connor Fabiano (@connorfabiano) July 16, 2015

That is BRUTAL! But deserved. Amazon really screwed this day up something fierce.

Amazon did put out a press release this afternoon that included this quote. “Prime members have already bought tens of thousands of Fire TV Sticks, 35,000 Lord of the Rings Blu-Ray sets, 28,000 Rubbermaid sets, and 4,000 Echo devices in 15 minutes. The Kate Spade purse was gone in less than a minute. We also sold 1,200 of the $999 TVs in less than 10 minutes. And there are thousands more deals coming.”

It seems like the people who got the deals mentioned in the quote were the lucky ones. If that Kate Spade purse disappeared in less than a minute, how about those shoppers that tried to get it a minute after it went live? They got nothing.

With all this boasting about how they did better than Black Friday, they seem to have forgotten that one of the main reasons we shop online isn’t just price but the fact that we don’t have to fight with 500 people to get one of the 3 doorbusters the store we are in actually got shipped to it. But it looks like somehow Amazon managed to capture that frustrating Black Friday experience by ensuring that most shoppers ended up going away empty handed.

On the other hand, an independent Yahoo Financial report rated the Walmart deals offered today much better than Amazon’s, pointing out that Walmart did a better job of putting relevant items on sale like TVs, Cell phones, and other items people use every day. Amazon’s offerings were compared to a junk bin full of things you probably wouldn’t buy even at a steep discount.

But the biggest difference was the fact that Walmart had all their deals up all day long where Amazon went the “lightning deal” approach were deals were only good for a very short amount of time and you had to be glued to your computer all day checking deals. Turns out that some of us have to work during the day. Go figure.

So it looks like Walmart totally trounced Amazon on their own day and without the huge amount of hype that Amazon laid out for this extravaganza. Maybe that online shopping gap between Amazon and Walmart is a little closer than Amazon realized!

The best part is that Amazon Prime Day will be over soon but Walmart has promised us great Dare to Compare deals for the next 90 days. Click here to check them out!

Did you get your hands on an awesome deal today? (Full disclosure: My MIL did buy an electric toothbrush as a gift for my son today from Amazon because she had a GC. I’m not sure what the price was before the sale but it seemed like a good deal.) Let me know in the comments!

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