gameboy1977 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 ? ? ? ? Content preferences Done View gallery . Customers have used Wal-Mart's price-matching promotional in order to purchase $400 PlayStation 4 consoles for a fraction of the retail price using third-party sellers on Amazon.com, CNBC reports. Earlier this month, the retailer announced it would begin a price-match promotion with select online retailers including Amazon; However, the website allows any Amazon user with a registered selling account to create authentic-looking sales pages. As a result, a number of Wal-Mart customers have posted images to Twitter and Reddit showing receipts confirming Wal-Mart accepted fake Amazon listings. "LMAO Amazon and Walmart jig just got ps4 for $97," reads a tweet from Twitter user Tahaa8, alongside an image of a receipt. View gallery . "We're committed to providing low prices every day, on everything," reads Wal-Mart's online price match policy. "So if you find a current lower online price from an online retailer on an identical, in-stock product, tell us and we'll match it." Polygon has reached out to both Amazon and Wal-Mart for further information and will update as it comes. More from polygon.com: Goat Simulator is going to be a free MMO How to finish Far Cry 4 in less than 30 minutes G4 is going off the air for good Leaked images look like a first glimpse of Telltale's Game of Thrones Assassin's Creed Unity patch three won't fix everything but will help a lot, Ubisoft says Reddit users campaign to have top World of Warcraft mod replaced This chart will help you find the best Black Friday console deals Read More: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notchinese Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The address of that Walmart is 85 Crooked Hill Road. That is pretty funny. Osiris 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 They should have verified that is was for sale from Amazon itself and not one of their marketplace sellers. Thats like asking them to price match ebay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Wal-Mart deserves anything they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 They should have verified that is was for sale from Amazon itself and not one of their marketplace sellers. Thats like asking them to price match ebay! This is what best buy and frys does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morisato Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/zQb5l5Q.jpg There is a third-party offer of $99.99 still on right now @ Amazon.com. Somehow it was removed but is now back but it could be a glitch. Notice that it's a Just Launcher seller as well so you know it's a scam :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/zQb5l5Q.jpg There is a third-party offer of $99.99 still on right now @ Amazon.com. Somehow it was removed but is now back but it could be a glitch. Notice that it's a Just Launcher seller as well so you know it's a scam :D Might be a stolen PS4 from a store too. gameboy1977 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COKid Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Couldn't have happened to a worse company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 If they wanted to, which they wont, they could prove intent to defraud & trace that receipt down. But that isnt gonna happen - so I wonder what the relevance even is with this post of mine :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameboy1977 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 One Amazon user with the name ?AmzonElectronics? set up a third-party listing which showed the PS4 on sale for just $89.99. Although Amazon removed the listing promptly, many consumer who printed the listing off were able to bring it into their local Walmart stores and receive the lower price. Read more: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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