At the Pearland, TX WalMart store, I saw a CSR hauled a Samsung HDTV with a red price sticker from the back of the Electronics deparment for a customer, so I followed him to the register and took a closer look and found it's a 42 inch plasma for $400! This was brand new in the box, and the display model was not even on the floor. I went back to the Electronics department and asked if there was any left. Another guy who worked at the bank inside the WalMart store bought another one. I got the last one brand new, lucky me! 3 units were sold in 5 minutes: yes, I was in the right place at the right time. This is VERY YMMV. The original price is $897. The date on the box is May 2008 (not sure whether it's the shipping date to WalMart), and it's made in Mexico. Link to the Samsung's website: Here is the link on the WalMart's website for this HDTV: Copy and paste the above link. Then enter your zip code. According to WalMart's Check Availability results, only 4 stores in the Houston metro area still have it, and only 4 stores in the St. Louis metro area have it. So not every store may have it, and not every store is willing to sell it at this crazy price. Please note that WalMart's Check Availability is still in BETA testing phase, so it's not 100% accurate and up-to-date. For the Houston area, the Pearland store (FM518 & Dixie Farm Road) was not even listed based on its inventory as of September 12 even though I witnessed at least 3 units (inlcuding mine) sold at the register on September 18. The Pearland store # is 3510 (intersection of FM518 & Dixie Farm Road). The store phone # is 218-482-5016. The product # on the receipt and the bar code on the red price sticker are the same: 003672522840. They scanned the bar code on the red price sticker. So my guess is that the key is to have the CSR enter this number, not the original bar code on the carton which is 0036725228405 with an additional digit "5" at the end. Good luck! The TV is great for the money and for my purpose, a lot more options to play with than my Sony Trinitron 35" CRT, but apparently the speaker quality is worse than the Sony (not that the Sony can outperform my Hifi system); that's why I am connecting the plasma to a receiver. I'm watching over the air HDTV, great quality imho. For those who think that I am making this up, please call the store at 218-482-5016 and give them the red price sticker # 003672522840, and then report back. Also, I emailed KCMO the scanned receipt. Please ask him to put it online as I don't have a web hosting service. tlcxy reported that return and rebuy worked at the Pearland store: Bought one, returned it at Pearland WalMart and bought it back. Works! Thanks for the OP and other useful suggestions. PS. Talked half hour with several Pearland WalMart managers Walter, Lewis, and Cindy to eventually get the $400 price. One of them told me that this model will be on sale in all Wal-Mart stores and if someone wants the same price, call Pearland Wal-Mart and talk with them. Lastly, the address of the Pearland Wal-Mart is: This deal is dead. Even the Pearland store does not honor the clearance price without the last digit of the SKU # on the carton any more. |
