Pulling products for a possible recall only when item is free with coupon?

I coupon and I've discovered that Wal-Mart will pull products when the
consumer will get them for free.

When I read the title I immediately figured it was Wal-Mart.

i still see no proof other than conspiracy theories that a sale was
why they pulled it.



After all if that was the case then there would never ever be sales.


O_o

I'm not forgetting that. I know that they get reimbursed. Issue has
been resolved. The official response was basically "this should have
never happened. It did. There was no reason for the product to be
pulled. It will be investigated and dealt with."

I did make an assumption that it was pulled to coincide with the sale.
This was based off the day it was pulled it was on sale with a great
coupon. In both instances. This shortly happened after the Hanford,CA.
See story here:
http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/full-story-employees-arreste
d-in-plot-to-defraud-local-walmart/article_d082a170-6e30-11e1-afbf-001
9bb2963f4.html

I suspected the answer I would get would be that it shouldn't have
happened. Which is the answer I received from the company. My only
intention was to get the information to the company. One of the
managers even thanked me for this complaint making it's way to the
corporate offices because until they contacted him the information was
never relayed. Hopefully this response clears everything up. Since
both managers have "no idea" why the product was pulled I couldn't
give any evidence one way or the other.

Coincidence.
Im not a conspiracy theorist; therefore I do believe this is more
coincidental than anything.
For every couponer, there are many more who pay full retail price. For
a retailer to pull items, just so they dont lose the pennies on
coupons/ad matches, etc. just would not pay. Consider even at minimum
wage how much they are paying to have one or more employee pull stock,
just to not allow some customers to use a coupon and price match
items.
If they did, their stores would be empty on many items, and they would
not sell a whole lot.

I think appearances speak a lot here. I googled recalls for Allegra
and Farmer John Hot Dogs. Neither showed a recall or the possibility
of one. I work for a grocery store and while we sell Allegra, but not
the hot dogs, there was no indication of a recall on the Allegra. And
since that is my department, I would have been aware of it. Whether or
not WalMart is pulling product with the purpose of with holding sales
due to price matching/coupons, it does look fishy.

Your entire premise is that walmart went out of the way to fake a
recall just to deny customers the chance to use a coupon or to price
match.



Believe me I'm sure the stores would have preferred selling you the
product.

The problem is, if there IS a recall in the air, they have to cover
their assets. Which means pulling a product if there's a potential
health risk.

And simply because it's cheaper to piss off one or two customers when
they say "no we can't sell it" ... vs paying out big bucks on lawsuits
if the recall proves to be true.



Besides... if something is possibly being recalled, why would you want
to put it in your body anyway? Sure it might be on sale but if it
turns out to be harmful or deadly... just how much do you really save
if you end up sick or dead from using it?

why would you go to 3 different WalMarts, looking or one that woould
match the Food4Less price? Why not just go to Food4Less? Wouldn't you
spend more in time and gas?

Please don't misunderstand, I don't think your complaint is invalid.
If they are doing what you think, I agree that it could back fire and
create question about the quality of a product when one doesn't really
exist. I'm sure the manufactures would not be happy. Plus, it's
pretty tricky.

Walmart's price match policy does state that an ad from their
competitor is required and that some restrictions apply. It also says
some restrictions apply fro coupons as well. I take that to mean that
a coupon cannot be redeem for more than the value of the item. The
policy states to see stores for details. I don't think it is right for
anyone to receive money back from a coupon which, if you wish to
redeem the full value of a $1 coupon for an item that is $.79, that is
what you are attempting to do.

One more thing:

"if there is any coupons that would make the item trigger overage the
product gets pulled"

If their computer/tracking system is this good, then Walmart has no
excuse for not having prices ring up correctly!

I think you should take this complaint to the appropriate agency in
your state that deals with this. A call to the consumer affairs
division of your state's attorney general's office should be a good
place to start.

when people beat them at their game.