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 WalMart started its Black Friday sale early
Posted Sun November 29, 2009 12:00 pm, by Bridget J. written to Walmart
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I am voicing great displeasure in regard to the Black Friday sale of the E-Machine laptop computer for $198.00 that was advertised. I arrived at the store at 4:15 a.m. to find that the store was open and people were inside. I searched to find the area in which the laptops would be that were advertised. After asking several associates, 15 minutes pass before I found the right place to go. Once I asked the associate in that area, she informed me that laptops had sold out. I couldn't understand how this could be. This was before 5:00 a.m. The line was quite long and those who had come at who knows what time received a ticket to receive this laptop PRIOR to the opening time.
I was bewildered. This wasn't the only item that I was coming to purchase and I made my selection and had to stand in line at a registered for the remaining 30 minutes to wait until 5:00 a.m. in order to be checked out. I was told be a customer that the tickets had been given out some time before and that the store only received a little more than 50 laptops and yet gave out over 60 tickets.
This is grossly unfair to other shoppers who came for this purpose. The sale was only to begin at 5:00 a.m. Tickets should not have been handed out prior to that time, regardless if the checkout time was at 5:00 a.m. This gave shoppers who arrived prior and had earlier access an unfair advantage being that the store should have actually allowed people inside at 5:00 a.m. I strongly field that they misrepresented the advertisement.
If at all possible, I would like the opportunity to purchase this laptop, as I am in need of one at a reasonable price.
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by Gustav R. Posted Sat November 27, 2010 @ 10:18 PM
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Yes we to were screwed out of a change to buy a Emachine laptop at
Sonora,CA walmart as the wrist bands were given out to people way
befor 5:00 am. Screwing every one else out of a change to buy one.
They should of had everyone in line for the 65 laptops they had to
sell giving everyone a equal change to buy them. Instead they gave out
wrist bands and let everyone go all over the store and they held the
laptops untill 6:00am for people to show up to get thier laptops
making others to wait and see if they showed up at all. POOR WAY TO DO
BLACK FRIDAY!!!!! Yes I am still pissed about the bad way they screwed
everyone else!!!!!!!! Maybe I'll strat doing my buying some place
eles!!!!
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but if those people were there earlier than you, it would be "grossly
unfair" for them not to get first chance at the sale. God only knows
how long they stood there waiting before you got there!
Are you going to honestly say that you think you should have had the
same chance to get this deal as someone that arrived and was waiting
outside at say, Midnight?
It sucks that you missed out on the deal, but the early bird always
gets the worm on Black Friday.
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by Anonymous A. Posted Thu December 3, 2009 @ 2:40 AM
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Yea seriously..since that poor Walmart employee in New York City was
killed by a stampede on Black Friday 2008, I am pretty sure Walmart is
covering their bottoms to make sure something like this never happens
again.
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by Kalphoenix Posted Tue December 1, 2009 @ 6:29 PM
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I'm by no means a WalMart supporter. I can't STAND them, however I'm
not sure how WalMart could have handled this situation better and
still in a safe manner.
My sister-in-law went to WalMart quite early as well, and said that
people just showed up earlier and put the sale items in their carts
and waited to check-out until the actual SALE prices went into
effect.
They could have either:
A.) Locked people out until the sale time, creating an unsafe
stampede when the doors are opened.
B.) Taken ALL sale merchandise off the shelves until sale time.
The first one is unsafe (I'd much rather have little Timmy go without
his videogame for Christmas than even ONE person get hurt/killed), and
the second one is impossible.
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by Mary R. Posted Mon November 30, 2009 @ 6:40 PM
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You know what? Im betting the people that say a $198 laptop is crap
are the the same people that show up 5 minutes before a store opens
and are bitter they didn't get that laptop.
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I agree
by Retail Veteran Tue December 1, 2009 @ 11:24 PM
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"I arrived at the store at 4:15 a.m."
The people inside the store arrived much earlier. Like midnight.
What does it matter if the store opened early? It still was first
come, first served, which is the most fair way to handle these things.
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by Just Jeffrey Posted Mon November 30, 2009 @ 12:31 PM
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This was intentional. Last year, there were people trampled at
Wal-Mart. So, this year, they made the decision to give out tickets
to the first people in line (who had arrived, most likely, hours
before you). It may seem unfair, but it's a good way to keep people
from dying as they rush into the store when it opens.
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by NathanG Posted Mon November 30, 2009 @ 8:44 AM
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You should probably feel lucky. Emachines are the absolute worst
PCs/Laptops you can buy. You would be better spending a bit more on a
better model.
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by Retail Veteran Posted Mon November 30, 2009 @ 12:22 AM
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I have worked at several different retail stores over the years. On
Black Friday it is a common procedure to hand out tickets for hot
items to the first x amount of people waiting in line. If there are
100 people in line and you have 50 tickets for a special laptop, then
the first 50 people in line that want one will get a ticket. That's
how these things work. Showing up at a store only 45 minutes before it
opens on Black Friday is too late if you want any of the special early
bird deals. Many people line up hours ahead of time for these deals.
On the news, they showed people who lined up 6 or more hours before
the stores opened
Why would you want a laptop that is only $198 anyway. It is probably
not a good quality laptop and would not last very long.
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