Walmart has made huge pricing errors in the past, and their policy has been to refuse to honor them. There is a well-known story about Walmart canceling a large number of Black Friday orders based on a price error, and they didn't get in trouble with the feds or Louisiana.
It's easy to look at a statute and assume it applies to your situation, but case law is the real law. I would not count on the statute protecting me when I try to screw someone who makes a mistake.
Now, about honesty: you claim you didn't know what the rifle sold for, in order to excuse demanding a huge discount, but you also say the price drop was a mistake. Hmm. You knew you were taking advantage.
You were clearly excited about the reduced price you saw, so obviously, you knew the correct price was much higher. You tried to buy multiple guns in order to capitalize on the error. You can see how this reflects on your credibility.
In the end, Walmart gave you a great deal, trying to improve customer relations, and it backfired. You rewarded them by bad-mouthing them on the Internet. It looks like their strategy didn't work.
I wouldn't want someone to screw me on a deal based on my mistake, and it would be wrong for me to do it to some else.
Steve, You really need to take your time when you read. I never said that I brought up the state law to anyone at Walmart.
I did not know what the Savage Axis rifles sold for when I went look at the rifle and told the sales person that I wanted to buy one. I did not try to buy multiple guns. I did ask if they had another in the back because I am like others that would rather buy a gun that hasn't been on display.
My credibility?? I guess you missed the part where they offered me another $25 gift card, which I refused. And that the sales person, manager and I didn't know the price that was clearly marked on the gun was wrong until it was rang up at the end of the two hour wait.
Where did I bad mouth Walmart? I just explained what happened. That three lower end managers lied to me, or you can call it miss information. The nice lady at the home office explained the company policy on pricing errors when I ask her about the policy. The Manager Alex was very polite when he called. He was more worried about what the other managers had said to me and the fact that it took two hours to do a gun sale. When I met Alex at the store we talked a little. He apologized for the long wait the the night I tried to buy the rifle and the way I was treated the next day when I came back to talk to a Manager.
Since you are having a hard time understanding what I wrote, I'll make it simple for you.
#1 I went to Walmart and saw a gun with a nice price on it.
#2 I looked at the gun and agreed to buy it.
#3 Due to events beyond my control it took two hours before a manager was able to ring up the sale.
#4 There was a price discrepancy when the gun was scanned at the register by the manager. I was asked to come back the next day when one of the other manages would be there and they woul tell me what could be done.
#5 When I went back to the store I was treated rudely by one of the managers. And told to call the home office like she could care less.
# 6 I called the home office with in an hour of leaving the store. I was told that the store Manager would most likely call me after the weekend.
#7 The Manager Alex called me within an hour or so after I got off the phone with the nice lady at the home office. He wanted to know that had happened and I told him.
#8 Alex called me the next day (Saturday) twice. I will point out that Alex is not the store manager, but an assistant manager. From talking with him it appeared that the store manager wanted the matter taken care of ASAP.
#9 I was offered a $100 gift card which was less then the price difference and then offered another gift card for $25. I accepted the $100 card but refused to take the $25 card.
I believe Walmart and the store's upper management went out of there way to make up for how I was treated by there lower management. I have no beef with Walmart, and have spent over $200 at the same store in the last three days.
