Walmart Plans Third Round Of CE Price Cuts
By Alan Wolf -- TWICE, 11/17/2009
Bentonville, Ark. - Walmart will offer a third round of weekly pre-Black Friday CE price promotions beginning this Saturday.
The latest offers include a 26-inch 720p Vizio LCD TV for $248, down from $347, and a $40 gift card with purchases of the select "Hero" gaming packages, including Band, DJ and Guiter Hero 5.
The promotions are good from Nov. 21-27 while supplies last, and are only valid in stores.
Previous pre-Black Friday deals included a $100 gift card with the purchase of select BlackBerry devices and a two-year contract, and discounts on Sharp 1080p 120Hz LCDs in 42-, 46- and 52-inch sizes.
Separately, Walmart has confirmed several day-after-Thanksgiving CE doorbusters to CNNMoney.com, which appeared on a leaked Black Friday circular. The promotions include a Sanyo 50-inch plasma 720p HDTV for $598, a Magnavox Blu-ray player for $78 and a TomTom PND for $59.
Many CE retailers have started their holiday promotions early this year, including Sears, which is running doorbuster deals each Saturday through Christmas; Best Buy, which this month unveiled a 15.4-inch Acer laptop for $250, its lowest advertised price for a notebook computer; and hhgregg, which is presently offering a 42-inch Panasonic 720p plasma TV for $550.
Retailers' focus on season-long promotions suggests "there will less emphasis on Black Friday and Cyber Monday than in years past," observed Ted Vaughan, a partner with accounting and consulting firm BDO Seidman.
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I bought the vizio 26" lcd tv today for $248. It says in the ad not available all Walmart. This Walmart had 4 only.
Amy Amaral - 2009-21-11 22:44:17 EST -
I also got the $248 27" tv at Wal Mart today. I went to both of the Wal Marts in my town and neither one had heard of this sale. I told them I had read about it on AOL news this morning and showed them my notes. The second Wal Mart sold me the tv for $248, even though they had no information on this sale. Wal Mart rocks!
Jo Paulson - 2009-21-11 22:15:00 EST -
According to their Website it's the 22" and not the 26".
Miana Hawkins-Fowler - 2009-21-11 16:48:27 EST -
FALSE, FALSE, FALSE...The $248 Vizio TV is for the 22" (quite small) not 26" Vizio TV. I went to the store myself and I know this to be true 11/21/09.
Ann Brewer - 2009-21-11 13:58:13 EST -
It's true!!! I purchased the same Vizio 3 weeks ago at the full price and was doing my research to purchase either a 32" or 26" on BF. Found one at Sears, and was planning a 5:00 a.m. trip until I got this e-mail. Just returned from Wal-Mart with my 26" Vizio at $100.00 less than any deal I could imagine. I was so excited I went in my pajamas and simply ran my fingers through my hair, praying I wouldn't see anybody I knew. Thank you, Lord!
Janet Smoyer - 2009-21-11 08:51:23 EST
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