- These are the 10 things
you don't wanna buy
on Walmart or Walmart.com.
He guys, I'm the Deal Guy, Matt Granite
from mattsdailydeals.com.
Typically I find deals and sales,
but I also showcase what not to buy,
and I work as a consumer advocate.
So today the list of the
10 things not to buy,
all of which are listed
with great alternates
at mattsdailydeals.com.
I uploaded a video a while ago
of what not to buy at Walmart,
and I wanted to update the list,
especially with everything going on,
and then I was actually looking back
at an article that I wrote
from 2016 on USA Today
on what not to buy at Walmart.
And I figured, well, things
have changed significantly,
so as things change,
let's start with the first
thing that I would not buy.
It's a little bit
controversial when I say this;
people always post in
comments how much they hate me
and what a moron I am,
but if you actually look at
your price points and research,
number one, don't buy a TV at Walmart.
What, what, Walmart's best for TVs.
Yeah, it's great for some low end brands.
And for the non- Samsung
and non-LG TV deals,
you're gonna find that
if it's not black Friday,
prices are actually
typically better at Best Buy.
But on a regular mid-range brand like TCL,
let me show you why I
wouldn't buy TV at Walmart.
A simple search will reveal that
Amazon and Walmart are
actually neck and neck
when it comes to prices.
So let's look at the TCL 75 inch TV
that I have on my screen from Walmart.
You guys look very
carefully at the screen,
great price, $749, but they
require you to pay $49.99
to get this delivered to your home.
If you wanna do a free
in-store pick up, good for you,
but I can't fit a 75 inch
television into my vehicle.
So I'm forced to pay
$50 for this television
to get it delivered if
I order from Amazon.
The exact same TV, same model number,
same price at Amazon, just as an example,
has free scheduled delivery.
You don't even need to be
a Prime member for that;
just free scheduled delivery
and then right off the bat,
I'm saving 50 bucks to get
this delivered to my house.
That is the first item I
wouldn't buy at Walmart today.
The second set of products
I wouldn't buy at Walmart:
Photo prints.
Although they have competitive pricing,
if you actually compare
prices side by side
between Shutterfly and the Walmart prints,
that you're gonna find
Shutterfly is more aggressive,
they run more sales throughout the year.
At Walmart, you're looking
between 19 and 25 cents per print
unless you use the value
prints, the prices drop.
But comparing photo
package to photo package,
Shutterfly, they get the win,
and you can also do same-day print pickups
at Walgreens, CVS, and
ironically through Target
if you are shopping from Shutterfly.
In the number three spot
of what I would not buy
from Walmart or Walmart.com: bedding.
There is a recent study from Market Watch
where they at least identified that
a lot of the bedding
deals were phenomenal,
but the quality as a whole,
not particularly fantastic.
My recommendation, just in
terms of what I've purchased,
and I do have lots of bedding
deals on mattsdailydeals.com.
Go to your favorite department store.
You're gonna find even things at Macy's
or other stores in your area
will bring more aggressive pricing
on higher end brands.
If you're simply comparing
dollar for dollar,
Walmart has many in-house brands
where you can't put two
side-by-side that are identical.
It's the same thing on Amazon.
You're gonna find some great bedding deals
from some not so great brands.
Just keep that in mind
when you are shopping,
it's not just about the dollar for dollar.
In the number four spot,
it looks delicious.
Pet food.
You're gonna find that pet food deals
are good if you're just buying
one container at Walmart,
very aggressive pricing.
But if you are willing to sign
up for a subscribe and save,
you're going to save as much as 20%
if you do shop over time from Amazon
just to give that as a comparison.
In the number five spot of what
I would not buy at Walmart,
do not buy jewelry from Walmart.
I don't know if you're aware of this,
but the quality, my goodness.
It correlates with the great prices.
Let's just leave it at that.
A jewelry magazine called JCK Magazines
did an explanation to CBS
News not too long ago,
and did a full breakdown
of why the jewelry deals
that you see at Walmart
are not worth buying.
In fact, it was a plea to
not buy jewelry at Walmart.
I'm gonna tell you right now,
in my experience, go to bluenile.com.
If you are shopping for jewelry,
Blue Nile has aggressive sales,
incredible customer service,
and you're going to find that
you're getting GIA certified diamonds
of a much higher quality that come with
appraisal certificates
and the GIA certificates
per diamond where you at least
know what you're getting,
and it is with these
incredible buyer protection
and warranties tied to each product.
So bluenile.com all the way
when it comes to jewelry.
In the number six spot, diapers!
I have a 22-month old baby girl.
There goes the box down there.
And you're going to do very well
if you're just buying one box
and you need 'em quickly at Walmart.
But over time, you're
going to do 20% better
on average for diapers
if you purchase them
with a Prime membership from Amazon.com.
So compliments of the
Amazon family membership.
Prime members are able
to save up to 20% off
diapers, baby food, and more,
and that's part of the Amazon
Family Prime membership.
You're gonna find that
it works on everything,
with the exclusion of baby formula.
But as a whole, much better
diaper prices from Amazon.com
if you are a Prime member.
In the number seven spot, batteries.
I test a lot of batteries, I
consume a lot of batteries.
And if you're home and cooped up
and everyone's all at
home looking for batteries
for toys and other
things around your house,
you're going to find some
of the battery pricing
enticing on Amazon.
But Consumer Reports tested
more than a dozen brands
and Costco's Kirkland
signature brand of batteries
were actually the best performing.
If you can't get to a Costco,
the Amazon Basics brand of batteries
did very well price-wise
and performance-wise,
at least in my home studio.
In the number 8 spot of
what I would not buy
at Walmart: furniture.
You're gonna find lots of
enticing furniture deals,
but if you actually look side-by-side,
you're paying prices that
at least in my comparison,
most identical to Value City Furniture,
and you're not even getting
that level of quality.
If you are shopping online,
I'm recording this in
the middle of the spring,
and there's a black Friday
blowout right now on Overstock.
If you were to shop from
Wayfair, same thing.
You're going to get furniture deals
from retailers that actually
specialize in furniture.
And if you don't wanna
shop Overstock or Wayfair,
you haven't had luck with those retailers,
Ashley's Furniture is a generic brand,
but they've got some great items
that are very well priced.
And an Amazon there's another brand,
which I think they're out of New Jersey
called Safavieh, and
a lot of the furniture
that I've tested and seen from them
has performed very well, and
almost at Walmart pricing.
In the number nine spot
of what I would not buy
from Walmart: protective items.
Whether they're civilian face coverings
or something like an infrared thermometer.
If you look very closely
at walmart.com right now,
you're going to find
widespread competitive pricing,
but almost none of these products
are shipping from Walmart as a store.
It's merely acting as a marketplace,
so rather than going to walmart.com
and paying for items to ship
from brands you've never
heard of that have no reviews,
and no real accountability
for the products.
If you are looking for
these type of products,
on mattsdailydeals.com,
I have a full breakdown of these products,
and why you might wanna buy these
from one retailer versus another.
And in the number 10 spot
of what you don't wanna buy
at Walmart: fish and meat.
Now, I'm gonna let you
guys take it from here.
At my local Walmart more recently
have actually been pleasantly surprised
over what's available and how it looks,
and the taste so far has been just fine.
But when I did this roundup last time,
you guys went off on the grocery section
and the produce and I know at
a time when we're all looking
for competitive pricing more than ever,
I don't know how the quality
correlates for all of you,
so I'm going to put fish and
meat in the number 10 spot
with an asterisk.
And if anyone out there
thinks I'm completely wrong,
and you guys have had great success,
please correct me in the comments section.
But in the meantime, I'm
leaving this on my top 10 list.
I hope I can get some video in the next
couple of uploads of what I've purchased,
how it looks and when I bring it back.
And maybe it's not as
bad as everyone says,
but I'm gonna leave
this up to the wonderful
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