This was one of those competition is good type of moments when I read that Walmart is going to attempt to challenge Amazon’s recently announced Amazon Prime sales day. It seems like the gloves are off too as Walmart first made a statement that where they wrote the following:
“We’ve heard some retailers are charging $100 to get access to a sale,” Walmart.com CEO Fernando Madeira wrote in a blog post. “But the idea of asking customers to pay extra in order to save money just doesn’t add up for us. We’re standing up for our customers and everyone else who sees no rhyme or reason for paying a premium to save.”
Amazon has fired back accusing Wal-Mart of charging customers higher prices in stores than they do online by stating this:
“We’ve heard some retailers are charging higher prices for items in their physical stores than they do for the same items online,” Greg Greeley, vice president of Amazon Prime, said in a statement. “The idea of charging your in-store customers more than your online customers doesn’t add up for us, but it’s a good reminder that you’re usually better off shopping online.”
This definitely made things more interesting as a consumer. Two more days and hopefully this sale battle lives up to expectations for some good savings.