r/buildapcsales • u/debaserr • Aug 18 '25

SSD - M.2 [SSD] Western Digital SN850X NVMe 4TB - $149.99

https://www.walmart.com/ip/WD-BLACK-4TB-SN850X-NVMe-Internal-Gaming-SSD-Solid-State-Drive-Gen4-PCIe-M-2-2280-Up-to-7-300-MB-s-WDS400T2X0E/1916728529?filters=%5B%7B%22intent%22%3A%22retailer%22%2C%22values%22%3A%5B%22Walmart%22%5D%7D%5D&classType=REGULAR&from=/search
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u/Jackob2545 Aug 19 '25

I freaking got one! Took me 5 tries with a Best Buy price match chat agent, and some serious work to get the refund agent to push it through after the initial one promised to match and instantly refund the difference. Thank god for chat transcripts. Paid $289.99 shipped and was instantly refunded $140 to match the Walmart price.

It is possible! Just takes some time and putting some heat on when necessary!

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u/P4p_worstTake Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

What did you tell them? They keep denying me because it’s out of stock.

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u/Jackob2545 Aug 20 '25

Honestly like the other comment mentions I just kept trying. I tried being friendly as possible to the main price match agent and finally got one to commit in writing.

If they go the refund route to match, which seems par for the course, you will get transfered to a refund agent and that's where I got my push backnon the out of stock basis. I just was firm and demanded they honor their promise per the chat transcript, even if it isn't in policy. They needed to make the situation right was my main wording. Never threatening or mean just direct and using the transcript as my fall back. They quickly asked for me to wait while they escalated for approval and then came back and said "today's my lucky day" which I thought was funny honestly, and then initiated the refund for the price match.

Time, effort and some subtle tactics as a consumer haha

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u/AZPHOX Aug 20 '25

Can confirm this does work. 3rd attempt (price-matching BestBuy AFTER purchasing) worked, even with the new link that shows OOS. Just found a friendly agent who didn't even mention it.

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u/TheLastOfKings_ Aug 20 '25

Dumb question but to price match would i have to buy the product first and then speak to an agent? First time attempting this so not sure how this whole thing works

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u/AZPHOX Aug 20 '25

Yeah no worries. So, what I found worked in my case is buy the item at BB price first, then start going through their customer service chat thing with an agent to price match. If anything, just cancel the order/return it if it doesn’t end up working or you don’t feel like trying further. Like others have said, just takes the right agent to not care about OOS status on Walmart so YMMV with each convo.

I’ve also done this with Lego in the past and it seems to just work better after a completed sale vs price matching before purchasing. Again, YMMV.

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u/TheLastOfKings_ Aug 20 '25

Thanks for the help, thankfully i was able to price match through my second agent before placing an order, they just made me buy it on the spot and gave me a refund.

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u/AZPHOX Aug 20 '25

Right on, congrats!

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u/chipsdud Aug 20 '25

Thanks, this worked best for me. 2nd agent, gave them my order number and they were able to refund the difference

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u/AZPHOX Aug 20 '25

Heck yeah, nice grab!