Explore Price Matching
If a holiday decor piece you like — such as an artificial tree — costs too much at your favorite store, price matching might be one of the easiest ways to save on holiday shopping.
Many well-known stores such as Walmart, Target and Bed Bath & Beyond will price-match a competitor’s everyday price or sale price, saving you the hassle of extra stops on your shopping trip. Walmart even matches prices found at online retail sites like Amazon.
It’s important to note that Walmart will only match an online retailer’s price if both Walmart.com and the online seller have the item in stock and if the item is sold by an actual competitive retailer, not a third-party seller.
The other catch is that price matching typically applies to a specific brand or model of a product, and it might be difficult to find the same brand in two unrelated stores. Walmart and other stores also limit customers to one of each item per day — in other words, you probably can’t pick up 10 strands of outdoor lights via price matching at one time. And, you might want to keep in mind that the store won’t do price matching from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday.
All that said, price matching can offer significant savings when used on expensive items, such as holiday trees or outdoor light displays — especially when you can avoid shipping charges or driving great distances by picking up the items locally.
