Target announced today that they will be continuing the online price matching policy in stores.
They launched this over the holidays as a limited time promotion and it looks like they have decided to continue the policy year round.
They will match the following stores:
- Amazon
- Best Buy
- Walmart
- Toys R Us
- Babies R Us
They will also match their own web site.
Here are a few other notes:
- There is a limit of one identical price match per customer. The item must be in stock online to get a price match from a retailer listed above.
- They will not honor 3rd party merchants selling items on the sites above (mostly that applies to Amazon.)
- To get the price match you need to pull up the competitor’s offer on a mobile device or print it out and take it in with you. If you print it out, they are supposed to confirm the price is still the same at the time of purchase.
- If you have a manufacturer coupon, you can use that after the competitor price match is done. Target coupons are still supposed to be applied before the price match.
You can see the Target online price matching policy here.
On a personal note, I have always found price matching at Target to be a bit of a hassle. You need to take the item to customer service before you pay for it and then give them your phone or your print out. I matched a movie offered by Amazon during the holidays at Target and of course my phone lost signal as I was waiting in line and then I had to go outside to get signal again and come back in once I pulled it up. All in all it took about 10 extra minutes of time (not including waiting in line) to do the price match but they did do it for me.
(Thanks Disabled Mom!)
Brandy says
That’s weird that price matching was so difficult for you. I have only price matched there once, but I just showed them the ad, they made sure it was all squared away and adjusted. Now, I do think my cashier was a supervisor, so maybe that was the difference?
Charlene says
Brandy,
I did an online match so that was the hassle- just proving the price. I thought they had the ability to just check it there themselves but the guy made me pull it up on my phone.
Rebekah says
I price matched Amazon during the holidays. I went to Customer Service and they pulled it up on an I Pad. It was the easiest thing I have ever done there. They have an app just for price matching at the Target I was at. Hopefully they make it easy everywhere now that they are continuing it.
Annette says
I just priced matched a blu-ray player yesterday. I saw that their price match policy was updated since the holidays and it said they were still matching Amazon. We took the blu-ray player to customer service and told them we’d like to price match. They said they were only doing that for the holidays and so I showed them the new price match policy on their website from my phone. They read it and said they hadn’t been told anything about the new policy but it’s clear from the website that they’re price matching. So they did it for us. And now today they announced the new policy. I love it!
Andrea De La Garza says
My store usually takes my ad once they’ve price matched an item for me. They only let you price match one item and so they take your ad to prevent multiple price matching. However, for couponers that purchase multiple newspapers, that’s not really a big deal