Update 9/10/20: Placeholder page has been removed and you can now sign up. Might still be worth waiting to see if they have any official launch specials or if it hits any portals. Might be able to get an extra 15 day trial (30 days total) when answering three questions after sign up. Hat tip to @itsbuenaventura
Walmart has announced that Amazon Prime competitor Walmart+ (Walmart Plus) will officially launch on September 15. The new service will cost $98 per year or $12.95 monthly. At launch there will be a 15 day free trial. The service will offer the following (not dissimilar to the rumored benefits):
- Unlimited free deliveries on orders from 4,700 stores (160,000 items at launch)
- Discounts at Walmart and partner gas stations (Murphy USA and Murphy Express fuel stations). Discounts of up to 5¢ per gallon
- Access to scan & go in store (e.g scan items in store and exit without visiting a cashier. Pay via Walmart Pay)
For reference Amazon Prime currently costs $119 annually or $12.99 month to month. It’s unclear if Walmart will have cheaper membership options for students and EBT/Medicaid users as Amazon does.
Walmart+ shows pending on Swagbucks. Am I doing this right?
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Walmart+
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12/10/2020
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1/11/2021
Great
Pay for this? 1 day delivery? 2 day delivery? Plan ahead.
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The big difference with Prime is that you can get items that local stores don’t carry, with no minimum cost, within a couple days.
Walmart+ makes you have a minimum order requirement and the big calling card is that there can be same day delivery. Plugged in my address and it’s not eligible for same day delivery. What would I be paying for then? If I really needed something same-day it would be quicker for me to just go to the store.
To avoid the long long long lines at Walmart (which is every Walmart I’ve ever been to)
Walmart+ says no order minimum for 2 – day free shipping.
I wonder how long until Walmart introduces discounted plans like the Amazon prime student and their discounted plan for those getting benefits like food stamps.
Be aware that Walmart online grocery improperly taxes some foods and I’ve been after them to fix it since 2018 but it’s still not fixed! You can check this yourself by testing a checkout containing Prima Della Deli Swiss Cheese, Hormel 1891 Deli-Sliced Salami, Hard, Great Value Honey Nut O’s Oat Cereal, 12.25 oz. If you instead put the larger size store brand cereal or the real honey nut cheerios, it will not tax you. If you change to the same brand of swiss cheese but pick the baby swiss, it will not tax you. If you change to a other hard salami that their deli carries, it will not tax you. These are just a select few of the problem items and they have been given this information but NOTHING is ever done! I am at my wits end with them. Would be great if you can give this some exposure.
I wish you luck, but I’ve been after eBay for similar problems with no success. Isn’t collecting tax when it isn’t due some kind of fraud?
An example on eBay is Red Pocket wireless service: https://www.ebay.com/itm/133058350672 . In many states sales tax does not apply to them – the phone service itself is already taxed many different ways and Red Pocket itself pays those taxes. Yet eBay wrongly charges sales tax on them. I’ve seen posts from people who complained and eBay refunded the tax and gives some excuse about Red Pocket listing them in the wrong category. NO, they are listed in the right category, eBay just doesn’t apply correct tax rules. Are they collecting the tax and keeping it as profit? The fact that they refund the tax on request shows they are fully aware they shouldn’t have collected it to begin with, but they make no effort to fix it. This has been going on for at least a year.
I know Red Pocket isn’t supposed to be taxed in Texas as I just got Metro PCS service and it was $40 for the prepaid plan and $20 for activation. Sales tax was only charged on the activation fee.
This is hot garbage. I’m dumping my Walmart shares.
Any news on the new Walmart+ credit card?
Not that I know of
What’s the point of this if you need a $35 minimum? Isn’t that the normal order price to get free delivery? $98 a year for this lmao
“Unlimited Delivery” with a $35 minimum can be as quick as same-day delivery. The non-Unlimited version with a $35 minimum is two-day delivery.
So it’s same-day delivery vs. two-day delivery. I rarely need anything delivered within hours of ordering it. But if I did (need my order right away), this is a pretty good deal for same-day delivery.