$90 for PS4

[Demon_Skeith]

There's nothing like some good ol' fashioned corporation scamming on the holidays. And as we inch closer to Black Friday, some particularly ambitious shoppers have convinced the mega-chain Walmart to sell them PlayStation 4s for as cheap as $50 thanks to a simple new price-matching scam.

Don't cry for Walmart, though. Cry for price-matching. "We're committed to providing low prices every day," reads the Walmart website. "On everything. So if you find a lower advertised price on an identical product, tell us and we'll match it. Right at the register."

They're probably going to tweak that policy soon. Last weekend, some lucky shoppers got their hands on $60 Wii U and 3DS bundles by asking Walmart to price-match what turned out to be a glitch on Sears' website. And now, more devious shoppers have come up with a different scam to get PS4s: fake Amazon listings.

It's a simple process. First, someone sets up a bogus third-party retail listing on Amazon that will claim to sell PS4s for super-cheap, like, say, $90:

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I wonder if I could pull this off.....

 

[VirusZero]

I doubt you could get away with this sort of thing now. Especially since they're likely going to be watching out for ridiculously low prices which are likely to be fakes. 

I think they will probably start to demand proof like a flyer or something. I don't think they would ever actually accept something from Amazon. But of course this is going to come back and bite everyone because a few unscrupulous people took advantage of the system... They may just decide to do away with price matching entirely.

 

[IntoxNitram]

It's a rare occurrence I think in general. There typically has to be a misprint somewhere which is somewhat unlikely. I do believe some of them did get away with doing this, which is good for them I suppose but not for the business. 

 

[froggyboy604]

I wonder if some of the people who got away with this teamed up with their friends who work in Walmart's video game section to scam Wal-Mart.

I think it is not a good idea to scam Wal-Mart because the store might call the police, and arrest you for fraud. Amazon can also end up banning you from Amazon forever, or suing you for making fake listings.