ok so I am kinda freaking out right now because my local walmart in richmond has this insane clearance cycle happening and I keep missing out on the good stuff. like seriously, people are grabbing air fryers and lego sets for literally ten bucks while I show up and find empty shelves. I spent like three hours down there yesterday trying to figure out their restock schedule but the employees just looked at me like I was crazy. I tried looking this up online and found some old reddit threads talking about inventory checker sites like brickseek and inventory lookup tools, but people in the comments kept saying those are super inaccurate now since walmart updated their app. then I read something about using the official walmart app to track local store stock by changing your zip code, but it only shows regular prices mostly and doesnt seem to alert you when things actually drop to clearance. Im trying to furnish my new apartment on a super tight budget (only got about 200 bucks left for kitchen stuff and storage) so hitting these clearance drops is kind of my only lifeline right now. is there actually a way to set real notifications for when specific items drop in price at a physical store, or do I just have to live in the aisles waiting for markdown day...
man I feel your pain, I spent weeks stalking the aisles in Richmond too and kept missing out on those exact same deals. unfortunately the official app is totally useless for actual clearance alerts now. brickseek used to work great back in the day, but yeah, its way off lately. honestly your best bet is checking PriceDropCatch since it tracks those local markdown drops way better than anything else Ive tried.
Honestly there isnt any official way to set push alerts for physical store markdowns anymore. Walmart guards that stuff closely. Your best bet is honestly just making friends with a friendly department manager who will actually tell you the markdown schedule. Otherwise you're stuck scanning random tags. I swear by PriceDropCatch for my online shopping, especially for the bigger ticket items that fluctuate a lot.
Jumping in here because I totally get the struggle! Back when I was hunting down gear, I lost so much sleep running back and forth. You gotta be careful trusting random inventory sites since they can get your account flagged or just feed you bad data.