Walmart To End Savings Catcher Program On 5/14/19

Walmart will be ending the popular savings catcher program on May 14th, 2019. With savings catcher you’re able to scan or enter your Walmart receipts and it will compare the prices you paid to advertised prices by competitors in the local area, any differences are then refunded to you in the form of an eGiftcard. Walmart sent out the following e-mail to customers:

Dear Customer, 

Here at Walmart, we’ve always been committed to providing you with low prices every day, so you and your family can save money and live better. Savings Catcher, which compares nationally advertised prices through submitted receipts, was designed to catch occasions when a competitor’s price on a particular item was found to be lower than what you paid for it at Walmart. 

What we’ve learned through Savings Catcher is that our efforts to lower prices upfront on thousands of items across our stores is working. Walmart’s prices win most often when you submit your receipts, which tells us that the program’s intent has been met. 

That’s why we have decided to discontinue the Savings Catcher receipt submission, effective May 14, 2019. After May 14, you will no longer be able to submit your Walmart Pay eReceipts to Savings Catcher. But don’t worry, the money you have on your Savings Catcher eGift Card will remain yours to spend until you’re ready to use it. 

We want to thank you for your loyalty and your participation in the program. We’ll continue to work hard to offer you features and services that deliver on our promise to save you time and money—whether you’re shopping in our stores or online at Walmart.com.

Their reason for ending the program is basically ‘we offer great prices, so we don’t need this program anymore’. That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense because if it was the case then the program would have an effective cost of $0 (aside from maintenance and other costs). If what they are saying is true, I’d like to see some hard numbers on the amount being refunded on a monthly basis over time to support their claim.

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Tim Robinson
Tim Robinson (@guest_814848)
September 25, 2019 19:57

Walmart stole my money from savings catcher! Boycott Walmart!

Angie cobb
Angie cobb (@guest_758513)
May 11, 2019 17:13

Will you still be able to do Wal-Mart pay from your phone to pay for items????

Victoria Meyer
Victoria Meyer (@guest_736334)
March 17, 2019 19:34

I spend a average of$300.00 a week at Walmart, and I get back $5.00 to $6.00 a week though savings catcher. I dont think Walmart cares about my business. I’ll start shopping at my local stores now. I’m sure the local markets will appreciate my $15,000.00 to $16,000.00 a year.

Sandra Blake
Sandra Blake (@guest_735972)
March 16, 2019 16:21

I’ve saved around 105.00 dollars since I’ve been using price comp hated when they changed it but when I figured out how to continue to use it was ok I liked to take what I saved and buy things from Wal-Mart .com I guess I won’t anymore now I will have to go to stores that have things I buy on sale.:(

jumbo is fat
jumbo is fat (@guest_735872)
March 16, 2019 11:44

seems like they never found lower prices despite obviously lower sales prices at other stores. If not for gyft cards I would never use wmp

Joe Giorgianni
Joe Giorgianni (@guest_735818)
March 16, 2019 10:14

My wife buys our groceries there all the time. In the 18 receipts since January there were “No lower prices found.” Hmmm. Made a total of $58.44 since we had it,

Shell
Shell (@guest_735817)
March 16, 2019 10:12

I had $150, saved on the saving catcher for the year to do my kids Christmas shopping, otherwise I couldn’t afford gifts. My guess is Walmart discovered how much money they were losing, and so will cancel the savings. What are they gonna do away with next, coupons? I’m done with Walmart. I won’t need the app and will delete it, as well as unsubscribe. I will likewise shop elsewhere, Meijer has pretty good deals with mperks.

Information Booth
Information Booth (@guest_735682)
March 15, 2019 22:09

Originally… you could put any Walmart paper receipt into the catcher. About a year ago… they changed the policy so that you could only enter a receipt if you used Walmart pay for your purchase. I’m not surprised they are ending this program around the same time they are getting rid of their disabled and elderly greeters. End the Catcher if you want…leave the greeters alone… just my opinion. John 3:16

Amy
Amy (@guest_735729)
March 15, 2019 23:57

Yeah, that ticked me off when it happened: I couldn’t use it because I don’t have a phone plan, only wifi (which Walmart doesn’t offer, not like Meijer). I expected that meant it would be phased out eventually, so little surprise there. And as others have said, when I was using the program I was seeing fewer and fewer refunds as well instances where it wouldn’t catch better prices I knew existed elsewhere–I even sent several messages once to fight for a refund but never heard anything back nor saw the money show up in my account.

Nick
Nick (@guest_735771)
March 16, 2019 03:40

I am sure it is location dependent, but check again. The two Walmarts near me have Wi-Fi. Without the program, I guess it is not that important either way.

Denis
Denis (@guest_736120)
March 17, 2019 03:28

You can actually submit a printed receipt too, just need to upload it into the app first.

parkdanil
parkdanil (@guest_735673)
March 15, 2019 21:40

I stopped using them back in 2017. The kept removing stores with lower prices from their list of “competitors” so they wouldn’t need to issue credits.

-G-
-G- (@guest_735664)
March 15, 2019 21:20

And another good thing bites the dust. 🙁

At least I won’t have to bother with Walmart Pay any longer.