Walmart's car seats

christineka

New member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #1

I browsed by the car seats at walmart today. Both 3 in 1s are now the new, harness to 50 pounds type. They have the nautilus inbetween them. (Graco should quit marketing it as a 3 in 1 because it is confusing.) The nautilus is $180, the Safety First $150, and the other one is $170. If I was going to buy a hwh seat at walmart, I would probably buy the safety first. (I plan to not use the nautilus in booster mode, so wouldn't use the safety first either. Also, my kids are short. My 6 year old only has a 15 inch torso and weighs 45 pounds.)

Anyway, I like the nautilus better. Just the prices would make me go for the cheaper one. Good thing I'm not in the market for a new seat right now. Next time I'll have to bring my tape measure to see which seat is thinner.

 

MoreLatte

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• Feb 11, 2009

• #2

I live in a little po-dunk town in Appalachia where you're lucky to see kids in a carseat period, let alone older kids harnessed Our Walmart has mostly Cosco seats but last fall, they started carrying the Nautilus.


I go through the carseat aisle every week just to see what they have. They do have a Safety First, I'll have to check the harness weight on it next time I go in. I imagine its an old one.


The Nautilus used to be $159. Well, a few weeks ago, the price went up to $180 and they are the same three boxes that have been there since the beginning, with DOMs 4/08. I don't get it 'Hey, since no one is buying these seats that are almost a year old, how about we jack the price up!' I seriously don't think they'll ever sell those here. I think my 5yo is probably the only kid in town still in a carseat, let alone harnessed!

 

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor

• Feb 11, 2009

• #3

morelatte said:

The Nautilus used to be $159. Well, a few weeks ago, the price went up to $180 and they are the same three boxes that have been there since the beginning, with DOMs 4/08. I don't get it 'Hey, since no one is buying these seats that are almost a year old, how about we jack the price up!' I seriously don't think they'll ever sell those here. I think my 5yo is probably the only kid in town still in a carseat, let alone harnessed!

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Graco announced that there would be a price increase on the Nautilus at the end of last summer, so I think this is just that price increase showing up at stores now. Maybe all the stores raised prices with corporate having purchased stock at the new cost, and yours just happens to still have old seats left in stock still?

Look on the bright side, it's not $215 which is the wal-mart price here, with Sears and BRU selling for $239.

 

MoreLatte

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• Feb 11, 2009

• #4

Look on the bright side, it's not $215 which is the wal-mart price here, with Sears and BRU selling for $239. [/QUOTE]

Seriously?! Wow!

Well, my new Nautilus came today So I'm not in the market for one but really, they will never sell those here at that price. I wonder if they'll eventually mark them down, or send them to another store where there's a market for them? Who knows, maybe I'll be able to get an awesome deal on one if they mark them down.

 

zeo2ski

Well-known member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #5

You're lucky, my walmart has cosco harnessed boosters, 3 in 1s, a buttload of graco HBB and NBBs, 5 different snugride patterns (2 on a stroller) and one comfortsport and a scenera. You can guess the typical usage around here...

 

Qarin

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• Feb 11, 2009

• #6

snowbird25ca said:

Look on the bright side, it's not $215 which is the wal-mart price here, with Sears and BRU selling for $239.

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That's not fair to not convert the currency! $215CDN is like, USD$173, and $239CDN is USD$192, so they're not that far off.

 

MoreLatte

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• Feb 11, 2009

• #7

Qarin said:

That's not fair to not convert the currency! $215CDN is like, USD$173, and $239CDN is USD$192, so they're not that far off.

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You know, I thought about that, but then figured it must have been converted already. Yeah, pretty much the same.

 

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ed_tricia

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• Feb 11, 2009

• #8

Walmart sells the same nautilus online for like $30 less than in store, with free site to store shipping or 97 cent shipping to a house. Just in case anyone that's not buying it changes their mind. It drives me nuts they will price match competitors, but not themself.

 

christineka

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• Feb 12, 2009

• #9

I've often thought we ought to have a thread on the seats offered at our local walmarts. Mine has a slim selection, although with the new display, they managed to get some more chases it. So, what does your walmart sell?

Mine sells:
Evenflo Discovery, Graco Snugride
Cosco Scenera (2 covers), Safety First 3 in 1 (50 pound), Alpha whatever 3 in 1 (50 pound), ETA
Cosco Hbb (3 different cover choices), Evenflo Chase, Graco Nautilus
Cosco Pronto, Evenflo booster (2 covers), Graco hbb (2 covers)
Graco backless (2 covers) Cosco Backless

Oh and walmart.com is not the same as Walmart stores. They don't pricematch online- only local stores. (Within a certain radius.)

 

Pixels

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• Feb 12, 2009

• #10

I seriously doubt that any of the Powers That Be at Walmart know (or care) that carseats expire, and therefore, like food, have a shelf life and stock should be rotated.

ed_tricia said:

Walmart sells the same nautilus online for like $30 less than in store, with free site to store shipping or 97 cent shipping to a house. Just in case anyone that's not buying it changes their mind. It drives me nuts they will price match competitors, but not themself.

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The reason they don't match "themselves" is because they aren't the same company. Walmart B&M stores are one company, and Walmart.com is another company. Walmart trucking is another. They've split off every separate thing that they can. It helps protect them from massive lawsuits. Not as in preventing them, but if they had to make a massive payout, it's only one fraction of the overall Walmart empire that is affected.

They don't consider WM.com to be a competitor, because they've defined competitors as B&Ms. Stupid, but true. The weird thing about it is, it ends up costing Walmart Empire more overall. If they have an item in stock for a higher price than WM.com, and you order it site-to-store, they will still ship (separately, mind you, from regular store stock) the item to your store for you to pick up.

 

Kat_Momof3

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• Feb 12, 2009

• #11

I'm just glad they are stocked so well!

 

Simplysomething

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• Feb 12, 2009

• #12

Our walmart, which has had the odd Nautilus since they remolded, now has a pallet of them, and they are marked at 159. They are right beside the EFTA, which is marked at 129.

It's very nifty to finally have HWH seats at the walmart near my house.

Our Walmart remodeled in the fall of 2008, the baby section has expanded a bit, but I admit, I'm a bad c-s.org poster (or maybe it's because I don't visit upstairs as much anymore), but I don't regularly see what sees they have and haven't got. I HAVE purposely gone searching for the Nautilus and the EFTA, because there is a chance that I'd buy one of those seats. Right now, we're fine with the seats we have (a TB for my 8.5 year old and the FPSVD for my omgisgoingtobe4nextmonth year old)