27/03/2026 10:15 pm
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I've been tracking prices for years using basically every scraper and tracker out there but Walmart is seriously driving me crazy lately. I used to rely on a couple of browser extensions to keep tabs on their Rollback deals but they keep flagging things as in stock when they aren't or just totally missing the actual price drop by hours and by then the item is gone.
I am trying to snag that Sony 65-inch for my basement setup before my brothers come over next month and I have a hard 700 dollar limit but the price keeps bouncing around and I keep missing the window because I am away from my desktop. Its like their native mobile app is designed to just send me generic ads for junk I dont want instead of actual price drop alerts for the stuff on my actual watchlist.
Ive tried setting up some IFTTT recipes and even tried some third party trackers that supposedly hook into their API but they are so laggy and half the time the link is broken. I need something that actually pushes a real-time notification to my phone the second that price hits my target because these rollbacks only last like thirty minutes sometimes. Is there a specific app or maybe a reliable script that actually works for Walmart mobile alerts specifically? Like something that wont fail me when I am not at my PC...
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27/03/2026 10:30 pm
To add to the point above: Web Alert works well since its scraping the DOM directly on Android.
- Use mobile headers
- Set 5-min checks Super satisfied with the reliability tho.
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27/03/2026 11:00 pm
@Reply #2 - good point! I tried scraping but my setup failed during a big sale because of battery optimization. Honestly, the one I got later worked way better tho.
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27/03/2026 10:16 pm
Honestly you gotta get Slickdeals for those mobile alerts! Its amazing... just set your deal alert to 700 and it hits your phone way faster than anything else tho!
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27/03/2026 11:17 pm
Unfortunately, I had similar issues when I was hunting for a Vizio M-Series last year... I was obsessing over the peak nit brightness and the number of local dimming zones because, honestly, if the black levels arent perfect, whats the point? I had this whole spreadsheet of SKU data and refresh rate specs ready to go. My plan was foolproof until my cousin Dave called me saying he found one at a local store. We rushed over there in his beat-up truck, but we hit every single red light on the way. By the time we walked into the electronics section, some guy was already loading the last boxed unit onto a flatbed. It was soul-crushing tbh. I had tried using this extension earlier that morning to verify the inventory levels, but the database sync was just lagging way too much to be useful in that moment. We spent the rest of the night just driving around to different zip codes hoping for a miracle that never happened. Just a total waste of a Saturday.
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08/04/2026 12:55 am
This thread is gold. Bookmarking for future reference 🔖
