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If you're a keen online shopper, especially for tech items, there are a few guidelines you should know to make your experience better and possibly save yourself more cash. Retailer price-matching policies are one of them.
Price-matching policies are especially important as stores compete for our purchases of the same products, and become even more important if you're scouting a popular product, shopping during a busy period like Black Friday, or hunting for a specific color, size, or model.
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Most major retailers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and more have some type of price-match policy, and understanding the nuances and rules of each is key to becoming the savviest online shopper. Here's everything you need to know about Best Buy's price match policy so you can shop smarter, both in-store and online.
As a deals and shopping editor in the tech space, I tend to prefer buying major electronics from Best Buy. In fact, I purchased the Hisense Canvas TV from Best Buy during Cyber Week 2025 and successfully price-matched a holiday deal in less than a few minutes on the app. Best Buy even honored my price match several months later, after I chose to delay delivery until this month while I awaited construction on my house to finish. I received the cost difference a few days after my TV was delivered.
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