I never had problems with price matching until I tried price matching Leader Brawl and I approach price matching in the exact same way you do, friendly a partner etc.

The difficulties have turned me off it a little. Maybe it was because how it was written in the Big W catalogue, there was no mention of other styles, it says movie leader as opposed to leader class and it being toy sale.

Every attempt was questioned by them stating it not being the same toy and I was denied almost instantly. On 3 attempts it was taken to the next step and Big W stores were called.

The biggest problem I had was when the Big W stores were contacted they didn’t actually look for stock and said it was only the toy pictured in the catalog or said there was no stock but I had visited the stores prior and seen 10-20.

What has turned me off is I was doing everything by the book, I was not being dishonest I was polite and I was entitled to a price match. I was treated like scum, by most of the K mart staff and made to feel ignorant and left feeling like I was trying to almost steal toys from the store.

I did eventually get to toy for about $57 but it did take 3-4 day of trying, still don’t feel like price matching any time soon.

It was a good read but thank you.