Walmart Is Running a Rival Prime Day Sale and Nobody Told You

What Walmart Deal Days Actually Is

Every October, Amazon runs its Prime Big Deal Days event and the internet collectively loses its mind. Retailers have watched this happen for years and decided, reasonably, that they also have warehouses full of stuff people want to buy at a discount. Walmart is the most aggressive about it.

As the New York Post reports, Walmart Deal Days launched October 5th and runs through October 11th, with hundreds of markdowns across tech, home goods, kitchen essentials, beauty products and more. The pitch is simple: you don't need a Prime membership to get in the door. You just need to show up.

The Home Deals Worth Stopping For

The headliner on the home side is genuinely absurd. The Famistar Treadmill, which retails for $1,899.99, is listed at $299.19 according to the New York Post's roundup. That is an $1,600 markdown on a foldable treadmill designed for smaller spaces. You can argue about the brand all you want. At that price, the argument gets harder.

Beyond the treadmill, there's a Chitooma Electric Fireplace TV Stand built for 75-inch TVs, down from $499.99 to $269.89. The Shark Navigator vacuum drops to $118 from $179. BISSELL's Little Green portable carpet cleaner, which people treat like a cult object, comes in at $74.62. These aren't clearance-rack throwaways. These are things people actually search for.

The My Texas House five-drawer dresser is also worth a look, dropping from $517.96 to $278.99. Not everything on sale needs to plug in.

Kitchen Deals That Make Sense

The Astercook 22-piece pots and pans set is down 53 percent to $74.99, per the Post. Twenty-two pieces. Oven-safe. Stackable. Under seventy-five dollars. Anyone who has priced out a decent cookware set recently knows that number is difficult to argue with.

The Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker is $50 off, landing at $149. Drew Barrymore's Beautiful 10-in-1 Electric Multi-Cooker, which is somehow a real product that people genuinely love, is under $60. The McCook 26-piece knife set, dishwasher safe, stainless steel, is down to $39.99 from $71.97. The Ninja Luxe Café espresso and drip coffee machine is $60 off at $489, which is still expensive, but it's a dual-function machine that replaces two appliances.

This is the part of the sale where you end up buying something you didn't plan to buy. That is the whole point, and it works.

The Electronics End of Things

Electronics deals are typically where these sales either justify themselves or fall apart. Walmart's offering is modest but real. Apple AirPods 4 are $99, down from $129.99, according to the New York Post. That's a legitimate $30 off on Apple's current generation earbuds with the H2 chip and improved call isolation. Apple rarely discounts its own hardware this aggressively.

The HAPPRUN 4K Smart Projector, a Google-licensed streaming device, dropped from $479.99 to an unspecified sale price in the Post's roundup. It offers hands-free Google Assistant control and access to major streaming platforms. For anyone who has priced a decent projector lately, that starting point and a meaningful discount puts it in interesting territory.

Why This Is Worth Paying Attention To

The retail calendar has gotten crowded. There are so many competing sales events now that real discounts can disappear into the noise of fake markdowns and inflated original prices. Walmart Deal Days has enough legitimately steep cuts on recognizable products that it clears that bar, at least on the items the New York Post verified.

The sale runs through October 11th. The Post notes they'll be updating their deals roundup as new discounts go live throughout the week, so checking back matters. Early in these events, the best discounts on popular items can sell through fast. The treadmill deal, in particular, is the kind of thing that tends not to last a full week.