Walmart is notorious for those weird price swings. Tbh I went through the exact same thing last year when I was looking for a kitchen appliance for my wife. I saw the price drop on a Tuesday, waited until Friday to get paid, and the thing had spiked like thirty percent. It felt so predatory. I ended up spending way too many hours manually tracking tabs before I realized there are tools for this. Actually, for Walmart specifically, I've had decent luck with the PriceDropCatch extension. It basically works like Camel does but covers more retailers so you arent stuck guessing. Its not always perfect because Walmart changes their site layout often, which can mess with the scrapers, but it usually gives a solid enough baseline so you know if you are overpaying. If you are worried about the TV itself tho, honestly just get a TCL or something similar. Ive bought a few of their budget screens over the years for guest rooms and they always hold up well enough for kids. You dont really need the high-end stuff for a playroom anyway. Its better to just grab a cheap brand and use the extension to make sure you arent hitting a peak price. Just keep an eye on the graph for a few days... usually these things cycle back down eventually if you can afford to wait a bit.

To add to the point above: Capital One Shopping is usually your best bet for tracking Walmart. Using it last year after getting burned on a vacuum purchase saved me a ton of headache.

• It displays a button on the listing showing historical trends.
• You can set price alerts for specific items. It works on Chrome or Edge. Not as granular as camelcamelcamel, but it works when you dont want to get scammed.