Best Buy is a sinking ship.

[Tulse Luper]

This is the most amusing BB every did. Play the video for a laugh.

 

[Gus McCrae]

The Best Buy near me has just about everything in stock at good prices, gets tons of business, and the employees are adequately trained.

I've never had this experience in any Best Buy ever. They never have movies or music I'm interested in, I never find anything at a good price, when I ask if they have a certain type of connector, hard drive case, etc I get a confused look.

 

[Gus McCrae]

I really dislike bestbuy. Their employees are mostly untrained and are unwilling to help if you're not buying what they want to sell (product knowledge is probably better at Walmart's gun counter...). BUT its the last of the big box stores. That is a problem. Where am I going to go look before I order online?

More seriously, there are times when I need something now and don't want to wait for shipping. I've had my computer go down on a Sunday and needed a hard drive or video card. Where am I going to go if BB is gone? Walmart? Radioshack?

Someone will take BBs place.... Walmart, Target, someone new, Amazon with a new business model... something will.

For y'all that want to see a tv before ordering, Walmart and target both have a fairly decent selection of tvs. In fact I was just comparing an LG to a Samsung at Wally worl yesterday while wife was looking for a battery. Also there is the often forgot about Cons for seeing before buying.

I'm glad I discovered Cons. I have always gotten better service and a better price there. When we first upgraded to a big Flat Screen, Cons had a TV with what we wanted for a much better price. When we needed a new refrigerator, Conns won again.

 

[Gus McCrae]

This is the most amusing BB every did. Play the video for a laugh.

That's kinda weak.

 

[jimdana1942]

The end of all things be nigh!

 

[Gus McCrae]

The end of all things be nigh!

Just because of the potential demise of BB? The world is more robust than that... I hope.

BTW, Jim, there is a bug on your signature. I've tried killing it, but it seems pretty indestructible.

 

[flamatrix99]

Buy online, don't waste money on state tax, get better deals, have more selection. Win Win and Win.

and pay shipping and have a chance it is broken when you get it or not quite what you expected when it arrives... Don't get me wrong I buy some items online but for large purcheses like TVs/appliances I want to look, touch, see in person first.

For the most part my experinces have been that tax roughly = shipping costs.

and there is also that instant gratification factor.

 

[Hitman]

I treat Best Buy like my Local outrageously overpriced Gun Shop.

I finger all their goodies for but they don't get my money.

 

[Kuhlman187]

and pay shipping and have a chance it is broken when you get it or not quite what you expected when it arrives... Don't get me wrong I buy some items online but for large purcheses like TVs/appliances I want to look, touch, see in person first.

For the most part my experinces have been that tax roughly = shipping costs.

The article talks about this, amazon offers free shipping on most items, especially big ticket items that aren't cheap to ship.

I agree with the self gratification, sometimes when i get the urge for a product i need it at that moment. not in 3-5 business days. I think best buy would help themselves if they got rid of the section of the store with vacuums, washers and driers. They could allocate that area to more TV's, which is one item i do like to see before i buy. They could also get rid of the Pesky DirecTV people who swarm like flies on a terd when they see someone eyeballing a TV.

 

[drumz2129]

I treat Best Buy like my Local outrageously overpriced Gun Shop.

I finger all their goodies for but they don't get my money.

Barney's?

 

[jmcrawf1]

 

[kengel2]

I think best buy would help themselves if they got rid of the section of the store with vacuums, washers and driers. They could allocate that area to more TV's, which is one item i do like to see before i buy. They could also get rid of the Pesky DirecTV people who swarm like flies on a terd when they see someone eyeballing a TV.

I can tell those 2 things are not going away any time soon. If anything Id be willing to bet the number of tvs goes down.

 

[Hitman]

Barney's?

Star Pawn & Archery - Fort Polk Entrance Road- Leesville, LA

I said local b/c I work on Fort Polk.

Example;
I picked up a NIB Bi-Tone XDM .40 within a month of it's release a couple years ago for $585. They charge $35 for Transfers.
When it got there she said why didn't you come thru us to make your purchase we have one of these on the shelf. I said yes you do, and the price tag on yours is $729!!! I saved $115 WITH the $35 Transfer Fee.

And so goes almost EVERYTHING else in that store. I've seen MOE Angled Fore Grips with $44 Price Tags on them.

Serpa Holsters for $59 etc. etc.

They're prices are jacked up b/c of mostly young Fort Polk soldiers with deployment cash in their pockets willing to pay whatever to get the toys they want.

 

[Tantrix]

For y'all that want to see a tv before ordering, Walmart and target both have a fairly decent selection of tvs. In fact I was just comparing an LG to a Samsung at Wally worl yesterday while wife was looking for a battery. Also there is the often forgot about Cons for seeing before buying.

Don't forget to pay extra for Walmart's **** warranty along with your TV, that even the worst Best Buy warranty will beat.

I've been burned buy Walmart too many times on their shitty warranties and shitty electronics that always need returning...never again.

 

[Russo]

thing about Best Buy is that you know if you go there to shop, whatever the regular price is, means that someone else has it for half that... newegg.com for all my electronics

 

[c10seven]

Don't forget to pay extra for Walmart's **** warranty along with your TV, that even the worst Best Buy warranty will beat.

I've been burned buy Walmart too many times on their shitty warranties and shitty electronics that always need returning...never again.

I didn't say to buy at those places, I was just stating that there was more than just best buy to go look before online purchasing.
But is there difference between Samsung and lg at Walmart as compared to best buy?

 

[CEHollier]

Their sales people can be a little pushy but I shut them down. Is it free? Then NO! I don't want it. Usually crowding people's space intimidates them and they go away.

 

[CEHollier]

+1 unless it's something I want THEN, or food. I always buy out of state if I can. Less tax for LA, cheaper for me. Win/Win.
Buy online, don't waste money on state tax, get better deals, have more selection. Win Win and Win.

What you are doing is illegal. Not a good idea to post it on a public forum while trying to encourage others to break the law too. Just saying..

 

[chad]

I'm really shocked about these BB experiences! I buy most my stuff on Amazon, newegg or tigerdirect, but all the times I've been into Best Buy have been great. (Metairie). Always really helpful, never try to sell me **** I don't want, and always knowledgeable. I build computers sometimes and had purchased a Acer netbook online I wanted to rip the hard drive out of and put a 500gb in, I went there and was asking some questions and the guy informed me he wasn't sure but went and got a geek squad guy who was able to tell me everything I needed to know.

Either the ones in Metairie have better management, or I just went in on a good day?

And to the person who said they look through your whole hard drive, so true, I had some friends that work there. I don't have anything illegal on mine but I would NEVER bring it to a place like that anyway. If I can't fix it myself it goes in the trash, and I keep 3 back ups so I don't get screwed!

 

[LongGoneDays]

It's not there, but I can tell you from personal experience when I was working on computers in the 90's that every PC technician looks through the contents of your hard drive. I can recount that a co-worker was doing just that until he stumbled on a cache of child pornography pictures in which he got the local authorities involved in. Then he had to come up with a way to explain how he came across so it wouldn't sound as though he was invading that person's privacy. If you don't want something found or viewed by someone other than yourself, keep it on a jump drive or an external hard drive.

And that is a problem. I had a friend who helped me with computers the first 6 month or so, since then I have never needed anyone's help, much less am I going to pay for it.

But over the years it seems like every week there are 2 or 3 stories (I read a lot online) in the United States where people have gotten caught with something illegal after dropping off a computer at Best Buy or similar. I'm not justifying the content the people had because that aspect is irrelevant.

What is important to me is the obvious fact that your personal data is not safe at all in the hands of these yahoos. If I ever have a motherboard problem I'll just take the hard drive out and be like "I'm sure you have an extry you can use" or just back it up and wipe it. I really don't need to see my own wang on an amateur porn site 3 years later.