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Mechman293
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
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 Posted - 04/07/2005 : 8:07:55 PM
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| Yeah...I won't be shopping there anymore. I can't stand their employees. |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2005 : 9:20:51 PM
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| I love Best Buy. |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2005 : 9:41:21 PM
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Every time I go there I feel uncomfortable. Employees, all 14-18 in age, "Blue Shirts" I call them, harassing you. You're in the DVD isles "Do you want to try Netflix free for 12 months??"
You're in the video game isle, you get harassed about some promo shit.
Then you're checking out, and it's "You get a free subscription of _________ with this purchase" to which I always respond "No I don't"
And they have to push warranties on you for even a fucking pair of headphones. I was with my friend, who was buying a DVD recorder, and they would not let up. They all but told him it was guaranteed to break in like 6 months, so he better get the warranty. My fiance's brother used to work there, and I know they get some kind of rewards program thing for selling warranties, that's why it pisses me off. Finally I stepped in and was like "He does NOT want a warranty, can we complete this transaction??" By this time he had two "blue shirts" harassing him about the warranty.
I hate that fucking store. The prices and selection are great, and I still use Bestbuy.com, but the store itself pisses me off. |
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skyline
Chatterbox
USA
143 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2005 : 11:25:38 PM
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| The store doesn't bother me. I only go when I know they have a deal on something I want. In and out very quickly...no problems. |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2005 : 11:41:50 PM
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| I've never had any of those problems, except for the offered subscriptions. They have pretty good prices, and a great selection of TV Shows on DVD. Can't wait to get Wings and Scrubs! |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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{=HTG=}
Alien Abductee
USA
2342 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2005 : 07:30:26 AM
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| Best Buy's not so bad. They have the best prices for CD's around here, and its my stop for videogames and DVDs. Though the 'blue shirts' do get a little annoying. But I heard about that story elsewhere, how stupid. |
'HTG, are you a cute girl?'
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2005 : 1:55:24 PM
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| do you notice how they ask you for your phone number everytime you buy anything? like, even batteries? the first time they did it, there was this girl behind the counter, and she goes "can i have your phone number?" i was startled for a moment, but she was beautiful and therefore not to be trusted. so i did what i do whenever i'm asked for my phone number. i gave out a fake. |
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Hopeful Rolling Waves
Alien Abductee
South Sandwich Islands
2154 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2005 : 2:08:08 PM
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| Anything you could possibly want from Best Buy is always far cheaper on the internet. Their selection of CD's is fucking atrocious, as is their DVD selection. I give Best Buy two thumbs up...it's own ass. |
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{=HTG=}
Alien Abductee
USA
2342 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2005 : 3:02:50 PM
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i was startled for a moment, but she was beautiful and therefore not to be trusted
Hahahahahahha. Quote of the day. |
'HTG, are you a cute girl?'
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2005 : 5:18:44 PM
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Originally posted by Hopeful Rolling Waves
Anything you could possibly want from Best Buy is always far cheaper on the internet. Their selection of CD's is fucking atrocious, as is their DVD selection. I give Best Buy two thumbs up...it's own ass.
Indeed. |
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Mechman293
Chatterbox
129 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 02:44:35 AM
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Originally posted by {=HTG=}
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i was startled for a moment, but she was beautiful and therefore not to be trusted
Hahahahahahha. Quote of the day.
what HTG said =) |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 6:18:44 PM
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| yeah, their cd selection blows. but their dvds are cheap. i get all the sealab 2021 and aqua teen dvds there. |
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skyline
Chatterbox
USA
143 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 11:16:07 PM
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Originally posted by Hopeful Rolling Waves
Anything you could possibly want from Best Buy is always far cheaper on the internet. Their selection of CD's is fucking atrocious, as is their DVD selection. I give Best Buy two thumbs up...it's own ass.
Not always true. They have some very good rebates from time to time that will equal or surpass the prices you can find online. I build computers, and while I would never just go into Best Buy and start buying things, there have been times where they really do have the best deal around.
Best Buy is also the only major chain store around here that I've ever found a Tim Reynolds cd at... |
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 04/10/2005 : 2:03:26 PM
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| That certainly reflects poorly on the store manager, but I don't know that it's indicitive of the entire chain being evil. |
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guitarted
Chatterbox
Canada
487 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 01:06:04 AM
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this has nothing to do with best buy really, just stupid people and lack of organization. If best buy was going to be criticized here, it would have to be store specific
57 2 dollar bills is a pretty silly thing to do though. He's a dumbass for thinking he's never going to turn heads doing that
IMO, everyone in this story was an idiot |
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
2579 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 07:17:23 AM
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| Agreed. Also, don't stores have some way of telling if bills are real? Here in Europe almost every store I've been to has a special light (black light or something) under which they put Euro bills to see if if they're legit. No muss no fuss. I can't figure out why the store didn't call the bank. |
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"More proof that Best Buy is actually "Worst Buy""
