Step 2) Look, touch, taste, test, and compare the items you are interested in purchasing.
Step 3) Choose the make/model/options that exactly fit your wants and needs.
Step 4) Whip out your phone and look up the chosen item on Amazon, compare pricing to the in-store item, then hit 'Buy Now.'
Step 1) Go to the mall (or stand-alone store like Best Buy or Home Depot.)
Step 2) Look, touch, taste, test, and compare the items you are interested in purchasing.
Step 3) Choose the make/model/options that exactly fit your wants and needs.
Step 4) Whip out your phone and look up the chosen item on Amazon, compare pricing to the in-store item, then hit ‘Buy Now.’
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Or you could go to the counter, show them the Amazon price that is fulfilled by Amazon and they will price match on the spot and you don’t have to wait for the product and hope the UPS or USPS or FedEx people don’t destroy it in shipping.
I think Best Buy became a store front for Amazon so much so that I think they price match with Amazon. I know I was guilty of some of that nothing can replace that hands on feeling except maybe free return with printable shipping labels.
So you made the effort to GO to that store, then instead of getting said item IMMEDIATELY while there in front of you, which is verifiably in good shape, you order something that will take at least another several hours and could cost you extra in shipping. And even more time if it’s garbage and needs to be re-packaged and sent out again.
We have a Nintendo Switch and rarely buy new games at Best Buy. Instead we go to our local online used website and buy a game for $60. Play it. Sell it $45 a couple months later.
As a family of 6 we generally shop for clothes at Salvation Army.