Best Buy Co. Retail President Steps Down

The Associated Press ^ | Dec 7, 2004 | AP

[JustAnotherOkie]

Good, Best Buy as become a nightmare to shop.

I hope they go tits up.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"...left the company for personal reasons after more than a decade..."

There's GOT to be more to the story than this! Did President Bush appoint another cabinet position today and I missed it? LOL!

[TADSLOS]

They certainly don't live up to their name.

[jalisco555]

There's GOT to be more to the story than this!

Perhaps he wanted to spend more time with his family.

[Revolting cat!]

Must spend more time with the family!

[marty60]

Yeah, you build giant stores, then tell the $100 customers to shove it. I'll take a 100 $100 customers per day than one $1000 customer per week. What idiots.

[jalisco555]

Good, Best Buy as become a nightmare to shop.

The place to go if you enjoy rude service.

[jalisco555]

LOL! Two minds with a single thought.

[MarkeyD]

I'm interested in your experiences. Here in Boise it's my favorite place to go.

[BurbankKarl]

Oh, did they turn you down as a serial returner?

[dennisw]

I'm interested in your experiences. Here in Boise it's my favorite place to go......


I like them here in south Florida. Nothing but good experiences. Their computer area hums and so does the digital camera area

[PAR35]

That will teach him to ban Salvation Army from his stores. One down, several to go.

[marty60]

I have NEVER returned ANYTHING anywhere. I don't serial shop.

[dead]

I'm with you. I like Best Buy, mostly because they leave me alone when I shop there.

In other electronic stores, the workers give me about as much peace as a pack of hyenas give a limping wildebeast.

You kick one of them in the shins, and there's three more behind the next display lying in wait.

"Can I help you?"
"Yeah, by leaving me alone."
"What are you looking for today."
"Peace and quiet."
"What can I do for you?"
"You can go away."
"Have you seen our latest flyer?"

[TheBigB]

Same here. Their prices are often as low as Wal-Mart for premiere stuff or even lower. I always go there for DVDs and CDs. I've never had a bad experience at a BB.

[neal1960]

Not to mention, Best Buy is part of Household Bank. The horror stories I could tell about those loan sharks!

[Arkinsaw]

I used to buy all my stuff there. My most recent digital camera I bought from NewEgg.com and just bought from Dell.com

I am going more and more to online purchasing.

[swilhelm73]

Best Buy = crooks.

From my own personal experience I would strongly suggest NEVER buying an expensive item (well, or any item really) from Best Buy.

[Mike Bates]

Best Buy Wants Your Holiday Business — Maybe

[Final Authority]

They incentivise after-selling to the point where when I bought a computer I had to tell the saleswoman to get lost because she was overbearing. I needed a USB cable, she ran and got the most expensive one. I had to tell her before she rang it up that I did not want it. She rang up a $300 service policy which I told her I did not want. She proceeded to bring over the manager to give me a song and dance about how I will SOL when then box dies without it. Then she runs a gets a UPS that is about 3 times more than I would ever need. I told her I did not want it then the song and dance about how power surges will kill the box and without a service policy I will be SOL. Then to take advantage of the low prices one has to negotiate all the rebates. I think I had five rebate offers for one Sony computer. All different locations, different instructions, different due dates, and a whole lot of trouble. You need to be a book keeper to keep track of them.

If they want to keep me out of the stores now because I just price shop and compare specs now, it is fine with me.