Best Buy can just suck it. I refuse to go into a store that persists in believing that every customer is a frigging thief and relentlessly stops each customer for their papers (their receipts). I also hate your ‘salesmen’ techies that think they’ve got a degree in electrical engineering telling me I need a $200 roll of 25’ monster wire for my speakers.
JC Penney can just suck it, too. In 1986, I had their effing car insurance and had the misfortune of buying a a Nissan 300ZX Turbo; they promptly notified me they would not renew my policy. It is why I am with Cotton States insurance, still these 26 years hence. JC, just suck it! I hope you lose your ass and your cash. You just stay right there in those mauseleums we used to call Malls and die.
Radio Shack, you’ve been there when I needed you, and although you charge more for items of an electronic nature for the enthusiast, I won’t begrudge that because you are convenient. Hope you find a way to emerge successfully...
But I basically agree with you about Best Buy and JC Penney.
The cashier tried to sell me cables. Didn't need 'em.
The cashier tried to sell me a related component. It was on sale! I had one already.
The cashier tried to sell me another component that I didn't want.
I said, "If you try to sell me one more damn thing, I will turn and walk out and you will lose a $1000 sale. Just take my money and let me go."
He said he understood completely. He apologized profusely. Then he tried to sell me the extended warranty.
It was like the "What" scene in Pulp Fiction. He couldn't help himself. He just had to say the one thing he had been told not to say.
I turned and left and haven't been back since.
Do you eat with that mouth?
LOL. I remember JC Penny Auto insurance. I remembered they had in their ads that if you get into an accident, you won’t be immediately hit with higher premiums. I wonder how cheap they were in paying claims though but it has been many years.
I know being a kid in the early 1980’s, being caught with merchandise from JC Penny, Ayr-Way or K-Mart was pretty insulting. BTW, here is my favorite to look at and laugh at. The 1977 JC Penny Catalog at URL http://rense.com/general79/jcpenny.htm . I would NOT touch any of the clothes from there especailly the leisure suits. The kid pretending to be David Soul, reminds me of a guy who was a senior and I was a freshman in college in the Spring of 1986. This guy wore the “fancy” polyester dress clothes along with his roommate. He had those same sunglasses and thought of himself as being cool. But he was a prick and a liberal too. At the end of the school year, he cornered me and let me have it for being a “threat” to society and how society does not tolerate questioning the status quo. i was known for being very pro-Reagan and also favored getting rid of the 55 mph speed limit and this prick and his roommate supported it. I know at the time, 55 mph was considered a “sacred cow”.
> JC Penney can just suck it, too. In 1986, I had their effing car insurance and had the misfortune of buying a a Nissan 300ZX Turbo; they promptly notified me they would not renew my policy.
Not me. I hate freaking Radio Shack. I wouldn’t shed a tear if they went out of business.
I went to a Radio Shack some years ago to buy some speaker wire and a few batteries and when checking out, and paying in cash BTW, the pimply faced creep behind the counter asked for my phone number. I told him I’m sorry but I didn’t want to and I wasn’t going to give that to him, that he didn’t need it to ring up my cash sale and that I didn’t want to go on their mailing list (the only reason they asked for it). Then he told me that the cash register wouldn’t complete the sale without a phone number even for a cash sale. So I told him,” Fine, then punch in your home phone number”. Then he said, “I can’t do that, that’s against company policy.” To which I said, “Then you can explain to the company why you just lost a sale” and I walked out.
The very last time I ever set foot in a Radio Shack it was to buy a replacement batter for my cordless phone. I had the make and model and knew exactly what battery I needed having already researched it. But when I tried to buy it, the old creepy guy working the counter actually said to me: “Sweety, are you really sure that’s what you want to buy? Shouldn’t you double check with your husband first?”
The irony was that I was the one in our household who was the electronics and computer guru; I built several computers from scratch, replaced hard drives, replaced power supplies, added memory upgrades, etc. I also installed light fixtures and ceiling fans in our home and wired our home entertainment system while my husband sat on the couch; the most technical thing he was capable of was using the TV remote control and even with that, he needed my help sometimes.
It’s never a good idea to insult your customers or assume they are stupid. And that’s what Radio Shack did to me and why they lost my business. I was fortunate that there was a very good and privately owned electronics store near where I lived at the time; Bayneville Electronics – an absolute geek heaven.
http://www.baynesvilleelectronics.com/index2.ivnu
That place is great. Whether you needed computer parts, a needle for an old turntable, or wanted to build a ham radio or satellite dish from scratch, they not only have all the parts, they also have the expertise and they never talk down to their customers.