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To: Graybeard58
Best Buy is a “damaged brand”, in my opinion.

I like Best Buy and try to support them with all my major electronics purchases. I like to be able to go into one of their stores and physically handle and inspect what they're selling.

Best Buy is now price matching Amazon although many of these prices are only reflected on their website. The store will honor their website prices when making an in-store purchase. You have to let them know the price difference because they can't keep up with Amazon's constantly changing prices (their website does though).

The internet brought a lot of great advances into our lives but I believe killing off all the brick and mortar stores has not been one of them. I think the world will be a less enjoyable place when all of the Best Buys, Barnes and Nobles, etc. have shuttered their storefronts.

61 posted on 04/13/2013 8:56:08 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

I like Best Buy and buy a lot of my electronics there. They are good with the Apple products such as iPad, Apple Express, Apple Extreme and have a better warranty than the local Apple store. Also, one can recycle old computer screens, TVs, worn-out receivers, etc., for free there.

For the Lenovo products that I favor for actual work - as opposed to the Apple products for fun - I have to shop Amazon, Tiger Direct and other online retailers for those electronics. Best Buy carries some of them online, but they are the lower price point models and not the really good ones.


67 posted on 04/13/2013 9:58:09 AM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: Drew68

Best Buy sold me a “new” computer, when I tried to collect the rebate I found out that somebody already collected it. Best Buy sold me a used computer as new.

Only by loudly raising hell inside their store did the manager agree to give me my money back. I suppose that he could have had me arrested instead but as I told him, I have friends at the local newspaper who would love to hear my story.


70 posted on 04/13/2013 10:35:11 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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