tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post3801633346083158565..comments2024-01-06T15:58:20.726-07:00Comments on Never Ending Journey: Best Buy???Lyniluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-74044070156039208372008-06-15T17:09:00.000-06:002008-06-15T17:09:00.000-06:00M, I agree there isn't enough competition, and tha...<B>M</B>, I agree there isn't enough competition, and that applies to many kinds of businesses. You either get it or you don't!<BR/><BR/>As for gift cards, there were lots of warnings on them around Christmas time. Geez, to get what I represented, you have to be a big time contract reader!!Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-4405951768349732902008-06-14T10:12:00.000-06:002008-06-14T10:12:00.000-06:00my dad had a really bad experience at Best Buy bac...my dad had a really bad experience at Best Buy back in the 1990's. he didn't shop there for years but finally went back. i think that is why they can get away with it! BB doesn't have enough competition.<BR/><BR/>i once had a bad experience with Kmart. i had a gift certificate and i had to use it for the exact amount or more. so i couldn't buy $10 worth of stuff one day and come back to buy another $10 worth of stuff. this was a long time ago. the policy has changed but i still think of it everytime i go to Kmart.(M)aryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10753777348163655324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-78746870206957295362008-06-13T22:22:00.000-06:002008-06-13T22:22:00.000-06:00Betty, I actually like the stores, for the most pa...<B>Betty</B>, I actually like the stores, for the most part, but this makes me very wary about buying anything with a significant price tag!Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-69748468824463681442008-06-13T16:31:00.000-06:002008-06-13T16:31:00.000-06:00Thanks for this warning. The store always gave me...Thanks for this warning. The store always gave me the creeps, and the only reason I was in there was because somebody at work gave The Child a gift certificate from there. <BR/><BR/>I'll steer clear from now on!<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/>BettyB.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08724883690591213622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-89144973742027774092008-06-13T08:47:00.000-06:002008-06-13T08:47:00.000-06:00Reach, good and you're welcome! BTW, I have some h...<B>Reach</B>, good and you're welcome! <BR/><BR/>BTW, I have some hearing loss, and I sometimes have to ask for things to be repeated, but that doesn't translate into having to have written words repeated. Just FYI. LOL!! I couldn't resist that!<BR/><BR/><B>Catherine</B>, good, and he'll probably appreciate it more if you wait till he wakes!! :DLyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-1683397245604098682008-06-13T04:50:00.000-06:002008-06-13T04:50:00.000-06:00WOW. Thank you for sharing!! I'm reading this one ...WOW. Thank you for sharing!! I'm reading this one to hubby later!! Like, when he wakes up!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234102836517506471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-41177771757641444222008-06-13T00:48:00.000-06:002008-06-13T00:48:00.000-06:00I appreciate this post and reposted it myself- tha...I appreciate this post and reposted it myself- thank you.<BR/><BR/>ReachReachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008577102133873614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-36819031152933628392008-06-13T00:47:00.000-06:002008-06-13T00:47:00.000-06:00I appreciate this post and reposted it myself. Th...I appreciate this post and reposted it myself. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>ReachReachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008577102133873614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-52227017551425508932008-06-12T13:33:00.000-06:002008-06-12T13:33:00.000-06:00Big Dave, yes, do you feel as if we are really ove...<B>Big Dave</B>, yes, do you feel as if we are really over the barrel in, not just this, but many shopping possibilities. I surely do. <BR/><BR/>Several years ago I began declining almost all "free gifts" for reasons like that. Yeah, "underhanded" is a nice way to put it.<BR/><BR/><B>Manblogger</B>, I never thought of it because the only time I've had to pay a "restocking" fee, it was $2 or $3. I'll certainly be on the alert now!Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-7370455076210107402008-06-12T13:09:00.000-06:002008-06-12T13:09:00.000-06:00I ask when I purchase big items or electronics or ...I ask when I purchase big items or electronics or I look for signs stating the restocking fee. I try and avoid them.Manblogger641https://www.blogger.com/profile/02650968646670198544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-31187551933946241462008-06-12T10:28:00.000-06:002008-06-12T10:28:00.000-06:00Though there are few reasonable alternatives for c...Though there are few reasonable alternatives for certain electronic products (I'm not a Circuit City fan either and don't get me started on ABC Warehouse), I'm not a Best Buy fan either. <BR/><BR/>What bugged me about them is that at one time when you paid by credit card, they would ask you if you wanted a free magazine for a certain period of weeks. What they DIDN'T tell you is that your credit card number would be given to the magazine publisher and you would be billed for a subscription once the free-magazine period expired. I just think practices like that are underhanded.Big Dave Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363712781308133633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-848610449017023272008-06-12T09:49:00.000-06:002008-06-12T09:49:00.000-06:00Cheryl, not exactly "customer friendly," is it?Bea...<B>Cheryl</B>, not exactly "customer friendly," is it?<BR/><BR/><B>Beans</B>, it's a ridiculous standard! If I'd known this, I wouldn't have bought some of the things I did! I've been lucky.<BR/><BR/><B>Sherry</B>, I've liked BB, because their floor staff seem to be pretty knowledgeable, but I'd think twice about buying a high dollar item there now. Thank goodness I didn't get on their harassment list, er, contact list.<BR/><BR/><B>Daisy</B>, you heard and didn't tell me? Gee thanks! :D Seriously, yes it IS a load of crap.<BR/><BR/><B>Dawn</B>, me, too. Most of my larger items have been purchased there, and I guess, like you, I just been lucky. You're welcome!Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-83402512066894130142008-06-12T09:26:00.000-06:002008-06-12T09:26:00.000-06:00WOW, that's not cool!! We usually buy our big tick...WOW, that's not cool!! We usually buy our big ticket items (tv's, printers, monitors, etc.) from Best Buy. Fortunately, we've never had to return anything. But being the "gadget" person that Mister M. is, I'm gonna have to share this with him, as well as other friends.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for the heads up.Dawn Bibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830436491702607448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-40126560753175935462008-06-12T08:01:00.000-06:002008-06-12T08:01:00.000-06:00I have heard of that restocking fee at Best Buy. ...I have heard of that restocking fee at Best Buy. What a crock of crap!!!!Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401667744228083776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-51355669697547866932008-06-12T07:38:00.000-06:002008-06-12T07:38:00.000-06:00Ewww...thanks for that heads up. I'm not a fan of...Ewww...thanks for that heads up. I'm not a fan of Best Buy at all...I have purchased a few things there because they were cheaper but oh my they are like hounds when they "have you". I took out a Best Buy card to buy oldest son's laptop -- fine. But now HSBC which is their parent finance company calls me repeatedly to offer me this, that and the other thing. I finally took on a very condescending/sarcastic tone with the last call and told them in no uncertain terms to take my name OFF the list and I've cut up the credit card...talk about a pain in the ^&*Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271529958269038071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-42164557975578208332008-06-12T05:14:00.000-06:002008-06-12T05:14:00.000-06:00Hmm . . .we shop at Best Buy a lot. Well, I should...Hmm . . .we shop at Best Buy a lot. Well, I should say we did, but now we have no money . . .<BR/><BR/>This is disturbing and I agree, that it makes little sense except to suck more money out of unsuspecting people.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing it.beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11859055654446653954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-59753486142594907842008-06-12T00:02:00.000-06:002008-06-12T00:02:00.000-06:00I have never shopped at Best Buy, and if this is t...I have never shopped at Best Buy, and if this is true I don't plan on it. How rude!!!!Cheryl Wrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01437963733817953990noreply@blogger.com