OT-Best Buy

[Collins Richey]

On 2/14/06, Bob Hemus <bobhemus at sisqtel.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 09 February 2006 18:08, Collins Richey wrote:
> > On 2/9/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Bob Hemus wrote:
> > > > These guys won't ship to an address 45 miloes from a UPS facility!!
> > > > Had to have it shipped to a friend's book store in Yreka.  I live 75
> > > > miles from There.  The closest "town".  Isn't that a heck of a note?  I
> > > > have had insulin pumps go haywire and they were shipped to me
> > > > overnight. Bob
> > >
> > > They're not called worst buy for nothing.  I never shop at best buy,
> > > because they screw their customers, and their prices are very rarely
> > > better than newegg.
> >
> > It all depends. We got good service and reasonable prices for our cell
> > phones at Worst Buy. And, when your monitor burns out at 8:30 PM, you
> > head off to Worst Buy for a Samsung or ViewSonic flat panel (same
> > price as Micro Center), and you're 12 hours ahead of the game.
> >
> > Maybe I shop at the wrong store, but I've never been screwed.
> >
> > --
> > Collins Richey
> I don't know, now Collins.  We bought a new Hoover vacuum there when I was
> down there last month for $209.  Read a review in Cunsumers' Report and they
> listed the same model for $100.  Checked Hoover site and the list price was
> $109. From where we live It is about a 3 1/2 hour drive to the nearest BB.
> Any where is at least 1 hour and 20 minutes

Sounds like you have good reason to be miffed. Was this really the
same model? My experience was different. Of course, I shop at Best Buy
every 2 years whether I need to or not <grin>, so I may miss out on a
few not-so-bargains.

Reminds me of the local Firestone dealer (3 blocks from my house)
where I've been getting honest and reliabale auto repairs for the past
20 years, with about 5 turnovers of store personel over that time
frame. All my wife's friends said: stay away from Firestone. One
person in the cricle about 20 years ago got some sort of a raw deal,
and their memories are like an elephant's. Different strokes for
different folks.

BTW, you folks on this group are not the only ones. One of my
associates tells the same tales about Best Buy.

--
Collins Richey
      The agnostic dyslexic insomniac lies awake wondering if there is a dog.