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Originally Posted by Lockjaw
I can see both sides of this. On the consumer side obviously enough in this day and age people are trying to extend their dollar and you can't blame them. Not everybody has the money to afford an apartment in Trump Towers of all places. However they ARE a business and businesses in today's America are out to bend you over without lube. Everybody knows this and that's why the confrontational little games between consumer and companies have been getting worse and worse. If they are trying to increase their profits in the face of the king of all cheap discounts(aka Wal-mart) I don't much blame them. Because let's face it if they don't do SOMETHING Wal-mart is going to eat their lunch and the internet is going to eat their supper and dessert. Most true techies don't buy at mass retailers they have their own little favorites be they online or be they stores like Fry's which are cheaper and have tons of everything.
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Shitty business principles reveal themselves when better ones emerge. That is to say, Best Buy sucks penis when it comes to buying computer hardware, when compared to it's superior competitors, such as onlinestores like Fry's or (I think) Newegg. The contrast between purchasing quality (availability, pricing, policies, variety) of computer hardware will force Best Buy to stop selling computer hardware, as it will become unprofitable. At least, this is my hope. For this reason, I have no reason to ever step foot inside Best Buy ever again. Stuff they have that I like and sometimes buy:
computer hardware (very rare)
home entertainment appliances (just once)
anime
videogames
For each of these, there are other places to buy stuff for cheaper but the same quality. Anime is cheaper from online stores, hardware cheaper from online stores. Videogames I prefer to buy from Gamestop because two friends of mine from my close circle of friends, including my best friend, work at Gamestop. One of them is a manager. I will always get the straight dope from them when it comes to games.
No more Best Buy for me.