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Originally Posted by Halx
I've learned that you should not buy any electronics from Best Buy. They are marked up $100 more than.. say.. The Good Guys, who are marked up $100 from.. say.. the internet.
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Except for computer systems. They are frequently marked at the store's wholesale price or barely more. My brother and hubby both worked at Best Buy. With their discounts they would have actually ended up paying more for a computer system than it was priced for the retail consumer. Their discounts were Wholesale plus 5%(I think). The area where Best Buy marks up the most is the cables, wires, adapters, and smaller addons for the computers and electronics.
The mindset behind this grates me because I am one of those "Bargain Hunters". I do find it irritating that people would buy, return, then buy the open box items. Selling those on the internet is a good plan for the stores to discourage that kind of buying. I personally don't like that Best Buy would want to get rid of ALL bargain hunters because some of them play the game a little unfairly. This may hurt them more than they realize. One thing that does draw me to the store is the fact that no matter what store I walk into I know where to go to find items. That is an advantage for angels and devils alike. I don't think they need to make such drastic changes. Just eliminate the ability to cheat the store.
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