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Best Buy Fail (again)
Vigo:
Yeah, the article never went into the deliberate price gouging. Last time I looked, the cheapest HDMI cable is a 3 footer in the $40-$50 range, and I remember the thread about their $1000-$2000 HDMI cables. Any company that does that should have no right to complain that Amazon is "stealing their business". ::)
wp34:
I have my issues with Best Buy but am concerned about not having a local option so I still buy from them unless it is a major price difference. I'm not interested in ONLY buying things over the Internet but it looks like that is the direction we are headed if the only value of Brick and Mortar for most people is to demo. Even Target is starting to complain about the practice.
shmokes:
In their defense, Amazon won't unbox the thing and plug it in either.
elkameleon:
I'm in the market for a TV right now, I did exactly what Howard_Castro did, I saw a TV I wanted on Amazon, took ---my bottom--- to best buy to check it out. Totally fell in love with it. Of course the price difference was about 900 bucks, so can you guess where i'm going to buy it from? :laugh2: Soo... thanks for letting me check it out, Best Buy!
wp34:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 31, 2012, 12:04:25 pm ---
Give me a break. Don't have a lot of sympathy for stores that make it difficult to give them money.
--- End quote ---
I'm not asking for you to sympathize with Best Buy or Target. My motives are purely selfish. I like to save money but I also enjoy shopping there and will put up with some inconvenience. My son and I spent an hour at Best Buy Saturday night while my wife shopped for clothes at Kohls next door. We had a lot of fun looking at games together and trying out headphones. On the way out the door I picked up Turbo Tax. Yeah I could have saved $5 buying it on Amazon but I was there and could take it home with me.
My only point is if this trend continues you will ONLY be buying online. You will not have a local option to go view the TV and then screw Target, Best Buy whoever by buying online.
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