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| ChadTower:
Best Buy finances damn near anyone. That's why. They don't sell computers and fridges. They sell high interest consumer loans. |
| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 05, 2017, 09:51:09 pm ---Well it can't be THAT bad a model... they somehow ran circuit city out of business. Then again there is a significant amount of the population that is just plain ignorant when it comes to tech. When I tell people that I NEVER buy a computer or computer accessory in a store they get a puzzled look. When I explain that you pay a minimum of 50% more when you buy a computer in store as opposed to online they STILL give me a puzzled look. --- End quote --- One time, in public, I overheard a woman insisting that one tablet was better than the other because it came from Best Buy instead of Walmart. |
| wp34:
Best Buy actually has a great selection of appliances and much like Home Depot and Lowes they are almost always on sale. |
| ChadTower:
On sale like womens' clothing. Marked up 80% and discounted 30% this week only. |
| dkersten:
I shop Best Buy all the time. I can grab a FireTV box, Chromecast, or Fire Tablet there for the same price as anywhere else, including Amazon. And I have bought hard drives, switches, routers, RAM, etc. there because there are three choices for that sort of thing here: Online, Office Depot, or Best Buy. If I need it now, they are the best chance. But their "high end" is mid range stuff marked up. I shop them for Blu Rays too, and have found some good deals. I have never seen appliances lower than Lowes or Home Depot, and in our city, Lowes, HD, Best Buy, and one dedicated appliance shop, Fred's, are all right in a group with adjoining parking lots. So shopping them against each other is easy. When I bought my fridge last time, I hit Best Buy to see if they had better, and they had the same model for $400 more, also "on sale". I think ChadTower is right, they stay in business because they finance stuff. They make it convenient to buy stuff you don't need, even if you can't afford it, and that is a great business model. |
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