Finally had a reason to swing in to Best Buy, IMO

[HeadlinerG60]

[Tokyosmash]

Want.

[cryption]

Spooge

[Aonarch]

Confused on thread title, but I like.

[DUTCHMANia]

wut??

[HeadlinerG60]

Nobody goes to Best Buy...it's pointless.

[Iroczgirl]

The 911 owner should know better than to shop at best buy.

[JMillerUA6]

Hopefully he wasn't getting an alarm installed......

[VR6 GLX Man]

Confused on thread title, but I like.

Same here.

[HeadlinerG60]

The 911 owner should know better than to shop at best buy.

Exactly why I don't shop there.

[Subwoofers]

Best buy sells cars?

[HeadlinerG60]

I think the overarching principle here is that my posts go over everyone's heads except for the same 4 people.

[xhxxkxxdx]

Porsche
best buy

[Geechie_Suede]

Nobody goes to Best Buy...it's pointless.

Amazon Showroom

[Deserion]

Amazon Showroom

This.

And pretty Porsche.

[KahviVW]

ok. Nice 911.

[PJtree23]

Its like he gave the 911 a tux

[1985Jetta]

Nice Porsche, and Best Buy is an awesome store.

[c0r3y.af]

Nice Porsche, and Best Buy is an awful store.

Fixed.

[leitmotif]

Fixed.

[patrikman]

ahem.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...877-Holy-Fuchs!

[01tj]

Super nice Porsche, and I really don't have a problem with bestbuy either

[SheldonR311]

Best Buy got the exclusive sale of Chinese Democracy. They're cool in my book.

[EK20]

Nice Porsche.

Why the hate for Best Buy? Maybe I just don't get it.

[TheDarkEnergist]

Damn I wish there was a thread to prove my consumer electronics superiority. Sh*t

[Accidental L8 apex]

Gorgeous in silver w/ the black.

[Chris_V]

Nice Porsche.

Why the hate for Best Buy? Maybe I just don't get it.

I don't get it either. I've got great deals on consumer electronics at Best Buy. They matched the online prices for my TV, receiver, and home speakers. They are also the only local place to get 3D BluRays (same price as Amazon).

[Hostile]

I don't get it either. I've got great deals on consumer electronics at Best Buy. They matched the online prices for my TV, receiver, and home speakers. They are also the only local place to get 3D BluRays (same price as Amazon).

Because it's cool to hate Best Buy.

[karl_1052]

Because it's cool to hate Best Buy.

and Nickleback

[Nubbin]

OP is a liar.

I went to Best Buy and I didn't see any Porsche. Not even a Cayenne.

[Old Windy]

I don't get it either. I've got great deals on consumer electronics at Best Buy. They matched the online prices for my TV, receiver, and home speakers. They are also the only local place to get 3D BluRays (same price as Amazon).

Lucky you. The one's over here don't have to do squat. Only competition they have is Wal-Mart. Hence why Amazon is loving them more and more....

Maybe the 911 is in for a radio installation.

[HeadlinerG60]

TIL: There's Reward Zone members that frequent TCL.

[Shmi]

I hate best buy because I used to work there.

That aside... I don't have a particular problem with em, but honestly I go there to find a product and then look it up on amazon later and read reviews and compare it. The only time I actually shop there is when I need something same day, like an HDMI/ethernet cable or whatever.

[Avus]

yea, why hate Best Buy? I buy most of my Xbox360 games over there. (At least in everything expensive Canada..) Best Buy and Future Shop (owned by Best buy) have discount on console games much more frequently than GameStop. Just don't buy their extended warranty or AV/computer cables over there.

The only thing i can link a Porsche like this and Best Buy is I have a 1982 Porsche Turbo 3.3 in Forza Motorsport 4 (which I bought the game from Best Buy).

not my play... just a random grab...

[AZGolf]

Why the hate for Best Buy? Maybe I just don't get it.

They have had a long history of unethical business practices. Here's just a taste: http://consumerist.com/2007/05/best-...g-lawsuit.html

Being as I worked at Best Buy for over 3 years, and worked my way up for your normal part time employee to a manager, I thought I'd provide your readers with a little insight to protect themselves in the future.

To understand why Best Buy scams people into digital subscriptions, here is a little breakdown. Each retail store has thousands of numbers that they are measured by. The majority of them mean nothing, in terms of "which store is the best in the company" ranking. The big two are revenue and margin numbers. Each store has a daily budget assigned by corporate Best Buy. You might be asking, "What the hell does this have to do with being bugged to sign up for something every time I buy something at Best Buy." Ok, I'll tell you.

Best Buy makes a killing if you sign up for a digital subscription (or in Best Buy lingo, they are called D-SUBS) because these these are all margin. Managers obviously knew this and expected us (as employees, or as a manager, the general manager excepted) to exploit the hell out of customers to get these attached to the sale. When you buy something at Best Buy, lets say a computer, all the accessories that you're talked into are called a basket. On a laptop, employees are expected to attach $300 worth of accessories on top of the laptop to hit the basket goal, and $150 on a desktop. This can be very challenging to do, especially with a customer who refuses to get anything additional, but when you are trained and expected to lie to customers, it becomes a little easier.

It was really easy when a customer would buy that cheap eMachine that was in the ad for the week. eMachine computers always had the "Included Inside: AOL Dialup Service" stickers on the side of the boxes. So, when you came in to buy the cheap eMachine that we were losing money even selling you, we'd lie and say we have to sign you up for AOL's dialup service because it comes with the computer, and then point to the sticker on the box. So we'd go through the motions of scanning the welcome CD, selecting your address, convincing you to swipe through a credit card, and signing your name. Of course, if you didn't go through the huge hassle of calling up AOL and canceling, you'd be charged. But who cares, we just made over $60 on your regardless if you went home that day and canceled. Margin went up, and the basket went up.

I'm almost ashamed to admit this, but it did happen for the longest time. Ever get signed for something at Best Buy, but you swear that you never signed up for anything. Here is the trick that is used, and that I was taught from a Best Buy manager. When a customer would refuse either AOL, MSN, NetZero, magazine offers, or whatever other D-SUB we had, we'd sign you up anyway. You know those Best Buy gift cards that are all over the store? Well those are just American Express cards, with a Best Buy face. So, we'd go through the motions of selecting your address but when it asked for your credit card, we'd swipe through a gift card. Since it was an American Express card in reality, the system took it and you were signed up. The customer had to deal with the late fees because they couldn't charge the credit card the provided. Not our problem.

Along with the goal based on if it was a laptop or desktop, we had a 3 D-SUB goal. We had in-store contests, and Best Buy even had company wide contests where the store who brought in the most revenue for selling digital subscriptions would get free prizes (leather coat, luggage, Coach purses, golf clubs, etc). One of the saddest points was when scammed a family and said AOL came with the Linksys wireless router they purchased. Signed them up for AOL when they already had broadband at home.

Every single department in Best Buy has some sort of digital subscription, so be careful. The computer department has the most, and that is where most people are scammed. Good luck at Best Buy.