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In reply to the discussion: Best Buy Says It Has Killed 'Showrooming' For Good [View all]Yavin4
(35,357 posts)64. I bought my flat screen from Blockbuster online, and it was cheaper.
I had it shipped to the same store and saved on shipping. Then, I just went in and picked it up.
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They've always pricematched for me without hassle. I was a showroomer. I actually buy from them
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#2
Whenever a customer asks for it? Why not have their computers scanning prices ...
GodlessBiker
Feb 2013
#4
I know how to find the lowest price, but I'm not going to patronize them because they are
MADem
Feb 2013
#71
Thank you--that's my view, too. When they treat you--and everyone else too--right, you
MADem
Feb 2013
#84
They'll keep going broke, too, I'll wager, if they have management that thinks like you.
MADem
Feb 2013
#81
Try being eighty and living on a social security check. That's real poverty--you don't get
MADem
Feb 2013
#111
A child's benefit, though scant, is often more than what these people live on, depending on the
MADem
Feb 2013
#127
Plenty live on far less, you know. If they are in subsidized housing, their check is reduced.
MADem
Feb 2013
#133
Well, the point that I am making is that there's two tier pricing happening here.
MADem
Feb 2013
#146
I don't live in the jungle--I'm a Democrat and I live in the United States of America.
MADem
Feb 2013
#128
Go visit the People's Republic of North Korea, and then get back to me about how awful we are.
MADem
Feb 2013
#134
I do not have a "superior knowledge of all things" but I have seen elderly people
MADem
Feb 2013
#112
Granny still clips coupons and reads the weekly circulars, however
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Feb 2013
#108
I think you are actually minimizing what most elderly people can do on a fixed budget.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Feb 2013
#110
I will not resort to a childish fit of pique because I find your POV obtuse and unkind.
MADem
Feb 2013
#122
I've seen so many elderly folks outwit people far younger at getting good deals
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Feb 2013
#117
And the next time you blow a tire on a pot hole, or need EMS, or your kid's school's roof leaks...
politicat
Feb 2013
#39
Pocket change. It's the multimillion dollars in profits that companies don't pay taxes on,
RC
Feb 2013
#55
No sales tax here in Oregon at all. It is a regressive form of taxation after all.
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#46
I would be careful, some companies like Wal*Mart sell proprietary electronics and can have..
Tikki
Feb 2013
#10
And yet... when I try to buy something at Best Buy I usually leave empty handed
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2013
#33
Best Buy has 2 problems: Terrible staff and returns aren't 100% of price.
lindysalsagal
Feb 2013
#36
That's understandable but they'll charge the fee even if the return was the same day.
Gormy Cuss
Feb 2013
#79
Hmm... Interesting strategy, but I don't showroom. I watch youtube and pick the lowest price
ecstatic
Feb 2013
#41
If the employees knew what they were talking about, that would be a step in the right direction
Maeve
Feb 2013
#48
They don't bother to train anybody, because their pay is shitty and their turnover is high.
LeftyMom
Feb 2013
#51
i know. how's office depot/max? i usually buy online but that doesn't help my community. eom
ellenfl
Feb 2013
#102
i know. however that doesn't help me much with my computer accessory purchases. eom
ellenfl
Feb 2013
#105
The big chains used to get their own model numbers, so you couldn't use price matching
JPZenger
Feb 2013
#60
Geez, that's the first time I've been "accused" (and thank you very much) of being
MADem
Feb 2013
#85
Best Buy is such a piece of shit company why would anyone even walk in a store?
DainBramaged
Feb 2013
#86
They've been matching prices of brick and mortar stores for more than a year.
TexasBushwhacker
Feb 2013
#140