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In reply to the discussion: Best Buy Says It Has Killed 'Showrooming' For Good [View all]Tikki
(14,549 posts)10. I would be careful, some companies like Wal*Mart sell proprietary electronics and can have..
differences from the manufacturers' electronics you review online.
If an item or serial number is different, even if it looks the same, be sure to ask why....
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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