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Best Buy Says iPhone X Costs $100 Extra at Full Price Because Flexibility Sometimes 'Has a Cost'

XBeatzX said:
Well it comes down to this, if that water was priced at $43 a case for the simple reason of Hurricane Harvey happening outside those doors, then yes, it's price gouging. They released a "Sincere Apology" proving that fact.
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Umm it was priced at 43$ bucks it was a botched pricing bundle. Best Buy doesn't have a sku for bundled water. This is Best Buy, not Kroger. So the sales person, having a massive brain fart, thought it would be smart to just take 12 bottles of water and multiply the price by 12. Stupid mistake? Yes. Price gouging? Bit of a stretch
 
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Just another reason why I refuse to work for that company ever again how they micromanage their employees and stupid crap the way they run their company hopefully soon it will be the end of them.
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
So what you're saying is that Best Buy is the least common place for people to buy the iPhone, which we're discussing here. Got it.
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I'm saying that Amazon doesn't even rank compared to Best Buy for instance, not to mention 100 other giant retailers. But I thought a visual graph wouldn't require a spoon feeding.
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
People still shop there?
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thats where most iPads are bought, i bought mine there
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MacRumors said:



Best Buy began accepting iPhone X pre-orders alongside Apple at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time today, but several customers quickly realized that the electronics retailer is charging an extra $100 for the smartphone at full price.

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Apple charges $999 or $1,149 for the iPhone X with 64GB or 256GB of storage in the United States. Best Buy charges $1,099 or $1,249 online and in stores for the equivalent models on a Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint account.

In a statement issued to MacRumors, Best Buy said its prices reflect a customer's ability to "get a phone the way they want."

"Our prices reflect the fact that no matter a customer's desired plan or carrier, or whether a customer is on a business or personal plan, they are able to get a phone the way they want at Best Buy. Our customers have told us they want this flexibility and sometimes that has a cost," a Best Buy spokesperson told MacRumors.

A customer ordering an iPhone X through Apple also has the flexibility of choosing their desired carrier and plan, so Best Buy's statement doesn't really justify why the device costs $100 more at its stores.

Best Buy representatives in stores, on the phone, and on Twitter have provided mixed answers about its price matching policy for the iPhone X. A company spokesperson simply linked us to Best Buy's price matching policy in general.

Best Buy also charges $100 more for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus at full retail price in the United States.

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"Best" Buy
 
sputnikv said:
price gouging
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A 10% markup is hardly "price gouging". If that offends you so much, go buy it somewhere else.

This whole "price gouging" thing makes me laugh. Is it "price gouging" when you pay $6 for a hotdog and $8 for a beer at a baseball game? Is it "price gouging" when you pay $4 for a 16 ounce bottle of water at the airport? How about $10 for popcorn and $5 for a soda at the movie theatre?

Give me a break.
 
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One of the reasons I have stopped all shopping at Best Buy and always recommend others to shop online retailers. They have really forgotten about their customers.
 
dwfaust said:
A 10% markup is hardly "price gouging". If that offends you so much, go buy it somewhere else.

This whole "price gouging" thing makes me laugh. Is it "price gouging" when you pay $6 for a hotdog and $8 for a beer at a baseball game? Is it "price gouging" when you pay $4 for a 16 ounce bottle of water at the airport? How about $10 for popcorn and $5 for a soda at the movie theatre?

Give me a break.
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But it’s ok when B.B. offers deep cuts on they’re Mac line or a new in the box Series 2 Nike watch for $229.

Meanwhile people will make hundreds selling their X’s on EBay and Craigslist.

The people here would whine if BB was giving the iPhones away.
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crashfellow said:
They should just be honest.. 'we like money'.
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Apple doesn’t?
 
"Our prices reflect the fact that no matter a customer's desired plan or carrier, or whether a customer is on a business or personal plan, they are able to get a phone the way they want at Best Buy. Our customers have told us they want this flexibility and sometimes that has a cost,"

I've never heard "SUPPLY AND DEMAND!" dressed up in such BS.
 
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Funny how everyone is complaining about how Best Buy is $100 more on outright phones (which they have been for a long time). But no one complains that you can buy a brand new MacBook from Best Buy for much cheaper (on average) than the Apple store.
 
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Meh. Just like any other store, I know when to shop at BB and when not to. They aren’t terrible, but depending on what you’re getting and especially WHEN, determines if you’re truly getting the best buy.

My last MacBook Pro was from BB and it was 25% less than it would have cost going through Apple at the time. Got my iPad Air 2 there on one of their sales plus trade-in plus used coupons to get a further discount. During the cluster of the 6/6 Plus launch when you couldn’t find the Space Grey 6 Plus 64GB anywhere, I was able to get it at BB a few days after launch. It was only $50 more though, not $100. People were paying much more at the time or still trying to find it weeks later. Seeing as how I kept the phone for 3 years, the $50 was negligible.

The sting here is that the X already costs $1000 which hurts to begin with. Adding another $100 before taxes, AC+, and accessories, and the 64GB is approaching $1400-1500 in costs. I get it... which is why I wouldn’t buy the X there personally unless they did a price match or some other great deal to offset the cost.
 
MacRumors said:



Best Buy began accepting iPhone X pre-orders alongside Apple at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time today, but several customers quickly realized that the electronics retailer is charging an extra $100 for the smartphone at full price.

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Apple charges $999 or $1,149 for the iPhone X with 64GB or 256GB of storage in the United States. Best Buy charges $1,099 or $1,249 online and in stores for the equivalent models on a Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint account.

In a statement issued to MacRumors, Best Buy said its prices reflect a customer's ability to "get a phone the way they want."

"Our prices reflect the fact that no matter a customer's desired plan or carrier, or whether a customer is on a business or personal plan, they are able to get a phone the way they want at Best Buy. Our customers have told us they want this flexibility and sometimes that has a cost," a Best Buy spokesperson told MacRumors.

A customer ordering an iPhone X through Apple also has the flexibility of choosing their desired carrier and plan, so Best Buy's statement doesn't really justify why the device costs $100 more at its stores.

Best Buy representatives in stores, on the phone, and on Twitter have provided mixed answers about its price matching policy for the iPhone X. A company spokesperson simply linked us to Best Buy's price matching policy in general.

Best Buy also charges $100 more for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus at full retail price in the United States.

Article Link: Best Buy Says iPhone X Costs $100 Extra at Full Price Because Flexibility Sometimes 'Has a Cost'
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[doublepost=1509439097][/doublepost]If we do choose to pay overtime through our phone carrier, after a few months can we decide to just pay off the whole thing for the retail price of the phone (without, of course, the money added up from the monthly installments we already paid) or will we have to pay it off with the 100$ Best Buy Premium ?
 
Skiefire said:
The convenience of "buying" from Best Buy? More like using them as a storefront for amazon.

Remember when they had a fake internal website, that showed higher prices, so if you did try to price match the store with bestbuy.com their staff would pull up the fake version and show you it wasnt any cheaper? Because that was fun.
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Funnily enough, I do NOT remember that.
 
jmgregory1 said:
That's such a BS comment. Apple makes between 30% and 40% gross profit on the products they make and sell. That's a typical amount for many businesses. And as Microsoft itself is now realizing, to design, manufacture and sell higher quality devices requires higher price points. You can argue all you want that Apple should take a lower profit margin, but they're not going to do that. They're in the business to be in business, including to make money. Just like every other profit driven company.
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Speaking of BS comments... a typical comment I'd expect here. No, I'd never expect apple to cut their profit margin. Why should they ? They have all these army of sheep-thinking people that keep applauding every time they remove something and increase the price. Current status: a phone that costs as much as a laptop.

It's the customers that could change this, not apple. Shocking eh ?
 
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