Even if they’re the worst I don’t see what benefit it is to us as consumers for them to go away. We want more competition, not less. Also they're tech specialized so they will always have way more selection than target and Walmart.
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Best Buy Says iPhone X Costs $100 Extra at Full Price Because Flexibility Sometimes 'Has a Cost'
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Even if they’re the worst I don’t see what benefit it is to us as consumers for them to go away. We want more competition, not less. Also they're tech specialized so they will always have way more selection than target and Walmart.
Looks like a lot of virtue signaling on this thread. Really? People are “outraged” over this? Spare me. Apple has been gouging their customers with their storage space for years and all of you who are outrage over this still bought Apple products.
The fanaticism over this IPhone X is disturbing. This isn’t about a phone anymore. It’s about a social status symbol ... its about an addiction to technology ... its about how Apple products have become part of people’s identity. Yea ... its cult-like.
There are limited supplies of these phones. There are people who ARE willing to pay $100 more for this IPhone on Best Buy ... and when those run out ... there are even other people who ARE willing to go onto EBay and pay even more for these IPhones.
If you don’t want to ... then don’t. Someone else will.
That’s how this game works. You should know this by now. Your not entitled for Best Buy to sell you an IPhone X at the price Apple chooses to. Your not entitled for EBay people to sell an IPhone X at the same price as either of these companies are selling them for. Your not entitled to an Iphone X .. AT ... ALL.
The fanaticism over this IPhone X is disturbing. This isn’t about a phone anymore. It’s about a social status symbol ... its about an addiction to technology ... its about how Apple products have become part of people’s identity. Yea ... its cult-like.
There are limited supplies of these phones. There are people who ARE willing to pay $100 more for this IPhone on Best Buy ... and when those run out ... there are even other people who ARE willing to go onto EBay and pay even more for these IPhones.
If you don’t want to ... then don’t. Someone else will.
That’s how this game works. You should know this by now. Your not entitled for Best Buy to sell you an IPhone X at the price Apple chooses to. Your not entitled for EBay people to sell an IPhone X at the same price as either of these companies are selling them for. Your not entitled to an Iphone X .. AT ... ALL.
To add on, good luck getting help from the workers at Walmart, they just stock shelves and know nothing about the products they sell, and Target, pretty much just shelf stockers too.
There are NO restocking fees at BB that I know of anymore.. I can't be banned because I don't have a stupid BB account so they have zero info on me as far buying\returning logistics are concerned!
I actually want **** Buy around so I can continue to test drive new products !!
They have screwed my pre-orders so many times..and their CS is so ******..I have NO regrets for contributing to their free fall!!
There are definitely restocking fees. Proof.
And doesn't just track from Best Buy account. It also tracks credit cards and such. I don't know much about The Retail Equation, but they have ways of knowing.
Just went through with it.
Arrival is November 10 for 64/silver. I don't want to deal with the hassle signing up for a carrier and canceling a month later. Nearly same cost.
I rarely use my credit cards but will need to bring out for this situation. Total cost will reach $1,200. But I can cancel at anytime which is good. I need an exit without losing money.
At least if I cancel, it helps someone else who ends up a walk-in. I'm really tempted getting the Xbox One X and Nintendo Switch w/ Mario and Zelda instead.
Arrival is November 10 for 64/silver. I don't want to deal with the hassle signing up for a carrier and canceling a month later. Nearly same cost.
I rarely use my credit cards but will need to bring out for this situation. Total cost will reach $1,200. But I can cancel at anytime which is good. I need an exit without losing money.
At least if I cancel, it helps someone else who ends up a walk-in. I'm really tempted getting the Xbox One X and Nintendo Switch w/ Mario and Zelda instead.
LOL, there you go with more bad info. They can't ask for ID for a return with receipt. You're confusing the process. You need an ID to return without receipt which is when your ID is run to control excess returns. You may want to actually educate yourself if you're going to present yourself as an employee here. LOL. But thanks for proving my point... BBY's own employees don't even understand the systems, they just repeat what they're told like Lemmings.
Maybe different policies for different B&M locations..but I haven’t paid a dime in restocking fees since they got rid of them about 3 years back, iirc!
As far as tracking, I haven’t seen anything yet ..And, I’ve tested a crap load of stuff from there..especially in the past 2 years!
By your logic, when RSH, CCY, CUSA went away, prices went up. Did that happen? Nope. Prices are driven down by online competition, not brick and mortar. Listen to any Target, Best Buy, DSW, sporting goods stores earnings calls and you'll never hear them talking about brick and mortar competition... it's always the same... Amazon, Walmart.com, and the bazillion other online retailers eroding their business.
Agree. I'll NEVER understand why consumers want less choice rather than more choice. Best Buy is one of the few places you can go see a lot of different models of consumer electronics. People bitch about the customer service, yet will run online to buy something they see on a store and wonder why they can't afford good help.
I also don't get how the same MR crowd that will fall over themselves to defend Apple's high margins and huge profits will get angry at anybody else who tries to make a buck in the process.
The guy doesn't know his stuff, he's just repeating what he hears. It's like anything retail... if you get one answer that doesn't sound right, just ask 3 more employees and you'll get 3 more answers, hopefully 1 of the 4 will have made sense.
He's talking about something completely different. He's talking about tracking customers who return without receipt. That's where they keep track by ID. Not receipt returns. It's illegal in most states for them to ask for ID to return an item with a receipt. But he's confused... they pump their employees with a lot of kool aid, and he's bursting at the seams.
"Flexibility sometimes has a cost" -- Wow! What an absolute crock.
Thankfully, consumers have the flexibility to shop for a lower cost, elsewhere.
Thankfully, consumers have the flexibility to shop for a lower cost, elsewhere.
Oh, so the "rewards program" you talk about is the method for tracking returns ehh? Now I see why you're so all for it. LOL.
The return tracking third party is a system many retailers use. You swipe a customer's ID when they have a no-receipt return and it tracks them. You do realize this is nothing specific to best buy, right?
But a good reason NOT to sign up for their rewards program if you don't want BBY tracking you. I should send this dialogue to BBY and thank them for sending one of their retail employees to the site to expose their behind the curtain secrets, haha
It's not about good help. People don't expect a Neiman Marcus experience. I think people would be happy enough just having someone there that knew where things were in the store, and knew how to find things, and had even the slightest idea of what they are talking about. I get it, there's some good employees, but when there are 10 bad for every 1 good, that's an issue.
First of all, you have no idea what you're talking about. I said NOTHING about IDs, so stop putting words in my mouth. The Retail Equation (TRE), which I admit I don't know all too much about, has ways of tracking your purchases and returns, be it with some credit card info (probably last 4), along with your name. Like I said, I don't know 100% how TRE works, but that's my guess since they do have ways of tracking it.
If you do a return with your receipt, you're right, we don't check an ID. I believe we have to for No Receipt Returns. I believe, but am not 100% sure, since I'm not at work to try.
Amazon isn't cheap to undercut the 1 brick and mortar competitor left in the US. They're cheap because they're trying to undercut the 1000+ competitors which sell the same products online. Best Buy is forced to play the match game just to keep their lights on. Don't fool yourself to think Best Buy does anything for competition.
So you start by saying you think I don't know what I'm talking about, but admit you don't know the system. There's retail employee logic for ya! Case closed.
EDIT:
Let me educate you, since your employer doesn't...
https://www.theretailequation.com/Consumers/FAQ
3) How Does the System Work?
When a consumer wants to make a return, a retailer will scan the original sales transaction receipt and/or swipe the individual’s driver’s license or government-issued ID card (including passports) to make an identification of the person and his/her unique return behavior. As customers return merchandise, both from in-store and online purchases, the system compares variables such as return frequency, dollar amounts, and/or time against a set of prescribed rules that form that particular retailer’s return policy.
Now you know. So instead of taking a position of being all knowing, do a little research, or say you don't know. Try that at work... if you don't know, say I don't know, let me look.
No wonder why Apple Store has huge success. They respect people.
Best Buy will die. They revamped the Best Buy where I live like 4 times the last 5 years. They are now basically a showroom for brands with mini branded shops next to each other. Google has a big space now, empty of people. Videogame corner has shrunken, which means Best Best isn't making money on videogames. Overall it’s a sad experience to go to Best Buy now.
Best Buy will die. They revamped the Best Buy where I live like 4 times the last 5 years. They are now basically a showroom for brands with mini branded shops next to each other. Google has a big space now, empty of people. Videogame corner has shrunken, which means Best Best isn't making money on videogames. Overall it’s a sad experience to go to Best Buy now.
This is one of the reasons that they may well soon sleep with the fishes. Abusers ruining it for everyone. If they do "F themselves in to oblivion", who will you have left to abuse for your pleasure?