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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    10/03/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Recession Busting Prices At Best Buy This Holiday Season
    Cool, so this means I'll be camped out at Walmart instead of BB this year. Fine by me, at least Walmart has more then 4 checkers working that morning. It took five minutes to find what I wanted last year, and almost two hours to pay for the fucking thing.
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    10/02/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Recession Busting Prices At Best Buy This Holiday Season
    That's ok because I haven't found myself in a Best Buy in about two years. My wife and I are quite happy avoiding the ol' blue and yellow.
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    Image of spydr101 spydr101
    10/02/09

    @SuperTuna: <3 online shopping
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    Image of BeerManMike BeerManMike
    10/02/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Recession Busting Prices At Best Buy This Holiday Season
    Why people shop at bestbuy is beyond me, bunch of mouthbreathers or soccer moms that know nothing and don't have/know a tech kid. This is coming from a son that has a dad that bought a 52A750 from them a while ago that came with a free blu-ray player. The price was decent but he ended up getting ALL the extras besides the monster cables, his "decent deal" cost him almost $3000, yup 5yr PSP. Sigh.
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    nutbastard promoted this comment Edited by BeerManMike at 10/02/09 12:52 PM BeerManMike was starred BeerManMike was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/02/09

    @BeerManMike:

    agreed. i dont think i've ever bought anything electronic in a brick and mortar store. internet research is better than what the ignorant sales person tells you. internet pricing is better. internet return policies are better.

    then again, i bet the same people buy used cars from dealerships.
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    Image of Venomuss Venomuss
    10/02/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Recession Busting Prices At Best Buy This Holiday Season
    I have walked into Best Buy at least 10 times in the past 3 weeks.... And I walked out with nothing.
    Why?............ Price!

    Thank you Amazon, NewEgg and Ebay.
    With Amazon Prime I have it next day for$3.99 or Free Two day shipping.
    NewEgg is three day and sometimes faster.

    Just because most if not all the other Electronics chains are gone does not mean you have no competition.
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    Image of nowayman nowayman
    10/02/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Recession Busting Prices At Best Buy This Holiday Season
    I wonder on two things.

    A major corporation is saying "we're adding more jobs." Jobs cost money.

    Warehouses don't cost near as much money, which is why Amazon, online, etc are cheaper than Best Buy. Less employees.

    Do you want jobs? Or a discount on an unnecessary purchase? I can't figure Americans out sometimes- they get butthurt about both sides of the same coin. We wonder where our jobs go even as we refuse to pay for them to exist.
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    10/02/09

    @nowayman: There's a middle ground you know? You don't have to price something unreasonably high just because you have workers.

    Prime example: There is a Fry's Electronics and Best Buy down the street from eachother. Both large brick-and-mortar electronics stores. Both have to pay their employees.

    Fry's ALWAYS has the lower prices. So what I'm wondering is why you're protecting Best Buy's overpricing of its products?
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    Image of nowayman nowayman
    10/02/09

    @NeoAkira: Protecting overpricing is one thing, expecting and shopping only for ridiculous price cuts are another. Best Buy can be overpriced and you can purchase elsewhere. They'll sink or swim on that notion, and that's fine.

    Again... adding jobs bitching about no fire sales. Best Buy can douche it up with an HDMI cable to a few people if that means someone's working this Christmas. Not one post here is saying "sweet! jobs!" How many other large companies are saying that today? It's worth more compliment than negativity. If GM did that, with their shitty cars and often shitty prices, I'm not sure I would mention how little I care for them AT that particular moment.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/02/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Recession Busting Prices At Best Buy This Holiday Season
    OK, if they dont want my money, there are plenty of other retailers who do......
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    Image of Slyd3z Slyd3z
    10/02/09

    @Curves: Screw retailers, I'd gladly accept your money. :)
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/02/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Recession Busting Prices At Best Buy This Holiday Season
    Are Best Buy blue-shirts as expendable as Star Trek red-shirts?
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/02/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: New set of employees every time I walk in the store? Yeah, sounds about right.
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    10/02/09

    In reply to Don't Expect Recession Busting Prices At Best Buy This Holiday Season
    Is this a subtle signal to other retailers to keep prices at a stable level, or an invitation to undercut Best Buy?

    (Airlines do this all the time by announcing price increases/decreases coming in the next 3-6 months and then if the other airlines don't make similar announcements, they don't actually change prices... it's like price-fixing but legal!)
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    Image of dc-united dc-united
    12/22/08

    In reply to 8 Gadgets For Last Minute Shopper Horde Fighting
    That sonic alarm grenade would sure come in useful at airports to bust through long lines. Then you and your new TSA friends could all share a hearty laugh at the absurdity of the situation.


    Oh, and it's 'free rein', not 'free reign' which doesn't make sense...

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    12/22/08

    @dc-united: Don't forget to greet your friend Jack.


    "Hi Jack!"

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    12/22/08

    In reply to 8 Gadgets For Last Minute Shopper Horde Fighting
    I like the camera idea. Pretend like you have to pretend you're buying something for a segment, then bolt when the person who gladly gave it to you realizes it was a scam after you swipe your "News 12 Pretend Card". You need to come up with a good reporter name though.
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    Image of mrtallbones mrtallbones
    12/22/08

    In reply to 8 Gadgets For Last Minute Shopper Horde Fighting
    Strength x10 means I can just pick up the Mini Cooper I want and just walk away with it rather than bothering to give salespeople money right?
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    Image of iomatic (I know I'm an idiot, but I'll comment anyway) iomatic (I know I'm an idiot, but I'll comment anyway)
    12/22/08

    @mrtallbones: yeah, but you'd have a Mini Cooper.
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    Image of Andrew Lokker Andrew Lokker
    12/22/08

    @iomatic: Touche, touche.

    Mini-coopers=two bicycles with a metal shell.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    12/22/08

    @Andrew Lokker: wow, you don't know much about cars do you?
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    Image of Seiven Seiven
    12/22/08

    In reply to 8 Gadgets For Last Minute Shopper Horde Fighting
    man I want one of those grenades for...uh...research purposes...yeah...no way I would drop it in a crowded restaurant...nope...not me
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    12/22/08

    In reply to 8 Gadgets For Last Minute Shopper Horde Fighting
    With all that kit wouldn't it just be easier to mug shoppers as they exit the store?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/22/08

    In reply to 8 Gadgets For Last Minute Shopper Horde Fighting
    Dang, and all I did was buy dear ol' Ma a new TV. When I could've gotten her a friggin knuckle-handled umbrella!
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    Image of infmom infmom
    12/05/08

    In reply to 10 Gadgets For Cheap Holiday Decorating
    We saved every dead, no-chance loser CD we got in the mail for a couple years. I tied them in pairs, label sides together, with glittery cord from the fabric store. We clip those into our trees with big plastic clothespins every ear. Instant ornaments!


    What's really funny is that inevitably someone will come along and steal at least one. I'd love to see what happens when they find out they've just acquired a couple of AOL disks from 1995 or a catalog from a trade show in 1997.

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