Ten Rules For Shopping At Best Buy (1 Viewer)

[Chuck C]

1. Know what you want before you get there
2. Always answer the salespeople with "no thanks, just looking"
3. Try to bring cash or a credit card that isn't demagnetized or dirty (this is pretty much the rule anywhere you go)
4. Turn down the 4-year plan on anything that costs under $50!!
5. Make sure you browse the DVDs
6. Resist the temptation to correct a saleperson who is helping J6P...but correct them anyway
7. Play with the TVs' tone controls
8. Tell at least one shopper that widescreen is the only way to go
9. Say hello to the guy at the front door, but do not say anything further than that
10. Bring money for at least one DVD
enjoy!

 

[Steve Tannehill]

2. Always answer the salespeople with "no thanks, just looking"

What about "Fuck you, leave me the fuck alone?"

First, I like Best Buy. I am just getting sick and tired of being approached by blue shirts to either sell me on MSN or Netflix.

You've had this same conversation, right?

"You have a computer, don't you?" ("Yes.")
"You have Internet access, right?" ("Of course.")
"What kind of Internet access do you have? ("Why?")
"Is it high-speed?" ("Yes.")
"Are you happy with..." ("Look, would you please stop asking me questions so I can look at your CD's?")

What kind of spiffs are the blue shirts getting for pitching this stuff?

- Steve

 

[NickSo]

7. Play with the TVs' tone controls

I've been known to do this... Except what i did was i went over to the toshibas, and set them to MOVIE mode :p)

 

[Mitty]

"You have a computer, don't you?" ("Yes.")
"You have Internet access, right?" ("Of course.")
"What kind of Internet access do you have? ("Why?")
"Is it high-speed?" ("Yes.")
"Are you happy with..." ("Look, would you please stop asking me questions so I can look at your CD's?")

I have a way to avoid these annoying conversations. I just tell whoever that I already own/subscribe to whatever they're selling. I works every time.
Q: Would you like to apply for a Sears card?
A: (Smile politely)No, thank you, I already have one.
Alternately, you could just have fun with it...
(Look utterly confused) What the hell is the "internet!?"

 

[Cam S]

Mitty has a good aproach to their "pitches". Just try to confuse them or piss them off.

 

[Mike Broadman]

Wow, I have the opposite problem: I can never find one of them when I need them.
Today, I mentioned Super Audio CDs to a one of them and got this look:

 

[Jeff Kleist]

What kind of spiffs are the blue shirts getting for pitching this stuff?

Keeping their jobs. BB employees are required to push MSN and Netflix like crazy because BB makes mad cash off of them. They may not be working on commission, but they get all the headaches of working on commission

 

[Brett Hancock]

My strategy for best buy is to just go in there and know what I'm looking for. I am all business in best buy, just grab what I want and go. However sometimes I feel bored and look around just for the hell of it. Also I found that it is best to only buy software, there hardware and the people who "know" hardware are just pathetic.

9. Say hello to the guy at the front door, but do not say anything further than that

This is usually the only person I say hello to. Is it pathetic that I think he knows who I am?

 

[DaveF]

Try to bring cash

As opposed to using credit cards? Why?

At the local one, I've had no troubles when shopping deliberately or just browsing. If someone approaches ("Can I help you find anything?"), they will not bother me if I say I'm just looking. And I've never had anyone try and sell me the MSN or Netflix packages, but maybe I don't buy the right stuff to get those pitches.

 

[Jenna]

9. Say hello to the guy at the front door, but do not say anything further than that

As a female, I take an alternate approach.
It's more fun (and profitable) to make nice with the salesboys at BestBuy. They're young, bored, and broke...so give them a break. I've found that if you befriend them, they'll hold DVDs for you; alert you when something new comes in that you've been looking for; be more amicable when price matching (ie, not make you go through customer service) and will sometimes give you a better deal than Circuit City. Plus they'll share coffee and gossip with you. I always know about the best deals.

 

[Chuck C]

As opposed to using credit cards? Why?

Well I'm gonna amend that...check it out in the original post.

 

[Marty M]

2. Always answer the salespeople with "no thanks, just looking"

This is such an automatic response that I even say this when I really do have a question or need help.

 

[Larry Seno Jr.]

The odds of a pimple faced 15 year old being able to actually PROVIDE help to me are SLIM anyway.

 

[Jassen M. West]

one salesperson tried to sell my uncle a DVD player when he went in to only buy a TV. he doesn't watch many movies because he is never home so he tried telling them that and they still persisted in trying to get him to buy one. He finally told them that he was still using 8-tracks and didn't even know what a DVD was. The look he got was the best, a kind of dumbfounded "are you serious" look but it worked they let him go on his way.

---jay

 

[Prentice Cotham]

What kind of spiffs are the blue shirts getting for pitching this stuff?

Managers get bonused off of this. Same with netflix. So, they (the managers) are commissioned while the "product specialists" are not.

 

[Mark Philp]

When I'm in BB my standard reply to "May I help you find something?" is "Only if you know where my wife is." Of course, I already know where she is - at the shoe store next door.

 

[Tony_Faville]

They all know me at my local Best Buy and know that if I want something, I will come to them.

 

[Jeff_HR]

When asked about Netflix, I told the cashier that I don't rent films because my personal movie library is large enough that I could start my own video rental store. When dealing with hardware purchases, I make sure that I know EVERYTHING that I need to know before I buy anything there.