THIS IS NOT RIGHT!! Best Buy can burn in hell

[souNReAL]

come the fuck on.

of course this is about me not getting the $150 desktop, but this is not right.

after getting to the store at 4am, okay, theyre alreayd a line up, cool, so after asking 3 employees, "where do i get the $150 desktop", they ALL point in the same direction.

"head towards the green ballons"

fine.

2 hours waiting-in-line later.

"Oh you need a voucher"

NO ONE, not one of the three employees i asked before i got to the line, said ANYTING about a voucher, the store-ad itself says nothing.

and the worst part about it. they act like there's nothing you can do, you cant file any complaints, there's no actual "managers", just people in blue shirts, and then white shirt people who are obviously higher in the food chain, yet still cannot do thier job correctly.

no rainchecks, not even a "sorry about that", just nothing, and get out of the way so we can make small talk to the next customer waiting in line, hopefully talking about the void in thier lives will make the customer kill themself, and if not, theyll buy something.

and that what black friday is all about. a bunch of people who dont want to do thier jobs. its fucked up WHEN THE GUY WHO CANT EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH IS THE MOST HELPFUL PERSON IN THE STORE??!?!

on everything i swear, ill get my justice if its the last thing i do.

never shop b&m on black friday. never again.

[Puffa469]

I feel for ya man. I stay the hell away from large retailers on black friday. The deals are almost not worth it when you see what you have to go thru. Vouchers? Gimme a freakin break.

[Staraang21]

i feel your pain, my friend. although i'll say it's more about best buy than black friday in general. i hate best buy. in my book any store that won't even honor its own policies can go straight to hell. next time try places like target or circuit city or staples. i came back from circuit city and they had tons of employees all over the place so you could easily get answers. although many of them were clueless, at least there were some on hand who could direct you to someone who knew what they were talking about.

[Demontooth]

Shop Elsewhere Devil Shopper!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

[souNReAL]

thats the thing, best buy was the first store i hgit up this morning, obviously a big mistake.

only thing i wanted was the $150 desktop, and two hours i walk it with a 512MB player(still dunno why) and Chaos Theory, even though i just bought 20GB mp3 like a week ago,

by the time i got to circuit city, anything worth anything was sold out, cant even get a copy of cinderella for my mom. absolutely ridiculous.

[Staraang21]

Shop Elsewhere Devil Shopper!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

:twisted:

[souNReAL]

indeed. yea i know all about those "devil shoppers" reports they put out, and you know, i think i just might my evil evil devil money somewhere else frOm now on....

until next year, IM GETTIN THOSE FUCKIN COMPUTERS!

[slidecage]

come the fuck on.

of course this is about me not getting the $150 desktop, but this is not right.

after getting to the store at 4am, okay, theyre alreayd a line up, cool, so after asking 3 employees, "where do i get the $150 desktop", they ALL point in the same direction.

"head towards the green ballons"

fine.

2 hours waiting-in-line later.

"Oh you need a voucher"

NO ONE, not one of the three employees i asked before i got to the line, said ANYTING about a voucher, the store-ad itself says nothing.

and the worst part about it. they act like there's nothing you can do, you cant file any complaints, there's no actual "managers", just people in blue shirts, and then white shirt people who are obviously higher in the food chain, yet still cannot do thier job correctly.

no rainchecks, not even a "sorry about that", just nothing, and get out of the way so we can make small talk to the next customer waiting in line, hopefully talking about the void in thier lives will make the customer kill themself, and if not, theyll buy something.

and that what black friday is all about. a bunch of people who dont want to do thier jobs. its fucked up WHEN THE GUY WHO CANT EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH IS THE MOST HELPFUL PERSON IN THE STORE??!?!

on everything i swear, ill get my justice if its the last thing i do.

never shop b&m on black friday. never again.

theres nothing you can do cause 1000's of people could say the same thing and try to demand a pc for 149... and stop being such a cheap ass... i think dell has a better computer for 299 shipped.. I think best buy did you a favor as well , as those E machines are nothing but pieces of shit and probally would blew up on you within 6 months

maybe noone said anything to you about the voucher cause they were all gone and they thought you had one and wanted to know where in line to stand. Also how did you know the people in front of you didnt get all the vouchers (they usually only have 2-5 of them)

i feel your pain cause i got screw out of a tv 4 years ago (when it was still first come first serve when a 500 pound fat ass hippo pushed me out of the way for the last tv) I did go up and complain but nothing was done about it

[souNReAL]

theres nothing you can do cause 1000's of people could say the same thing and try to demand a pc for 149... and stop being such a cheap ass... i think dell has a better computer for 299 shipped.. I think best buy did you a favor as well , as those E machines are nothing but pieces of shit and probally would blew up on you within 6 months

maybe noone said anything to you about the voucher cause they were all gone and they thought you had one and wanted to know where in line to stand. Also how did you know the people in front of you didnt get all the vouchers (they usually only have 2-5 of them)

i feel your pain cause i got screw out of a tv 4 years ago (when it was still first come first serve when a 500 pound fat ass hippo pushed me out of the way for the last tv) I did go up and complain but nothing was done about it


i know it wasnt the best machine in the world. i just wanted a spare, to network with, plus i was thinking of going to compusa, and tricking it out with a nice gfx card, and extra HD, but not now obviously.

the only excuse i could get after asking/complaining to the 6th guy was exatly that. "oh maybe they assumed you had a voucher" LIKE WTF?!? THIS IS AMERICA, WE DONT USUALLY BUY SHIT WITH VOUCHERS, SO IF YOU MUST DO THAT FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION, WHY NOT TRY TO DO YOUR BEST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW!?

come on man, i swear, i would compare the scene there, to the images we got to the hurricane victims out there in the gulf coast, yes, it was just as bad. a fuckin madhouse, you have wait 2 hours for nothing, people cutting in line, people leaving carts everywhere. then you got people at the front wanting to sell you vouchers. shit i still wanted to buy a voucher and say fuck it....but the idiot scalper didnt even have change....-_-

[slidecage]

i know it wasnt the best machine in the world. i just wanted a spare, to network with, plus i was thinking of going to compusa, and tricking it out with a nice gfx card, and extra HD, but not now obviously.

the only excuse i could get after asking/complaining to the 6th guy was exatly that. "oh maybe they assumed you had a voucher" LIKE WTF?!? THIS IS AMERICA, WE DONT USUALLY BUY SHIT WITH VOUCHERS, SO IF YOU MUST DO THAT FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION, WHY NOT TRY TO DO YOUR BEST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW!?

come on man, i swear, i would compare the scene there, to the images we got to the hurricane victims out there in the gulf coast, yes, it was just as bad. a fuckin madhouse, you have wait 2 hours for nothing, people cutting in line, people leaving carts everywhere. then you got people at the front wanting to sell you vouchers. shit i still wanted to buy a voucher and say fuck it....but the idiot scalper didnt even have change....-_-

i miss the old days when they just threw the doors open and everyone took off running :)

[souNReAL]

dude, yea, i would have enjoyed that much more. anything woulda been better than that.

its all a setup to make you buy accessories and other junk you dont need while in line, theres no way they sold all the computers they had if they were giving vouchers, for the simple fact that people were either selling them, or throwing them out because of the line.

[bil4ltool]

I got to Best Buy at 1030 last night for the laptop and I would have gone berzerk if I didn't get that damn thing.

[Dr Mario Kart]

I almost got shafted at Best Buy this morning. I was first in line last night. Got there just after 9 pm. Got 3 tickets for the 379 laptop, the 149 desktop and a 129 camera. After spending an eternity in both the desktop and camera lines, I finally make my way to the end of the laptop line, where they tell me that they are out. Upon further inspection, the lady tells me that my ticket is not legit, because all the numbers 1 through 10 were written in big black marker by the same person, and my #1, was not. I then produced the triplicate ticket receipt with my name written on it and I ask them to find the person who wrote me this, and insisted that if there was a mistake, it was on their end. She ALMOST accused me of forging the thing.

Anyway, since everyone remembered that I was first in line, they said they'd try to get a replacement or something equal and I can pay the same price. They'll call me later.

[AlanSaysYo]

I almost got shafted at Best Buy this morning. I was first in line last night. Got there just after 9 pm. Got 3 tickets for the 379 laptop, the 149 desktop and a 129 camera. After spending an eternity in both the desktop and camera lines, I finally make my way to the end of the laptop line, where they tell me that they are out. Upon further inspection, the lady tells me that my ticket is not legit, because all the numbers 1 through 10 were written in big black marker by the same person, and my #1, was not. I then produced the triplicate ticket receipt with my name written on it and I ask them to find the person who wrote me this, and insisted that if there was a mistake, it was on their end. She ALMOST accused me of forging the thing.

Anyway, since everyone remembered that I was first in line, they said they'd try to get a replacement or something equal and I can pay the same price. They'll call me later.


Who else wouldn't be surprised if they never call this guy back?

[I AM WILLIAM H. MACY]

Yeah, and they hid all the deals at my Best Buy. Oh well, at least they went through.

[Admiral Ackbar]

Get Rich: 0
Dye Tryin': 3

I ordered the notebook online and have my fingers crossed.

I am still pissed that they didn't discount call of duty online. Then I wouldn't have had to go at all. I stood in line for over an hour just for that.
Anyway, MY BB got 200 of those $150 e machines in stock. ANd the CC across the stret got 100 of the Toshiba Notebooks.

[schultzed]

my BB wouldn't PM the Battlefront 2 from Kmart . . . no PMs at all today I was told . . .

But while I was walking around, I overheard a manager say "just take $10 off it . . . were aren't giving away the farm today" . . . obviously someone was trying to get a substitute. But just his tone of voice made me hate BB in a whole new way. They were going to give someone a "special deal" my ass.

[thagoat]

theres nothing you can do cause 1000's of people could say the same thing and try to demand a pc for 149... and stop being such a cheap ass... i think dell has a better computer for 299 shipped.. I think best buy did you a favor as well , as those E machines are nothing but pieces of shit and probally would blew up on you within 6 months

maybe noone said anything to you about the voucher cause they were all gone and they thought you had one and wanted to know where in line to stand. Also how did you know the people in front of you didnt get all the vouchers (they usually only have 2-5 of them)

i feel your pain cause i got screw out of a tv 4 years ago (when it was still first come first serve when a 500 pound fat ass hippo pushed me out of the way for the last tv) I did go up and complain but nothing was done about it
i disagree. i own an emachines computer. i pound this thing and its a best. its been 2 years since i got it and no problems. value my friend. its got the same insides as a dell, without the high price. sorry but dell over does it on some of the pricing

[souNReAL]

here here. yea the eMachine was a great deal for $149. props to anyone that actually got it. add an extra HD/DVD-RW/gfx card and youre good at least until vista comes out.

*sigh* damn vouchers!!!

glad to see im not alone in the gettin screwed @ best buy. WE'LL GET EM NEXT YEAR DAMN YOU!

[snotknocker]

i disagree. i own an emachines computer. i pound this thing and its a best. its been 2 years since i got it and no problems. value my friend. its got the same insides as a dell, without the high price. sorry but dell over does it on some of the pricing

I picked up a e-machine last year at BB on BF and the thing has not even hiccupped

[souNReAL]

DISREGUARD THE NEVER SHOP AT B&M's REMARK.

I just bought Lost Season 1 for $30 at Target. :)

[Demolition Man]

here here. yea the eMachine was a great deal for $149. props to anyone that actually got it. add an extra HD/DVD-RW/gfx card and youre good at least until vista comes out.

*sigh* damn vouchers!!!

glad to see im not alone in the gettin screwed @ best buy. WE'LL GET EM NEXT YEAR DAMN YOU!

Forget Vista unless you like getting DRM up the yin yang. :cry:

[Ginsburger]

This has to be the most pointless complaint thread. You got there at 4am and expected to get a $150 computer? Have you never been to or heard of the best buy black friday deals? People lined up at 6pm at mine to get those damn things. It's a good deal, so why wouldn't you think everyone and their mom wouldn't want one? Best Buy didn't screw you at all, you just didn't the process. It sucks, but learn and line up at 6 or 7 next year if you want in on the cheap computers. What would be more fucked up is if you got a cheap computer and the people who spent a long time out there didn't. Get over it.

[hopesfall]

Get Rich: 0
Dye Tryin': 3

I ordered the notebook online and have my fingers crossed.

I am still pissed that they didn't discount call of duty online. Then I wouldn't have had to go at all. I stood in line for over an hour just for that.
Anyway, MY BB got 200 of those $150 e machines in stock. ANd the CC across the stret got 100 of the Toshiba Notebooks.

on an unrelated note, isn't CoD 2 awesome? i just played through the first level and it just about erased my hatred for the WWII shooter genre...

[Sigma]

and the worst part about it. they act like there's nothing you can do, you cant file any complaints, there's no actual "managers", just people in blue shirts, and then white shirt people who are obviously higher in the food chain, yet still cannot do thier job correctly..
The people with white shirts are actually the lowest of low at Best Buy, seasonal idiots that will likely be fired the week after Christmas.

[SBWildBill2004]

dude, we had people outside our store at 11 the night before for the computers, when people got there at 4 this morning we just laughed at them, would have done the same to you

[ZForce]

I have learned to avoid Best Buy completely on Black Friday. Standing there once in line this week (for the 360) was more than enough

[DarkNessBear]

Shut the Fock up you dirty idiot.

I hate you FRICKEN idiot customers that ask for shit and expect us to know everyything... COME ON! Just cause I work in the DVD and Game section doesn't mean I know EVERYTHING about a goddam fucking toaster that is on sale. Suck my nuts...

I don't go to a proffesional swimmer and asking them questions about Golf, just because its a sport.

And WHITE Shirts are people that are in Training. GOOD JOB MORON!

Shuck my bawls. *

=)

*and yes, im the worst employee ever. I could care less about the customer, I just say "No we dont have it" to everyone so they will fock off. And then I pick up my paycheck and use all that money to pay for gas and insurance.

[alonzomourning23]

LIKE WTF?!? THIS IS AMERICA, WE DONT USUALLY BUY SHIT WITH VOUCHERS, SO IF YOU MUST DO THAT FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION, WHY NOT TRY TO DO YOUR BEST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW!?


You're funny. You remind me of a funny looking guy standing on the commons ranting about all the injustices he's faces.

[Zingela]

I actually had an excellent Best Buy experience this morning. The line was long (3/4 around the building), and it was cold as hell out. I lined up fairly late in comparison, at about 3:45 am.
I moved up in line pretty quickly, about half of the length once they started passing out the vouchers--most people left once they ran out of the $150 eMachine.
I was there for the $129 camera, which I got voucher #8 for. SCORE.

Security was very good about keeping the people not in line from rushing the store, and overall at the time I was there, everything was fast and orderly, with other people in line helping me and others out with things (it was like a barricade maze in there, you had to go to a specific area and line for each item). Huge difference from the horor stories I'd heard from years before. I was out within 15 minutes, and I'd went and bought a couple of DVDs (Billy Madison, Friday Night Lights, The Grinch, 24 Season 3) and a 512 SD stick too.

<3 my local Best Buy right now. Very surprised at how well my visit went.

[Skelah]

basicly what u have to do with best buy is realy just have it out for them.

They have sales that are kind of unavoidable when u want deals so..you take down there names you file ur normal complaints...BUT then you have ur freinds file false complaints against those names 'especialy on days like black friday you could say just about anything hapend and if its fucked up enough and enough people say it there fired'.

Not to mention u could just purposly try to interact with the person and bait them to fuck with u by going in there line smarting off to them by saying insulting things in diferent tones and things so u can later make it look as if he was the rude one.

Bestbuy is out of control its like they hire assholes on purpose so make them go postal make them loose there fucking job like they try to make you loose out on deals there suposed to honor .

8-)

[jennie25]

Get Rich: 0
Dye Tryin': 3

I ordered the notebook online and have my fingers crossed.

I am still pissed that they didn't discount call of duty online. Then I wouldn't have had to go at all. I stood in line for over an hour just for that.
Anyway, MY BB got 200 of those $150 e machines in stock. ANd the CC across the stret got 100 of the Toshiba Notebooks.

yeah, I waited in line for 1 hour exactly for destroy all humans at 14.99! Can't wait to play that game.

[Rig]

I think best buy did you a favor as well , as those E machines are nothing but pieces of shit and probally would blew up on you within 6 months

:roll:

I guess I must be lucky then. Three years and counting.

[neudog]

I passed on BB this year because they didn't have a lot of good deals; maybe the laptop and movies if you wanted them. My BB had people waiting overnite for those stupid laptops and what happens, but one of the funniest things ever. Due to BB not having in print "limit 1 per household", the first 3 people in line bought all 15 they had. You got to love HF2005; Hoarder Friday begings down with the "Black Friday" label. Sorry to all of you who got fucked, but everyone knows shit like this happens every year because "idiots" forgot the true meaning of Christmas and the Holidays.

[erehwon]

From what I've heard the newer emachines are a lot better than the older one. Those were pure crap. We have one of those and it's still kicking, barely, but it doesn't power down when you tell it to and it can turn it self back on. Either it's an issue with a tempermental power supply or the thing is haunted.

You also might be better off not getting that computer. I remember seeing it the ads that either the cheap computer at CC or BB required you to sign up for a year of AOL to get it one of the rebates. I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.

[The Successful Dropout]

come the fuck on.

of course this is about me not getting the $150 desktop, but this is not right.

after getting to the store at 4am, okay, theyre alreayd a line up, cool, so after asking 3 employees, "where do i get the $150 desktop", they ALL point in the same direction.

"head towards the green ballons"

fine.

2 hours waiting-in-line later.

"Oh you need a voucher"

NO ONE, not one of the three employees i asked before i got to the line, said ANYTING about a voucher, the store-ad itself says nothing.

and the worst part about it. they act like there's nothing you can do, you cant file any complaints, there's no actual "managers", just people in blue shirts, and then white shirt people who are obviously higher in the food chain, yet still cannot do thier job correctly.

no rainchecks, not even a "sorry about that", just nothing, and get out of the way so we can make small talk to the next customer waiting in line, hopefully talking about the void in thier lives will make the customer kill themself, and if not, theyll buy something.

and that what black friday is all about. a bunch of people who dont want to do thier jobs. its fucked up WHEN THE GUY WHO CANT EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH IS THE MOST HELPFUL PERSON IN THE STORE??!?!

on everything i swear, ill get my justice if its the last thing i do.

never shop b&m on black friday. never again.

looks like you're having a little bit of trouble there yourself

[help1]

Shut the Fock up you dirty idiot.

I hate you FRICKEN idiot customers that ask for shit and expect us to know everyything... COME ON! Just cause I work in the DVD and Game section doesn't mean I know EVERYTHING about a goddam fucking toaster that is on sale. Suck my nuts...

I don't go to a proffesional swimmer and asking them questions about Golf, just because its a sport.

And WHITE Shirts are people that are in Training. GOOD JOB MORON!

Shuck my bawls. *

=)

*and yes, im the worst employee ever. I could care less about the customer, I just say "No we dont have it" to everyone so they will fock off. And then I pick up my paycheck and use all that money to pay for gas and insurance.



First off, spelling and grammar are your friends. Secondly, use the phrase "I couldn't care less" correctly. What you said makes it seem you care.

GOOD JOB MORON!

[CocheseUGA]

Shut the Fock up you dirty idiot.

I hate you FRICKEN idiot customers that ask for shit and expect us to know everyything... COME ON! Just cause I work in the DVD and Game section doesn't mean I know EVERYTHING about a goddam fucking toaster that is on sale. Suck my nuts...

I don't go to a proffesional swimmer and asking them questions about Golf, just because its a sport.

And WHITE Shirts are people that are in Training. GOOD JOB MORON!

Shuck my bawls. *

=)

*and yes, im the worst employee ever. I could care less about the customer, I just say "No we dont have it" to everyone so they will fock off. And then I pick up my paycheck and use all that money to pay for gas and insurance.

I could try and get you fired, but you work at Best Buy...seems like punishment enough.

I refuse to go in that store if at all possible. Worst company I ever had the displeasure of dealing with. They can kiss my ass if they think I'm renewing my RZ card.

[sarausagi]

I went in yesterday looking for sales on home audio: nothing. Checked to see if some good games or anime were on sale, nothing. This was in the evening though. Walmart usually has a complete system for around $350, usually AMD and much nicer looking than the eMachines, the balance Semperon machine is really nice looking.

[souNReAL]

Shut the Fock up you dirty idiot.

I hate you FRICKEN idiot customers that ask for shit and expect us to know everyything... COME ON! Just cause I work in the DVD and Game section doesn't mean I know EVERYTHING about a goddam fucking toaster that is on sale. Suck my nuts...

I don't go to a proffesional swimmer and asking them questions about Golf, just because its a sport.

And WHITE Shirts are people that are in Training. GOOD JOB MORON!

Shuck my bawls. *

=)

*and yes, im the worst employee ever. I could care less about the customer, I just say "No we dont have it" to everyone so they will fock off. And then I pick up my paycheck and use all that money to pay for gas and insurance.


^^ladies and gentlemen, i present the future CEO all of Best Buy sales and operations, this guy! give him a round of applause!

[Demolition Man]

^^ladies and gentlemen, i present the future CEO all of Best Buy sales and operations, this guy! give him a round of applause!

I'm also willing to bet that he won't last long around here on CAG either just based off of that one post alone.

[vrs1650]

What the hell is it with this voucher crap. Are we in Russia waiting for Bread. Fuck that, this is America, where the strong survive and the weak get trampled. Pissed about vouchers on BF and for the 360.

[Demolition Man]

What the hell is it with this voucher crap. Are we in Russia waiting for Bread. Fuck that, this is America, where the strong survive and the weak get trampled. Pissed about vouchers on BF and for the 360.

BBY (and CC as well) hands out vouchers for those in line so they can claim whatever item it is that they want to buy. Nothing wrong with that really as it does help prevent some of the chaos associated with Black Friday. From what it sounds like Wal-Mart should take note of this going by the amount of reports emerging involving chaotic fights and what not.

[slidecage]

:roll:

I guess I must be lucky then. Three years and counting.

did you pay 150 for it... the high price E machines sort of last longer but the cheap black friday ones really are pieces of crap

[Demolition Man]

did you pay 150 for it... the high price E machines sort of last longer but the cheap black friday ones really are pieces of crap

Well seeing now that in essence the high price E-Machines = Gateway with an E-Machine label slapped on it.. I would expect better.

[CYRiX]

Get Rich: 0
Dye Tryin': 3

I ordered the notebook online and have my fingers crossed.

I am still pissed that they didn't discount call of duty online. Then I wouldn't have had to go at all. I stood in line for over an hour just for that.
Anyway, MY BB got 200 of those $150 e machines in stock. ANd the CC across the stret got 100 of the Toshiba Notebooks.
Yeah I would of been all of the CoD2 too.

[stocker08]

i disagree. i own an emachines computer. i pound this thing and its a best. its been 2 years since i got it and no problems. value my friend. its got the same insides as a dell, without the high price. sorry but dell over does it on some of the pricing

agreed. i got an emachines about 3 years ago and it has run great since. Plus i paid about $300 for the entire system when dell was selling the same system for $600, computer only.

[stocker08]

did you pay 150 for it... the high price E machines sort of last longer but the cheap black friday ones really are pieces of crap

so wait. the cheap computers sold on black friday are specially made for black friday and they are shittier? Plus, there are no high priced e-machine computers.

[Mono`]

YOU LOSE!! HHAHAHAHAHA

:lol:

[Dragonsbane]

theres nothing you can do cause 1000's of people could say the same thing and try to demand a pc for 149... and stop being such a cheap ass... i think dell has a better computer for 299 shipped.. I think best buy did you a favor as well , as those E machines are nothing but pieces of shit and probally would blew up on you within 6 months

maybe noone said anything to you about the voucher cause they were all gone and they thought you had one and wanted to know where in line to stand. Also how did you know the people in front of you didnt get all the vouchers (they usually only have 2-5 of them)

i feel your pain cause i got screw out of a tv 4 years ago (when it was still first come first serve when a 500 pound fat ass hippo pushed me out of the way for the last tv) I did go up and complain but nothing was done about it


Hey now no need to bash emachines I have had one of their laptops for 2 years now problem free.

[souNReAL]

screw vouchers. theyre called DOORBUSTERS for a reason. its a free-for-all anyways! shit, DO NOT OPEN THE DOORS TIL OR PASS OUT VOUCHERS TIL 5AM. peroid. let em loose in the store. the strong shall survive!

[coolsteel]

What would be the point of passing out the vouchers at 5 when the line is already a few hundred people deep? They passed them out at 4 am here and considering people had been out since 11:30 that was plenty late enough. So all those people who jumped out of their cars at 5 rushing the door found out pretty fast they were out of luck, priceless look on their faces made my day.

[Demolition Man]

screw vouchers. theyre called DOORBUSTERS for a reason. its a free-for-all anyways! shit, DO NOT OPEN THE DOORS TIL OR PASS OUT VOUCHERS TIL 5AM. peroid. let em loose in the store. the strong shall survive!

I totally disagree. I would rather have a way of keeping chaos from happening as much as possible, so this voucher system for the most part does work. You might not like it but it does make things far easier than having people shove, push, punch, kick, and what not to each other for a cheap ass laptop.

[CocheseUGA]

I totally disagree. I would rather have a way of keeping chaos from happening as much as possible, so this voucher system for the most part does work. You might not like it but it does make things far easier than having people shove, push, punch, kick, and what not to each other for a cheap ass laptop.

But I'd rather have those vouchers handed out at the time people show up, but I guess I'm asking for too much.

[RedvsBlue]

I totally disagree. I would rather have a way of keeping chaos from happening as much as possible, so this voucher system for the most part does work. You might not like it but it does make things far easier than having people shove, push, punch, kick, and what not to each other for a cheap ass laptop.


Well they could also use the voucher system as a way to not have to sell the system for less. My dad went into Best Buy on Friday and they had the $149 computer in stock so he asks for one but they refused to give it to him. They told him that they had given out vouchers earlier that morning and the people who had the voucher had until noon to come back. Well, at noon the sale is over and the price of the computer goes back up. Very convenient if you ask me. Additionally, why would someone wait over 7 hours to pick up the computer if they had gotten the voucher?

I wouldn't be surprised at all if they "accidentally" didn't pass out enough vouchers so they wouldn't have to honor the price on a good number of the cheap computers. Then, later in the day when someone comes in to ask about it they can say, sure we've got them in but they aren't $149 anymore, but we can still cut you a deal. Therefor they can sell it for higher than the $149 price tag, increase their store revenue, (somewhat small in the end but still those managers try to pinch every penny into that revenue) and try to beat the other stores in their numbers for the day.

That was one of the biggest things that pissed me off when I used to work at Best Buy. Sure the managers got bonuses based on good numbers but what did us grunt workers get? Dick squat.

[ne2eire]

haha they've done the voucher thing for a while now. better than having some old lady get trampled on with the opening of the doors stampede

[RedvsBlue]

haha they've done the voucher thing for a while now. better than having some old lady get trampled on with the opening of the doors stampede


Hmm, I think it depends. I mean if she's old enough then what's the difference, she's had a good life.

[CocheseUGA]

Hmm, I think it depends. I mean if she's old enough then what's the difference, she's had a good life.

Very ironic choice of word there. :D

[TXboxGuY]

I totally disagree. I would rather have a way of keeping chaos from happening as much as possible, so this voucher system for the most part does work. You might not like it but it does make things far easier than having people shove, push, punch, kick, and what not to each other for a cheap ass laptop.

Do they limit the number of vouchers a person can claim? Was it 1 per person? If it were me, I'd claim 1 of everything. Not saying I'd buy them all. I'd just bring along my cell phone and take 'requests' from friends and family. Just as long as they met me there when the store opened with the actual $$$ for the purchase. I wonder if people did that? Something to think about for next year.

[souNReAL]

there were people with 3-4 in thier hands tryin to sell them. prices vary from 20 to 50 bucks -_-

damn no change having.....arggh!

[urzishra14]

From what I've heard the newer emachines are a lot better than the older one. Those were pure crap. We have one of those and it's still kicking, barely, but it doesn't power down when you tell it to and it can turn it self back on. Either it's an issue with a tempermental power supply or the thing is haunted.

You also might be better off not getting that computer. I remember seeing it the ads that either the cheap computer at CC or BB required you to sign up for a year of AOL to get it one of the rebates. I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.
i'd claim its haunted sell it on ebay for mucho money.

[DarkNessBear]

Hey all, I am sorry about the thread bump and the lack of informing this before.

But, I would like to apologize how I acted in that post, I obliviously was out of line. If you notice by the time of my post it was the day after Black Friday. And, I was having a bad day in terms of "Best Buy" fun.

I think that was the day, when I a lady cursed me out for being an idiot, cause we didn't have a shipment of a particular movie she wanted, and I did not have a clue when the next shipment was scheduled to arrive.

I understand you have all have had bad experiences with Best Buy, and I would like to apologize on behalf of BB. I ussually try to stray my customers away from Best Buy if I know there is another store that has the same product for a lesser value.

Again, I apologise for how I acted. I don't want that to diminish my reputation on the CAG forums.

Recently, I am looking for another job. Because you think you hate going into the store, try working for them. It's pretty ridicoulus. I have had to learn so much on my own, (ie, looking online and researching new DVD's releasing) just because of the lack of care they give their employees and don't give a rats ass if you are trained or not.

Then they have the nerve to come around and TEST you on the spot if you know this or that. Yet, they fail to train you.

They constantly make you go through Computer Training (phone skills, speech skills.) But they fail to train on their products. So, you look like an ass if you don't know what the name of one of the members of the Carpenters album. And having the customer saying in your face, "Wow, I knew Best Buy employee's were idiots, but didn't know they knew nothing." (True story).

But, it doesn't make up for how I acted.

So, I am sorry.
-DarkNessBear.

[Chacrana]

Uh... look, nobody actually remembers whatever it is you did... I for one have no clue what you're apologizing for. But 3 months later, I have to wonder why anybody would care anymore.

[RedvsBlue]

Uh... look, nobody actually remembers whatever it is you did... I for one have no clue what you're apologizing for. But 3 months later, I have to wonder why anybody would care anymore.
Speak for yourself, I'm very happy this issue is finally resolved so I can actually sleep at night. Thanks OP, my mind is at ease now.

:roll:

[DarkNessBear]

It was not Necessarily for all that I offended, but more so for myself. I felt bad for saying what I did, and it just came to my attention on what I posted. So I felt that I wanted to go back and fix what I did wrong for myself.

[CappyCobra]

Let the man get this off his chest. No need to pour salt on the wound. If you're all so curious as to apology, check his prior post a couple of pages back.

[Chacrana]

Oh. That was actually pretty funny if a little incoherant.