[quote name='jrr6415sun']I've tried dozens of times at the bestbuys around me and they have never let me pm a gift card deal.. I think it's very rare for someone to get this to work
Also they have no problem letting big purchases go out the door when they are going to have a loss on the purchase[/QUOTE]Again, you must not have been paying attention to the previous TRU threads 2 for $70, 2 for $60 buy 2 $60 games get a $50 GC all of which were full of peole who'd got BB & Walmart to match.
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I believe the 2 for deals had select titles but I had no issue getting any games even ones not in the ad since I was buying $400-$500 worth of games. I generally goto the BB that has a TRU in the same shopping center, I confirm stock via cell phone picks & show the cash at CS. I've had several managers say flat out I'm not going to let you go next door & spend $300+ at the competition. I frequent several BB's but I called the 5 outta state ones that I shop less frequently at & 4 of the 5 said just bring in proof & they take care of it. The other one had a rep/manager that I could tell would screw up the pm but this generally nets crazy results...Hitman absolution was marked to $10 & they sold me a $50 BB GC. I also doesn't help that sometimes math can be "hard" for them.
[quote name='Dund3r']Hmm....all that being said, it still sounds highly YMMV to me. Also don't think it will work for those of us (like me) that did online orders. The fine print on the GC offer says it is in store only. Maybe I'll give it a try anyway.[/QUOTE]Online your screwed you have no options which is why I purchase in-store the consistant $20 pm's more thhan cover the cost of gas.
[quote name='bojay1997']Perhaps they should, especially in a situation like this where the deal will cost Best Buy money and which results in no profit on the transaction. As others have pointed out, Best Buy matching this GC deal is highly YMMV and given their recent tightening of the price match and return policies, you can expect more likely than not that local stores are going to be very hesitant to match deals like this in the future.[/QUOTE]
I think it comes down to people not being good at haggling/bartering. Just the way in which you go about it can determine if you get the exception. Even the manager than I saw said "we don't usually match GC deals". I told him I know but I'd rather spend the $120 here than at TRU & I also dropped that I'm Silver & a paid GCU member. He wanted to see the ad show I shoed him on their PC & while he looked I made small talk explaining that $40 in TRU does me no good since I don't have kids so diapers & toys aren't useful & their games are overpriced w/o a price protection. I had 1 bag full of movies & 2 games in another already so it was easy for him to see I wa a loyal BB shopper & that was it. Matched in 3 minutes took longer for the manager to get to CS(5 minutes).
All the trips in store doing pm's & general shopping allows one to build a friendship with the staff also which pays dividends in the short/long term. And it never made sense for me to buy on AMZ to save $2-$3 knowing that $10-$30 + tax was a sure thing. With the changes thee only thing that really changes for me is that I won't buy day 1 even with promos, I'll just wait for the best deal to pm like the TRU ones, this deal has gotten me exactly what I wanted to spend on day 1 so everything else is gravy.
