Did Best Buy Have a Right to Give Me Grief Over My Purchases?

Good, I'm glad they gave you trouble. I hate people who take up all the items on sales for their own profit. Leave some for others!
 
[quote name='beetlegum']I thought the purpose of the extra dvd was to entice ppl to buy more Lost. At the of the day, it's just sales total, why should it matter how many copies each person got? If Best Buy is that concerned about fairness, they would offer unlimited amounts with the bonus.[/QUOTE]

Think about it this way. If BB has 30 copies of the LOST DvD set, I'm sure they'd would rather have 30 different customers come in and buy them. That would increase the traffic in-store and raises the odds of them making other purchases.
 
[quote name='Ugamer_X']I agree that you shouldn't have to give him an answer as to why you're buying multiples...But beware, you're gonna have a bunch of fat, angry nerds here yelling at you for hoarding items and selling them for profit.[/QUOTE]

As opposed to fat angry nerds warning of yelling from fat angry nerds?

Hope folks here are sure to have sympathy for you when you miss out on a deal because of it being out of stock.
 
[quote name='slidecage']post a link to it. It be interesting to see what it pulls down.. Mine grabbed 17 shipped.[/QUOTE]

Mine just sold after having it listed for about an hour. I listed it for $17.99 with $2 shipping (I also did NOT includ the $10 Desperate Housewives coupon). The guy already paid for it too! That means Lost was only 'really' $15 for me!
 
[quote name='gizmogc']Mine just sold after having it listed for about an hour. I listed it for $17.99 with $2 shipping (I also did NOT includ the $10 Desperate Housewives coupon). The guy already paid for it too! That means Lost was only 'really' $15 for me![/QUOTE]

wow and i thought mine grabbing 17 shipped was high : )

i just hope best buy takes that Desperate housewives coupon if they sell the set for 34.99 cause the coupon says it can only be used on the reg. price.
 
One thing I don't understand is why you lied about what you were buying these DVDs for. You don't think its right for Best Buy to give you grief about your purchase right? So why not just tell the manager that you bought the DVDs so that you could sell them on ebay and make some quick money? Because that would make you seem like a bad guy huh?
 
[quote name='FaintDeftone']Good, I'm glad they gave you trouble. I hate people who take up all the items on sales for their own profit. Leave some for others![/QUOTE]


Then go buy the freaking dvds on Sunday. It's not like I torn down the door on the first day of the sale and cleared off the shelf with a buggy. You people are such hypocrites.
 
[quote name='xzafixz']One thing I don't understand is why you lied about what you were buying these DVDs for. You don't think its right for Best Buy to give you grief about your purchase right? So why not just tell the manager that you bought the DVDs so that you could sell them on ebay and make some quick money? Because that would make you seem like a bad guy huh?[/QUOTE]


That's not the point. I should have never been put in a positon where I had to explain myself. It's none of his business. If I wanted to use the dvds to wipe feces, or cut my wrists, that's my business. If they don't want to sell the product, they should not put it on the shelf.
 
[quote name='beetlegum']Then go buy the freaking dvds on Sunday. It's not like I torn down the door on the first day of the sale and cleared off the shelf with a buggy. You people are such hypocrites.[/QUOTE]

They aren't available on SUNDAY! They are new releases that go on $ale on Tuesday. That gives them 5 days of availability. :roll: or when someone like you comes along, I guess we'd be lucky to have 5 hours.
 
[quote name='beetlegum']...It's not like I torn down the door on the first day of the sale and cleared off the shelf with a buggy.[/QUOTE]
:rofl:

You should do that, just tell the manager they're seeing-eye horses :)

If it says "Limit 3" you did get screwed on the 2nd and 3rd. The Reward Zone should definitely work automatically up to the discount limit. (but the manager also should have told you "limit 3, no dealers please.")

Out of curiosity, if the sale started Tuesday, what day did you buy them? That might help calm the flames a bit if we knew how long you waited for all the real hoarders and fans before getting yours.
 
No need to 'calm the fires'. Fact is he went and tired to buy a ton to sell for profit. This is America, its not illegal. However don't come here and make a thread like this because 90% of the members will jump on you for hoarding. If I knew I could buy a DVD or $10 and resell for $20 your damn right I'd buy a handful to sell,but at the same time I wouldn't come here bitching that the store would only sell me 8 not the 12 I wanted.
 
[quote name='Scorch']I'm glad he called you out on it. Usually sales are only for one or two copies, not a ton. I'm not sure why you would bother spending that much money, how much of a profit could you possibly turn?

I saw a guy in Wal-Mart the other day buying, I kid you not, at least 60 copies of "Crash" on DVD and 10 copies of the Toy Story 10th anniversary DVD. His total was $1,560. I hate people like that.[/QUOTE]

Same here Scorch. When Pokemon Yellow came out, it was sold out everywhere. I got a tip saying that it came into a TRU near me and I called them and told them to hold a copy for me. When I got there, this guy had 3-4 carts filled with Pokemon Yellow. Because I had called before, they saved a copy for me.
 
[quote name='beetlegum']Just hilarious the efforts that people will go to in order to make me look bad on here.[/QUOTE]

Actually you did most of the work for us. Thanks for making our jobs easier ! :D
 
"This is ridiculous. I can't find this game anywhere to purchase except Ebay and Amazon, and they want $60 bucks now for it used. The game is cheap and acceptable when it was just about murdering cops and violence, but some stupid sex scene has banned this game nationwide?? Is there anywhere else to buy it at normal price?"


I dont see where it states anything about people buying them up and making a profit...or did i miss something?

he is just stating that the price is high and he cant find it in store , basic example of supply and demand....probably like most people who were looking for it at the time and instead of asking for it in store or waiting till new copies showed up, they went to ebay and/or amazon to buy it so the price shoots up
 
[quote name='Kerig']:rofl:

You should do that, just tell the manager they're seeing-eye horses :)

If it says "Limit 3" you did get screwed on the 2nd and 3rd. The Reward Zone should definitely work automatically up to the discount limit. (but the manager also should have told you "limit 3, no dealers please.")

Out of curiosity, if the sale started Tuesday, what day did you buy them? That might help calm the flames a bit if we knew how long you waited for all the real hoarders and fans before getting yours.[/QUOTE]

I went back and re-read the OP and it looks like this happened today. He may not have got the Bonus disc. Those were in limited supply. But still, trying to get the RZ discount on each?? = hoarder!
 
[quote name='Haggar']I know this won't help, but here's a thread in which the OP of this thread complains about people selling San Andreas to make a profit.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61079

Seems kind of weird that he would be against other people trying to make a few bucks when he's trying to buy something, but for it when he's the seller.[/QUOTE]


Nice try, idiot. I'm certainly not against other people trying to make a buck. In fact, I made a nice profit selling San Andreas. I just bought it for $35 bucks new, resold for 63 bucks. Am I going to tell you my sources after you've been a human turd? Hell no.
 
[quote name='beetlegum']Nice try, idiot. I'm certainly not against other people trying to make a buck. In fact, I made a nice profit selling San Andreas. I just bought it for $35 bucks new, resold for 63 bucks. Am I going to tell you my sources after you've been a human turd? Hell no.[/QUOTE]

So you hoard Xbox games as well as DVD's?

You are probably the type of person that lists items on eBay immediately after a famous person dies.

How'd you do with your Dale Earnhardt Hot Wheels?
 
[quote name='Haggar']So you hoard Xbox games as well as DVD's?

You are probably the type of person that lists items on eBay immediately after a famous person dies.

How'd you do with your Dale Earnhardt Hot Wheels?[/QUOTE]


I did fairly well seeing my Dimebag Darrel guitar mags after he died.
 
[quote name='Haggar']He didn't sell them so he didn't make any profit. .

Feel free to read the thread, champ.[/QUOTE]

And you know he didn't sell them how??? you live with him? are you his lover????

just cause someone says something doesn't mean they actually did it, ,champ
 
[quote name='Jedi1979']he is just stating that the price is high and he cant find it in store , basic example of supply and demand....probably like most people who were looking for it at the time and instead of asking for it in store or waiting till new copies showed up, they went to ebay and/or amazon to buy it so the price shoots up[/QUOTE]

The point is he couldn't find the game, so he is not only a liar, but a hypocrite for placing others in that same position when he hoards. Anyone can wait for something to come back on shelves, hell most wait until they can get it cheaper. The purpose of this forum is to see if Best Buy is just in their actions and you can't deny they are. Beetlegum is the one that placed himself in a position to be attacked and labled. Is he a hoarder that is to be debated, but don't come to this site looking for a bottle and a pat on the back. Continuously pointing and whining that others would do it means squat. You're wrong, you know you're wrong from the continuous guilt you've displayed, so move on and keep your hoarding to yourself. "IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT, GET THE F*** OUT OF THE KITCHEN!"
 
[quote name='neudog']The point is he couldn't find the game, so he is not only a liar, but a hypocrite for placing others in that same position when he hoards. Anyone can wait for something to come back on shelves, hell most wait until they can get it cheaper. The purpose of this forum is to see if Best Buy is just in their actions and you can't deny they are. Beetlegum is the one that placed himself in a position to be attacked and labled. Is he a hoarder that is to be debated, but don't come to this site looking for a bottle and a pat on the back. Continuously pointing and whining that others would do it means squat. You're wrong, you know you're wrong from the continuous guilt you've displayed, so move on and keep your hoarding to yourself. "IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT, GET THE F*** OUT OF THE KITCHEN!"[/QUOTE]


How does that make me a liar? When I made the original post, yes, I couldn't find the game, but you know what , I put the time and research to find good sources. I work my butt off to find good deals so take your self-righterous BS somewhere else. Excuse me while I get back to watching my Lost dvd which you claim that I don't have a right to buy.
 
It's not illegal for him to try to buy multiple copies of an item.
It's also not illegal for BB or any retailer to refuse to sell any item to any person, as long as it's not based on gender/race/etc. They can also limit quantity sold.
The fact that it is a RZ members special might indeed cause them to limit sales.
Let's say I run a dvd shop. I have a personal RZ membership. I buy every copy of Lost for 35 bucks each [the RZ special price]. I then stick them on my shelves for 45-50 dollars. People buy from me because now I have all the stock, that I bought from BB, by taking advantage of a program meant for their customers. Why would BB want to help their competitors? Hence the no resellers/limited quantity policy.
I could see buying 2 copies of something, or *possibly* 3. Any more would get into hoarding/reselling territory. At the very least, purchase them in separate transactions if you're going to do that.
 
I'd like to tell you what you tried to do was wrong and to stop doing it, but then I'd be like everyone else in this thread: a fucking hypocryte.

Next time some store cahier/manager/gizmoc gives you trouble, put them in their place. They're all the same, one threat to eliminate their job and presto, sorry ass cashier/manager/gizmoc :) Just keep this in mind: they're easily replacable, and they know it.
 
[quote name='javeryh']I still don't understand buying any media in bulk for profit. What could you possibly make? $10 each max?[/QUOTE]

$10 is a month's salary for some people.

And $10 times 30 days times 10 items a day is $3000. Just pointing it out.
 
[quote name='javeryh']I still don't understand buying any media in bulk for profit. What could you possibly make? $10 each max?[/QUOTE]

Bingo. It's not worth the time, trouble, and risk to do things like that. It was a lesson learned by those people buying carts full of games at the CC clearance and listed them on ebay. One of my friends managed to snag 6 games that were in the sale for .99 with $3 shipping.
 
[quote name='eldad9']$10 is a month's salary for some people.

And $10 times 30 days times 10 items a day is $3000. Just pointing it out.[/QUOTE]

$3,000 is still not worth it for all that time and effort - it's not even close. Not to mention gas for running around and this is assuming $10 can be made on every single copy (but if they are available at Best Buy for $10 less why would anyone buy from a reseller in the first place?). I can't believe people actually do this with their time.
 
I'll get put this out there, A few (not all) of buyers from BB, Target and Wal-mart buying 10+ copies of movies are Small video rentalstore owners. It's cheaper to run to BB and others than buy it wholesale at times.
 
Beetlegum let me again respond to keep this thread alive and also because you haven't learned to read your own post before responding. You're a liar for the following statement

[quote name='beetlegum']Then he grills me demanding to know why I wanted 4 copies of Lost. He asked me who I worked for. I lied and said I was buying them for gifts. I felt like I was on trial just for my purchases! I guess he was wondering if I was some competitor, but if they put something on sale, I should have the right to buy as many copies as I want. What do you think?[/QUOTE]

You're a hypocrite for the combonation of the following two posts:

[quote name='beetlegum']This is ridiculous. I can't find this game anywhere to purchase except Ebay and Amazon, and they want $60 bucks now for it used. The game is cheap and acceptable when it was just about murdering cops and violence, but some stupid sex scene has banned this game nationwide?? Is there anywhere else to buy it at normal price?[/QUOTE]

[quote name='beetlegum']I thought the purpose of the extra dvd was to entice ppl to buy more Lost. At the of the day, it's just sales total, why should it matter how many copies each person got? If Best Buy is that concerned about fairness, they would offer unlimited amounts with the bonus.[/QUOTE]

You wonder why you can't find an item at a low price, just look in the mirror for the answer. Throughout this entire forum you've hidden behind excuses, along with ones from a few members and attempt to justify your actions. The sad thing is you only bought 4 and the limit was three, but you mention past profit gain from previous BB deals and that is where you slipped up. Three factors led to your demise here; lying to the manager, purchasing over and beyond when there was a limit, and your continuous guilty responses to this forum. You wanted to know if the BB Manager was just, yet almost every one of your responses is an attempt to defend yourself. I'm not self-righteous, I'm stating my opinion and you've failed to see this since my OP. Go ahead and watch your DVD's it doesn't matter to me, you did what others have done and what others will do. Just don't come here with your GUILTY CONSCIENCE and think we're all going to side with you. You didn't steal and you didn't "set up false Katrina charity websites", but you did take away the privelage of another to get in on this deal. No matter how many people side with you your greed affected the consumer who was looking forward to this deal. You were wrong and if you never opened your mouth, typed the text, this negative feedback would have never surfaced.
 
[quote name='neudog']Beetlegum let me again respond to keep this thread alive and also because you haven't learned to read your own post before responding. You're a liar for the following statement


You're a loser who has a screwed up sense of morals.

Bad - buying dvds from a store that advertises dvds to sell.

good - stealing from the store, and promoting violence



You're a hypocrite for the combonation of the following two posts:





You wonder why you can't find an item at a low price, just look in the mirror for the answer. Throughout this entire forum you've hidden behind excuses, along with ones from a few members and attempt to justify your actions. The sad thing is you only bought 4 and the limit was three, but you mention past profit gain from previous BB deals and that is where you slipped up. Three factors led to your demise here; lying to the manager, purchasing over and beyond when there was a limit, and your continuous guilty responses to this forum. You wanted to know if the BB Manager was just, yet almost every one of your responses is an attempt to defend yourself. I'm not self-righteous, I'm stating my opinion and you've failed to see this since my OP. Go ahead and watch your DVD's it doesn't matter to me, you did what others have done and what others will do. Just don't come here with your GUILTY CONSCIENCE and think we're all going to side with you. You didn't steal and you didn't "set up false Katrina charity websites", but you did take away the privelage of another to get in on this deal. No matter how many people side with you your greed affected the consumer who was looking forward to this deal. You were wrong and if you never opened your mouth, typed the text, this negative feedback would have never surfaced.[/QUOTE]


There's a difference between stating one's opinion in a civil manner, and attacking someone openly in a forum forcing the OP into a defensive position. You became quite hostile and rude, and your posts only serve to embarrass you. You have a right to your opinion, and I don't agree with it. I feel absolutely NO GUILT for spending my hard earned money on products that the store is trying to sell!
 
[quote name='Scorch']I'm glad he called you out on it. Usually sales are only for one or two copies, not a ton. I'm not sure why you would bother spending that much money, how much of a profit could you possibly turn?

I saw a guy in Wal-Mart the other day buying, I kid you not, at least 60 copies of "Crash" on DVD and 10 copies of the Toy Story 10th anniversary DVD. His total was $1,560. I hate people like that.[/QUOTE]

I work for an independent video store, and my boss (the owner) will often get more copies of a title at Wal-Mart/Target/Costco if we can't get as many as we like on time. Walmart and Costco seem to welcome it no less.
 
[quote name='beetlegum']There's a difference between stating one's opinion in a civil manner, and attacking someone openly in a forum forcing the OP into a defensive position. You became quite hostile and rude, and your posts only serve to embarrass you. You have a right to your opinion, and I don't agree with it. I feel absolutely NO GUILT for spending my hard earned money on products that the store is trying to sell![/QUOTE]

....so why'd you lie to the manager about the reason you needed 4 copies of Lost?
 
Attacked? You have yet to learn. If you have read my original post I stated my opinion in a calm, neutral manner. You decided to justify and defend your actions by claiming I was putting on an act for you. So in order to put you in your place I just brought up the facts hence opening the flodd gates of guilt you have displayed since. No one, but yourself has placed you in a defensive position. Everyone here has just stated there opinion "for or against". You're the one that felt you needed to defend yourself, most would just read the responses and move on, but guilt does a strange thing to the human mind. If you had no guilt you wouldn't have lied to the manager and you definately wouldn't feel you needed to constantly respond to the negative responses here, You're defending yourself over 1 lousy DVD set, the only problem is how you presented the situation to the masses. No one truly cares, but you asked for opinions and you couldn't handle them. If you don't like it stop coming, probably the only thing that keeps you coming back is that rare member that claims you did nothing wrong.
 
[quote name='eldad9']$10 is a month's salary for some people.

And $10 times 30 days times 10 items a day is $3000. Just pointing it out.[/QUOTE]


good luck finding 300 copies of lost with that extra DVD at your local best buy : )
 
[quote name='defiance_17']Yeah, several stores limit the number of copies you can purchase.[/QUOTE]

Circuit City has a limit of 3 copies per person on new releases.
 
No matter how you try and justify it... hoarding is still hoarding just like shit still smells like shit no matter how you try and Lysol the smell away.
 
[quote name='demomanTNA']No matter how you try and justify it... hoarding is still hoarding just like shit still smells like shit no matter how you try and Lysol the smell away.[/QUOTE]

Febreez works best for the really tough smells, go with that instead. I dont think anyone here should really give the OP such a hard time for hoarding, perhaps he really needs the extra money or just wants some extra spending cash. Regardless it shouldnt matter because these arent 5 dollar CC games we are talking about its season 1 of lost which isnt getting sold out so fast and wont go out of print either.
 
[quote name='bostonfrontier']nothing wrong with hoarding and profiting....... that's just good business sense[/QUOTE]

No, if you want to be in business then go start a fucking business selling games, dvds, etc. Order your own damn product and quit buying from the retailers.
 
[quote name='Jek Porkins']I work for an independent video store, and my boss (the owner) will often get more copies of a title at Wal-Mart/Target/Costco if we can't get as many as we like on time. Walmart and Costco seem to welcome it no less.[/QUOTE]

Great so your company is illegally buying product to resell. Talking about taking advantage of the local market.
 
Costco probably welcomed it and it would seem to be allowed since it is Costco is considered a wholesale store. They will even take your tax id number if you are a legitimate business so you don't have to pay sales tax on items you buy to resell.
 
They (Best Buy etc..) don't like it because if they're selling a product that you can buy and sell for higher elsewhere, they want to sell it at that higher amount. Greedy bastards.
 
[quote name='VidgamesgivemeA_D_D']They (Best Buy etc..) don't like it because if they're selling a product that you can buy and sell for higher elsewhere, they want to sell it at that higher amount. Greedy bastards.[/QUOTE]

Yeah god forbid that Worst Buy wants to make a profit. :lol:
 
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