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tl;dr My trip to Best Buy wasn't a total shitfest!!! Have they changed?
HardForum discussion of monitor here.
I went to a BestBuy to buy a Samsung S27D590P montior, and the experience was actually pleasant?
It had been a few years since I've been to BestBuy and their price on the monitor I wanted was the same as Amazon/Newegg so I thought, "WTF, I'll give them a shot and be able to pick up monitor right now."
I walked in and the greeter / loss prevention dude barely noticed me. I then noticed a total redesign of the store, darker color scheme, more open and less busy. Nobody came up to me asking if I needed anything. Walked to the center of the store, saw where the computer monitors would be and walked over to them. Still nobody asked me if I needed any help.
I walk withing 8-10' of a BestBuy associate as they were walking in the opposite direction and they slightly nodded to me. Again not asking if I needed any help. Got to the wall and noticed the monitor, looks good. Glance down and see one box on the shelf with the correct model number and looks in good shape, not obviously been dropped, opened/re-taped, etc.
I pick up Samsung box and start toward the register. Again nobody asks me if I need any help and I get to register to buy monitor. Young woman asks me if I want extended warranty with my purchase and I say, "no thanks". She never mentions it again. She tells me to click "no" when the "apply for BestBuy card" comes up on the card swiper terminal and I run my card, sign screen, and take monitor and receipt to exit. Receipt wasn't checked as I walked out of the store.
And I'm outside of BestBuy with my purchase without having to navigate the usual BestBuy BULLSHIT.
Have they changed or was I just lucky?
HardForum discussion of monitor here.
I went to a BestBuy to buy a Samsung S27D590P montior, and the experience was actually pleasant?
It had been a few years since I've been to BestBuy and their price on the monitor I wanted was the same as Amazon/Newegg so I thought, "WTF, I'll give them a shot and be able to pick up monitor right now."
I walked in and the greeter / loss prevention dude barely noticed me. I then noticed a total redesign of the store, darker color scheme, more open and less busy. Nobody came up to me asking if I needed anything. Walked to the center of the store, saw where the computer monitors would be and walked over to them. Still nobody asked me if I needed any help.
I walk withing 8-10' of a BestBuy associate as they were walking in the opposite direction and they slightly nodded to me. Again not asking if I needed any help. Got to the wall and noticed the monitor, looks good. Glance down and see one box on the shelf with the correct model number and looks in good shape, not obviously been dropped, opened/re-taped, etc.
I pick up Samsung box and start toward the register. Again nobody asks me if I need any help and I get to register to buy monitor. Young woman asks me if I want extended warranty with my purchase and I say, "no thanks". She never mentions it again. She tells me to click "no" when the "apply for BestBuy card" comes up on the card swiper terminal and I run my card, sign screen, and take monitor and receipt to exit. Receipt wasn't checked as I walked out of the store.
And I'm outside of BestBuy with my purchase without having to navigate the usual BestBuy BULLSHIT.
Have they changed or was I just lucky?
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