My friend just got his email TODAY saying his item will not be shipped (keep in mind he ordered on BLACK FRIDAY, A MONTH AGO and they tell him NOW, 3 days before xmas that it will not be coming), many people won't get their emails until Xmas day.
This seems to affect any online orders between black friday and now, yet they still list the items as in stock on their site (why????).
Just throwing this out there for anyone who has, or who's relatives might have ordered anything.
Wasent it bestbuy when they put the wrong price up for a TV and canceled the consumers order. Then later were force to ship it by a court.
Yes.
Something similar happened to me when I was younger. Bought a stick of 512MB DDR RAM from them (if you couldn't tell this was a while ago) that was priced at $20 when it was supposed to be $70.
Check out, go home, best buy calls us probably got the number from the rewards card. They told us we had to return the product or they would call the police.
We of course, said no, since that was the price on the shelf AND when the item was scanned. It was their fault.
So they did........... and the police forced us to either return it, open package and all or pay the extra $50.
I of course returned it to them (and got my $20 back) since I did not have any money...... in a ziploc bag. :3
(For the uninformed, ziploc bagging a stick of RAM will pretty much kill it via static electricity.)
Wow if something like that happened to me I would have brought it to court that is kinda bull too bad you didn't pay with cash might have gotten away with it.
BTW, you'd think an electronics store wouldn't have their own electronics scanning the items wrong.
Err well it's best buy. This is kind of their thing.
They also like to sell hard drive boxes with bathroom tiles inside, TVs in boxes that are already broken, and other things.
When you return a broken item to best buy, it is not marked as "broken" (even if you prove to them that it simply does not work) because that would cost them stock and money.
So they put the item back on the shelf.
You heard me, they put the item right back on the shelf. Full price too, they make the box look new, new packing tape, new plastic wrap, etc.
Some time next year, Best Buy is closing their stores in the UK.
With their pre-tarnished reputation for pulling crap like that, and the fact their prices weren't terribly competitive it didn't come as a surprise that they're already closing down here.
In fact, I'm surprised they even bothered, what with all the other bricks n' mortar stores selling electronics either going bust or struggling. I guess they thought there might be a gap in the market.... wrong.
I really do envy the number of local electronics shops you guys have in the UK. :sad.gif:
Quite a lot of brick-and-mortar retailers are really quite overpriced.
Online, I can get a GTX460 1GB for around £130. In Maplins, a reasonably large electronics shop, it cost £210.
That seems surprising considering the amount of competition I'm assuming is out there.
Over here my only option for a retail store is best buy or staples.
No frys or micro centers in my state (the two retail chains that aren't completely terrible).
Don't even get started on PCWorld/Dixons/Currys (same people).
I went into a PCWorld store a while ago to see if I could pick up some cheap RAM.
It was the opposite; a 1GB DIMM of DDR3-1066? £15.
Online, I can get 8GB of DDR3-1333 for £27.
And Packard Bell; they have some horribly overpriced RAM. Last I checked, 1GB was somewhere around £40-£60.
I asked a best buy geek squad tech if they had any DDR3 RAM (was for a customer who was being impatient).
I s**t you not this exact scenario happened (it's in a mall):
"DDR3 RAM? Only Macs use DDR3 RAM, there's an Apple store just down the hall or you can have one of our Apple techs look at it."
What? It's not Mac RAM it's normal RAM, most modern PCs use DDR3
"PCs you said? But this kind is only for Macs. Hang on let me get my supervisor"
*supervisor* "DDR3 RAM is Mac RAM, but unfortunately we do not carry it in stock"
>A bit dumbfounded and annoyed I ask them to show me their RAM
>At the RAM shelf
What is this then? *holding up a 2GB stick of DDR3 1333 with a giant "DDR3" on the background of the package* This is DDR3 RAM like I was looking for.
"Oh no that's not DDR3, that's DIMM RAM. It's slightly less advanced than DDR3 because it's only for windows computers."
>That's not DDR3, that's DIMM RAM
>That's not DDR3, that's DIMM RAM
>That's not DDR3, that's DIMM RAM
I'll just let the stupidity sink in for a moment there.
Of course I did not buy it (It was $89.95 for a 2GB stick) but holy jesus tapdancing asscrackers, I don't even....
Quite a lot of brick-and-mortar retailers are really quite overpriced.
Online, I can get a GTX460 1GB for around £130. In Maplins, a reasonably large electronics shop, it cost £210.
at least you have them. Bestbuy (the only actual electronics store left where I live) doesn't even sell ddr3 ram where I am(they sell ddr2 though?). If I forget to order the thermal paste or something else small and cheap for a build, I have to order it online, pay for shipping again, and wait up to a week.
As if I needed another reason to not shop there.
My friend just got his email TODAY saying his item will not be shipped (keep in mind he ordered on BLACK FRIDAY, A MONTH AGO and they tell him NOW, 3 days before xmas that it will not be coming), many people won't get their emails until Xmas day.
This seems to affect any online orders between black friday and now, yet they still list the items as in stock on their site (why????).
Just throwing this out there for anyone who has, or who's relatives might have ordered anything.
wow, just wow
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We might need a triple face palm.... Well, I also got my email today also, bunch of dicks...
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Yes.
Something similar happened to me when I was younger. Bought a stick of 512MB DDR RAM from them (if you couldn't tell this was a while ago) that was priced at $20 when it was supposed to be $70.
Check out, go home, best buy calls us probably got the number from the rewards card. They told us we had to return the product or they would call the police.
We of course, said no, since that was the price on the shelf AND when the item was scanned. It was their fault.
So they did........... and the police forced us to either return it, open package and all or pay the extra $50.
I of course returned it to them (and got my $20 back) since I did not have any money...... in a ziploc bag. :3
(For the uninformed, ziploc bagging a stick of RAM will pretty much kill it via static electricity.)
Maybe I shouldn't buy from Bad Buy any longer.
BTW, you'd think an electronics store wouldn't have their own electronics scanning the items wrong.
Err well it's best buy. This is kind of their thing.
They also like to sell hard drive boxes with bathroom tiles inside, TVs in boxes that are already broken, and other things.
When you return a broken item to best buy, it is not marked as "broken" (even if you prove to them that it simply does not work) because that would cost them stock and money.
So they put the item back on the shelf.
You heard me, they put the item right back on the shelf. Full price too, they make the box look new, new packing tape, new plastic wrap, etc.
I lost my respect for them ages and ages ago.
Just curious, would it be different in other countries such as Canada?
I live in Canada, bought various things from Best Buy and Future Shop (owned by BB) and had no problems with them.
Best buy Canada gets their stock from Best Buy US as far as I'm aware so..... I have no idea.
If you get an email between now and after xmas then yes. If not, then don't worry.
I really do envy the number of local electronics shops you guys have in the UK. :sad.gif:
That seems surprising considering the amount of competition I'm assuming is out there.
Over here my only option for a retail store is best buy or staples.
No frys or micro centers in my state (the two retail chains that aren't completely terrible).
I asked a best buy geek squad tech if they had any DDR3 RAM (was for a customer who was being impatient).
I s**t you not this exact scenario happened (it's in a mall):
"DDR3 RAM? Only Macs use DDR3 RAM, there's an Apple store just down the hall or you can have one of our Apple techs look at it."
What? It's not Mac RAM it's normal RAM, most modern PCs use DDR3
"PCs you said? But this kind is only for Macs. Hang on let me get my supervisor"
*supervisor* "DDR3 RAM is Mac RAM, but unfortunately we do not carry it in stock"
>A bit dumbfounded and annoyed I ask them to show me their RAM
>At the RAM shelf
What is this then? *holding up a 2GB stick of DDR3 1333 with a giant "DDR3" on the background of the package* This is DDR3 RAM like I was looking for.
"Oh no that's not DDR3, that's DIMM RAM. It's slightly less advanced than DDR3 because it's only for windows computers."
>That's not DDR3, that's DIMM RAM
>That's not DDR3, that's DIMM RAM
>That's not DDR3, that's DIMM RAM
I'll just let the stupidity sink in for a moment there.
Of course I did not buy it (It was $89.95 for a 2GB stick) but holy jesus tapdancing asscrackers, I don't even....
Me:
That's a damn shame. They could really set up a competitive business model that is good for them and consumers.
Wow.... I have no sarcastic response to this. The stupidity of those guys confuses me. :wacko.gif:
at least you have them. Bestbuy (the only actual electronics store left where I live) doesn't even sell ddr3 ram where I am(they sell ddr2 though?). If I forget to order the thermal paste or something else small and cheap for a build, I have to order it online, pay for shipping again, and wait up to a week.
You still use gamestop?
They have the EXACT same track record as best buy in terms of s**tty business practices.
Don't do it, unless they have a used game for cheap on a non-current gen system.
Costco is great though, they really do care about the consumer.