Best Buy declares war on showrooming

Best buy wants to be a player in retail but shopping there is a nightmare.

Typical big box.. Always crying about internet sales but has it's own site.. lol

I'm all for putting a stop to companies like Amazon.  Sure the prices are better, but is it worth the long term cost? Watching stores go out of business, and more and more people (mostly 18-25 in college) lose the jobs that are allowing them to pay for college has put me in a perpetually depressed mood.  We're losing too much trying to keep money in our pockets.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for saving money, but not when it puts large employers out of business. The prices are higher at box stores to cover overhead, part of which is employees.  The business isn't in business for you, it makes a profit. 

Amazon should be required to hire every employee laid off due to their undercuts.  Don't agree with me?  They should get educations and get real jobs?  Sure, except that there are too many people getting degrees and not enough slots to fill. 

Imagine, Best buy probably employs a team of Accountants and lawyers, full time.  If they go down, it's not just the cashiers that suffer.  There are people at the top with an education.  Then these people have to find jobs in already competitive markets. 

The best thing we can do is to spend the extra amount and keep stores open.  We can't all be Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Accountants. We need jobs, and jobs come from consumerism.  It isn't Corporate greed, businesses are around to make money.  It's sinking due to rising material costs, labor costs and the ease of online purchases. 

I don't go into a store unless I intend to purchase an item, from the store I'm in (unless I'm meeting or going with someone, also with such intent.)

I cannot argue with uninformed sales help in a store just trying to make a buck at the customer's expense. Clearly Best Buy has some problems that go beyond simply the brick and mortar issue. Stores like Sears however, that have had a fine reputation for customer service and value, suffer from this situation.

Over my career, I worked for some retailers that were terrible at protecting the customer and some that were truly magnificent. One company I worked for offered a five year warranty on the construction and materials of everything they sold regardless of the manufacturer's warranty. This warranty protected quite a few customers over the years and was a great selling point.

Okay so customer recommendations are helpful in the decision making process....  ....If you are buying a piece of electronics. How about a mattress? What about other things involving personal taste and predilections? One person's joy is another's heartache. When the stores are gone, others willing to take the leap first and recommend THEIR decision will be making up your mind. 

If the consumer in this country continues down the path of the cheapest price at all costs, then we will continue to see The Wal-Mart scenario play itself out ad infinitum. We have seen the closing of our local businesses; auto parts where the employees and owners were "gear heads" and really knew what they were talking about, camera stores where you could go in and compare hands on the equipment you were interested in and then get personal instruction on how to use this new equipment. Yes, this has to be considered a value added service for which we paid a small differential of price (if we shopped around). It was a more pleasurable buying experience and one that enabled me to become somewhat knowledgeable if not professional in the afore mentioned areas. The decline in customer service we are now experiencing is progressive in response to the warped sense of the retail consumer today. Expecting the very cheapest pricing, the most knowledgeable sales people with local availability in a hands on purchasing experience. As you move your support away from the local or even big box retailers, they simply have to adjust their operational model to include reduced staff, less knowledgeable people and reduced inventories. If you see it at Best Buy, you will see it throughout the markets. Reduced sales tax revenue for your city will eventually cost you more as you’ll have increased property tax and/or reduced services.

And as we continue to shutter these retailers, perhaps your local economy will find some miracle way to survive. Perhaps supporting (not just Best Buy) brick and mortar businesses will enable the improvement of their services.

The real question is ...Where is Amazon buying from? Why wouldn't Best Buy exert pressure on their suppliers rather than their stockholders?  Consumers aren't always just interested in price, although that is the most eye-catching piece of an Ad.

 Retailers need to emphasize what they can offer a consumer that Amazon can't, such as identity, service, personality, and immediacy. Stress "intangibles" rather than "internet".

 Consumers aren't cattle, they are individuals with needs and wants - Brick and Mortar entities have a place in future retail if and when they decide to take a stand and tout what they can do for a consumer that a 15.6" display can't.

If you are clueless about Best Buy,which isn't,here's a HUGE clue as to how overpriced their stuff truly is. If they have room to come down in price for price-matching...'nu​ff said.

When I even bother to go into this store,it's at least good for a hearty laugh. Nothing more than that though.

Their s**t is wayyy overpriced,sold to you by an overworked,underpaid​ geek who talks a bunch of technical jargon which they don't even understand. They just know the technical jargon,and consumers don't know any better.

Geek Squad? Installation alone isn't as difficult as people may think,but noone wants to be bothered to figure out things for themselves. Pay someone excessive $ to do some very simple tasks for them. "Just install it,and gimme' my stuff."

Today, I don’t give a crap since Best Buy lies to customers to get them to buy items or services at prices beyond what they really cost. The inflate the prices, increase the value of just about every product they sell then try to get the customer to buy more for what! I filed complaints against them and they just threw the complaint in the trash because they to date never responded ever…I purchased a hotspot from them but before I did I/We asked if this hotspot (serviced by/though Sprint who are also liars and crooks) if it would work in a number of zip codes and yes we gave them a list of zip codes. Their agent(s) took the list and looked them all up online and then told us to our faces that every zip code on our list would provide all the services like data, internet and the check my cellphone as well. It’s bad enough we ask the right questions and provided them with our needs and they lied to our face just to get us to sign a contract with service and purchase the device (hotspot)_We wait for our travel then try out the hotspot and cellphone in some of the areas we listed prior to purchasing and they didn’t work in any area we placed on the zip code list…I then gave them time to fix the problems but they say now that the areas in the beginning never worked and the agent who sold the items should have told us this. Well after 7 months of fighting I stopped paying the bill. I had already paid at least a year or more for the devices that didn’t work where we wanted to use them in and they expect us to keep paying for the device and services that didn’t work. I have filed complaints with FCC, BBB, Best Buy and more I decided never to purchase another item from Best Buy until they make good on the products and services we have already paid for but didn’t get.