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Engadget Comments for Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
- Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
I'm guessing Thurrock and Southampton.
http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?storycode=3146413 - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
I want to hear Jason Statham have to attempt to sell an extended warranty for a Nintendo DSi to someone with exact change. - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
You are just a year and a half late with this Engadget.
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/05/08/cpw_bestbuy_retail/ - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
If you brits don't mind being trated like butt in the workplace, get a job at BB immediately when they open. Discount is AWESOME. Great for engadget readers. 5% above cost, so that $130 HDMI cable you're pushed frantically to sell to unsuspecting consumers, you get for $30. While some items like iPods and desktops you get no discount on (no margin), most electronics you buy with your discount will be at or below newegg prices.
oh, snap. just realized there's a conversion, but you get the point. Cheap electronic accessories for employees. - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
You don't want a Geek Squad Black tie on your Nintendo DSi?
But you Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed it. - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
To all our limey friends,
I apologize in advance. It's a shame that we export this crap. Best Buy sucks. - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
Speaking as a UK-ite on a predominately US blog, is this good or bad or indifferent? - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
That all depends on the consumer protection laws... - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
A lot of people will rail on bestbuy becuase its the cool thing to do, if you go into the store knowing what you want and have done your research your going to have a good customer service experience...
on the other hand, dont ask for advice, more than likely they are kids from high school or possibly college kids who think they know more than you do.... - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
Mostly good, unless you're looking to buy HDMI cables... - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
Think Currys... - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
Its only bad if you actually purchase something at the store. - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
wozza is half-right.
Think Currys, only bigger.
Best Buy is, if memory serves, the world's largest laptop retailer and Samsung's single biggest customer.
Their buying power is incomparable, which will hopefully mean better prices than we currently see over here.
Also, from what American friends have told me, they have a really good 3 year protection plan/insurance that allows you to get the full value of the item back if it breaks down towards the end and there's no like-for-like replacement available, or something like that.
I for one hope they retain that service. - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
I agree -- if you've done your own research, know the product, know the prices, etc., you can find a good deal. I just bought a 50" plasma TV for $50 less than I found it anywhere online. I was able to walk out the door with it that day rather than wait 3-5 days from Amazon (and I LOVE Amazon). But the clerk continued to push the warranty and bring up incorrect information about the item as if he were trying to prove why I should buy the warranty. It's a gamble - like any insurance. They wanted $250 for it -- which would have made the purchase a poor price-point. Most manufacturers give you a 1-year warranty anyway, so you're really only getting 2-years out of BB's 3-year deal. If you're buying something that isn't likely to have a technology surge within that time (such as a console game system) then maybe it's worth it to you. But most things like TVs or computers will be so outpaced by the time you might need the warranty, that you'd likely just move on to new product and have wasted the money.
The point about poorly-educated salespeople is well-taken, too. None of the people on the floor know much more than what's on the box. I stumped most of them asking about the jack panel -- VGA inputs and analog / digital outputs on the models I was researching. They answered most of my questions with that unsure question-y tone, like they were asking me the answer. Most of the Geek Squad techs working on computers are simply trained on a few minor issues, and run a diagnosis disc. And that will cost you about $350 (not sure of the exchange rate - so sorry for US currency). Plus the "set-up" fee for computers -- where they go through and remove some of the shovelware and start your virus-protection for you. Don't fall for that one.
Nothing against the people working at BB -- they're just people working jobs. It's the business practices that leave something to be desired. - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
Don't know if tthis helps - but they're like the Wal-Mart or McDonald's of Electronics. As folks mentioned above - you won't gain any decent knowledge from staffers if you go into one already knowing what you want to purchase.
They are excessively high priced in the US. Also - with the pricing they tend to not carry the top of the line models of products. They'll carry high-end products - but they'll be the base model. And it's cheaper to go online and pay for the higher-end model of a product plus pay tax and shipping than it is to walk into one of their stores for most things.
If you want to test out something before you pruchase it elsewhere - it's a great sttore to go lounge around in.
The one exception to the above. they added a musical instrument section to most stores in the past 2 years. They cary very low-end entry level items and they actually carry some decent high-end items. We're talking "rock band" style insttruments - keyboards - guitars - drums. Haven't seen Saxophones or clarinets. But the keyboards and guitars are decent quality. - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
Lube up U.K., Best Buy is on it's way to rip you a new one! - Comments on Geek Squad visa application approved, Best Buy opening stores in UK
@reisa: I get what you're saying about the warranty only effectively adding 2 years as most items come with 1 year thrown in but am I not right in saying that it adds accidental damage cover which manufacture