03 April 2008
Best Buy Conspiracy Theory
Story: I'm not a big conspiracy theorist, but yesterday I completely gave in to my paranoia.
I had ordered a new camcorder that was set to arrive on Wednesday. I had my trusty receipt and entered the store eager to get my hands on the new gadget.
40 minutes later I left the store with no gadget...
The explanation: We don't know what happened. It simply isn't here. But there is one at another store in the area that we can have transferred here for you.
I told them that was very nice, but it would just be easier for me to drive to the other store. To which they replied: Sorry, it's already in transit so it wouldn't be there when you arrived.
Conspiracy Theory: Since this is a fairly new camcorder that is flying off the shelves, I'm assuming a Best Buy employee saw my camera (already paid for by the way) and took it for themselves, a friend or a family member. And the thing that helped me draw this conclusion was the fact that someone had already re-routed one before I came in and asked for it!
Lesson learned:
- Get a job at Best Buy. Apparently you can steal things from others and not get in trouble.
- Purchase products from bestbuy.com rather than a physical location (if you still trust them at all).
I may post about the camcorder if and when I actually get to take it home from the store :)
3 comments:
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The only time I ever buy from Best Buy is when I know the expected price of the item that I want and I go into the store and pick it up off the shelves. Their image has become somewhat tarnished in light of recent scandals involving the Geek Squad and a number of individual stupid mistakes that are pretty widely published over the Internet. Too bad that they're the only electronics store in my area!
I don't think I would ever buy from them online. It's much better to buy from or some other reputable company.on
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I rarely use Best Buy any more, since they are often more expensive and I generally prefer Circuit City's in-store pickup.
In any case I sure how you got your $10 gift card for having to wait more than 1 minute to get the item.on
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OK Mel.
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