[Novalug] Why I no longer shop at Best Buy [was] Singing the Domain Space Blues

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

Kevin Dwyer wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 01:41:02AM -0400, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
>   
>> I rarely if ever look for prices online. Perhaps that's because I grew 
>> up without the net (altho I got on it way before most of you, in 84, 
>> when I was 30...add another 10 years until the advent of the Web, and 
>> another 5 before Internet Commerce really got going) so my shopping 
>> habits are we established.
>>
>> In any case, my good buddy Ed used to talk about New Egg and Zip Zoom 
>> Fly. Well gee, whenever I wanted to look for memory or disk I never 
>> found anything as good as Best Buy on sale.
>>
>> Of course, they do beat the regular prices, so there is room for both, 
>> and googling for an item lets you look thru many online stores.
>>     
>
> On the average, you'll do better by shopping at a place like NewEgg.
> BestBuy typically charges the MSRP, which is sort of like the baseline
> of what not to pay.
>   
Buy stuff on sale! there is a flyer in the newspaper every Sunday. Best 
Buy, CompUSA, Circuit City, Office Depot, and Staples.
>   
>> Best Buy has decent service and return policy too.
>>     
>
> You may be the first person I know to hold this opinion.  But first, a
> story:
>   
[long story deleted]

I agree here. The PSP plans are pretty worthless, and you are correct, 
they people DON'T know the policy.

JIM