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I Work At Best Buy

If youve been talking to a salesperson for more than 10 minutes, he/she is going to lie to you.
Dont go into a store expecting to be helped with your decisions. You need to have a definitive list...leave no room for questions. An occasional question about requirements for functionality in the case of electronics isnt a major deal, but dont go overboard. After 10 minutes of talking, many salespeople will even lie about those little but critical things. Does it come with batteries? may even result in a blatant lie just to get you out of their hair. In the highly technical departments (such as computers, digital cameras, etc) lies will abound if you insist on learning about the items in the store. Keep discussions short and simple.
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Heh...reminds me when it took forever to get a BB guy to give me the Sony videocamera that I wanted. I knew it was the one I wanted but he kept trying to get me the more expensive version. Then he tried to sell me on the BB warranty by telling me that the Sony DV videocamera had more internal parts than other DV videocameras so I really should get a warranty.

If it weren't for the fact that I was getting the camera for $150 cheaper than normal I would have walked out right then.
 
I use to work at BB, in the media section (music, games, movies) so I dont have experience with helping someone for more than 10 minutes, but I personally never lied to a customer.
 
I use to work at BBY in the Computer Dept as well. I can very much identify with his thinking. Especially about those certain ppl who would come in and ask, "What's my price?".


I sure as all hell do not miss my time there. College degree FTW!!!!
 
Originally posted by: ELopes580
I use to work at BBY in the Computer Dept as well. I can very much identify with his thinking. Especially about those certain ppl who would come in and ask, "What's my price?".


I sure as all hell do not miss my time there. College degree FTW!!!!
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I worked at CC while in college, and got that ALL THE TIME. To be honest, it was usually from Indian people (sorry - the stereotypes have to come from somewhere).

It was funny because they would always pronounce the "GB" and "MB" as the initials instead of "gigabytes" and "megabytes".

We'd talk about how many GB's and MB's were in the system (again, saying the initials and not the words) and then they'd want it for a nickel.

Honestly, every class of people had their own "nuances":

White people were most likely to come in and buy a system without having any clue regarding what's actually in the box.

Indians (and occassionally Asians) would want huge discounts for no reason whatsoever, other than perhaps because it was Tuesday that day.

Blacks would also want huge discounts, but that was usually because they could give me "CASH MONEY" (sorry Leon... believe it or not we'd rather finance you and rape you on the interest).


People get all bent out of shape when people talk about stereotypes, but most stereotypes have VERY REAL origins, and I've seen them firsthand! The job sucked, but stuff like that was pretty comical.
 
oogling hot chicks with cameras ? Doesn't BB have a good number of female employees too that this would be an embarrassing/shameful activity for the boys ?
 
When I worked at best buy (computers) I would help the customers out. As long as the customer wasn't an @ss, I didn't mind explaining things for more than 10 mins.
 
this livejournal sucks. i think hes trying to be funny in a way, but he just sounds like an idiot. whoever compared this garbage to maddox should be shot, then burned, then fed to rabid seagulls.
 
I found it funny. This is explains whenever me and my gf are there we got like 50 BB guys asking us if we need help.
 
Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
I found it funny. This is explains whenever me and my gf are there we got like 50 BB guys asking us if we need help.
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Heh...I couldn't get a guy at BB camera desk to help me so when my girlfriend at the time (wife now) came back from another part of the store I had her stand at the counter while I took two steps back. She immediately had someone come help her and I moved right back up and engaged the BB rep to help us both.
 
Originally posted by: Aflac
this livejournal sucks. i think hes trying to be funny in a way, but he just sounds like an idiot. whoever compared this garbage to maddox should be shot, then burned, then fed to rabid seagulls.
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lol, if you hold maddox in such high esteem, the same needs to be done for you.

maddox was all about shock factor; his own satire was humorous, but deficient, to say the least. he burned out, fast.
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: ELopes580
I use to work at BBY in the Computer Dept as well. I can very much identify with his thinking. Especially about those certain ppl who would come in and ask, "What's my price?".


I sure as all hell do not miss my time there. College degree FTW!!!!
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I worked at CC while in college, and got that ALL THE TIME. To be honest, it was usually from Indian people (sorry - the stereotypes have to come from somewhere).

It was funny because they would always pronounce the "GB" and "MB" as the initials instead of "gigabytes" and "megabytes".

We'd talk about how many GB's and MB's were in the system (again, saying the initials and not the words) and then they'd want it for a nickel.

Honestly, every class of people had their own "nuances":

White people were most likely to come in and buy a system without having any clue regarding what's actually in the box.

Indians (and occassionally Asians) would want huge discounts for no reason whatsoever, other than perhaps because it was Tuesday that day.

Blacks would also want huge discounts, but that was usually because they could give me "CASH MONEY" (sorry Leon... believe it or not we'd rather finance you and rape you on the interest).


People get all bent out of shape when people talk about stereotypes, but most stereotypes have VERY REAL origins, and I've seen them firsthand! The job sucked, but stuff like that was pretty comical.
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HAHAHA, Its QFT though about certain nationalties and races.

When I worked for a few months at Kay's years ago. I recall one time this Indian fellow, with the accent and all, would question me about the price of a certain jewelry. Then after he would low ball to like 2% of the MSRP; he would say, "cash, no receipt, no tax." After 3 times of him saying that, I just said to him " look do i look like a guy peddling on the street with a cart pushed by a mule?"

Oh and he kept bragging about his suit costing him a whole 80 dollars and he was some great businessman. I just look at him and said something to the effect of "just my shoes cost me that much, you dont want to know about the price of this suit." 😀

You dont wanna know my BB and CC (yes I was at CC before BB) stories. I could go all day about those. I wish working retail job would be a requirement to everyone in the country so they would understand what it is to deal with rude ppl and give somewhat sympathy to sales people. A lot of what this guy says happened to him is what i went through as well. Some customers "expect" to get special treatment, and come first before anyone else.


/rant
 
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