Is Fry's becoming the next Best Buy?

[CPA]

Guy that works for me said he bought an LCD from Fry's over the Christmas holiday. Good price, nice set. We then got on the discussion of HDMI cable.

Him: "The Fry's guy told me I needed the good HDMI"
Me: (thinking: okay, whatever that means) "What did you buy?"
Him: "The gold-plated Monster cable for $60"
Me: "The Fry's associate told you to purchase that? $60? What the hell were you thinking?" Hoping that he at least go 100 feet of this stuff, I press "How long was it?'
Him: "3 feet"
Me: /passes out/

After I came to, I directed him to monoprice.com. I am such a good boss.

 

[Greenman]

A lot of people believe the monster sales crap, even the kids that work in the store.

 

[rpanic]

fry's will never be like BB.

 

[shopbruin]

fry's works on commission. at least there's a semi-reason for the monster cable push.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: rpanic
fry's will never be like BB.

oh i woldnt say that. the bigger they get the more they look to screw the customer.

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: CPA
Guy that works for me said he bought an LCD from Fry's over the Christmas holiday. Good price, nice set. We then got on the discussion of HDMI cable.

Him: "The Fry's guy told me I needed the good HDMI"
Me: (thinking: okay, whatever that means) "What did you buy?"
Him: "The gold-plated Monster cable for $60"
Me: "The Fry's associate told you to purchase that? $60? What the hell were you thinking?" Hoping that he at least go 100 feet of this stuff, I press "How long was it?'
Him: "3 feet"
Me: /passes out/

After I came to, I directed him to monoprice.com. I am such a good boss.

$60? Holy crap!

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: freesia39
fry's works on commission. at least there's a semi-reason for the monster cable push.

yup bb is shady just to be shady. frys sells cheap cables along with expensive cables. it would take some crazy sh*t before frys become the nerfed selection/shadiness of best buy

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: freesia39
fry's works on commission. at least there's a semi-reason for the monster cable push.

yup bb is shady just to be shady. frys sells cheap cables along with expensive cables. it would take some crazy sh*t before frys become the nerfed selection/shadiness of best buy

yeah, i was just at fry's the other day and they had gold-plated hdmi cables (i think they were 6-ft?) in a highly visible location for $20. sure, it's more than we have to pay for hdmi cables but at least it's within the realm of decency and they aren't forcing monster on us.

edit -- at least at the "portland" store

 

[nboy22]

I was there the other day and I believe I saw a 6 foot HDMI cable for about $120.. Just a way to screw the customer over with hidden costs.

 

[Xyclone]

I bought a SATA Maxtor (rebranded Seagate) 500GB HD for $110 there about 4 months ago. Hawt deal.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: nboy22
I was there the other day and I believe I saw a 6 foot HDMI cable for about $120.. Just a way to screw the customer over with hidden costs.

Hehe, $20/ft is worth it when it has MONSTER PERFORMANCE!

 

[dud]

The nearest Fry's is 500 miles away. I am so glad ...

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: nboy22
I was there the other day and I believe I saw a 6 foot HDMI cable for about $120.. Just a way to screw the customer over with hidden costs.

Whats "hidden" about charging $120 for a cable. They aren't hiding anything. The price is clearly marked. The consumer is free to research the price and try to find it cheaper elsewhere. An educated consumer is a smart consumer. If someone is dumb enough to pay $120 for a $10 cable, why should Fry's (or BB or CC , etc) not sell it for that much?

Correct me if I am wrong, but last I checked these companies are in business TO MAKE MONEY.

 

[daveymark]

Monster cables are good ONLY if you have a premier audio system to hook them up to.

For instance, Bose.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: daveymark
Monster cables are good ONLY if you have a premier audio system to hook them up to.

For instance, Bose.

hahah oh man. you had me going at first.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Xyclone
I bought a SATA Maxtor (rebranded Seagate) 500GB HD for $110 there about 4 months ago. Hawt deal.

You can still buy any 500 GB drive for the same price now. It's not an unusual price.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: nboy22
I was there the other day and I believe I saw a 6 foot HDMI cable for about $120.. Just a way to screw the customer over with hidden costs.

Whats "hidden" about charging $120 for a cable. They aren't hiding anything. The price is clearly marked. The consumer is free to research the price and try to find it cheaper elsewhere. An educated consumer is a smart consumer. If someone is dumb enough to pay $120 for a $10 cable, why should Fry's (or BB or CC , etc) not sell it for that much?

Correct me if I am wrong, but last I checked these companies are in business TO MAKE MONEY.

While true to an extent, you need to actually experience them trying to sell you Monster cables and extended warranties. The issue doesn't arise from them trying to sell it, but how they try to sell it (lies, FUD, etc).

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: rpanic
fry's will never be like BB.

oh i woldnt say that. the bigger they get the more they look to screw the customer.

I wouldn't say that either.

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: nboy22
I was there the other day and I believe I saw a 6 foot HDMI cable for about $120.. Just a way to screw the customer over with hidden costs.

Whats "hidden" about charging $120 for a cable. They aren't hiding anything. The price is clearly marked. The consumer is free to research the price and try to find it cheaper elsewhere. An educated consumer is a smart consumer. If someone is dumb enough to pay $120 for a $10 cable, why should Fry's (or BB or CC , etc) not sell it for that much?

Correct me if I am wrong, but last I checked these companies are in business TO MAKE MONEY.

While true to an extent, you need to actually experience them trying to sell you Monster cables and extended warranties. The issue doesn't arise from them trying to sell it, but how they try to sell it (lies, FUD, etc).

This is when you need to learn to say no.
I haven't purchased a warranty for any electronics besides on my $99 digital camera once and paid $10 for it.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: nboy22
I was there the other day and I believe I saw a 6 foot HDMI cable for about $120.. Just a way to screw the customer over with hidden costs.

Whats "hidden" about charging $120 for a cable. They aren't hiding anything. The price is clearly marked. The consumer is free to research the price and try to find it cheaper elsewhere. An educated consumer is a smart consumer. If someone is dumb enough to pay $120 for a $10 cable, why should Fry's (or BB or CC , etc) not sell it for that much?

Correct me if I am wrong, but last I checked these companies are in business TO MAKE MONEY.

While true to an extent, you need to actually experience them trying to sell you Monster cables and extended warranties. The issue doesn't arise from them trying to sell it, but how they try to sell it (lies, FUD, etc).

How is this different from any other salesperson tactics? Been to a car dealership lately?

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Xyclone
I bought a SATA Maxtor (rebranded Seagate) 500GB HD for $110 there about 4 months ago. Hawt deal.

You can still buy any 500 GB drive for the same price now. It's not an unusual price.

Now...

 

[Syringer]

Your friend is the idiot here, tell him to do some homework beforehand next time..

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Xyclone

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Xyclone
I bought a SATA Maxtor (rebranded Seagate) 500GB HD for $110 there about 4 months ago. Hawt deal.

You can still buy any 500 GB drive for the same price now. It's not an unusual price.

Now...

you could also get it at that price 4 months ago.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Your friend is the idiot here, tell him to do some homework beforehand next time..

QFT. If people weren't too lazy to do 10 minutes of research, you wouldn't have these places selling stuff at inflated prices.

If I could sell a $10 item for $100, why shouldn't I?

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: nboy22
I was there the other day and I believe I saw a 6 foot HDMI cable for about $120.. Just a way to screw the customer over with hidden costs.

Whats "hidden" about charging $120 for a cable. They aren't hiding anything. The price is clearly marked. The consumer is free to research the price and try to find it cheaper elsewhere. An educated consumer is a smart consumer. If someone is dumb enough to pay $120 for a $10 cable, why should Fry's (or BB or CC , etc) not sell it for that much?

Correct me if I am wrong, but last I checked these companies are in business TO MAKE MONEY.

While true to an extent, you need to actually experience them trying to sell you Monster cables and extended warranties. The issue doesn't arise from them trying to sell it, but how they try to sell it (lies, FUD, etc).

How is this different from any other salesperson tactics? Been to a car dealership lately?

Well, no I haven't actually.

However, you think there might be a reason why Best Buy salespeople and car dealers have gotten their reputations? It might technically be legal (and there's certainly plenty of cases where it wouldn't be, but the people would have no case as they don't have hard evidence), but that doesn't make it right. Sure, its your fault for not reading a contract (such as an extended warranty), but that doesn't make it right for them to tell you it covers something when it in fact doesn't.