Gonad the Barbarian
Lifer
Pulled this off the HardForums from the BB/GF4 thread. No way to confirm it yet, but here's what was posted. This guy was trying to get his original GF4 price honored, which I'm sure some of you will disagree with, but I think we can all agree BestBuy should have just said 'no' instead of doing what they did.
<< I have had the most humiliating experience at Best Buy in Tucker, GA. This is what happened.
I have been monitoring this thread from Feb-March, ever since the day this scam happened.
So I went to BB at Tucker,GA last Friday armed with the receipts, my original and the copies I printed from the site. I was dumb enough to trust BB and I didnt have anyone to take along with me for the ride. I know I should have.
There was only one card left on the aisle, so I grabbed with a couple of other things (a 80GB HD and a Platinum Audigy) and went to the counter. There was this fat bitch who told me that six or seven people have been trying to PM with the same receipt there and its not possible. She said that the receipt was a fake, the guy who created it is no longer with BB etc. She asked me if I wanted to talk to the manager, so I said yes.
Out comes the biggest @#$% called Rod, whos the Store manager there. I politely explained why I am there. He asked me to follow him to a separate room. I was kinda hesitant at first, but I thought no better of it and followed him. Inside we sat down and started going through the receipts. Then another guy, a sales manager called Paul McKim comes in, and suddenly Rod jumps out and drags him out whispering something. Rod comes back in and we start going through the same sh1t again. I was polite at all times and I asked him whether he though the receipt was fake. He was giving me all fvcked up reasons and all I wanted was a yes or no.
15 mins later, cops walk in. Then I knew this bastard was leading me on all the time, that he was just waiting there, making sure I was there till the cops arrive. The three cops who turned up (all black officers from Dekalb county) had the brain the size of an almond. I was pretty sure they were in cahoots with the BB guys, anyway I still kept my cool and explained to them the reason why I was there. Half an hour goes by and I am still alone in the room with the cops talking to these assholes.
In comes on of the cops, cuffs me (God that hurts) and then tells me that I was cuffed so that I wouldnt hurt anyone. Yeah right!. So here I am arrested for the first time of my life and humiliated. Then they told me that I was being arrested for Fraud and that I am being taken to the Dekalb Office and a detective would take it up from there on. They brought me out amidst the whole store, but I kept my head high and I was smiling, because I hadnt done anything wrong and I had nothing to worry about.
Cops took me on a joy ride for half an hour and it was damn uncomfortable ride. Once there, they took me to this holding pen alone and made me wait there. In comes one black lady, who looked far more reasonable and intelligent than all the three cops combined, and she told me that she is going to talk to the BB guy (Paul) first and then myself. I waited there for almost an hour (the whole thing took from 11:30 till 3:30) and then she came in and asked me for my story. I explained her everything. She tells me then that she does not believe BB's story that I forged the receipt. I work as an Analyst for a firm in Atlanta and I was looking quite respectable in my work clothes. anyway, she told me that BB does not want me as a customer and I told her that I would be happy to take my business elsewhere.
She told me that they had changed their tactics from "Forging the receipt" to "Trespassing - not leaving the store even when I were asked to". I told her that all the time the a@@#$$ manager Rod, wanted to keep me there so that the cops would come in, and never he asked me to leave the store. She sympathised with me and told me that they were letting me go free.
I made sure that she ask the cops who brought me in, take me back to the BB parking lot to pick my car up.
Well there it is. the whole story. I dont know what I would do now. I would like to see those idiots fired, but since the whole BB management is a farce anyway, I dont think any of my complaints would matter. >>
Had to edit the language a bit to get it through the filter.
<< I have had the most humiliating experience at Best Buy in Tucker, GA. This is what happened.
I have been monitoring this thread from Feb-March, ever since the day this scam happened.
So I went to BB at Tucker,GA last Friday armed with the receipts, my original and the copies I printed from the site. I was dumb enough to trust BB and I didnt have anyone to take along with me for the ride. I know I should have.
There was only one card left on the aisle, so I grabbed with a couple of other things (a 80GB HD and a Platinum Audigy) and went to the counter. There was this fat bitch who told me that six or seven people have been trying to PM with the same receipt there and its not possible. She said that the receipt was a fake, the guy who created it is no longer with BB etc. She asked me if I wanted to talk to the manager, so I said yes.
Out comes the biggest @#$% called Rod, whos the Store manager there. I politely explained why I am there. He asked me to follow him to a separate room. I was kinda hesitant at first, but I thought no better of it and followed him. Inside we sat down and started going through the receipts. Then another guy, a sales manager called Paul McKim comes in, and suddenly Rod jumps out and drags him out whispering something. Rod comes back in and we start going through the same sh1t again. I was polite at all times and I asked him whether he though the receipt was fake. He was giving me all fvcked up reasons and all I wanted was a yes or no.
15 mins later, cops walk in. Then I knew this bastard was leading me on all the time, that he was just waiting there, making sure I was there till the cops arrive. The three cops who turned up (all black officers from Dekalb county) had the brain the size of an almond. I was pretty sure they were in cahoots with the BB guys, anyway I still kept my cool and explained to them the reason why I was there. Half an hour goes by and I am still alone in the room with the cops talking to these assholes.
In comes on of the cops, cuffs me (God that hurts) and then tells me that I was cuffed so that I wouldnt hurt anyone. Yeah right!. So here I am arrested for the first time of my life and humiliated. Then they told me that I was being arrested for Fraud and that I am being taken to the Dekalb Office and a detective would take it up from there on. They brought me out amidst the whole store, but I kept my head high and I was smiling, because I hadnt done anything wrong and I had nothing to worry about.
Cops took me on a joy ride for half an hour and it was damn uncomfortable ride. Once there, they took me to this holding pen alone and made me wait there. In comes one black lady, who looked far more reasonable and intelligent than all the three cops combined, and she told me that she is going to talk to the BB guy (Paul) first and then myself. I waited there for almost an hour (the whole thing took from 11:30 till 3:30) and then she came in and asked me for my story. I explained her everything. She tells me then that she does not believe BB's story that I forged the receipt. I work as an Analyst for a firm in Atlanta and I was looking quite respectable in my work clothes. anyway, she told me that BB does not want me as a customer and I told her that I would be happy to take my business elsewhere.
She told me that they had changed their tactics from "Forging the receipt" to "Trespassing - not leaving the store even when I were asked to". I told her that all the time the a@@#$$ manager Rod, wanted to keep me there so that the cops would come in, and never he asked me to leave the store. She sympathised with me and told me that they were letting me go free.
I made sure that she ask the cops who brought me in, take me back to the BB parking lot to pick my car up.
Well there it is. the whole story. I dont know what I would do now. I would like to see those idiots fired, but since the whole BB management is a farce anyway, I dont think any of my complaints would matter. >>
Had to edit the language a bit to get it through the filter.
