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OT: Best Buy
I can understand the philosophical aspects of this. I commend this
guy for standing up for what he believes in. What I disagree with is
that he seemed to shoot himself in the foot. Maybe he was in a hurry
to get pick his child up from day care. Or in a hurry to get back to
his job. Or in a hurry to smoke some dope with friends, he doesn't
say. But if it's something along the lines of the first two then I
don't think his actions match his intentions and it generally bothers
me when people act this way. His actions likely caused the rest of
the people waiting in line to wait longer. It sounds to me like the
ordeal this caused the guy took more time than it would have for him
to wait in line ... so whatever his mission was at the time I assume
it failed. If his mission was to pick up his kid, shame on him! If
his mission was to get to a party, more power to him ... I just hope
he didn't try to make up the time on the roads. So perhaps I was
ranting a little OT of the OT, because it wasn't directly related to
Best Buy policies. The legal aspects of all of this are news to me.
I had no idea that there was a legal grey area for them checking
receipts.
matt.
On 20 Dec 2005, at 12:30 PM, Marc Getty wrote:
>
> No need for the flame suit! My opinion of this is two fold:
>
> 1. The extra step(s) Best Buy requires you to take in ridiculous
> and just
> proves that their staff are inept and/or untrustworthy. Choosing to
> be a
> sheep (consciously or unconsciously) and follow along is
> unconscionable if
> you ask me. "he knows how Best Buy works" is not an acceptable
> answer and is
> logic along the lines of the "he know where this train is gong"
> circa 1944.
> "I don't particularly like it either but jeez" is the same
> attitude. Thank
> goodness there are objective questioners like this guy in the world
> doing
> their part!
>
> 2. This guy uses the ridiculousness of the Best Buy's policy and
> staff for
> his own personal entertainment and now our entertainment via his
> blog. I
> support this too.
>
> -Marc who still shops Best Buy due to their liberal return policies
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces+marc=getty.net@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+marc=getty.net@scirocco.org] On Behalf
> Of Matt
> Gregory
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:06 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: OT: Best Buy
>
> So, this jerk in a "hurry" spent LESS time arguing about NOT
> showing his
> receipt than he would have either 1) just whipping it out right
> there in the
> parking lot or 2) simply waiting in the line, which I can't imagine
> could be
> more than a 5 min wait. Not to mention the time he spent blogging
> about it.
> HIS hurry is more important than the hurries of the 20 or whatever
> other
> people in line? Everyone is in a hurry, and the holidays make it
> worse,
> everyone knows that. It takes everyone longer to get places,
> longer to shop
> there, and longer to get back. And he knows how Best Buy works.
> If he
> didn't have time to expect to show his receipt when he left he
> should have
> gone another time. Sure it sucks and I don't particularly like it
> either
> but jeez, get over it.
>
> Flame on.
>
> matt.
>
> On 20 Dec 2005, at 9:16 AM, Bennett, Christopher P ET1 MARMC 1230B
> wrote:
>
>> http://www.die.net/musings/bestbuy/
>>
>> This is pretty funny because I have done very similar things to these
>> guys. To hell with your receipt check you jackass. Follow the links
>> through and there's a similar story where people are telling the dude
>> in a forum to conform and be a sheep.
>>
>> I get so pissed off about this kind of crap. If you don't have
>> reason
>> to detain me then kindly kiss my ass, and don't tell me you are going
>> to catch a mistake and save me money. That's bullshit, I know
>> EXACTLY
>> how much I am spending before I get to the register and if they
>> overcharge me I call bullshit on it immediately AT the register. And
>> the one dude that replied to the article stated that they only check
>> the high dollar items. I have been "checked" with a single CD in a
>> bag.
>>
>> One thing that funny and I admit I have similar tendencies, that most
>> of these people want to stand up for their rights when it's
>> inconvienent for them to wait in line. If there is a really cute
>> girl
>> doing bag checks I am all for it because then I have a built in
>> excuse
>> to talk to her for a second. I think it is all about packaging. Get
>> rid of the big bouncer looking dude and always have hotties at the
>> door. (Please note the tongue in cheek satire here)
>>
>> www.bestbuysux.org LOL Kinda like http://nmcisucks.com/ LOL
>>
>> Chris
>>
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