Best Buy
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It's nice to no longer be with a company that treats their employees like replaceable fodder that has no feelings, goals or individual needs but can be lumped together as a unit and expected to function like a cookie cutter, copy and paste, drone with no learning curves. And then when they don't need unit number you, they sling you around like a cat with dying mouse until you KNOW you were never (insert GM compliment or certifacte given here) and all your "friends" let you know everything they really thought about you through the grapevine, "oh her, ya she's lazy, crazy, steals, lies, no one likes her." I worked for best buy for two years and was recognized by corporate management for my hard work and was then fired because my mother GAVE me her rewards zone certificate she didn't want, an actual GIFT, and I used it to buy a drink. They fired me for it a few weeks after my husband and I got back from our honeymoon. Oh did I mention my husband and I both work at the same best buy. Ya that's right the fired me because I married my associate, they worked to find the most pathetic excuse to separate us but they don't do anything about managers have sex with employees, in the store, or GM's who come to work drunk! My husband is much harder to replace than I was so I was singled out and fired. But not before being interrogated like a criminal for two and a half hours without being allowed to see evidence or proof of any kind for their accusations and told how to write my letter to corporate. Then I was left in the dark for weeks and final brought in to be fired over a coke. Then when I came to the store to eat lunch with my husband just like ALL the married managers wives to I was kicked out of the store in front of all the people who were still my friends even though we didn't work together. Then a week later the GM tells my husband I hope there are no hard feelings and your wife is always welcome here. I hate them all and can't wait to see the company crash to the ground. The change their business model every quarter which costs who knows how much but the new business models never meet the complaints of the customers.

I used to work for best buy as a wireless sales consultant and at first thought it was a great job till my supervisor started giving me all the hours he didn't want to work especially on holidays and in January I got laid off not because I did a bad job but because the supervisor got paranoid and thought I was trying to turn him in

You must mean "Caveat emptor, " but we'll just forget about your spelling issues. The reason you think a calibrated picture looks darker is because it is. It is meant to lower the sharpness, brightness, and blue colors that manufacturers intentionally crank up to make a picture brighter. In other words, brighter is not better. If you take a photograph and then take the image and increase the color saturation, brightness, and blue tint many would think the picture looks better but it's not the real image that you photographed. That is the whole point of a calibration, to give the customer and true-to-life or true-to-cinema picture rather than a overly bright saturated image. Many customers don't understand this because it is so ingrained in our head to think that brighter is better. That's how manufacturers sell televisions in the first place. They sell televisions based on their bright colorful images, not on how accurately they can recreate a film they way it was made in the first place. As for Best Buy's protection plans they are some of the best in the business which is why they may cost more than other companies because they almost always cover a whole lot more than just an extended warranty.

I must be one of the lucky ones because I really like my job and the people that work there, including managers. I've actually never seen such hard working managers in a retail store before, mostly managers just sit on their ###. I've had feeling exactly like this about jobs in the past but I'm happy, at least for the time being, at Best Buy.

I currently work for Best buy as a seasonal P/T merch guy or whatever you wanna call it. Ive been working here for 4 weeks now and I gotta say that your comments are bang on. In my departement, the management consists of an 18 year old power hungry supervisor kid, and a 30 year old arduous senior . Since I am the only new guy and pretty much at the bottom of the ladder (Job until school starts back up in Jan btw...), they harrass you for everything. They expect 110% effort and want their work done within the first two hours. Understandable but come on. They expect me to do all the prcing and coporate batches and cleaning by 8 am, while the supervisor and senior do nothing but walk around and make sure im doing work and then yell at me to work faster while they listen to their ipods and sing christmas carols in the warehouse. I guess thats in their job description. They also dont give a ### about what you have to say. Its basically their way or no way. So if you have any concerns or wondering WHY things are done this way not that way, they threaten to send you home (personal experience). I should've taken the job offer at future shop. Heck, during my interview at futureshop, the manager even said that lots of people make the switch from best buy to future shop. At first I didnt really take this thoughts seriously but now I understand. Stay away from this place if possible! If you MUST get a job here, then apply for sales. You pretty much do dick all besides help customers and dont even bother to help the merch staff when they are not busy (which they are required to do by management standards but it never happens). Instead they just do a bunch of figures eights in their respectful departments while listening to music or texting. Heck that will probably even make you more of an ### but thats your choice.

God, I never had a job where I got this angry with less than a month of working!

Oh yah, you should try working for Hit Web Design.

@Gerh74 - If you still have evidence of what the Apple store did, file a complaint with your local BBB and /or your state's division of consumer affairs to at least refund your plan price. Look, it's the principle at this point. The plan administrator is NEW Corporation - BBY sends prospective repairs to a service depot. Unfortunately, what sales people say is HERESAY, generally wrought with half-truths and deceptions and you have the right to cancel the over a period of time. Fine Print is made for lawyers, not for consumers to scrutinze in the stores. Best of luck. Buy online at great companies such as Amazon.

It is horrible what you and much of us are going through when it comes to the warranties and best buy. I just got a really bad experience like you with my ipod today. they even erased all my data without asking me the lady in Coral springs fl Jessica and the so call manager David weren't really helping me with anything and when i call the 1888-bestbuy they think that with just a $30 gift card can resolve all the problems pleaseeeee. they erased all my information without my permission. When it comes to sell they are really friendly people but as soon you walk to the store to talk to the Geek Squad or the customer service you can even see with their body language that they are arrogant and ignored people.
I been buying for more than 18 years in best buy but since this incident. I wouldn't recommend this store to anyone specially when it comes to FIGHT Warranties. Next time ... Ipod Store.

why not just pay the $1199?

just a suggestion - to have your complaint taken more seriously, try releasing your caps lock button.

Why didn't you do you research your fault not bestbuy.

I purchased a Westinghouse 32" LCD TV from Best Buy in 2005. When I purchased it I was also offered an extended in home warranty which I bought. It was presented to me as a no hassle, prompt action, repair/replacement insurance that was worth the $400.00.

I started having problems with this TV late October of 2008. The TV started having splotches on the screen that seemed to grow. I called Best Buy concerning this problem on 18 November 2008. The technician scheduled me for an in home visit on 5 December 2008. Their reasoning for not being able to schedule an appointment for earlier than 3 weeks is lack of manpower. I received a call from Best Buy on the morning of 5 December 2008. The technician had called in, and there were no other technicians available; they also stated that they need to reschedule and that it could be another 2 weeks before someone is available. They told me the alternative was to schedule an appointment for a week later, (12 December 2008) in which a 3rd party repair center would take care of the repairs. I accepted this appointment.

I received a call from (the 3rd party) on the evening of 11 December. They explained to me that they had scheduling conflicts and would like to reschedule the visit. I told them that this was not acceptable at all. They kept the appointment and they service technician visited us on 12 December. The technician took a look at the TV and decided that the back panel was seperating from the front panel. He wrote on the work order in the Service Performed block "Needs Panel" and "2 Weeks". This turns out to be abigous since he did not explain what 2 weeks meant.

I called Best Buy on 15 December to find out what that status was. At that time they stated that they had no status and that I needed to give this 3rd party 3 business days to update their records. Since this call I have called Best Buy on 6 occasions and have spoken to 9 seperate Best Buy customer service reps to deal with this. I have been told that the parts have been ordered, then I was told they never were placed on order, they also told me that no one knows for sure until the 3rd party is contacted. As of the 26 of December no one knows the status of the repair or part, including myself. It has been over 5 weeks and the TV is still not repaired.

The bottom line is I paid $400 for an "insurance" policy that does not seem to deliver. I have received misinformation and the run around and my TV still has growing splotches.

I was trying to find out what to do with the tv, (LG plasma 42"&home center system) we bought in sept of 07 because the sound is not working right. I have an extended warrenty with best buy techs, and i was speaking to Mark the asst. mgr. at the westland store located on cowan rd. explaining the problem with the tv and the geek squad in which i first called for repairs. The geek squad said it would be a 200.00 dolaar charge for them to come out and check the tv, i said no and called the store again, they set up a time to come out today 6-26-08 between 8 and noon fine, today they called before they came out and said there would be a 100.00 dollar charge and it had to be paid in advance before they would send anyone out..i then called Mark the asst mgr. and was explaineing the problem i had with the tv and the geek squad and he plain out right hung up on me...To me that is bad bussiness and i guess best buy atitude is anything you want untill you buy it and take it home then it is your problem..Never agian will i buy another item from best buy or at least not this store, they must be trained to do this in order to sell a product then it's your problem..Take my advice don't go to this store bad personel they will sell you anything then it's your problem not theres, they just have to hang up on you...

placed an oder for golf grips and supplies ($155.42). They showed "processing" for 4+ weeks then "shipped" on 8/19/2011. Order never received, emails and phone messages not responded to, etc. I called bank and stopped the payment and emailed BBGS to inform them of the cancellation.

Ordered product on June 9, 2009 and credit card was charged. Have not received product as of August 16, 2009.

Dear Valued Customer, First I would like to sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that I have caused you or your family. I feel terrible for not responding earlier and staying on top of any issues that arose that should have been handled in a professional manner. We have been having supplier problems since 2004 as we distributed products for many different manufacturers. We should have communicated better with you and for that i am very sorry we did not. We were growing so quickly we did not have the man power to take care of everything the way it should have been which is my fault i should have brought on more help. I just wanted to reply to everyone that was affected and publicly apologize for the inconvenience we caused. I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season with your family.

Thank you

BBGS
Ken

I also have the same problem. No one will call me back or tell me where my item is! It's been 3 weeks and nothing to show for it.. Never do business with people like this.. I will be calling my credit card company for a refund.

Dear Mr Degorgio, We are showing that your order was delivered to you can you please give us a call so we can find out what has happened. Thank you very much Best Buy Golf Supply.

Went into Best Buy today to buy a Wii Fit. Sales guy went and found one for me in the back. It was the last one in the store. He walked me to the register where we were met by some managerial type idiot who decided that my Wii Fit belonged to the lady standing in the checkout area who had allegedly "called to put it on hold" despite the fact that it had no note on it, was not set aside, and was found for me by the other sales guy. I asked what he thought he was doing (his name was Eaten), and he told me that she called. I said I called. He literally took it out of my hands. So surreal. Then he told me to leave because I was upset. I will never shop at Best Buy ever again. There is always another outlet. I already got a Wii Fit somewhere else.

My husband and I recently went to Best Buy in Paramus, N.J. to purchase a new washer and dryer. After taking time to find the pair we loved we then proceded to buy them. Before we left the store we were informed that they no longer had the washer, they were not making that model anymore. Disapointed, the superviser gave us and option to buy the floor models for a bit less money. We agreed, so they did a return on our sales slip and gave us our delivery date. We inspected the machines and had a form to fill out showing what scratches were on the pair. When they arrived there were many more [very noticeable] sratches on the both of them. I was very upset and should have told them right then and there to bring them back, but needed a washer terribly! Before I even had time to think one of the delivery men took a scrubby sponge off of my slop sink and started to scrub the scratches. He totally ruined it now! The paint was scrubed off! The other driver felt so bad he said he would hook up my dryer for free![we paid for the washer hook up but not the dryer] I even gave him a $20 tip! for doing that. Still upset he informed me to call the Best Buy in Paramus and they will help me or even let me return these if I wanted to, so I said O.K. He had me sign a pink slip stating that the machines WERE DELIVERED. That Saturday my husband and I went to the Paramus store with my picture phone showing them what happened and they offered us to pick out another set. When the warehouse faxed the paper I signed it wasn't what I even signed! I asked for the origanal of what I signed and no one would let me have it! I never signed a paper that asked if ther were any damages to the machines and cirlcled NO! Somehow they actually put my signature on that line and got away with it! It seems to me that this is illegal! So, we left the store with nothing, but a phony paper I didn't sign. I didn't want to get the driver in any trouble, but he took the paint right off of my washing machine and I have to look at it every day! and know that they are doing very fishy things in that warehouse. I had a witness with me the day this all took place, but I'm not in a position to hire a lawyer to help me. If I had the origanl paper I signed it would show I signed only that they were delivered! Not that there was no damage during delivery. Oh I even called the manager at the warehouse and she was extreemly nasty to me when I requested the original paper I signed, and told me NO! So I am left holding the bag and not knowing where else to turn for help and even a little justice, as they put my signiture on another form I never signed, and got away with it! It would give me great pleasure to just get the original paper I DID sign, not what they scamed up.

My laptop was making a LOUD "whiiiiir-ing" sound for a week or so and was driving me nuts! It was still working okay, but the sound was obnoxious! I decided go into Best Buys Geek Squad to have my computer diagnosed and repaired. The guy working almost laughed at me when I was explaining my problem and said (as if I should have known) "Thats the FAN!" - "Okay, fantastic, its the fan... can you fix it?" He told me he would get to work and that they'd call when it was fixed.

I recieved a call from the same gentleman the next day explaining my computer wasnt salvagable and then proceded to reccomend new machines for me to buy. I made it clear over the phone I wasnt interested in buying a new mchine that my budget was tight and there wasnt room to buy a new computer, I needed this one to last another 2 years or so. I went in to pick up my "unsalvagable" laptop later that day and was again, bombarded with endless sales pitches for new laptops. Already upset my computer was supposedly toast, I became very frustrated with him not understanding I DID NOT WANT A NEW COMPUTER. I took my laptop and left.

I needed a second opinion before I retired my laptop. I was going to be SURE before I chucked it into the trash. I called a company called Secure Remote Support and explained my situation. The technician I spoke with told me to send in the computer and they'd check it out for free, and let me know if it was in fact dunzo. He told me that if it was repairable he would let me know the things needed to be done and the cost before billing me. I sent in my computer and the day they got it he called and explained it WAS fixable and I just needed a new fan! I was so relieved I didnt have to retire my computer for good! I gave him the go-ahead and he fixed it all up and sent it back to me within that week. It works as good as new and I dont have to listen to that obnoxious WHIIIIRING sound anymore.

Im done with Best Buys Geek Squad where they seem to only care about THEIR bottom line, not mine. Best Buys Geek Squad thought I would just drop everything and buy a new computer because they insisted my computer was done for - and its sad to think there are suckers out there who fall for that ploy. Im glad I found a company that puts the customer first and provides you with the services you need and doesnt try shoving extra purchases down your throat. Thank you secureremotesupport.com. Do your research before taking your machine to Best Buys Geek Squad. Youll be glad you did.

Lied about repairing our Netbook! They did not inform us of the repairs and lied about the actual repair...would not reinstall the operating system. Had to resend it to the manufacturer to reinstall the operating system...Best Buy wanted to charge us! Best Buy is generating money by replacing the operating system...however the service from ASUS, Toshiba, HP, and Dell all repair their products for free which is included in their warranty service. NOT BEST BUY! BEWARE...when you buy from this group you are risking your money and possibly throwing it out the window. Our computer is useless after the repair!

We have paid approximately $50.00 per month for two years on insurance with Best Buy to cover our payments in the event that my spouse lost his job, or in the event of disability or death. My spouse did loose his job on 2-24-09. We filed a claim and have been denied. They are saying he must be collecting unemployment checks or this does not cover us. We never heard anything like this until we filed a claim. I wrote an appeal letter and they are saying they never received it. I faxed the same information proving that he did loose his job due to an accident. They still say they do not have the appeal even though I have a confirmation that it went through. I have been three months trying to get this taken care of. They did not mind charging us the money every month for the insurance and raising our bill to enormous amounts by adding this on. They never had to call us for the premiums and now that we need to use this protection that we thought we purchased, it appears to be a farce.

As a family we have bought several computers from Best Buy. I was warned when I went to buy my new computer to NOT buy from Best Buy from the rest of my family, since they had found themselves in the position of having to take back their computers repeatedly for fixes. However, I did not listen. So I am finding myself regretting the decision to buy from this company. I purchased an ASUS from Best Buy in October. Within four days the computer crashed. They assured me this was a good brand, it was the brand the "expert" in the store recommended for my needs. They replaced the computer and within four months, the hard drive crashed again. This time they would not listen to my concerns that the brand was bad. The inept Geek Squad said they would and could back up my files and they would repair the hard drive but refused to consider another brand of computer. After three weeks they hounded me to come and pick up my computer (after not having time to pick it up within three days after the supposed repairs were finished). When I did pick it up, not only was it not ready, but they THEN informed me that they were not able to safe any of my files. They acted like they were doing me a favor by not charging me for the cost of the data back up. They then said their "I'm sorry" line and said they would have the computer ready the next day. They did not. When it was finally "ready"...can you guess...it was not working. Drives are missing, no office installed. So of course when I called the Geek Squad, they were unavailable to take my call. I have learned my lesson. I will never, ever walk into Best Buy again. I will make sure I tell EVERYONE I know to avoid the rip off artists known as Best Buy, the Walmart of computers. Shame on Best Buy for stealing money and shame on me for not listening to my family.

I went to the Best Buy store on Eawst Skelly Drive to look at televisions. It took soome time for a clerk to come buy. After a young man contacted us after requesting him to do so, he reviewed the tv options for us. We went home to think about these. We returned the next day, October 20, 2017. Again it took sometime to find a clerk. As I came into the store several employees were having a good time yelling to each other, one even climed on a desk to look over a backdrop at the cell phone counter to engage other clerks verbally. We had to again find a clerk.

Finally a contact was made. This young man suffers greatly fom some sort of hypertension. He had some object tied to a cord around his neck. He was constantly twirling it in from of his face. ZZZZZI finally asked him to stop. We did select a TV and purchased it. We thought we had asked the right questions that would allow is to take the TV home, plug it in and see the upgraded TV (direct TV). We did get it working with; the same quality as the old one. As we inquired around we found that several steps had to be taken to get direct tv quality on the screen.

I retured to store to experience the same chaos as the night before. Clerks more interested in visiting with one another than servicing customers. I left the store and went to the Best Buy store at 71st and 169. A very knowledgeable young man answered all my question about how to get the tv showing the direct tv quality. A vast difference from the store where we bought the Samsung tv. Some supervision is certainly seems to be needed at the Skelly store.

They have been advertizing several items for months that they don't have, when called they said call next week, I've been calling for next week for months. I finally called the corporate office last week they said they were not going to be getting that brand of computer again and they would remove it from the site, well so far they have changed the price 3 times but never removed the items. I just called again was told that it's not their fault or their problem, I said it is their fault, because their site says "sold out online" which implies they have it somewhere in a store or warehouse and their stupid employees think so too because they keep saying to call back it may be on the next truck. I think this is a way for them to string people along and hopefully they will keep looking and just buy something else.

I purchased a new computer case online from Bestbuy.com and paid for shipping to me home. After assembling the other computer parts in side the case I found the case power supply to be bad & took it back to a local store with the receipt. They would only refund the amount of the case, not the shipping cost. They said this is the policy so I got ripped off for $10.00. After many calls & emails to Best Buy they would not authorize the shipping refund. Just one incident as this will cause a customer to shop elsewhere & I have spent plenty there in the past.

I purchased a home computer about 7 months ago from Best Buy along with the extended warrenty. Every time I take it in for repairs they say its not covered. The 1st time I took it in they told me I didn't have enough memeroy and sold me more I had it only 1 month when that happened. My brother told me that their Geek Squad was wrong since I had plenty of memeroy left. I then took it in for my program crashing. They again said it was due to not enough memory. I told them baloney since they had just installed more. Let me say that I don't download alot either. Then I had a error msg concerning my hard drive and that it was it couldn't be read. They again said it was not covered and wanted to replace a part for nearly $200 cost to me. Their in the business of making more money off of people than honoring their warrenty

If you buy anything at Best Buy do not apply for their credit cards. I made this mistake TWICE (yes I am an idiot). Best Buy wont do anything for you if you need customer service concerning their credit cards. They refer you to the actual cardholder: HSBC Bank. If you try to call HSBC you will NEVER reach a human being no matter what path you take through their phone menus.

Pressing, 'Zero' does nothing but, repeat the same useless message you just heard. If you call Best Buy and tell them this, they will give you another number for HSBC. Guess what? You wont reach anyone there either. Pay the card off in full and guess what? They send you another bill for meaningless charges. Pay those off and - you guessed it, they will charge you some piddly sum under $2 in hopes that you wont pay that in time and they can add more.

I can't believe that consumers must pay to make payments if they are not within the 3 days before the due date. This should be stopped. When I opened up my Best Buy credit card (the biggest mistake ever) I purchased 5 computers. I was given a $2, 000.000 credit limit, but the computers exceeded $2, 000.00. The salesperson said it was fine that they exceeded the amount and that Best Buy wouldn't do anything if they did. They exceeded something like $200.00 over. I was in arrearage for over 2 years! In spite of making decent sized payments around $65.00 per month, I was never able to catch up with the over amount. I too ended up paying a day before my due date and had to pay an additional $15.00 to pay Best Buy because I did not pay them 3 days before my payment was due. This is a big joke and I'm surprised that our government is letting them get away with this. At the looks of this, I will pay Best Buy for the rest of my life. Not to mention, that one of the computers and monitors were opened and broken! I took them back and Best Buy REFUSED TO ALLOW ME TO RETURN THEM. I told them the box was taped when they gave it to me and I paid for a new tower and monitor. I GOT STUCK WITH A BROKEN COMPUTER THAT GIVES ME A BLUE SCREEN since day one and I had to pay FULL PRICE IN SPITE OF MY COMPLAINTS. I got scammed by this company and even more scammed with this outrageous interest and these payments. I lost some income over this summer and my first payment is late (not 30 days). My bill shows that I owe 3 times the amount, because of the late fee they added. I tried calling and of course get the people from India who keep on repeating the same things over and over. I asked if I could get my payment lowered and she kept referring me to Consumer Credit Counseling at [protected]. Each time I call them, they are closed, so I get nowhere. HSBC has no hardship program and customers call in asking for help, all they do is get them deeper and deeper in debt by adding on their late fees and requesting for large amounts of money. I'm fed up with all the money I've paid Best Buy especially since I'm stuck with a broken computer from day one when I paid for a new one. It's amazing how Best Buy can get away with this and no one steps in to put a stop to this. The consumer will have no alternative but to go bankrupt. If a credit counseling steps in, the consumer will still suffer with their credit report, so why even bother? It's time all credit cards start working with their customers especially now when job loss is at an all time high and no one asked for this economy.

they are a pathethic company--tried to pay on line--they will charge you late charges if you pay within 3 days of due date--the lady said "well it's in your contract, but she would waive it this one time for me" I've paid my bill off & hope these crooks are dealt with

Maybe you should have called them in first place! Don't always rely on email, a lot of times you either never hear back or it's not for a long time when you get a response.

Okat and my question is if you bought it from lowes. how did Best Buy overcharge you? Lame man