What do you use Best Buy/ Big Box Electromics Store for?

What purposes do you use Best Buy/Big Box electronic stores? Do you try items before you buy them in-person or online? Do you shop in-store for products? Are you a purely online shopper? I make an effort to patronize small companies, but when it comes to electronics, I frequently buy reconditioned computers and other items from the Best Buy outlet since my experiences there have been positive. I used to regularly order from Tiger Direct, but unfortunately, it is no longer open for business.

tjaden,

I’m looking at Best Buy and waiting for a good deal to buy one of the largest OLED 4K monitors they have because I don’t like smart TVs.

I buy some storage cards if it’s a good deal, but I’m still wary that they were returned to Best Buy from an Amazon seller. If it’s not on sale, I get sd cards/USB drives directly from the manufacturer if they have an online store.

abhibeckert,

Online is exclusively for things I can’t find locally.

It’s just faster. With a physical store, I can have my product in my hand just minutes after I decide to buy it. When I order online, I have to wait days.

There’s an electronics store across the road from where I work, but even if I’m at home - it’s only about 15 minutes drive away (depending on traffic).

phx,

Best-Buy at least matches prices of other retailers, including (stuff sold by) Amazon. If I can get it here from Best-Buy I prefer to shop locally, especially as they’re more reliable for certain types of electronics etc

i2ndshenanigans,

Big box retailers is mostly expensive electronics for me. TV’s and computer parts. After getting bricks from Amazon on a GPU purchase I won’t get anything I can’t open on the spot in a store to make sure I am getting what I paid for. I’ll also drop in for stuff I don’t want to wait on shipping for like console accessories and headphones if mine broke.

NegativeLookBehind,
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Reference points on the highway

lal,

Sure shipping is fast nowadays, but if I take a bit of my own time, I can walk back from a store with the item already in hand, and I’m certain of what is in the box.

Bonus: I didn’t have to weed through alphabet soup spam brands to find what I wanted.

reddig33,

Id rather buy electronics at somewhere like Best Buy instead of Amazon. You never know what you’re going to get from Amazon (open box/counterfeit).

Psythik,

Worst Buy isn’t the worst place to buy a TV. Or a phone. Their accidental damage policy is the best. They’ll replace the device, no questions asked, even if it’s your fault.

It isn’t the 2000s anymore. Competition is high enough from online retailers that big box stores can no longer afford to gouge if they want to stay in business.

jasondj,

There are a few things. I’ll check dekudeals occasionally and Best Buy might be the one with a Switch game I want, on sale, in physical.

I buy large appliances there. Bought a fridge, dishwasher, and OTR Microwave a few months ago, and a washer and dryer a couple weeks ago. Honesty the only reason I went there was because they had the best financing offers. 24 months no interest, in this economy, is hard to pass up when they are selling at the same price as everyone else.

I’ve bought USB SSD drives and a 7200 RPM there recently. I checked PCPartPicker and they were the second cheapest by a slim margin. MicroCenter was #1 but that’s like a 90 minute drive each way.

6daemonbag,

Hard drives in a pinch for work. Other than that I only go to buy TVs, which I haven’t done in 6 years

rikonium,

See things in-person, if I am in need of a specific item today, check out what clearance items they have.

Melkath,

I dont.

They ramp up prices, scam their customers, and abuse their underpaid employeea.

arquebus_x,

I generally only use Best Buy if I need a thing right now, to complete whatever project/installation I'm doing, and don't want to wait a day for shipping. (I actually don't have Amazon Prime so it would really be more like a week.)

I did buy my gaming laptop from Best Buy. It was an open box sale so it was about $300 less than anywhere else. Plus, again, I was able to get it right away.

JCreazy,

I can’t anymore since the local one closed down a couple years ago. I assume they went out of business because the store wasn’t doing well and when I went to the store I could see why. Nothing was organized. All the shelves were empty. It seemed like no one was taking care of the place and the majority of them employees had no knowledge of anything in the store.

Bell,

Nothing. I got a $50 gift card 6 months ago and have not found anything I’d buy there that wasn’t considerably cheaper somewhere else.

Old_Dude,

It’s still $50 free dollars, just wait for a sale or clearance on something you wouldn’t otherwise spend your own money on.

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