Sorry guys, I'm all for supporting our economy, but I'm not overpaying by $1000 at Best Buy. I'll stick with newegg or amazon. People work at those companies too. The only people that work at Best Buy are ignorant salesman who mis-inform and mis-lead their customers.
I will however agree with Conrad in that I refuse to shop other brands. If Best Buy was a block from my house and only sold Samsung, and the closest Panasonic retailer was in Brazil, I would go to Brazil.
Sorry, I work for a company that has EXTREMELY tight profit margins and we STILL have to compete with the competition and put up with our customers demanding that we lower our bill rates every year and we manage to get by.
I'm sorry. I can't look at a TV at Best buy for $2000 (before tax) and the same TV on Amazon for $1200 (no tax, free shipping) and not buy the one at Amazon. I'll support my own economy first.
Plus, B&M stores are evil. I refuse to shop at a store that peddles $180 Monster HDMI cables (got mine for 75 cents on Amazon) and misleads their customers so badly. Why should I care about them if they don't care about me?
Best Buy can go out of business for all I care. Then people will be forced to shop at places whos salesman are informed (if such a place exists). Or maybe, God forbid, they will have to do a little research themselves before plunking down 2 grand.
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Loban @ Mar 19th 2009 9:32AM
Sorry guys, I'm all for supporting our economy, but I'm not overpaying by $1000 at Best Buy. I'll stick with newegg or amazon. People work at those companies too. The only people that work at Best Buy are ignorant salesman who mis-inform and mis-lead their customers.
I will however agree with Conrad in that I refuse to shop other brands. If Best Buy was a block from my house and only sold Samsung, and the closest Panasonic retailer was in Brazil, I would go to Brazil.
mike @ Mar 19th 2009 9:42AM
You won't overpay by $1000?? the average profit on a Panasonic these days is 10% to 12% factor in employees, shipping..and there is not much left.
Support your local economy NOT a warehouse e-tailer with 4 employees.
Ahh Capitalism
Loban @ Mar 19th 2009 9:59AM
Sorry, I work for a company that has EXTREMELY tight profit margins and we STILL have to compete with the competition and put up with our customers demanding that we lower our bill rates every year and we manage to get by.
I'm sorry. I can't look at a TV at Best buy for $2000 (before tax) and the same TV on Amazon for $1200 (no tax, free shipping) and not buy the one at Amazon. I'll support my own economy first.
Plus, B&M stores are evil. I refuse to shop at a store that peddles $180 Monster HDMI cables (got mine for 75 cents on Amazon) and misleads their customers so badly. Why should I care about them if they don't care about me?
Best Buy can go out of business for all I care. Then people will be forced to shop at places whos salesman are informed (if such a place exists). Or maybe, God forbid, they will have to do a little research themselves before plunking down 2 grand.