I rely on reviews and places like AVS forum for AV electronicsIt will be interesting how all the people will calling for the closing of Best Buy will react if there is no place for people go and get hands on experience with a device. I'm not sure how we get around the conundrum, though, of taking advantage of brick and mortars for testing and then buying on line at a lower price because they have vastly lower overhead.
I rely on reviews and places like AVS forum for AV electronics
It seems like they are ging to have 5-6 times the mobile stores as the ones they are closing so you should be good.damn at least keep them open till i can get my new iphone in june-aug rather not have to pay full price
Err thats not what is being said. The actual price of the products do no change either way. Sales tax is an extra charge tossed onto the base price of the product by the state. Amazon is not going to change their prices, tax just gets added on. As I was trying to say, the idea people have is that charging sales tax is going to be a big hit to amazon since they believe it will be some kind of leveling of the playing field. Amazon still charges less than MSRP for most products so this is not exactly true. Some customers might get put off by having to suddenly pay tax and might turn away, but still Amazon will usually be cheaper.
When the prices are the same (& they typically are. Amazon more often than not simply matches sale prices and i pay sales tax regardless since I'm down the street from the warehouse), I see no point in ordering from Amazon- particularly if it's a TV.
I think Amazon Prime is the biggest incentive.They do have good deals, you just have to look. Black Friday had games sales better than amazon. I just wonder how long amazon can get away without paying taxes.
Best Buy has higher prices + sales tax. What's your point?
As noted in the post you quoted, others seem to make the claim that having to collect taxes would be a game changer, that is obviously not true. Whenever amazon is brought up people like to make a point of them not collecting tax as if it's going to have a huge impact or somthing.
The problem is that best Buy is so much more ginormous than them that Fry's can't enter outr mind. Tell them to grow or else they mean absolutely nothing to me.If you live near a Fry's.. Best Buy doesn't even enter your mind as an option.
gamestop for cheap used games when the price difference isn't much from amazon.
*goes into gaf witness protection program*
400 layoffs but 50 stores closing? How is that possible? That's only 8 people per store.
Or are the dozens of people at each store not counted as "layoffs?"
If you live near a Fry's.. Best Buy doesn't even enter your mind as an option.
wtf are mobile locations?
wtf are mobile locations?
It will be interesting how all the people will calling for the closing of Best Buy will react if there is no place for people go and get hands on experience with a device. I'm not sure how we get around the conundrum, though, of taking advantage of brick and mortars for testing and then buying on line at a lower price because they have vastly lower overhead.
Too bad this mystical Fry's is only in about 3 states.
I expect Fry's Electronics to outlast Best Buy.
I got 3 within 30 miles.
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Every time I go into my local BB, the video game and blu-ray sections are total wastelands. The selections they do have are often overpriced, horribly organized, and pitifully underwhelming. I have a hard time giving them my money when its easier to search from a nearly limitless selection of items that cost less on Amazon.
Nothing beats hands on.
Shit I was just thinking today there aren't enough electronics stores. I miss being able to walk into a store and actually see and touch things before I buy them.on Amazon
stafford 59, i45 north, and that one by NASA. /awesome sauce
I remember when it was just the i45 north one, such a long ass drive.
I got 3 within 30 miles.
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I really wish there was a Fry's or Microcenter in my state. Best Buy doesn't stock half the shit I need at any given time.
They sell hard drives for 40-50 bucks more than on newegg and with nowhere near the same options. The same applies for seemingly all other products. You can get more for cheaper online.
Revenue growing 3%, closing 50/1000 stores, firing 400/180,000 employees = implodes?
Yay hyperbole
However, analysts polled by Bloomberg had forecast top line results of $17.15 billion, some $500 million more than the company reported. The quarter also benefitted from an extra week in the company's fiscal calendar excluding the week would mean revenue actually fell 1.1 percent. Shares were down 6 percent in the first minutes of trading.
The company saw same-store sales decline 2.3 percent during the period
You're right. I should expect some idiot high school kid who would rather be anywhere else than working at Best Buy to know the exact location of every item at all times.
yea awesome marketing.I45 one is my closest. Love the banner on the front of the store that says "Your Best Buys are always at Fry's"
I really wish there was a Fry's or Microcenter in my state. Best Buy doesn't stock half the shit I need at any given time.
I got 3 within 30 miles.
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