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97. And brick and mortars wonder why they are having problems

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #96)

Mon Jun 28, 2021, 05:44 PM

Jun 2021

I will still go to locally owned non-franchise stores for things (i love my record store that gets death metal vinyl in for me) and there are some clothes (a kid just opened up a t-shirt store in a mall near me and all he sells is band t-shirts which I love) and shoe stores I like around here but it's just so easy to order stuff from Amazon and I don't feel even a little bit bad for Best Buy because every single experience I have had with them for the last few years has been a PITA. Barely any staff and the 2 that are there are clueless if it isn't on their computer. They used to have people that knew about computers and stereos and stuff but no more. And this bs about not being allowed to call a store is just the last straw. I may never buy something from Best Buy again.

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