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BainsBane

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8. My sister-in-law told me Best Buy's deals were lame

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Nov 29, 2013, 10:13 PM

Nov 2013

They had people lining up for "surprise doorbusters." You have to want to buy for the sake of it to get in one of those lines. Best Buy is not doing well financially. They recently replaced their CEO because the last one had done such a lousy job.

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No Line in Front of Best Buy in Affluent DC Suburb [View all] marmar Nov 2013 OP

wealthy people can afford things easily , for them it would be a waste JI7 Nov 2013 #1

Exactly. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #5

Most of them probably just sent their personal shopper or their butler/nanny/factotum n/t Fumesucker Nov 2013 #2

Order online and pick it up later. FarCenter Nov 2013 #3

I would rather stick my hand into a bees nest than participate in Black Friday nonsense. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #9

I do not miss my heavy tube TVs. And I couldn't give them away when I tried. Nt Logical Nov 2013 #11

It's not that I dislike flatscreens, but I have a TV that works. Why wasted it? R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #12

High definition is a good reason to upgrade hack89 Nov 2013 #16

I did that two years ago on Black Friday rudolph the red Nov 2013 #15

So true. Agschmid Nov 2013 #4

I figured out some years ago that this is all Marketing Psych 101 Hekate Nov 2013 #6

Once you get the marks into the store, upsell them on cables, cases, batteries, screen protectors FarCenter Nov 2013 #13

The Wealthy don't shop at peon stores like Best Buy or Walmart jmowreader Nov 2013 #7

My sister-in-law told me Best Buy's deals were lame BainsBane Nov 2013 #8

I wonder how long before then end up like circut city. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #10

du rec. xchrom Nov 2013 #14

k n r. nt Sheri Nov 2013 #17