Re: fry's
- From: "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:44:02 -0500
Jamie wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Jamie wrote:Maybe in your location.
The local Best Buy puts those on a 'Open Box' shelf and sels them at
a deep discount.
The one in my area likes to do things like remove a wireless
keyboard and mouse from it's package and replace it with a standard
keyboard and mouse with their cords ripped out. Shrink wrap it, place it
on the shelve and sell it at the normal rate.
You see, when you have stores with kids working in it that also
services and upgrades your PC for you. It's easy to do a favor for some
one by switching the keyboard and mouse around for their good buddies.
If any of this is true, why haven't you called a TV station to report
it? An investigative reporter would love that story. It sounds like all
your other stories, pulled out of thin air. The FTC would love to have
details, as well.
Of course, since this package never left the store in the first
place, I guess Best buy would be correct into saying they always check
the contents of all returns how ever, this little procedure gets by past
since it's being done in house with store employee's.
AT some point, some unknowing customer comes in and buys that
package then attempts to return it. Just think how stupid it would look
for a customer to return a package with the contents totally not
correct. Well, the people that work in those places know that and since
Best Buy does have a rock hard policy on returns. This is a play ground
for the employee's that have friends needing some cheap/free toys.
Good advice to live by, check the contents of the package before
leaving the store.
P.S.
I have a friend that bought a Laptop that was on sale there, got it
to his house to find out that it rebooted after about 30 mins of
operation. Took it back, they looked at it and said they would have to
send it out for repairs. And this was like 6 hours after he had bought
it. He said no, demanded another laptop or cancel the card charge. They
stated it couldn't be done because he had already registered windows and
that is when the fun started. You see, he never got that far and it
never stepped him through those procedures. The Laptop was already set
up with some one else's name with no password required to get in.
So, obviously he got a returned defective laptop that they were
refusing to make good on. He called the card company at the store while
standing in front of the help desk. The card company only needed to
verify that the goods were in the store's hands. And he said, have a
good day.
If it was a display model, anyone playing with it could have put
their information in it. Kids used to do that for 'fun'.
Good advise.
When dealing with merchants of this kind, use a credit card and
verify early as possible that your purchase was an honorable one.
Your stories might be a little more believable if they didn't look
like they were all written by a ten year old.
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