Comment Re:Perfect timing (Score 1) 1234
As sombody who used to sell computers at BestBuy nearly 4 years ago I know the tricks of the trade. One of their favorite tricks is to first get all the accessories BEFORE they pull the computer down and sell you on the PSP (Service Plan). If the computer you are buying is one of their loss leaders (like an emachine for $300 AR) and you buy it bare bones, don't be surprised if they come back and tell you its out of stock. Even though I/they never make commission off a sale, our sales manager would go around every 15 mins or so with an updated sales report and chew us out if we let too many bare bones computers go out the door.
My girlfriend's sister insisted on buying a computer from Best Buy just the other week and since I couldnt persuade her otherwise she let me go with her and do all the talking. She showed me the computer she wanted and before any sales dog could tell I was interested in it I looked up at the top racks to make sure it was in stock so they couldnt pull that out-of-stock BS on me. Once I found it, I looked at the tag to see what the package comes with and got it all myself.
I eventually had to tell one of the sales people to pull down the computer since they dont like it too much when a customer uses the ladder (understandable). At that point I pointed to the exact box so there was nothing he could do put pull it down. He put it in my cart and told me that he can help me ring it up over at the Computer Sales counter. At that point I informed him that we still wanted to buy some DVD's and would be right back (a lie). I knew that if he were to ring me up with a bare bones computer I would get the full blown sales pitch to buy all the accessories and service plan. Instead, I took the computer straight to the normal checkout counter. The checkout girl *did* ask me if I wanted the service plan, and after a swift "No", that was the end of it. Long story short, take your computer's to the front checkout if you want to bypass the sales pitch.
My girlfriend's sister insisted on buying a computer from Best Buy just the other week and since I couldnt persuade her otherwise she let me go with her and do all the talking. She showed me the computer she wanted and before any sales dog could tell I was interested in it I looked up at the top racks to make sure it was in stock so they couldnt pull that out-of-stock BS on me. Once I found it, I looked at the tag to see what the package comes with and got it all myself.
I eventually had to tell one of the sales people to pull down the computer since they dont like it too much when a customer uses the ladder (understandable). At that point I pointed to the exact box so there was nothing he could do put pull it down. He put it in my cart and told me that he can help me ring it up over at the Computer Sales counter. At that point I informed him that we still wanted to buy some DVD's and would be right back (a lie). I knew that if he were to ring me up with a bare bones computer I would get the full blown sales pitch to buy all the accessories and service plan. Instead, I took the computer straight to the normal checkout counter. The checkout girl *did* ask me if I wanted the service plan, and after a swift "No", that was the end of it. Long story short, take your computer's to the front checkout if you want to bypass the sales pitch.
