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    Best Buy Black Friday Ad Posted

    in 2012

    Posted

    See the have Dr Dre headphones 10% off for Black Friday. Looking for over the head headphones for my 16 yr old son. Are they really great enough to spend that much for a 16 yr old or should I get a different brand. If so, what would you recommend.

    You COULD always get him something different... but Beats by Dr. Dre headphones are the IN thing for young people. You could definitely buy a better product with less name recognition or appeal but ultimately your son would probably be happier with the Beats headphones. Keep searching, you might find a better deal for them!

    is it ethical? (reselling tickets for hot items)

    in 2007

    Posted

    Okay... oh my, I almost forgot! My kids want it to be Christmas today and I don't have any gifts to put under the tree. I don't even have my tree up! What ever shall I do to remedy this terrible situation? And moreover, tomorrow is all of their Birthdays. I can't believe it hasn't even been a year yet. And after that it is Chanukah. I'm not even Jewish! Oh well, I'm free to celebrate it on any day I choose even if it is completely abrupt to the real meaning of the celebration. The real meaning of Thanksgiving was held by the Pilgrims whom were thankful for their crops not dieing and them living. It was more so a day of church and mass then a great feast. And I'm sure not once did they miss church while having to go wait in line due to some merchant.

     

    Best Buy does not expect people to come and get a deal. Therefore, you will notice the 'We only have enough items for the first 10 merchants in line' written below every item. The real reason they even bother doing Black Friday is to get you there and hope you find something else you don't need but like while in the store. And as you said I could have Thanksgiving 'another day'... from a family of six siblings, I'd be doubtful I could even attempt to get this together.

    well I'm not a quaker so I don't celebrate thanksgiving for those reasons. Oh well I've given up on this topic, you failed to understand the concept I was giving you and I guess I failed to make you realize it. You can't tell me you haven't celebrated someone's birthday or have seen others celebrate it on a day other than their actual birthdate.... it happens all the time in my family... if someone's birthday is on a monday and not everyone can meet that day we just go ahead and celebrate it on a day that we can all come together. I haven't the energy or the time to explain my ideas further as I've already explained it enough. Oh well, Happy thanksgiving to you and to all.

    is it ethical? (reselling tickets for hot items)

    in 2007

    Posted

    I'd like to look at this thing you said a little bit more thoroughly...

     

    "See if the people infront of you or at the beginning of the line sell tickets.... chances are some will but some won't which means they're not there because they wanted to sell tickets"

     

    There are countless other ways to make profits even not selling tickets. Moreover, people who use forums such as Gottadeal are not dumb. We know that if we do not get there by noon Thanksgiving day we have no chance of getting anything. Why don't we? Because we have to try to get there before or soon after the people who sell/merchant ticket/items get there otherwise we don't stand a chance. And with all due respect, at my Best Buy most people there who buy or sell tickets are people who don't have any one to stay with on Thanksgiving and have nothing better to do therefore ruin another person's Thanksgiving. So really, the only reason we get there early is to get there before those sets of people do. And moreover, when we get there before them, next year they will just come sooner.

     

    It is not just one or two people, there are at least 50-60 people at my Best Buy who sell tickets or make another form of profit off of these items. You must consider if they have 10 $230 Toshibas, 15 $400 Sonys, 15 $200 Emachines, and 10 $150 Envisions, that is not even enough to feed all of them. Then what do the people who really want these items get? Nothing good. The only two options they have are to:

     

    1.) Get there early (noon)

    2.) Still get there early (5 PM) and still miss Thanksgiving earning spot #50 in line to find all your time has been wasted waiting there to get an item due to a person who is making a profit off of your distress by buying their ticket. Thus, you pay cash to miss Thanksgiving. Very logical.

     

    I do not find it just what these people are doing and it is illegal.

     

    I do agree with what you're saying but I'm not entirely convinced that if there were no people there to sell tickets or make profit by selling that it wouldn't 'ruin' people's thanksgiving. Seriously, people want a good deal and year by year it gets earlier SURE by people who want to make profit but ALSO by people who just want to get their deal and want to ensure that by getting there earlier than the year before.

     

    BUT just to bring this onto a different note.... who's to say thanksgiving has to be on a thursday? If you observe the holiday for religious reasons, ie. Christian, where does the Bible say 'Thou shalt celebrate thanksgiving on the second to last thursday of November'. No where am I right? As Christians we have freedom to celebrate THANKSGIVING everyday, right? So as far as people missing Thanksgiving... that's subjective to the person. If you celebrate it even just for gathering of family (which is the most popular reason) you can still celebrate it anyday you want. I'm not trying to be difficult here I'm just trying to prove a point that 'making people miss their thanksgiving' is all very subjective. BUT I do agree with you that in general ticket selling is greedy, period.

    is it ethical? (reselling tickets for hot items)

    in 2007

    Posted

    Let's just say it is not Christian. You are making people behind you suffer and get there more early (missing their Thanksgiving) because of you needing a quick twenty bucks. With all due respect, I believe these people need a bit better for a job. If only people who went there with wanting to buy the item for their own personal use and not resell it/the ticket, Best Buy would be much calmer and people wouldn't have to miss and/or change the date of your Thanksgiving just to go wait in line.

    I do agree that it's not very Christian-like in the aspect of kindness towards others. But, first of all people who go there have things they would like to buy I'm sure... they wouldn't just go there to sell tickets. Also, the lines are going to start early regardless of ticket sellers..... that's just a fact. See if the people infront of you or at the beginning of the line sell tickets.... chances are some will but some won't which means they're not there because they wanted to sell tickets.

    Help on paying for my items, what should I do?

    in 2007

    Posted

    I'm in a bit of a predicament this year.... I'm going to be spending 500-600 dollars this year but the thing is in the past I've had problems when I'm paying over a certain amount on my Debit Card. I know there's a certain limit I can spend using the card and last year I made two purchases, one for ~400 and when I went to go make my second purchase of ~500-600 it wouldn't go through even though I had more than enough in the bank to pay for it. Luckily for me my friend was there and she paid for it with her card and I paid her back that same day. I would really like to avoid carrying that much cash with me, but if that's my only option then it'll have to do. Any suggestions for me?

     

    *Sorry if this is a repost, please refer me to the appropriate thread*

    How fast would the 22" lcd's run out at?

    in 2007

    Posted

    oh well looks like im running straight to them. hahaha. any of you if frys has deals?

    Yes Fry's has BF deals as well and good ones at that, the bad part is as far as I know their sales vary from store to store and the BF ad comes out only around Monday. My friend said he bought a 32' inch HDTV lcd for 300 because he was the 2nd in line and they only had two of those in stock. I don't know if he was lying because he likes to exaggerate but he also mentioned PC's for 150.

    <<<Official Best Buy Pricematching Thread>>> - merged

    in 2007

    Posted

    The only time they'll price match is in this scenario: Last year my friend had a ticket for one of the toshiba laptops and he was pretty much the very last person to pick up their toshiba laptop... somehow bestbuy either miscounted or sold off one too many toshiba laptops. So they called the manager in and he told them to price match it to a Compaq that was identical in specs.

    Post Here what you'll be buying this BF at BB!

    in 2007

    Posted

    Live in Roswell, probably going to head up to the Alpharetta store. I want the 499 Washer/dryer combo and the 500G external HD

    So funny, my pastor was just joking that he wanted to get a washer and dryer at BB and lo and behold they actually have a sale for one. Sounds like a good price on it too, if I needed one I would definitely pick that one up.

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