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Last year on BF we went to Best Buy and it was the first and last time. It was a huge mess. It was the most unorginized place, rude and hateful people I have ever seen. I will not go back there again. We heard associataes tell people to get in lines for items and they would be in line for 30 minutes or and hour and find out it's the wrong line. No one knew what they where talking about. We asked if we could get some of the items since the sections was roped off - the guy said no you had to wait in the line and 10 minutes later him and another guy where passing out the blank dvd's to anyone who wanted to buy them. I know it would be hard to work BF, but they don't have to be so rude and/or ignorant.
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Walmart, but with a stipulation. The Walmart here in my town, Bradley, (IL)

Why cause last year was a total mess.

MY first experience the year before was wonderful

 

The walmart here did not have the police there.

Did not have security roam the lines...

the employees were crabbing the minute we walked in.

the minute they unlocked the doors, people pushed an trampled. I saw an elderly couple that I desperately wanted to let in. BUT I knew the would get trampled.

And the first 10 people were rude as hell. They had been there since 1 am theyclaimed. They took turns going to the car...which is fine...BUT then at the last minute, they let 20 more people in line. People CLEARLY that took time to do hair and makeup. Prolly just woke from the look of it.

 

This time, I am going back to the old hunting grounds. Matteson. Where people are nice, and the lines are orderly and the employees kept people from rushing the line. The police were cool and sooo nice. PLUS in matteson, Target is next door, and the mall is across the street. And circuit city and best buy are within spitting distance. And kmart is across town. But thats fine. Cause I dont like them much anyhow.

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Only wallyworld, but I boycot them on a daily basis.

LOL! Me, too. I'll shop at the one in Burlington (about 30 miles from here) if I'm in town there, but the one where I live is a huge mess all the time. Even on BF they don't open even half of their checkout lanes.

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Target I boycot on a normal basis, since I am a coupon queen, I know the rules of coupon usage and Target doesnt, so I avoid them, but if they have a good deal.....
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Office Max. Two years ago I did all the FARs, only to find that a lot of the forms weren't in the booklet they handed me at the store. I emailed, called and could never find at least 5 of the forms before the two week postmark date was up.

 

Then they rejected several of the rebates saying they weren't postmarked on time, and when I emailed about that I got one of the rudest emails I've ever received from their clearing house.

 

Wrote more emails, including PlanetFeedback. No response.

 

So I haven't shopped there since.

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Last year on BF we went to Best Buy and it was the first and last time. It was a huge mess. It was the most unorginized place, rude and hateful people I have ever seen. I will not go back there again. We heard associataes tell people to get in lines for items and they would be in line for 30 minutes or and hour and find out it's the wrong line. No one knew what they where talking about. We asked if we could get some of the items since the sections was roped off - the guy said no you had to wait in the line and 10 minutes later him and another guy where passing out the blank dvd's to anyone who wanted to buy them. I know it would be hard to work BF, but they don't have to be so rude and/or ignorant.

I boycott those bastards almost every day and I only go in when they have a CD/DVD newly released that I know they make almost ZERO margin on...like most new releases hoping to get people in the store to sell them a CD/DVD player...yes that's their logic. They as a company are disorganized and actually promote the behavior you witnessed. But that's another story for another time...

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I hate the newly hired BF employees. The young ones who are rude and obnoxious. I just don't go to Best Buy on BF. One year my husband wanted this one DVD they had for really cheap. Anyway, I finally find a spot, get in and get the dvd. Check out was approx. 2 hours! The line wrapped around the store from appliances on one end of the store to computers on the other end. Only 4 registers open. How stupid is that. I put the DVD back and ended up buying it on ebay.
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I won't go near Best Buy on BF. They have had the police there the past couple of years to keep the fights under control. Same for WallyWorld. No way. Rat Shack was next door to WallyWorld but they had like 2-3 of each advertised BF items and those were gone within 2 minutes of the doors opening. Staples was a huge mess last year and their rebate system was a catastrophe. I doubt I'll fight the battles at any of the above retailers this year -- it just isn't worth it !

 

Ace Hardware was the only place I got what was advertised and actually got the rebate $'s back in record time.

 

We'll see what the 2005 BF ads look like, but Ace and Lowes will be the first ads I look for.

 

I may try Staples.com very early on BF morning to grab up what can be ordered that doesn't involve a rebate.

 

In general, rebates have become more pain than they are worth --- and you know the retailers/manufacturers are counting on you forgetting to send them in, failing to meet some fine print requirement, or selectively "losing" your submission. One friend had his rebate rejected because he didn't fill out the form "in all capital letters" ! So ... any of the BF deals with big $ rebates will get probably get X'd off of my llist.

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I won't go near Best Buy on BF. They have had the police there the past couple of years to keep the fights under control...

Yeah, I was considering going dressed up as a wrestler along with my friend as Hulk Hogan and teasing the people waiting on Best Buy's line with catchphrases and other silly, non-sensical garbage. Maybe hand out flyers with stories about BB + BF along with BestBuySux.org stories to wake them up (or put them back to sleep).

I think the police would arrest me for inciting a riot, so that idea was put on the backburner...but it would make for an entertaining clip for a "Black Friday Gone Wild" video we can all sell to generate $ for GD consisting of BF sales gone completely wacky :)

 

....yes I need help :jester:

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I think I would have to fight that one. That's ridiculous.

Yes, he did fight it, but it took a call to the mfr pres's office to get his $'s. I believe he sent a letter to the FTC and his State Atty Gen too. Just a lot of hassle and BS to put up with for a rebate.

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As it's gonna be my first BF, and I've never had bad experiences... I'll try to go to Best Buy, Wal-Mart, BrandsMart... and see which one is the worst!!! My aunt is insisting to go to BrandsMart, and if the ad has the stuff she wants... I guess I'll have no escape.
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