muffin123 Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 I heard that they give vouchers to the first 5-10 people in line and ask them what they want. and the person tells the sale person at bestbuy what items they want. and they give them the voucher which means they are guranteed that item. is this how it is?
RossMAN Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Moved to the Best Buy store specific forum. Yep that's how it works. I've heard there's a limit of ONE voucher per person total. So if you wanted to buy a laptop and LCD HDTV, two separate items you're out of luck. YMMV as always.
muffin123 Posted November 12, 2006 Author Posted November 12, 2006 wait are you serious? only 1 voucher per person? i thought it was 1 voucher per item?
xbb Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 wait are you serious? only 1 voucher per person? i thought it was 1 voucher per item?i have also heard that it was one voucher/ticker per item, although it would really suck if this wasn't true, since i plan on getting a laptop and tv on BF
bigjimslade Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Moved to the Best Buy store specific forum. Yep that's how it works. I've heard there's a limit of ONE voucher per person total. So if you wanted to buy a laptop and LCD HDTV, two separate items you're out of luck. YMMV as always.RossMAN is right. I have hard the same from people who work at BB. Last year at the Fricso, Texas BB they were checking IDs.
rebateshopper Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Different stores do different things. Generally what BB does is at some point b4 they open - maybe 45 min if I recall, they started coming out (not all at the same time). Each salesperson had a pile of vouchers for 1 item only. They started at the front of the line and gave them to the people who wanted them and continued toward the back of the line (OK they didn't get too far down the line) until they ran out. They also were out there early signing people up for the credit cards. I've been at the front of the line the past 3 years (at 3 different locations in 3 cities in 2 states), and tall 3 years they also handed out store maps with the locations of many of the sale items specifically marked. I'm not sure how far back in the line they went with the maps though. Basically it was just one voucher per item per person, but you could get vouchers for as many different items as you wanted. There might have been a limit on the computers - like you could only get a voucher for one of the 2 laptops being offered - or something like that, but I don't think it was actually enforced.
H_Hancock Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 As someone who's been doing Best Buy for years on BF, we've always been able to obtain as many vouchers for as many different products/doorbusters as we've wanted. While there usually is a 1 per person or household per item limit, there never has been a limit on the number of different items we've been able to have. Laptop, LCD TV, desktop, had all in my hands last year. No different from any year. The one voucher per person limit seems to be a store-generated policy, because it's not corporate policy.
mulox Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 As someone who's been doing Best Buy for years on BF, we've always been able to obtain as many vouchers for as many different products/doorbusters as we've wanted. While there usually is a 1 per person or household per item limit, there never has been a limit on the number of different items we've been able to have. Laptop, LCD TV, desktop, had all in my hands last year. No different from any year. The one voucher per person limit seems to be a store-generated policy, because it's not corporate policy.That's what I have experienced as well (for the last 5 years anyway).
muffin123 Posted November 13, 2006 Author Posted November 13, 2006 aight so i can get vouchers for items that are NOT doorbusters also? because that 22 inch monitor and the 100 dollar graphics card and that 399 computer will be hell to all get at once. so since i want the 32 inch tv the 22 inch monitor the 399 comp and the 100 dollar graphics card i will able to get 4 vouchers right? a voucher for each item
H_Hancock Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 aight so i can get vouchers for items that are NOT doorbusters also? because that 22 inch monitor and the 100 dollar graphics card and that 399 computer will be hell to all get at once. so since i want the 32 inch tv the 22 inch monitor the 399 comp and the 100 dollar graphics card i will able to get 4 vouchers right? a voucher for each item From my experience, there will be vouchers ONLY for the doorbuster items, not the 2-day sale specials. Those you are on your own to obtain. But out of your items, the video card is the LEAST desirable item there. You can go online and buy a 512MB Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro video card for $114, shipped, from ZipZoomFly. If you're willing to sacrifice half the memory, and with the slow speeds of the X1600 series of cards, having the memory size at 512MB won't make a bit of difference you can see, you can get a Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro for around $130, worth the extra $30 as it's a bit faster memory and GPU speed. For $200, ZZF has a Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB video card, vastly superior to any above, and well worth the money.
muffin123 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Posted November 14, 2006 i thought all comps will be ticketed? so basically its a every man for himself deal for the 22 inch monitor the comp and the video card?
bigjimslade Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 so basically its a every man for himself deal for the 22 inch monitor the comp and the video card?Yes. If you have a ticketed item I would run and get your monitor and video card first since it will be a free for all on it and after you get it then stand in line for your ticketed items.
muffin123 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Posted November 14, 2006 wait lets say i come with 3 people we are first in line i get the ticket for the 32 inch tv that is a doorbuster do they give tickets for computers and monitors that are NOT doorbusters? because its going to be hard trying to get both of these things without a ticket. It would make sense to give tickets for computers and monitors. and when they open the door do they let a certain amount of people in the store at a time or is it a free for all?
H_Hancock Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 wait lets say i come with 3 people we are first in line i get the ticket for the 32 inch tv that is a doorbuster do they give tickets for computers and monitors that are NOT doorbusters? because its going to be hard trying to get both of these things without a ticket. It would make sense to give tickets for computers and monitors. and when they open the door do they let a certain amount of people in the store at a time or is it a free for all?My experience: ticketed items are the doorbusters only. Other items are first come, first served. When the doors open, they will try to control the crowd, at least at first. But it ends up being a free-for-all............everyone gets in as quickly as they can. I've seen people running over people to get to short supply "hot" items that weren't ticketed.
muffin123 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Posted November 14, 2006 so whats the point of me being 1st in line besides getting that ticket for the tv since everyone will be in a free for all?
bigjimslade Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 so whats the point of me being 1st in line besides getting that ticket for the tv since everyone will be in a free for all?I think you have misunderstood. If you want the TV and you got a ticket for it then you have until 12 noon to pay for the TV. If you have not paid for it at 12 noon then the TV will be put on the sales floor. The free for all happens with other items that dont require a ticket. This can include the Norton software and or the Sandisk MP3 player to name a few. I hope this helps and good luck!
koalamom Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 About this ticket policy. If my DH and I go and get in line can we both get a ticket? If not, can I get two players when I get inside and hand them my one ticket? I need two Port. DVD players and if I travel two hours to get to a Best Buy I want to make sure I can walk out of there with both of them. So any advice is helpful. Thanks!
bpr Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 About this ticket policy. If my DH and I go and get in line can we both get a ticket? If not, can I get two players when I get inside and hand them my one ticket? I need two Port. DVD players and if I travel two hours to get to a Best Buy I want to make sure I can walk out of there with both of them. So any advice is helpful. Thanks!No you will NOT get 2 for 1. But you might both get tickets. They MIGHT check ID's. Act like you don't know each other (even to the people around you). If they don't check, you will probably both get a ticket. I've gotten 3 tickets before, for 3 DIFFERENT items. I've seen lots of people only get one ticket, maybe because that is all they could afford. I don't know.
koalamom Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Thank you, bpr! My husband will love it when I tell him he has to stand in line too. I will tell him to stand away from me and not talk to me, that shouldn't be that hard as he will not be too happy being there. Oh well!
bpr Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 I will tell him to stand away from me and not talk to me, that shouldn't be that hard as he will not be too happy being there. Oh well!LOL:sidesplit Hope it works out for you.
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