Comments on: 7 things electronic retail stores don’t want you to know

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By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:14:48 +0000

I went to Newegg.com to buy a cheap netbook.
I found an Acer Aspire One for $299.00. I bought the same one at Wallmart for $250.00. Wallmart.com charges $278.00. So much for online electronic values.

By: Juris D

Juris D — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:14:15 +0000

I think it’s funny how some people here are giving their opinion on what works on retail because they have a middle class job or a master’s.

Electronic retailers do make 100-500% margin on some products, believe it or not, if you buy a PS2-USB adapter for 6.99$, it probably costed less then 0.10$, it’s called BUY LOW SELL HIGH, the oldest and most common principle of any business. If you need a master’s degree to know that, you’re a moron.

Extended warranties aren’t all that evil, if some people are happy with paying 20$ to extend their PS3 warranty by a year, then let them, the peace of mind it gives them is probably worth the 20$.

I won’t comment on number 3, people are idiots, and a teenager working or young adult working on minimum wage probably doesn’t care much about their job, maybe Corporate should share their huge margins more fairly with their employees, you call the guy who wrote the article a communist, I call you fascist.

Number 4 is just like number 2, if a 67 year old man is happy with paying a kid 20$ to fit his computer memory because he is too afraid of breaking it, then let him, I mean, Maths and Law is pretty easy yet people hire over paid lawyers and accountants for advice, right?

Number 5 is opinion, not fact. Ofcourse not everyone who works in a electronics retail store is absolutely sure of what their doing, perhaps corporate should invest in training, wages and incentives more?

Shopping online is easier, cheaper and more efficient. People that respond with ” you wouldn’t buy a 5$ cable online ” are just trying to be argumentative and failing at it. Ofcourse you wouldn’t buy a cable online to save 1$, but you could be a External HDD or a Sound Card and save 30-50$.

By: Jason From The NC

Jason From The NC — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:07:37 +0000

I cant appear as smart as the rest of these guys, but i can tell you i went to high school with a guy that now works on the “GEEK SQUAD” and he was the biggest drug addict i have ever seen in my whole life, and dumb as rock… Lets look at it this way, a keyboard at best buy will run you from $20.00-$140.00 as to were Newegg.com sells them as low as $6.99. then you have to pay shipping about ehh $7.00 so you do $6.99+$7.00= $13.99, now you do $20(best buy)-$13.99(NewEgg.com) and you get a difference of $6.01, now it may not seem like much but this is just an example, it is a recession right? we should be looking for savings every were right? Think about if you saved from $1.00-$100.00 every time you bought one item, i would be happy as hell, now what gets me more then retailers is technology it self think about this the keyboard was invented in 1868, 141 years ago!!!!! why are we still using this same technology!! I mean the gas powerd motor was invented in 1876 8 years after the keyboard, Why do we still use stuff like this today?…So i would have to go on to say that, retail stores are the biggest rip in the world, and most of the people that run the “STORES” are well FAGGOTS sorry guys, maybe you should think about the people you rob, i don’t at all mind watching your shoplifting rates go up and i hope they continue to grow.

Sincerely
FU RETAILERS.

By: John

John — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:34:13 +0000

This article is in fact the truth. I used to work for Best Buy parttime during closing hours, and the stuff I saw them do was exactly what this article claims. Those dents and scratch marks on the boxes were not from the shipping I actually saw them drop and kick them, and they would open a sealed item so they can mark it down for themselves. Needless to say I quit Best Buy and told the manager what I saw and he said he will look into it. Here’s the problem these guys who were suppose to train me on the floor told me that the manager was aware of what they were doing. Because the manager would get great deals himself. Since then I don’t shop at retail stores anymore and now do all my shopping online. The best move I’ve made. Now I see why so many companies were closing back in 2005. Consumers are tired of being treated like they owe these companies something. I sure it’s just a matter of time when Best Buy closes. As the online shopping continues to grow we will see more stores closing. Online is the way to go.

By: The end All

The end All — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:19:14 +0000

Mr. Mendez,

You have your head so far up your back side it amazes me you can breath. I work for Samsung, the largest TV supplier in the world. Places like the FORMER Circuit City and Best Buy do not send all defective products back to the manufacturer. You are wrong. Sorry, but I was working retail while you were still an itch in your fathers pants. Big Box retailers like that repair at least their own television and companies like us give them an extra 10% of gross sales back to take care of defective products and labor costs. Can you imagine the shipping charges on televisions??? Plus no shipper on the planet would take that kind of liability on the products. I could go on but i won’t, after all you are just a junior. My advice, keep your mouth shut on issues you know nothing about. Currently i have a Master’s degree in Business from Harvard University, and PHD in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. Thank you for your time!

By: Dale Starsky

Dale Starsky — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:29:58 +0000

Great article! But, I have seen worse! On item number three. As a customer, I witnessed the General Manager and a supervisor line up digital cameras and throw them at a wall. They even opened a few packages to sell at discount “demo” prices—they were never used- and they dropped them onto the floor ON PURPOSE. These “shake and bake” cameras were marked on the outside and at the bottom of the carton with a piece of color masking tape. If they bought accessories and a warranty, they sole them a “good” camera. If the customer hammered them on the price, or didn’t by extras they sold them a marked camera. One time they had a sale on a certain popular brand of camera and they wanted to upsell them to a more expensive and profitable camera. Every single camera was mistreated.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:25:19 +0000

I think I was one of the worst employees at any electrical store. Not for the fact I did not know what I was selling, it was due to me telling customers, “You know what, don’t buy this here buy it on Amazon.com, it’s half the price”. I quit my job shortly after getting the position. I didn’t like how sly these big corporate businesses actually are.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:20:39 +0000

Thanks for the inside info. I think anyone who has been around long enough to get burned by some of these groups is in on much of this info. It’s just nice to see it confirmed so many times and out on the net more and more so people move on to the groups that won’t cheat them.

The people who purport to work in these retail stores and take a beef with you are quite foolish. These are nation-wide chains. That means if you work in one or even manage a few in your town there are hundreds if not a few thousand other kiosks or full blown stores where untrained and unethical managers or sales people work.

Your cable assumption is right. Paul in Chicago is a fool. The point you made was that retail stores mark up their usb and other lower cost cables by an insane margin. Charging $20 for a $.75 usb cable is not a 100% or even a 200% mark up, Paulie.

The whole rebate system is another issue I’d like to have seen thrown in. I’m guessing more stores offer “instant rebates” (how is that different than a regular “sale” special?) now because of all the backlash against places like Comp and, surprise, surprise, Best Buy.

Thanks Danny for being an honest person. Your kind of people are becoming rarer than a good electronics store. Especially since so many of them are getting the ax now.

By: Jonny Holland

Jonny Holland — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:33:33 +0000

I think Paul in Chicago either has his wires crossed or his cables in a knot!