[BP-Revo]

Hmm...those are some pretty intense Best Buy stories...

I'm not in love with Best Buy or anything, I was just curious as to what spawned so much negativity toward them.

Well, in any case, I generally already know what I want before I walk into the store and never fall for those expensive (and pointless) extended warranties. Stores are there to make profit and I always operate under the impression that they always try to sell me whatever makes them the most money, so in a way, none of those things seem really specific to Best Buy if you ask me.

All that aside, I still never end up buying squat at Best Buy because their stuff is usually at least 10% more than another retailer. I've had a gift card and best buy's prices are so high that usually it's cheaper to buy it from another store because I'll end up spending LESS out of pocket even though I have a gift card to best buy.

The last thing I bought at Best Buy was probably 5 years ago and it was candy...

Now I end up buying 99% of my things off Amazon.com. I have Prime (Free 2 Day shipping on almost everything) so with free shipping and no Tax, it's almost always the cheapest solution. And they have a simple, no BS return policy.

I only had one problem with them and it was when a BluRay Movie I ordered came with the case cracked/broken/crushed on one corner (since they shipped it in a bubble mailer). I called them up and they Next Day Air'd me a new one and emailed me a printable return label (via USPS so I could just leave it for my mailman) to send the other one back, so I didn't pay a penny extra.