Today's Circuit City Ad

:-(

Today's is the first one to not feature Sprint PCS. The cell phone
section is exclusively dedicated to T-Mobile.

Eric

Eric wrote:

> :-(
>
> Today's is the first one to not feature Sprint PCS. The cell phone
> section is exclusively dedicated to T-Mobile.


*shrug*

Fortunately for me, Best Buy's been expanding and made it a point to
open a store across the street from every Circuit City near me. That,
combined with CC no longer carrying Sprint and BB offering reward points
now, means I'll pretty much never buy crom CC anymore.

In article <3f2e66bc$1@rutgers.edu>,
Isaiah Beard <scaredpoet@scaredpoet.n.o.s.p.a.m.com> wrote:

> Fortunately for me, Best Buy's been expanding and made it a point to
> open a store across the street from every Circuit City near me. That,
> combined with CC no longer carrying Sprint and BB offering reward points
> now, means I'll pretty much never buy crom CC anymore.

doesn't a pleasant shopping experience mean anything?

I'd much rather shop at a nice, quiet, CLEAN Circuit City.

I work for Best Buy (not for much longer, hopefully) and it drives me
crazy. The unprofessional attitude is rampant now. The constant booming
bass from three different depts. and the stained carpets. The employees
who sag their pants 12" past their asses and completely ignore 60% of
the customers, etc..

I walk into CC and, even though they're no longer commissioned, I get
help immediately.

If you need a Sprint phone, then shop elsewhere. Otherwise, patronize CC
over Best Buy. If you don't, they're going to go away and Best Buy will
get even worse than it is because they won't have to compete with anyone.

Best Buy is the Wal-Mart of electronics stores. They come in and put the
others out of business.

/tommy

I only shop at CC if I have to. I find that they are MUCH more expensive
than BB. In my area, BB is a pain in the ass to get to, about 20 minutes
away...but I'd still rather shop there than at the CC that is 30 seconds
from my house.

David

tommy wrote in news:tommy-6260BF.08020104082003@news-west.giganews.com:

> In article <3f2e66bc$1@rutgers.edu>,
> Isaiah Beard <scaredpoet@scaredpoet.n.o.s.p.a.m.com> wrote:
>
>> Fortunately for me, Best Buy's been expanding and made it a point to
>> open a store across the street from every Circuit City near me. That,
>> combined with CC no longer carrying Sprint and BB offering reward
>> points now, means I'll pretty much never buy crom CC anymore.
>
> doesn't a pleasant shopping experience mean anything?
>
> I'd much rather shop at a nice, quiet, CLEAN Circuit City.
>
> I work for Best Buy (not for much longer, hopefully) and it drives me
> crazy. The unprofessional attitude is rampant now. The constant booming
> bass from three different depts. and the stained carpets. The employees
> who sag their pants 12" past their asses and completely ignore 60% of
> the customers, etc..
>
> I walk into CC and, even though they're no longer commissioned, I get
> help immediately.
>
> If you need a Sprint phone, then shop elsewhere. Otherwise, patronize CC
> over Best Buy. If you don't, they're going to go away and Best Buy will
> get even worse than it is because they won't have to compete with
> anyone.
>
> Best Buy is the Wal-Mart of electronics stores. They come in and put the
> others out of business.
>
> /tommy

In article <Xns93CD719D0C084GOTOHELLSPAM.BOTS@129.250.170.96> ,
David <NOSPAM@MYINBOX.COM> wrote:

> I only shop at CC if I have to. I find that they are MUCH more expensive
> than BB. In my area, BB is a pain in the ass to get to, about 20 minutes
> away...but I'd still rather shop there than at the CC that is 30 seconds
> from my house.

MUCH more, or just a little more? I'll pay a little more for better
service. If it wasn't for the huge employee discount, I'd never shop at
Best Buy at all.

/tommy

I was able to get Best Buy to price match the Sprint Store's price on
the 8100 at $99.99. Of course, I am gonna try to get the additional
$100 rebate. ;-)

--
Posted at SprintUsers.com - Your place for everything Sprint PCS
Free wireless access @ www.SprintUsers.com/wap

I guess they don't care much about selling many phones.


Eric wrote:
> :-(
>
> Today's is the first one to not feature Sprint PCS. The cell phone
> section is exclusively dedicated to T-Mobile.
>
> Eric
>

Quiet is right. I was there a couple of days ago and there were
almost no customers and almost no salesmen. I has to wait for 20
minutes to talk to someone about DirecTV and that was with the Sprint
PCS rep helping me to flag one down.


tommy wrote:

> In article <3f2e66bc$1@rutgers.edu>,
> Isaiah Beard <scaredpoet@scaredpoet.n.o.s.p.a.m.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Fortunately for me, Best Buy's been expanding and made it a point to
>>open a store across the street from every Circuit City near me. That,
>>combined with CC no longer carrying Sprint and BB offering reward points
>>now, means I'll pretty much never buy crom CC anymore.
>
>
> doesn't a pleasant shopping experience mean anything?
>
> I'd much rather shop at a nice, quiet, CLEAN Circuit City.
>
> I work for Best Buy (not for much longer, hopefully) and it drives me
> crazy. The unprofessional attitude is rampant now. The constant booming
> bass from three different depts. and the stained carpets. The employees
> who sag their pants 12" past their asses and completely ignore 60% of
> the customers, etc..
>
> I walk into CC and, even though they're no longer commissioned, I get
> help immediately.
>
> If you need a Sprint phone, then shop elsewhere. Otherwise, patronize CC
> over Best Buy. If you don't, they're going to go away and Best Buy will
> get even worse than it is because they won't have to compete with anyone.
>
> Best Buy is the Wal-Mart of electronics stores. They come in and put the
> others out of business.
>
> /tommy

tommy wrote:

> In article <3f2e66bc$1@rutgers.edu>,
> Isaiah Beard <scaredpoet@scaredpoet.n.o.s.p.a.m.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Fortunately for me, Best Buy's been expanding and made it a point to
>>open a store across the street from every Circuit City near me. That,
>>combined with CC no longer carrying Sprint and BB offering reward points
>>now, means I'll pretty much never buy crom CC anymore.
>
>
> doesn't a pleasant shopping experience mean anything?
> I'd much rather shop at a nice, quiet, CLEAN Circuit City.

I've never had an UNpleasant experience at a Best Buy. Cleanliness and
customer service are about equal at both store chains here in Northern NJ.

Well, I take that back. I do find the "pick your item up over at that
counter, and we'll bring out your merchandise when we feel like it"
policy at older Circuit City locations to be annoying.

Now CompUSA, I'd never step foot in if they were the last retail chain
on earth.

Isaiah Beard wrote:

>
> I've never had an UNpleasant experience at a Best Buy. Cleanliness
> and customer service are about equal at both store chains here in
> Northern NJ.
>
> Well, I take that back. I do find the "pick your item up over at that
> counter, and we'll bring out your merchandise when we feel like it"
> policy at older Circuit City locations to be annoying.
>
> Now CompUSA, I'd never step foot in if they were the last retail chain
> on earth.

I know what you mean. I use CompUSA when I know *exactly* what I want.
Don't even bother trying to find someone to whom you could ask a question.
--
-+-
RØß
O/Siris
I work for Sprint
I *don't* speak for them

Well, I don't pay much attention...but I'd say it's around 10%. That can
be quite a lot when you consider that most of what you buy in these stores
are high dollar items. I've never had any problem with service, although
they do get quite busy sometimes. One thing I don't care for that you
mentioned is that it's sometimes quite noisy in BB. On the flip side, I
hate being asked 10 times "can I help you?" while I'm in CC for 10
minutes. Guess I'm not your average guy, I'd rather be left alone while I
shop ...I'll find you if I need help. I find that in general, the
teenagers that these places hire don't have a clue. I've noticed that
,while not perfect, BB has more knowledgeable people working for them than
CC. Seems like most of the help I've run across at CC is too busy talking
to each other and watching the clock to see how long before they can punch
out and hit the underage parties! In all fairness, CC is not horrible and
they do have some good people in them too. Yeah, I was 17 once too,
where's the party at tonight? ;-)



tommy wrote in news:tommy-D8D9D0.09394404082003@news-west.giganews.com:

> In article <Xns93CD719D0C084GOTOHELLSPAM.BOTS@129.250.170.96> ,
> David <NOSPAM@MYINBOX.COM> wrote:
>
>> I only shop at CC if I have to. I find that they are MUCH more
>> expensive than BB. In my area, BB is a pain in the ass to get to, about
>> 20 minutes away...but I'd still rather shop there than at the CC that
>> is 30 seconds from my house.
>
> MUCH more, or just a little more? I'll pay a little more for better
> service. If it wasn't for the huge employee discount, I'd never shop at
> Best Buy at all.
>
> /tommy
>

I thought only my CC was absolutely dead, almost never any customers in
there at all.

BTW, Get DISH, cheaper, more channels, friendlier, more stable. GM has been
trying to dump DirecTV for about 2-3 years now.



Jerome Zelinske wrote in news:QqwXa.6339$WM4.3779
@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> Quiet is right. I was there a couple of days ago and there were
> almost no customers and almost no salesmen. I has to wait for 20
> minutes to talk to someone about DirecTV and that was with the Sprint
> PCS rep helping me to flag one down.

I hate BB with their nasty policies and tactics. I once bought a
notebook from them. I returned it within a week and they wanted to
charge me a 20% restocking fee. They said the box was open. What
happened was that the box was opened by the BB technical support and a
BB sticker was placed on the opening. I did not even open the box.

On the other hand, CC a return without a question plus I get 1 month
unlike BB for 2 weeks. It is really a pitty to hear of CC decision to
stop selling Sprint Phones.

Last month my phone ( 5 mths old ) had problems and I went to CC (
extended warranty ) and they gave me the entire amount including the
cost for the warranty straight to my credit card.

What more can I ask for from a store.

--
Posted at SprintUsers.com - Your place for everything Sprint PCS
Free wireless access @ www.SprintUsers.com/wap

It's a mystery to me why consumers ripe for the fleecing patronize b&m
retailers like BestBuy or CompUSA with obnoxious "restocking fees".

In article <dhishi.roscy@in-val-id.com>, dhishi.roscy@in-val-id.com
says...
>
> I hate BB with their nasty policies and tactics. I once bought a
> notebook from them. I returned it within a week and they wanted to
> charge me a 20% restocking fee. They said the box was open. What
> happened was that the box was opened by the BB technical support and a
> BB sticker was placed on the opening. I did not even open the box.
>
> On the other hand, CC a return without a question plus I get 1 month
> unlike BB for 2 weeks. It is really a pitty to hear of CC decision to
> stop selling Sprint Phones.
>
> Last month my phone ( 5 mths old ) had problems and I went to CC (
> extended warranty ) and they gave me the entire amount including the
> cost for the warranty straight to my credit card.
>
> What more can I ask for from a store.
>
> --
> Posted at SprintUsers.com - Your place for everything Sprint PCS
> Free wireless access @ www.SprintUsers.com/wap
>
>

"dhishi" <dhishi.roscy@in-val-id.com> wrote in message
news:dhishi.roscy@in-val-id.com...
>
> I hate BB with their nasty policies and tactics. I once bought a
> notebook from them. I returned it within a week and they wanted to
> charge me a 20% restocking fee. They said the box was open. What
> happened was that the box was opened by the BB technical support and a
> BB sticker was placed on the opening. I did not even open the box.
>
> On the other hand, CC a return without a question plus I get 1 month
> unlike BB for 2 weeks. It is really a pitty to hear of CC decision to
> stop selling Sprint Phones.
>

CC policy:
"We want to make sure you're completely satisfied with anything you buy from
us. Try it out for 30 days. If something's not right or you've simply
changed your mind, please return it within that time so we can either
exchange it or give you your money back. Since computer technology changes
so quickly, we can only offer a 14-day tryout on PCs and related
merchandise. For a full refund of a product, we'll need you to return the
box, and packaging too. "

Better full-refund policy, but still 2 weeks for computers.


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