Sprint no longer to be sold at Best Buy

Bob Smith wrote:

e the folks decided to go to a SPCS store, Best
> Buy or some other retailer to buy their phone. Either show us where SPCS
> phone sales are down because Circuit City no longer sells SPCS phones or
> shut the hell up.


Exactly right. For all we know, Circuit City sales could be down
because people would rather go to a store that sells a greater variety
of phones from a greater variety of carriers. I know between CC
dropping SPCS, and Best Buy launching their Reward Zone program, I have
little reason to shop at CC anymore.

But since no data has been given, we can't tell either way.

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In article <[email protected]>,
Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote:

> Bob Smith wrote:
>
> e the folks decided to go to a SPCS store, Best
> > Buy or some other retailer to buy their phone. Either show us where SPCS
> > phone sales are down because Circuit City no longer sells SPCS phones or
> > shut the hell up.
>
>
> Exactly right. For all we know, Circuit City sales could be down
> because people would rather go to a store that sells a greater variety
> of phones from a greater variety of carriers. I know between CC
> dropping SPCS, and Best Buy launching their Reward Zone program, I have
> little reason to shop at CC anymore.
>
> But since no data has been given, we can't tell either way.

Zero sales at CC is down from any number you care to claim.

"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Bob Smith wrote:
> >
> > e the folks decided to go to a SPCS store, Best
> > > Buy or some other retailer to buy their phone. Either show us where
SPCS
> > > phone sales are down because Circuit City no longer sells SPCS phones
or
> > > shut the hell up.
> >
> >
> > Exactly right. For all we know, Circuit City sales could be down
> > because people would rather go to a store that sells a greater variety
> > of phones from a greater variety of carriers. I know between CC
> > dropping SPCS, and Best Buy launching their Reward Zone program, I have
> > little reason to shop at CC anymore.
> >
> > But since no data has been given, we can't tell either way.
>
> Zero sales at CC is down from any number you care to claim.

No, it isn't. You said that phone sales were down for SPCS, because CC no
longer sold SPCS phones. Either prove it that total amount of phones sold
for SPCS service on a nationwide basis is lower ... or shut the hell up ...

Bob

<<Zero sales at CC is down from any number you care to claim. >>

I think what he means is that if (for example) Circuit City sold 100,000
Sprint PCS phones in a month, Sprint would lose those sales just based
on the fact that CC not selling Sprint anymore. Now whether or not
Sprint makes up that difference by surging sales somewhere else or
through other avenues, that has not been determined yet.

"Eric" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> <<Zero sales at CC is down from any number you care to claim. >>
>
> I think what he means is that if (for example) Circuit City sold 100,000
> Sprint PCS phones in a month, Sprint would lose those sales just based
> on the fact that CC not selling Sprint anymore. Now whether or not
> Sprint makes up that difference by surging sales somewhere else or
> through other avenues, that has not been determined yet.

That's exactly what he's been saying, and all that has been asked is to back
up that statement with some verifiable data ...

Bob

In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> Zero sales at CC is down from any number you care to claim.
>=20
>=20

There's a saying that goes, "There's lies, damn lies, and=20
statistics."

Looks like Phillie has found a new, even less honest, category.


NO company measures its success or failure by sales at just one=20
retail chain unless that chain is an exclusive provider. And since=20
Circuit City was never exclusive, that brain excretion you provided=20
as a post is as relevant as the number of SPCS phones sitting on the=20
shore of The Black Sea.

--=20
R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for Sprint PCS
I *don't* speak for them

In article <[email protected]>,
O/Siris <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> NO company measures its success or failure by sales at just one
> retail chain unless that chain is an exclusive provider. And since
> Circuit City was never exclusive, that brain excretion you provided
> as a post is as relevant as the number of SPCS phones sitting on the
> shore of The Black Sea.

Fine, but if SprintPCS is longer having it's phones sold at Circuit
City, and is now assured of decreased sales at BestBuy, it's not a good
thing. Phone sales are only so fungible.

I remember when Atari in 1984 said it would make no difference in its
sales if KMart no longer carried their computers.

In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> Fine, but if SprintPCS is longer having it's phones sold at Circuit=20
> City, and is now assured of decreased sales at BestBuy, it's not a good=
=20
> thing.=20
>=20

More faulty logic. SPCS is "assured" of nothing. You're buying a=20
rumor.

--=20
R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for Sprint PCS
I *don't* speak for them

In article <[email protected]>,
O/Siris <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
> > Fine, but if SprintPCS is longer having it's phones sold at Circuit
> > City, and is now assured of decreased sales at BestBuy, it's not a good
> > thing.
> >
>
> More faulty logic. SPCS is "assured" of nothing. You're buying a
> rumor.


OK, how many phones has SprintPCS sold at Citcuit City in the last year?
It's Zero !!

"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> O/Siris <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] says...
> > > Fine, but if SprintPCS is longer having it's phones sold at Circuit
> > > City, and is now assured of decreased sales at BestBuy, it's not a
good
> > > thing.
> > >
> >
> > More faulty logic. SPCS is "assured" of nothing. You're buying a
> > rumor.
>
>
> OK, how many phones has SprintPCS sold at Citcuit City in the last year?
> It's Zero !!

Why do you keep harping on this point Phillipe? No one here disagrees with
you on CC SPCS phone sales. What we all disagree with you about is your
claim that total SPCS handset sales (nationwide, through SPCS stores, other
outlets & via online) are down because CC no longer sells SPCS handsets.

Either provide your statement via some verifiable data or stop this nonsense
....

Bob

[email protected] (Larry Thomas) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I read some reports on another forum that Sprint phones will no longer
> be sold at Best Buy starting in about a month or two.

Avoiding all the squabbling over nothing that's going on,here's a good
eason why.

As stated before (and complained about) - Sprint needs to cut costs.

Sprint shells out a lot of money for these chains to sell their
products. They pay the stores a higher comission than their sales
reps in the Sprint stores, they pay for the space they get in the
stores, they pay for training on Sprint products to these stores,
etc..

Sprint will save a lot of money each year doing this. Will they lose
sales? They'll lose some, but since most stores are within a stone's
throw of Circuit City and Best Buy, the sales affect will be minimal.
(I have one store that is in between a Circuit City and a Comp USA
with a Best Buy across the street - that store is ecstatic about this,
their sales are going to go up).

The lost activations vs. saved money aspect is very appealing to corp,
and the group that it all comes down to, Wall Street investors.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (TechGeek) wrote:

> Will they lose
> sales? They'll lose some

Vargas refuses to admit that.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (TechGeek) wrote:

> Sprint will save a lot of money each year doing this. Will they lose
> sales? They'll lose some, but since most stores are within a stone's
> throw of Circuit City and Best Buy,

Duh, CircuitCity no longer sells SprintPCS phones at all.

"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (TechGeek) wrote:
>
> > Sprint will save a lot of money each year doing this. Will they lose
> > sales? They'll lose some, but since most stores are within a stone's
> > throw of Circuit City and Best Buy,
>
> Duh, CircuitCity no longer sells SprintPCS phones at all.

Duh, that was my point.

They used to, and the retail stores that were near a Circuit City did
see an increase in sales.

[email protected] (TechGeek) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> [email protected] (Larry Thomas) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > I read some reports on another forum that Sprint phones will no longer
> > be sold at Best Buy starting in about a month or two.
>
> Avoiding all the squabbling over nothing that's going on,here's a good
> eason why.
>
> As stated before (and complained about) - Sprint needs to cut costs...

Had a talk this evening with a guy who told me he has been selling
AT&T and Cingular phones at the Huntsville, AL Best Buy. He said he
had been told that he was going to have to start selling Sprint phones
as well.

I gave him a crash course in CDMA and the lowdown on the Verizon EV-DO
rollout in exchange for his perspective on how Sprint product moves
(or fails to move) in this market. Apparently a lot of trouble with
phones being sold to people who live out of coverage.