Soooo I Went To Best Buy Yesterday....

[WhoDat]

and had my print out of comparable sales from Wal Mart of Blu Ray prices. I have four titles, Planet Earth, Brams Dracula, FF2 and The New Imax joint Blue Planet. So I go to the register and I give my print outs to the guy with the movies and he starts to do his thing and then I saw his eyes light up like a Christmas tree! The Best Buy Price for Planet Earth is 99.99 and Wal Mart has it for $66! He called the manager to do the authorization. Yea I know, this isn't funny but you had to have been there... it was a classic expression "holy crap"!! All in all what would have cost me well over $200 bucks, I walked away with all titles at $140 and some change.

Planet Earth WalMart

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5765342

Planet Earth Best Buy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....p=1&id=1622559

[kaliraver]

It happens as well when I do stuff like that at BBY & CC. They just look at you all crazy

[SS316SRV]

I paid $54 for Planet Earth and $17.52 for Dawn/Day of the Dead and Evil Dead 2 all at Best Buy.

[WhoDat]

Originally Posted by SS316SRV

I paid $54 for Planet Earth and $17.52 for Dawn/Day of the Dead and Evil Dead 2 all at Best Buy.

Where do you live where Best Buy sell it at $54? Or was it a comp sale?

[Xerious]

so wait... i can print out the walmart website and the best buy site and bring to them and they'll price match it?? geez, how come i didn't know this before... does this work with everything??

[MacDaddyOJack]

I went to walmart yesterday and the cashier somehow screwed up... I heard both titles ding as she swiped them but all in all, I ended up getting Halloween and F4 Silver Surfer for $19.61!! I had to chuckle a little bit once I got out to the car!!

[SS316SRV]

Originally Posted by WhoDat

Where do you live where Best Buy sell it at $54? Or was it a comp sale?

special discount...

[cawgijoe]

Originally Posted by Xerious

so wait... i can print out the walmart website and the best buy site and bring to them and they'll price match it?? geez, how come i didn't know this before... does this work with everything??

Yes. I do it everytime I go. They will match Target and Walmart.

[Xerious]

Originally Posted by cawgijoe

Yes. I do it everytime I go. They will match Target and Walmart.

STFU... i'm doing this with Planet Earth

[Oregoncalfroper]

Originally Posted by MacDaddyOJack

I went to walmart yesterday and the cashier somehow screwed up... I heard both titles ding as she swiped them but all in all, I ended up getting Halloween and F4 Silver Surfer for $19.61!! I had to chuckle a little bit once I got out to the car!!

So stealing is good? were they both on your reciept, laughing about that isn't funny its shameful.

[SS316SRV]

Originally Posted by Oregoncalfroper

So stealing is good? were they both on your reciept, laughing about that isn't funny its shameful.

I also hate stealing, but I hate Walmart even more.

[Oregoncalfroper]

I'm a union worker no one hates walmart more than we do but stealing even from a crooked company is stealing!
www.wakeupwalmart.com

and http://www.aflcio.com/corporatewatch/walmart/

Very informing not opinion most studies were government sponsered.

[ClaytonMG]

Originally Posted by Oregoncalfroper

So stealing is good? were they both on your reciept, laughing about that isn't funny its shameful.

What's nice about this is how many times I've been to Best Buy and actually paid more than the suggested retail price lately. I'd say if I add up how many times they've actually asked more than the suggested retail price, I will have paid about $40 extra... Well all that became ok when this horribly rude employee forgot to ring up a season of Family Guy recently... well she didn't really forget, she rang it up, then voided it for whatever reason, and then put it in our bag. I still don't know how she managed to that. But I figure I've earned it after them screwing me over repeatedly on TV's (3 lemons from them, each a different manufacture, it's fantastic!). If I told you all my wonderful experiences at stores and how I've been treated, we'd be here all day. But the way I see it, sometimes it's justified to get a freeby every once in a while.

[mnelsoneorm]

Although I won't defend it as something completely ethical....he picked merchandise, the store stated a required price to buy it, and he paid for it. Not quite stealing in my book. He didn't tell them how much to charge. If the store had overcharged him by mistake would that be stealing? No, just a mistake. Buyer and seller beware.

[Moefiz]

Originally Posted by mnelsoneorm

Although I won't defend it as something completely ethical....he picked merchandise, the store stated a required price to buy it, and he paid for it. Not quite stealing in my book. He didn't tell them how much to charge. If the store had overcharged him by mistake would that be stealing? No, just a mistake. Buyer and seller beware.

I agree with you on this one.....

[Oregoncalfroper]

price mistakes are fine as long as both were on the reciept. But if they forgot to scan one it is unethical. I mean I am total slick dealer where I feast on price mistakes and the like but I pay for everything I recieve.

[WhoDat]

Originally Posted by cawgijoe

Yes. I do it everytime I go. They will match Target and Walmart.

They match more than just those two stores, I can't quite remember the list that came up as he was doing his thing, but it was about ten of them... WalMart, Target, Circuit City, FRYS and a few others I cant recall. But I do know that they don't honor sales from discount websites, like if you are surfing and ran across some site called um... "DVD Champ" and they were selling it for $29.00, DVD Champ is a web based operation and not a physical retail store so they wont honor it.

[jdc115]

Originally Posted by ClaytonMG

What's nice about this is how many times I've been to Best Buy and actually paid more than the suggested retail price lately. I'd say if I add up how many times they've actually asked more than the suggested retail price, I will have paid about $40 extra... Well all that became ok when this horribly rude employee forgot to ring up a season of Family Guy recently... well she didn't really forget, she rang it up, then voided it for whatever reason, and then put it in our bag. I still don't know how she managed to that. But I figure I've earned it after them screwing me over repeatedly on TV's (3 lemons from them, each a different manufacture, it's fantastic!). If I told you all my wonderful experiences at stores and how I've been treated, we'd be here all day. But the way I see it, sometimes it's justified to get a freeby every once in a while.

Just curious, why do you go bother to go back?

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by WhoDat

and had my print out of comparable sales from Wal Mart of Blu Ray prices. I have four titles, Planet Earth, Brams Dracula, FF2 and The New Imax joint Blue Planet. So I go to the register and I give my print outs to the guy with the movies and he starts to do his thing and then I saw his eyes light up like a Christmas tree! The Best Buy Price for Planet Earth is 99.99 and Wal Mart has it for $66! He called the manager to do the authorization. Yea I know, this isn't funny but you had to have been there... it was a classic expression "holy crap"!! All in all what would have cost me well over $200 bucks, I walked away with all titles at $140 and some change.

Planet Earth WalMart

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5765342

Planet Earth Best Buy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....p=1&id=1622559

I don't know why he would act all surprised about the price. Maybe he just doesn't know that he could have gotten those same 4 movies for even less with his employee discount.

[Blus Brother]

Originally Posted by Oregoncalfroper

So stealing is good? were they both on your reciept, laughing about that isn't funny its shameful.

its nots stealing if thats what they sell it to you for, whether they made a mistake or not. Call me a criminal if you want (I dont care), but I would do it every time. I cant stand people who judge everyone.