Re:Amazon Ruined Online Shopping
by finaliteration on Sunday January 20, 2019 @02:04PM
(#18954860)
A lot of people like to disparage Best Buy but I’ve found the stores in my area to be excellent and the staff to always be friendly and helpful. They’ll also price match Amazon in most cases. Their PC components selection isn’t huge, but for things like consoles, games, peripherals, etc., I feel like they’re great. They also offer one-hour pickup and in some cases will even give you a discount if you choose that over shipping.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
For a lot of stuff, I agree. For certain things, though, Best Buy is a complete ripoff. I once went to get an HDMI cable and all that had was a $100 gold plated one. I walked up to the guy in that department and told him I knew this was a scam and he agreed. I told him I'd not buy anything from them and wait the 2 days to get a $5 one from Amazon. Best Buy isn't doing themselves any favors by this behavior.
There's a mom and pop computer store down the street. I went in for a USB cable that I really needed and ended up paying > $20 for that should have been less than $5. I never went back.
I’m not sure when you had this experience but Best Buy has wised up and started offering reasonably priced cables. They now sell HDMI cables starting at $9.99
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dynex-4-hdmi-cable-black/616587...
Re:Amazon Ruined Online Shopping
by Wowfunhappy on Monday January 21, 2019 @12:05AM
(#18957785)
Whoa, that's new! Even as of a couple years ago, all their HDMI cables cost a good 5x what was reasonable.
I was going to note that $10 for a 4 foot cable, while fairly reasonable, still isn't a great price. But, there's also this[1] one, which is $7, supports 4K, and is 6 feet long. And, both of these are cables are actually available at my local store for immediate pickup.
[1] https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dynex-6-4k-ultra-hd-hdmi-cable-...
Same thing mobile providers do. E.g. the phone is pretty reasonably priced but things like car charging cables, cases, etc are marked up 10x. They are relying on people not really looking at the cost of the accessories and/or immediate need (I lost my charging cable and need one now).
Re:Amazon Ruined Online Shopping
by neuralRiot on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @05:52PM
(#18973464)
I do AV integration installs and buy a lot of small stuff like cables, adapters and more on https://www.monoprice.com the products are pretty good quality and reasonably priced.
Best Buy actually matched my Mac for up to a year after I bought it. Allowed me to get it down about $200 a few months later. I also love having 0% financing on their credit card, though, like you mentioned, I've run into issues with PC components (considering building my own).