Yeah, I remember going into PC World (Ireland/UK retailer, very similar to a smaller best buy) to buy a micro SD for the Nintendo switch. They had the same micro SD card per its ratings and capacity in normal packaging for one price and a more switch matching colour scheme labelled "for Nintendo Switch" for €10 less.
It's hard to tell what's going on:
1. Re-labelling the product to catch the confused parent market?
2. An actually better product for the switch? (maybe better read IOPS that helps loading time?)
3. A worse product but in ways they think you won't notice on a switch? (lower sustained write speed perhaps, basically any SD card can outpace eshop downloads)
All seem equally plausible, but my guess is on 1 or 3.
Re:How Best Buy saved itself (2019)
by boring_twenties on Friday July 31, 2020 @12:52AM
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Wirecutter claims that the Switch-branded one is currently the best price/performance wise: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-microsd-card...
They also warn that counterfeits are rampant.
Also TBF Sandisk makes this worse considering how often even inside best buy I'm scratching my head over why they have multiple items that have the same U/Class rating but different packing on the shelf.
I've had decent luck with BB Price matching since around 2010 or so, when they started worrying about Newegg/Amazon and were to some extent proactive about shifting their business model. On the other hand the types of items I've price matched tend to be specific enough that Part number shenanigans aren't a concern.