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Best Buy has apparently launched a new "woman-friendly" store where the "Home Theater" section is marked "Family Room" and there is a "lower sink for children in the bathroom, lotion near the paper towels, and a private room for new mothers, with carpeting, a rocking chair, free diapers and softer lighting." [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]

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5:00 PM on Fri Sep 26 2008
By Ben Popken
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Pricing Errors

Best Buy Cancels Your Order As You Stand There Shouting "Stop!"

Best Buy didn't want to honor the sale price of the 2GB flash drive Matt ordered through their website, so when Matt arrived to pick-up his purchase, the store's assistant manager called customer service and, pretending to be Matt, asked to cancel the order. Let's read Matt's story and see how it violates Massachusetts law, inside... More »

8:00 PM on Sun Sep 21 2008
By Carey
213,796 views, 133 comments

Latest by JoannaViper: Bestbuy.com Conditions of Use give them the right to revoke any offer due to pricing error even if it's already more »

badvertising

"A Woman Has Needs. And Right Now, I Need This Wild Cherry Steam Thing"

The copy on this Best Buy ad sent in by tipster Jordan reads, "A woman has needs. And right now, I need this wild cherry steam thing." Oh, it's a washer. And a dryer too, you say? Golly! I'll take two. Let me just give you some of these emerald rectangle monetary devices out of my ebony zippery pouch device here... Full size inside.

12:03 AM on Thu Sep 18 2008
By Ben Popken
15,837 views, 75 comments

Latest by bwcbwc: Wow, this is right up there with Geritol's infamous "My wife, I think I'll keep her." There are so many more »

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DirecTV Install Imbroglio Makes Longtime Customer Want To Destroy Furniture

While we're waiting on our video boys to harvest the clip of Whoopie's rant against DirecTV on The View this morning, here's a little reader-submitted DirecTV install nightmare to tide you over. Andy used to think DirecTV was pretty good, but his experience trying to get them to hook up an HD/DVR to his TV has felt him feeling like he is "going to explode, or destroy pieces of furniture." More »

9:34 PM on Mon Sep 15 2008
By Ben Popken
9,759 views, 40 comments

Latest by angryrob: Incoming wall of text... just go ahead and read the last 3 paragraphs. Hello, Angry Rob here of Fairfax, VA. I more »

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Ex-Best Buy Employee Regrets Selling Warranties Now That He's A Customer

We just got an email from reader Mike, who claims to be a former Best Buy employee who regrets selling all those extended warranties now that he's actually trying to use the one that he purchased. More »

1:29 PM on Mon Sep 15 2008
By Meg Marco
66,039 views, 65 comments

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Morning Deals

  • Apple: Refurbished iPod touches on sale, 8GB for $180, 16GB for $240, 32GB for $320
  • Amazon: Rewards points upgrade for existing Amazon.com Visa holders
  • Apple: Free Select iTunes TV Shows in HD (requires iTunes 8
Highlights From Dealnews
  • Travelocity: United Airlines Sale: Round-trip flights from $108
  • Amazon.com: Amazon.com Men's Watch Deals: Timex, Marc Ecko, more from $40 + free shipping
  • Sears: Seven7 Women's Jeans for $18 + $6 s&h, more
Highlights From Buxr
  • Budget Truck Rental: $50 Gift card when paying w/American Express
  • Reverie: T-Shirt Sale: Buy 1 TEE get 1 free TEE
  • BestBuy: Westinghouse 42" 1080p LCD HDTV and portable DVD Player for $749.99 + shipping
Highlights From Dealhack
  • Drugstore.com: New Customers: Save $5 or $10 off First Order
  • Vann's: Panasonic FZ28 10.2MP Digital Camera $340 Shipped
  • Amazon: Get Savings of up to 75% off Bargain Books

9:05 AM on Thu Sep 11 2008
By Ben Popken
890 views, 3 comments

Latest by karmaghost: By "free select iTunes TV shows" they don't mean, for example, the full season 2 of 30 Rock, they mean more »

wishlists

Readers' Favorite 3rd Party Online Wishlists

A number of readers chimed in on the Best Buy-branded wishlist browser add-on post with the alternatives they prefer instead. They were: 1) Amazon's Universal Wishlist, 2) Del.icio.us, 3) Wishlist.com, 4) Wishlistr.com. Got any others? As far as what most Consumerist's thought of the Best Buy add-on, commenter dragonfire81 probably captured it best...

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9:40 PM on Wed Sep 10 2008
By Ben Popken
2,069 views, 16 comments

Latest by CyberSkull: I don't use any universal wish list. more »

Giftag

Giftag: Best Buy's Retailer-Neutral Gift Registry Browser Add-On

Best Buy launched a new "retailer neutral" gift registry browser add-on Monday called Giftag. The idea is that you can visit any online retailer and click an icon to put it in your gift registry, as well as highlight specific parts of the page for potential gift-givers. In the open-source program, you can choose whether you want to make your gifts public, and shareable via social network sites and the like, or private. However, whether you select private or public, Best Buy will be able to see every purchase you make, whether you buy from them or their competition. Mmm, juicy buckets of data. More »

9:55 AM on Wed Sep 10 2008
By Ben Popken
3,997 views, 29 comments

Latest by wellfleet: and obv, I am a BBY employee! more »

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Morning Deals

  • 6PM.com: DC Brand Shoes $20 + S/H, all sizes/styles, 856 to choose from
  • Nicorette: free pack of Nicorette White Ice Mint (warning, site is slow)
  • Circuit City: Panasonic SH-FX85 Wireless Multi-Room Speaker Kit for $44.96, requires in-store pickup
Highlights From Buxr
  • Hewlett Packard: $400 Off $999 or more for Desktop Purchase w/ coupon code: DT1158 (Good for 2250 uses)
  • NewEgg: Targus Notebook Wireless Optical Mouse for $8.99 w/ Free shipping after $20 off coupon code: EMCAKAKAK
  • Buy.com: Av Lab Solar Backpack Charger for $29.99 w/ Free shipping after rebate
Highlights From Dealhack
  • Best Buy: Toshiba Satellite Dual Core Notebook PC $500
  • Geeks.com: Canon Pixma iP6210D Color Inkjet Photo Printer $35 with Coupon
  • Musicnotes.com: 20% or 30% off Guitar Guru Interactive Lessons with Coupons

8:49 AM on Wed Sep 10 2008
By Ben Popken
810 views, 11 comments

Latest by Rectilinear Propagation: @Wally East: I giggled. I wish high tops hadn't gone out of style. (Their boots are already gone...) more »