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How 'Convenient' In-Store Pickup Became Four Inconvenient Trips To Best Buy

How 'Convenient' In-Store Pickup Became Four Inconvenient Trips To Best Buy

Oliver thought that ordering online from Best Buy and then picking his purchase up from his local store would be the fastest and most convenient way to get his purchase from the retailer. Normally it would be, except for one key detail: he had Best Buy gift cards to use up, but had forgotten to use them when he placed the order online. Best Buy’s computers couldn’t cop with this mistake, and he was punished by having to make four 80-mile round trips to the nearest Best Buy store to get his purchase. [More]