Hey all, I went to BB today to purchase a G10, and the new price is $1500, which is what they said they sold me. Turns out, the one in the system was open box. I got a call and they said that they could sell me the open box for $200 less, or I could wait a couple of days and have a new one shipped from another store. What do you all think I should do? I'm pretty sure the open box is probably a return, but for what reason?

Go for the open box but give it a thorough check in the store first. It was probably just returned because the buyer changed their mind.

Yea, the guy said it still had the full warrenty, so if I get it home, and there is something wrong besides cosmetic, I should be able to exchange it right?

Hey all, I went to BB today to purchase a G10, and the new price is $1500, which is what they said they sold me. Turns out, the one in the system was open box. I got a call and they said that they could sell me the open box for $200 less, or I could wait a couple of days and have a new one shipped from another store. What do you all think I should do? I'm pretty sure the open box is probably a return, but for what reason?I wouldn't trust Best Buy - they'll flat out lie and tell you that it was returned because the guy's wife didn't think the bezel was pretty enough or he lost his job and couldn't make the first payment or the owner decided to return it and get a Samsung LCD or some bullcrap like that, when in reality it probably has a problem of some sort that caused the previous owner to return it. For me, it's not worth the risk to get a few hundred bucks off an already great price. I'd always be wondering where it's been before i had it, and what's the real reason that it was returned. I will only accept a virgin TV, and i want to be the one to break it in :D

Don't trust Best Buy. I'd wait for a new one. Seriously.

So ran down there to ask them about it and to see it, and the guy I talked to eariler said that it wasn't actully returned, but was the floor model. I inspected it since they had it running and didn't see any glaring defects. It makes me feel a little better that it was a floor model adn not a return. Now my only thought might be about IR, since BB runs the same demo loop pretty much all day.

I would purchase a brand new one. And forget about their price matching. It's a god damn scam.

And forget about their price matching. It's a god damn scam.
How is it a scam?

I have gotten BB to price match other stores on many occasions when buying items, and I've also gone back to receive a refund when an item dropped in price 2 weeks after the purchase. I have never had any problem with BestBuy price matching, and consider it a valuable tool when comparison shopping.

I wouldn't buy an open box. BB is not particularly trustworthy.