Because of BestBuys high HD DVD title prices and the fact they never seem to have the new titles in stock I have gave up on them and just don't bother shopping there for anything. Of all Places to shop I now go to CircuitCity where a year ago I would not have been seen near one. :)

Around June/July I'm looking to buy the new Toshiba 57 inch 1080p LCD or perhaps the new 57 inch LG LCD but hey it ain't going to be from BestBuy (they should change their name to WorstBuy imo).

If you know what you want, and Best Buy has the best deal, what's the issue?

I don't shop their often. Unless they have a outstanding sale. Which is not often. I'm going where the savings are. As far as HD-DVD's go. I got 1 disc from them, which was on sale for 19.99. Riddick! Last year, I think.

I don't shop there anymore. I tried to price match Planet Earth today and they wouldn't, lol. Not the first time this has happened. I'm not shopping there anymore unless they have a "Buy 2 save $10/Buy 3 save $20" deal like they did two months ago, and even then it is still slighly more expensive than Amazon.

I cannot stand Best Buy. I buy everything from Amazon now. 10% off HD discs and Amazon Prime can't be beat.

For HD-DVDs? Hell no, unless I have Reward Zone Certificates, all of my HD purchases go to Amazon, the 10% off is lovely. Hopefully by the time the 10% runs out prices for HD-DVDs come down a little.

I work there so "Hell-Yeah" I shop there, it is and has been my favorite place to shop for going on 10 years.

Only once at Best Buy.. and it was Casino Royale(BR), because everywhere else was sold out. Never any HD-DVD's though.

I've only bought 2 HD movies online... and the rest from Fry's. Fry's has great prices... so I've been showing my support by buying in store.

I got CR(BD) at BB for $21 with tax, plus the little aston (valued a $10).

BB rocks if you have a fry's near by, so you can price match during promos.

I used to buy a lot of stuff at BB. I was there every Tuesday picking up discs and other things. Since I very rarely buy regular DVD's any more, and their Hd DVD's are so expensive and hard to find, I rarely shop there anymore. So not only are they losing DVD sales, they are also losing out on all the other stuff I would buy, like games, CD's, cables and more expensive items.

I rarely ever go to BB anymore. If I want to see Blu-ray propaganda I'll go to the Blu-ray forum! :)

I refuse to pay Best Buy's prices on high-definition disc formats. I'll stick to Amazon.

I used to be a huge customer - not just DVDs and other media, but computers, games, software, printers, ink - you name it. I was a regular.

Then, last fall, they were paid by Sony to push BD and put HD DVD in the background. Since then, I have done most shopping elsewhere. I have bought a 46" LCD flat panel from Ultimate Electronics, wall mount on eBay, PC from Dell, Xbox 360, Nintento Wii both from Target. Most of my HD DVDs from Amazon. I have used a couple of coupons at BB, but my spend rate there has dropped more than 95% from before.

I have even made my first purchases at Curcuit City since ther Divx fiasco in 1996. :) I have a long memory.

I don't buy from there.
The only reason I ever buy a Hd disc from them is if they f up the price and mark things at the wrong price. like when I got charlie and the chocolate factory for $9.99 on HD-DVD.

The last time I went into Best Buy it was for Vonage and that was about 2 years ago. For HD DVDs I normally go to Fry’s for almost everything. Most of my HD DVD purchases are impulse buys. I had to buy a new 3.6V battery and DVD/CD-R for my G4 so my son and I ran to Fry’s yesterday. He has been looking for a copy of “The Thing” so we went over to the HD DVD section and although they didn’t have what he wanted I did end up grabbing COM. I sometimes pickup something from Wal-Mart or Target, but those are primarily catalog titles.

I have a Fry’s (3 blocks from the house, you gotta love that), a Super Wal-Mart and a Super Target between me and the nearest Best Buy. Since all of those stores also have better prices on HD DVDs there is little reason for me to drive further to shop at Best Buy.

I only buy software online anyway, unless if I know they carry what I wan't and I can't wait.
Quiet frankly after I had found out how C.C. treated their "senior"[top sales people with most pay] employees, I'll not gonna shop there for shure.

I won't shop there until they get realistic about their HD DVD prices as long as I can get them on the internet I'm good

Quiet frankly after I had found out how C.C. treated their "senior"[top sales people with most pay] employees, I'll not gonna shop there for shure

I'm in full agreement!! In fact, I sent a letter to Circuit City and told them that I would never spend another dime in their stores. This, despite the fact that -until their reprehensible act of canning their most senior employees- I typically made about 90% of my new DVD and CD purchases at Circuit City. I've spent thou$ands there in the last several years.

Not anymore! I will spend my money elsewhere, even if the item costs a buck or two more. Circuit City is morally bankrupt and I look forward to the financial side following suit.

Mark

My wife occasional asks if I want to stop by Best Buy when we see one while out and about and I always say: I won't pay those prices.

They are way to expensive on HD movies. I only shop there when there is a special deal. They were at one time the best place to get DVDs, but with the new technology they seem to want to charge the most compared to everyone else. They seem to have changed too much over the years because I remember going in on Tuesdays and they knew me by name and walked me right up to the new releases for the week. Made me feel like Norm walking into Cheers, if anyone remembers that show. Now they don't seem to care at all and I haven't gotten anything for a long time from using their rewards card. I never get the coupons throught the mail anymore.

I'm a little confused actually. Back when the Xbox 360 was released, I was under the understanding that Best Buy was partially owned by Microsoft who backs HD-DVD.

Looking at this weeks ad from Best Buy... every display shamelessly advertises that "Night at the Museum" is on Blu-Ray disc.
While the Circuit City ad.... who just recently started selling Toshiba is advertising an HD package with the A20 and Toshiba displays?

As for experience, Best Buy sold me a Clothes Dryer that was all dented up and blamed me for it when I called to let them know. And a Best Buy salesman told me I absolutely needed HDMI for my 26" bedroom CRT television. Needless to say, I don't patronize their stores any longer. Between Vanns and Value Electronics, i think I have found a couple great online stores with much better customer service.

It does make sense tho..... BB is Blue, and CC is Red. :)

Best Buy is good for a laugh. Case and point, seeing Fearless at the Palm Desert/Indian Wells store with a yellow "sale" sticker on it for the low price of 39.99.

I used to spend $150 to $200 a month on movies at best buy, hd dvd movies, used to go there every tuesday back in summer of last year. Stopped shopping there since December, when every tuesday their westwood store would show movies unavailable, then they never have movies in strock ever. Or there site shows have them in stock only to check and find after driving there they are out of stock. No one ever seems to care, manager always says with smile oh we are out of stock, dummy why don't you order more copies next week, same ol sob stories. Blue shirts are hopeless, they aand their computers, after spending 20 minutes to tell you out of stock.


i am a rewards member, i will never ever shop there ever again for movies. I go to Laser Blaser, they have every movie in stock on release date always, have the best selection.


Don't shop at Worst buy, they are hopeless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

amazon ftw!

Rot in Hell BBBs! Amazon baby! :D

I refuse to pay Best Buy's prices on high-definition disc formats. I'll stick to Amazon.

This is the correct answer.

amazon ftw!

QFT

I used to sho at Best Buy 100% of the time. Now, its Circuit City all the time. They, by the way, had a tyv commercial about their new tv/HD DVD package. First commercial I think I've ever seen for a HiDef player. Kewl news for HD DVD.

Best Buy in Canada..... just like Best Buy in the states... TERRIBLE. I mean... they don't heave nearly the selection of Amazon.com (of course), they rarely know what they are talking about (this TV switched from 1080i and 720p so you can pick which you want when watching different programs.. yeah.. right, or hey the old.. this hmdi cable is better than this one because it uses gold connectors and it costs 160 dollars.. yeah.. right), anyway... a few of those things combined and I rarely go there anymore. I go to video game stores (like EB Games) for my PS3 stuff and I buy all my HD DVD/Blu-ray discs off Amazon.com

I got my XA2 player in a specialty surround sound/av shop in the city here... Best Buy didn't even have any HD DVD players at the time and the guy tried to tell me that I could use the 360 add on with the PS3...... I didn't even bother to correct him. Geesh.

i don t buy hd dvd at best buy.to much expensive and to br fanboy .i don t like them anymore.

Pertaining to HD-DVD's, almost never shop at BB. Their prices are so high, even a GC or 12% off isn't enough to match amazon.com's price.

My local BB has price matched Target (i.e., Amazon prices) on numerous occasions and permitted me to apply RZ certificates to the discounted total. Under this scenario, I'll continue to shop there.

Also, the free HD promo discs are a plus...NIN on BD, South Park on HD-DVD and the new Spiderman 3 Preview BD out now, or coming this Sunday.

Yep, I don't buy sd-dvd's, and I haven't bought anything from bestbuy in about a year. Their prices suck (except when they screwed up and used my 10% off coupon on my TV and saved me over $400), their staff are idiots, their customer service sucks, the stores are way too crowded, I could go on and on. It's amazon for me. I'd much rather wait a couple days than have to drive to bestbuy and deal with that crap, and then overpay for my movie. The only thing I would buy from there is something I want to have the ability to return, and then only if I can't find it at target.

No, Best Buy has some good prices, I still shop there!

Although, Circuit City is very competitive this year with great prices!

Some of you pointed out why you won't shop at Circuit City now. Welcome to the club. I permanently fired them ten years ago, when they blatantly lied to customers about DVD and Divx. Circuit City managers were (and I suppose still are) evil. I have steered many people away from that company, and will continue to do so.

I got my 1080p HDTV at Best Buy last November, and recently just bought the new Canon HV20 1080i Hi-def camcorder from there. Both were good deals.

However, I haven't bought any HD DVDs from them because the prices for them are too high.

I won't rule out Best Buy for other things just because they overcharge for HD media.

It's not just Best Buy, I rarely buy HD DVDs at ANY B&M store. Between the Warner sale and being in on the Amazon 10% thing until December, there is no reason to pay 5-10 dollars more.

It's not just Best Buy, I rarely buy HD DVDs at ANY B&M store. Between the Warner sale and being in on the Amazon 10% thing until December, there is no reason to pay 5-10 dollars more.

I'm the exact same way. I haven't bought any HD-DVDs from Best Buy since the launch titles. It goes beyond just DVDs though. I haven't bought any electronics from any B&M since the xbox 360 was released.

I havent bought anything from BB in about 6 months. Unless you count the gift card someone gave me, in which case, I bought Superman: The Movie and basically got it for free.

I stopped buying from BB a while back due to the horrific cust service and floated prices...CC has a decent CS and better overall quality/prices IMO...now this BB bias against HD DVD when it should have been an even ground presented by a retailer that would let the consumer be the one making the choice instead of forcing one format down our spines...that's even a bigger turn off from a manipulative BB...CC has my vote!

I also do not buy HD-DVDs from B&M stores. I also don't buy any electronics from places such as Best Buy or Circuit City. Instead I shop at Newegg or Crutchfield for electronics.

I don't really buy too many movies at Best Buy anymore since I started my own site for selling used HD-DVD, Blu-ray, and DVD.

But honestly, I still shop there all the time for computers and CDs.

Best Buy is not really strong on any HD titles. I've gone looking for both HD DVD and BLU RAY titles on the street date, and have left empty handed many times. They are not really a good deal anyway. I think they are pretty steep on thier prices for everything and are really not the BEST BUY.

I still go there on tuesdays to see if something new and not likely to come to HD anytime soon has come out. Masters of Horror for example and the WB superhero animated seasons which are over now.

This tuesday I picked up Harry & The Hendersons. But my trips through BB are getting quicker and quicker.

I love Best Buy and shop there more than any other store, but I definately do not buy my HD DVD's from them. Saw a bunch of copies of Planet Earth there last night priced at $99.99, do they honestly expect to sell any of those?

I still buy my major appliances there, waiting for sale prices. Then I try to use the reward zone certificates on HD DVDs, but the pickings are slim. I've got a $20 certificate that I haven't used the last two times in the store, just nothing I wanted to buy. I used to buy everything there, now I hardly ever go there anymore.

Why would someone want to pay higher prices (compared to what you can get online), pay taxes, deal with snobby/uninformed (most of the time) salespeople, while listening to all that noise/ruckus going on in the store?

I go there once in a while just to have a look around, and I always leave disappointed...

A long time ago (8-10 years) Best Buy was pretty good. They had great prices on DVDs and games, etc. Recently, the prices on any DVDs are just way too high and high def dics are unbearable. I haven't bought any DVDs from them in a very long time. Until they lower their prices, i'm sticking to Amazon, Walmart, etc. :rolleyes:

Because of BestBuys high HD DVD title prices and the fact they never seem to have the new titles in stock I have gave up on them and just don't bother shopping there for anything. Of all Places to shop I now go to CircuitCity where a year ago I would not have been seen near one. :)

Around June/July I'm looking to buy the new Toshiba 57 inch 1080p LCD or perhaps the new 57 inch LG LCD but hey it ain't going to be from BestBuy (they should change their name to WorstBuy imo).
I stopped shopping there when they refused to match an Amazon price for an HD DVD movie, and they previously matched over 10 that I bought there.
Plus I got tired of them shoving BR at me.
I don't even go in there anymore.

I shop at Walmart now! :D ;)

I used Reward Zone coupons the first few times I purchased HD discs there and the prices were in line when including shipping compared to Amazon (around $20). Went in this week with a 10% coupon and not a single disc was less than $24.99.

If I didn't have the coupon, I never would have bought The Thing. Filled out the survey that comes with the reciept and in the comments box left a note stating about their prices and how they (poorly) compare.

I only buy software and/or gaming consoles (PS2 YEARS AGO)
Any other electronics of any kind, I go to UE

I have not purchased a movie from them since I got my HD player a year ago they can not compete with Amazon and I am tired of trying to get them to price match. Not to mention the sales associates are complete idiots

My BB experiences have been generally good. They will price match other local outlets including Frys and with Reward Zone points and 1 or 2 year no interest financing it makes them very attractive for large purchases. YMMV

Only shop there when I need some blank media and they are on sale. Salespeople in the A/V section are 90% Knuckleheads. Bought a Camcorder once, returned it the next day for something else....not even opened and charged me their famous 15% restocking fee. Yeah, hate em.....

I love Best Buy and shop there more than any other store, but I definately do not buy my HD DVD's from them. Saw a bunch of copies of Planet Earth there last night priced at $99.99, do they honestly expect to sell any of those?
As far as I can tell they haven't sold a single copy of Smallville or The Sopranos on either HD format. they're prices are completely ridiculous and anyone savvy enough to buy into these formats is savvy enough to find dramatically better prices.

My BB experiences have been generally good. They will price match other local outlets including Frys and with Reward Zone points and 1 or 2 year no interest financing it makes them very attractive for large purchases. YMMV
Reward Zone started off as a good deal with $5 coupons every $120 spent. Now it's $5 per $250! When you can FREQUENTLY buy a single DVD for $5 cheaper at Wal-Mart, Reward Zone is now a total joke. The only way it would be worth it is if you used it inconjunction with a price match on a big ticket item. Otherwise it's pretty pointless.

I can't believe they sell much of either HD format given their crazy prices...

I stopped when they messed up my departed preorder and I had to run around town for a week looking for it. Amazon for must haves (preorder) and Frys for B&M (their prices are in line with Amazon, so thats pretty great).

I stopped shopping there about 9 months ago. I used to shop there frequently and spent thousands of dollars a year at my local store. I was able to stomach dealing with their sales staff right up until the point where they started on their pro-bluray campaign.

Higher prices and unhealthy doses of FUD? No thanks.

I haven't shopped at Best Buy for quite a while. Not just because of their HD pricing, although that certainly doesn't help. I just look at their ads and it doesn't seem like they have that much to offer me. I always always find better deals online.

I used to spend around $200.00 a month at Best Buy but stopped last October. I got tired of going down to the nearest store on my lunch break on Tuesdays to pick up the advertised CDs or DVDs to only be told that they are still in the back in the large boxes they get every week and that could I come back the next day. Then if I buy something else, they add insult to injury at the checkout stand "Did I find everything I wanted". I'd say "No" and get a canned response "You can probably get it from our on-line store" I used to tell them "If I want to get it from an on-line store, I'll get it from Amazon.com" This is when I usually get a blank stare. I just got sooooo tired of being told to come back later when they have the shippment out on the floor. Shouldn't they be breaking out the new stuff the night before? At least break out the advertised stuff. This was at the Moreno Valley store in California. But I've had the same problems at other Best Buys in my area. Mighty Lame and annoying.

I used to spend around $200.00 a month at Best Buy but stopped last October. I got tired of going down to the nearest store on my lunch break on Tuesdays to pick up the advertised CDs or DVDs to only be told that they are still in the back in the large boxes they get every week and that could I come back the next day. Then if I buy something else, they add insult to injury at the checkout stand "Did I find everything I wanted". I'd say "No" and get a canned response "You can probably get it from our on-line store" I used to tell them "If I want to get it from an on-line store, I'll get it from Amazon.com" This is when I usually get a blank stare. I just got sooooo tired of being told to come back later when they have the shippment out on the floor. Shouldn't they be breaking out the new stuff the night before? At least break out the advertised stuff. This was at the Moreno Valley store in California. But I've had the same problems at other Best Buys in my area. Mighty Lame and annoying.
Yes, everything you note is quite annoying. Particularly that online BS. If I wanted to shop online....WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING STANDING IN YOUR STORE?

Also, when they first opened, they used to carry import CDs and odd titles of my favourite groups. Now all you get is five hundred copies of the flavour musician of the day. Remember when they used to sell SACD and DVD-Audios at a good price. Not any more. They don't sell them at all. And I used to get cables there too. But they seem to charge full pop for them now. Man they sure went down hill and sucks loudly now.

Yes, everything you note is quite annoying. Particularly that online BS. If I wanted to shop online....WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING STANDING IN YOUR STORE?

Exactly ... the checkout people are robots with a tape loop.

Remember when they were pushing MSN internet? OMFG! I got unbelievably sick of hearing about it. And they'd get you at least twice, once on the floor and once at the checkout.

I'd see them sidling up to me and I'd just say "Get the hell away from me". They always did, sometimes with a "Let me know if you need any help." Gee, thanks Captain Obvious, I was actually planning on throwing myself to the floor and pitching a tantrum if I couldn't find the title I was looking for, but now I know there's an alternative!":cool:

Exactly ... the checkout people are robots with a tape loop.
In their defense, they will get fired if they don't harrass the hell out of the customers. if you haven't checked out www.bestbuysux.org yet, you really need to. They have some unbelievable stories there.

No ... I haven't checked out that site. I will. Thanks. Ya know ... I, and probably a ton of others, could go on all day about the big box CE stores. They're all bad only different by degrees.

I've stopped buying HD DVDs from virtually every place but Frys Electronics. This is how it comes out:

Rapists like Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Blockbuster and even Wal-Mart charge $5 more than Frys on everything and then go for the gold with $37 combo discs. The minimum price for any given HD DVD at these retail establishments is $24.99. Best Buy and Circuit city have the largest selection, but at those prices, who cares? Blockbuster and Wal-Mart only have around 15 titles, but they do manage to get new titles in(but again, at those prices, who cares). CompUSA is the worst. Crap selection, unbelievably high pricing.

Target has most titles for only $20, but they rarely get anything new and some older titles(like King Kong) are a whopping $30. They have a poor selection of maybe 12 titles(same with Blu-Ray, but at least Blu-Ray gets new titles in).

At Frys almost everything is $20 with new releases also coming in at $20(unless it's the idiotic combo discs). Some stuff, like the Discovery Atlas series is only $17.99. Their selection is huge and every bit as large as their Blu-Ray selection. The absolute best place to buy from(assuming you can go into the store, with shipping it's not worth it).

If you don't value your, I assume, hard-earned money, then shop at Best Buy. Years ago it somewhat lived up to its name. These days, however they offer a watered-down selection of over-priced merchandise peddled by a legion of half-wits. Sorry if you work there but that has been my personal experience.

The BB near me might be tolerable after a few Valiums!! :eek:
I havent set foot in the place in years. To obnoxious for my nerves.

Not buying any HD-DVDs from BB anymore. Not gonna do it. Amazon ships to me from Memphis, so I get my orders usually within two business days anyway. I can wait.