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Gravityfare posted...
They're the only huge brick and mortar electronics store still around.... well in my area at least San Fran doesn't have a Walmart or a Fry's We have an Office Depot but a really crappy one
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People go to stores like Walmart and Target for electronics.
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Gravityfare posted...They're the only huge brick and mortar electronics store still around.... what kind of wack ass city doesnt have a walmart? |
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SoundNetwork posted...
AzNDarkSamurai posted...Gravityfare posted...They're the only huge brick and mortar electronics store still around.... San Francisco I ain't driving all the way across the bridge to Oakland just to shop at a Walmart
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Man, I miss Circuit City, they were the best.
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Online shopping isn't everybody's thing though Your experience. The entire world's experience. These are not the same thing |
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Gravityfare posted...
They're the only huge brick and mortar electronics store still around.... Don't have a Fry's. Office Depot isn't the same at all. If I'm looking to buy a TV/computer/game I go to Best Buy. I only go to Office Depot when I run out of Pilot G2 pens.
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Because you can typically get a wider selection and cheaper prices online through various retailers such as Amazon.
And the people who aren't really into shopping online are typically older people who don't know much about tech so they'll just.go down to Walmart and pick up whatever is there for a good price.
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SoundNetwork posted...
AzNDarkSamurai posted...Gravityfare posted...They're the only huge brick and mortar electronics store still around.... There are no Walmarts in my area of NJ either. There are two Walgreens right in my town though, for some reason. |
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Gamer99z posted...
Because you can typically get a wider selection and cheaper prices online through various retailers such as Amazon. True, but with GCU, you can typically get most games cheaper at Best Buy. Amazon/Best Buy Master race
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because best buy is a specialty shop but what they sell is no longer a specialty. kind of like how gamestop used to be the place to get video games, but now 90% of mainstream games are sold in walmart, target, etc so why waste your time going to best buy?
laptop sales are down, tv sales are down, etc so best buy really doesnt have much left. as tech gets better, the average person seems to be refreshing less. i do financing for an IT company and I can see this happening across the board, not just in the consumer sphere. |
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My friend is one of those weirdos who refuse to buy things online. He always insist we go to the Best Buy that's 20 miles away.
Every time it's the same f***ing story. We get there, can't find the thing he wants. If we do find it, it's super super expensive. I look at Amazon on my phone, find it in five seconds for a way cheaper price and he gets all pissed off about it. I ask him why he still does this every time and his dips*** excuse is always "I like to actually walk in a store and see what I'm buying" Like, WTF are you a woman or something? I'm pretty sure it's just because he's a complete moron when it comes to using a computer and doesn't want to admit it or just have me order s*** for him. |
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Everything about them looks fine on paper, but their sales are down. It's too easy to get stuff online.
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
They're the only huge brick and mortar electronics store still around.... Wrong. The reason why they're failing is because the "big" things they're selling, such as household appliances (washing machines / fridges / televisions / home theater / etc) are heavily competed against by larger department stores like Sears, who have much better market outreach, advertising, and brand recognition. The "small" devices get a lot of competition from the larger supermarkets. So their phones, tablets, various bluetooth accessories, DVD/Blu-ray players, etc are often sold at places like Wal-Mart or Target, for cheaper. The media area has largely been s*** for a long time. Not only are more and more people watching streaming movies / listening to streaming music these days, but their games business is and has always been crushed by GameStop and Amazon, and also the fact that digital sales are on the rise and phyiscal sales are going down. When it comes to computers, Microcenter, Fry's, and other places absolutely crush them, and people are buying computers less these days because the computers they have last longer. They've got literally nothing that you can't get elsewhere for cheaper or in a more convenient area. |
Online shopping isn't everybody's thing though The question was how are they struggling, not how are there still a handful of people who walk inside. |
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they have a wider selection than walmart but walmart has like 90% of what you're looking for. best buy is pricey with most stuff.
i still buy games from best buy just because i have that gamers club thing or whatever and it's 20% off games and it last 2 years. think it was $30 when i bought it but think they jacked that up to like $50 or 60 for 2 years now. so it went from buying 5 new games to cover the price to having to buy like 10. not worth it as much now unless you're buying a lot of games. |
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
My friend is one of those weirdos who refuse to buy things online. He always insist we go to the Best Buy that's 20 miles away. You sound like the kind of person who buys a car without test driving it first.
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Online shopping isn't everybody's thing though hello, this is reality https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/revenues the evidence suggests you are wrong please make a choice: A) Accept that your perception is inaccurate and alter your views B) Dig in to an extremely literal definition of "everybody" and have a meltdown while trying to pivot to a position where you appear to have a coherent point
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TheApexPredator posted...
D-Lo_BrownTown posted...My friend is one of those weirdos who refuse to buy things online. He always insist we go to the Best Buy that's 20 miles away. Lmao You can research what you're buying online. There's no absolute need to guy into the store to buy something.
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TheApexPredator posted...
You sound like the kind of person who buys a car without test driving it first. How so? I wasn't aware that you're able to "test drive" electronics, cables and computer parts at Best Buy. |
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I go to Best Buy and buy a majority of my electronics available there that's not my phone especially for the Geek Squad warranty. Something goes wrong, I can just walk in and exchange it, then walk right out.
Amazon doesn't give me that fast experience to do so, but it isn't to say everything I have goes wrong every minute though. Plus it's still cool to check out some things in person rather than on the specs sheet.
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It amazes me why, in an age where online shopping is clearly taking over, that so many brick and mortar stores still insist on the insane prices they have.
Like...cost of shipping and storage cant possibly be the different between a 30 and 60 dollar dvd set, can it?
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Gravityfare posted...They're the only huge brick and mortar electronics store still around.... Micro Center says hi too
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AzNDarkSamurai posted...
SoundNetwork posted...AzNDarkSamurai posted...Gravityfare posted...They're the only huge brick and mortar electronics store still around.... Should live where I live. Walmart is the closest place to shop and I still have to drive 40 mins
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FL81 posted...
Man, I miss Circuit City, they were the best. Didn't hhgregg take their place? But they are defunct now too. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/04/07/hhgregg-close-all-stores-after-failing-find-buyer/100183284/ |
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The sooner we get rid of Brick and Mortar the better.
Except for Barnes and Nobles. f***, I love seeing new books right in front of me.
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I buy all my new games from Best Buy.
Their GCU is much cheaper than Amazon Prime and works on all new games, not just ones that recently came out. Also, the stores are routinely getting beaten by their own online store, so the success is split between them.
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Man, I miss Circuit City, they were the best. Circuit City was my supplier for M-rated games when I was a kid. For whatever reason, they didn't age check like everyone else. They were probably supposed to, but hey not gonna complain since that's how I got MGS1 amd MGS2? |
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I remember buying a graphics card from circuit city back in the day.
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BilalPowell posted...
Caution999 posted...There's this website called Amazon You know, sometimes, you just gotta have something "now" as opposed to waiting a few days or a few weeks.
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ChromaticAngel posted...
AzNDarkSamurai posted...They're the only huge brick and mortar electronics store still around.... This wraps it up pretty nicely |
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
We get there, can't find the thing he wants. If we do find it, it's super super expensive. I look at Amazon on my phone, find it in five seconds for a way cheaper price and he gets all pissed off about it. Best Buy will match Amazon's prices, FYI. |
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bluezero posted...
D-Lo_BrownTown posted...We get there, can't find the thing he wants. If we do find it, it's super super expensive. I look at Amazon on my phone, find it in five seconds for a way cheaper price and he gets all pissed off about it. Only if it's shipped and sold by amazon. Turns out those prices are usually not much cheaper than Best Buy's. |
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