[X] My Assistant

I worked at Best Buy for two years, and while there were some nasty pressure issues (mostly coming from higher up), I can say the warranties are indeed a good deal on expensive items. Granted, you don't feel like paying an extra $50 when you're buying the thing, but it's a darn nice safety net if something goes wrong. Yes, it's how they make their money (if the product works, it's 100% profit), but that doesn't make it a scam.

That's not to say everything about Best Buy was roses. Their scheduling system was a bastard, and if anybody remembers when they were trying to push MSN dial-up down customers' throats, believe me it was worse on us than it was on you. Also, I couldn't really blame anybody for not wanting a $20 warranty on a $100 video game system, but I was expected to try to sell them. Woof.

Yeah, I didn't mean it in the truest sense of the word. I just meant that statistically speaking, you are better off not ever buying the warranty because over the long run, you will save more money from not buying the warranties than you would save if one of your product breaks. Or maybe that philosophy only works on people like me that make an electronics purchase quite often. Wait, scratch that, I guess I was describing myself before I got into freebies.

And all of my friends that used to work at BB and CC told me that the warranties are a good idea, but most people never use them so thats where they made their money from. And if they didn't sell that many warranties, the man would be on 'em.

And all of my friends that used to work at BB and CC told me that the warranties are a good idea, but most people never use them so thats where they made their money from. And if they didn't sell that many warranties, the man would be on 'em.

BB Supervisor: You didn't offer them a PRP for the Playstation. [Product Replacement Plan]

Me: Um. She didn't have enough money to buy a game with it.

BB Supervisor: But she might have appreciated a PRP.

Me: I'm pretty sure she didn't want it.

BB Supervisor: You are doing her a favor by offering her this valuable service!

Me: Look, she wasn't going to buy it.

BB Supervisor: Bow down before the munificent splendor of the PRP.

Me:

haha BTA I can totally see that conversation happening

hahaha......

BTW!
i finally went ahead and installed "untitlednet.com" 360 stock checker!
and its beautiful!!!

thanks for tha heads up on that!
i heard there mightbe some coming in this week...
now i can know in an instant WITHOUT having to call!

yea sam, if it says theyre in stock, they're going to have them - dont bother calling at all, I missed out on 3 different best buys last week when they had them in stock, because I couldnt verify that any of them actually had any. After calling for 30 minutes they ended up saying "oh we had 4 premiums and 2 cores, but theyre all gone now". Nearest BB is 30 minutes so I didn't want to waste the trip. Good luck getting one!

yea sam, if it says theyre in stock, they're going to have them - dont bother calling at all, I missed out on 3 different best buys last week when they had them in stock, because I couldnt verify that any of them actually had any. After calling for 30 minutes they ended up saying "oh we had 4 premiums and 2 cores, but theyre all gone now". Nearest BB is 30 minutes so I didn't want to waste the trip. Good luck getting one!

thnx!
and anyway...i called a bstbuy that was an hour away (no way i was going there, i wanst gonna make it in time hehe)

i was testing......
and yes, they did have two, and they sold out.......

but i heard this week will be more......

I worked at Best Buy for two years, and while there were some nasty pressure issues (mostly coming from higher up), I can say the warranties are indeed a good deal on expensive items. Granted, you don't feel like paying an extra $50 when you're buying the thing, but it's a darn nice safety net if something goes wrong. Yes, it's how they make their money (if the product works, it's 100% profit), but that doesn't make it a scam.

That's not to say everything about Best Buy was roses. Their scheduling system was a bastard, and if anybody remembers when they were trying to push MSN dial-up down customers' throats, believe me it was worse on us than it was on you. Also, I couldn't really blame anybody for not wanting a $20 warranty on a $100 video game system, but I was expected to try to sell them. Woof.

Why did I stay? Well, the discount was nice, and they pay well for a high school job

at our store, we were encouraged to sell them, but not forced. As to the $20 warranty on a 100 videogame system. I felt that when cheap mice were sold ($5-$15), it was extremely hard to sell the replacement plan on them (usually $10 i think)

Oh, and check out http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id...9&itemId=847033

All you do is put in your zip code and it comes up with all the stores in the area that have 360's (Bold means they are in stock and light grey means they are out)

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Oh, and check out http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id...9&itemId=847033

All you do is put in your zip code and it comes up with all the stores in the area that have 360's (Bold means they are in stock and light grey means they are out)

thnx for the tip...but i prefer the www.untitlednet.com installer thingy b/c that sends a TEXT MESSAGE and an EMAIL...
so i dont have to keep checking..
but i can use that link for when i am not at home...and need to quickly check.

hey sam, check out www.untitlednet.com it has a great store tracker for xbox 360's at best buy and circuit cities, updates every 5 minutes and can even send text messages when they get them in stock. I wouldn't recommend calling them to verify, but when I did that they denied that they had them until there were only 1 or 2 systems left. Good luck!

hey guys...
ummmmm
iunno how to saythis......
I GOT AN EFFN 360!!!!!!!!!
i used the untitlednet thingy...
and wen i woke up....i scanned...and it picked one up....
i got the 2nd to last PREMIUM...
they had 20 360s
i picked it up around 1
AND
i got the 2 yr warante!!!

but now ...i owe my dad $120 hehe.......he paid that much...
i paid the rst with the CASH i got from YFVI ($300) and a little bit of savings
so wen the $400 check from TRAINN comes...
$120 goes back to my dad...$50 back to the savings...
and the REST goes towards games!
im soooooo happy...
im gon go play it

(though...al i have right now is halo 2 from my original xbox . hopefilly that wont be for long after i get the $400 check in the mail)

Congrats Samz, glad to hear it worked out for you It said there were a few in stock near me, but I've got too many midterms right now. I'd either end up playing it too much and failing, or not get to play it for two weeks and have trainn's come around then anyway Congrats again!

haha!
i only got mine from bb for the warantee
otherwise i would have waited two weeks too!