Best Buy

[JKTex]

I'm telling you, skip the retail names that bring extra money and get one of the best real sub-woofers, designed by an Phd engineer from MIT that, even the lower end subs, will reach down to 14-16 hz where the human ear can't hear it, but we can feel. I never realized how much of the audio "experience" comes from what you feel.

http://www.hsuresearch.com/

They've added pretty cabinets now too.

Back on track with BB........when they started the concept of the Geek Squad it was a great, and needed service that actually provided good, knowledgeable service. But as 99% of good things, it went south over the years and I can't imagine anyone wasting any money on them, and from what I understand it can be expensive. I know some of the installation quotes I've heard are outrageous for basic installs that rarely get done right.

A friend posted on FB this weekend (and he's a smart guy) "Best Buy + Geek Squad = Devil !"

Their enthusiasm and arrogance will be missed....or maybe not.

[Brian]

So what are the specs?

Not to hijack this thread but itll be Polk speakers, Onkyo receiver, Media server (ok, laptop with hdmi output) that will provide streaming internet, netflix and burned movie on my NAS, and Sonos for home multizones.

Got great deals through amazon and never went through BB once.

[skiing1974]

when I did my whole home theatre thingy, BB matched every Internet price on speakers, receiver, etc.

[Uther]

when I did my whole home theatre thingy, BB matched every Internet price on speakers, receiver, etc.

And then you had to pay sales tax, right?

[skiing1974]

yep, on the websites I looked at too.

[Brian]

when I did my whole home theatre thingy, BB matched every Internet price on speakers, receiver, etc.

Wow, if a large bricks and mortar place is willing to match some of the 30-40% off retail prices I was getting online, then they surely will bite the dust. No way a company can make a living with those kind of deep discounts and still have to pay salaries, rent, utilities, etc.

[skiing1974]

I gave them all the sites, printouts, etc...

[admin]

Why Best Buy is Going out of Business...Gradually - Forbes

Best Buy Plans 400 Layoffs Amid Store Closures

[Uther]

Hmmm... how soon can we expect another church on the corner of 2499 and 407?

If Best Buy goes out of service, it is because they started taking advantage of the very customers that they relied on. Treating your customers like an exploitable resource is never a viable long-term strategy - they customer stream dies up and vanishes.

IMHO the correct model for an electronics store is the Micro Center or Fry's model. Fewer stores. But treat your customers better than Fry's does. Customers *will* drive 20 - 30 miles to check out gadgets.

Apple's stores has the right idea also. But the Apple model is based on stuff that still enjoys a markup higher than most other electronics gadgets.

[Brian]

"We are evolving our retail-store strategy. We are increasing our points of presence while decreasing our overall square footage."

Hmmm...to what model? Radio Shack? Look at how well that is turning out to be.

Frye's? I dont see the need to compete in that space. They got it locked down.

Move to a complete on-line model? Their existing website stinks. Maybe they could sell their backend distribution system to Amazon or another company that could use a forklifted supply chain model.

But, BB is going out of business....eventually.

[Uther]

Best Buy CEO resigns.

While Wall Street's immediate reaction was to drive the electronic retailer's shares higher on the resignation (read: firing), the news is unlikely to delay the company's descent into irrelevance and/or bankruptcy.

Dunn has overseen more than his share of missteps since becoming CEO in mid-2009. Of these failings the most notable was the company's inability to deliver goods purchased online during Black Friday 2011, and not inform customers until several days before Christmas. Adding insult to injury, Best Buy offered little more than a meek "sorry" and excuses to those left with nothing under the tree.

The Christmas nightmare destroyed Best Buy's e-commerce ambitions and, with it, the company's last best chance at survival.

Despite a less-than-stellar time running the company, Dunn was more a victim of changing times than his own ineptitude. The enormous stores Best Buy used to put one-time competitor Circuit City out of business are an albatross around the company's neck, but it isn't just the stores sucking the life out of the chain either.

The video clip also mentions missteps with the acquisition of the Magnolia brand.

[Brian]

And down starts the sinking titanic.