best buy sux (or... maybe not)
so, saw this best buy ad, and thought it was 'trickery'... i fully expected to go to best buy, see the cars dvd listed for 19.99 or 21.99, instead of the 14.99 that this thing 'looked' like it was... so, i kept the ad, went in to best buy today, ad in hand, and yup, sure enough, saw the dvd on sale... for 19.99! trickery! so, got the free cars 3-d poster, which is cool, and went to the checkout, buckin' for a fight over their deceitful advertising. i told the jr robot, "i think i'll need to see the manager", as i placed the 19.99 dvd and the 14.99 ad on the counter. "well, sir" (in a squeaky, high-low-hi voice) "let's just see what price it rings up as"... and bling, 14.99... dang... no trickery here... just a poorly placed price tag on an ad... dejected, i paid the $15 and took my dvd and poster home. he didn't know why it was listed on the box for $19.99... maybe that was the original intention, but too many anal-retentive folks like me had already beat them up of this 'sham like' ad. anywho, now we get to watch hunter's fav movie like... oh, 7 days a week for a month... i think best buy is ok... except for that ridiculous hawking of extended warranties from everything from cameras to batteries... it's comical how they 1) tell you what a great thingy you're buying, but then very quickly 2) tell you how 'these things break just by sneezing on them and you really, really should buy insurance on it', and then 3) act like a scorned lover when you demure and don't spring for the $12 insurance on the $35 phone... for the 4th time. anyway, maybe i'm just too paranoid, but i believe that in the bowels of best buy marketing dept, they intended to charge 19.99 for cars, and knowingly left that price off the ad so that one could assume it'd only be 14.99... but only mr. buy knows for sure... and he ain't talkin'. dag gum.


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