What purposes do you use Best Buy/Big Box electronic stores? Do you try items before you buy them in-person or online? Do you shop in-store for products? Are you a purely online shopper? I make an effort to patronize small companies, but when it comes to electronics, I frequently buy reconditioned computers and other items from the Best Buy outlet since my experiences there have been positive. I used to regularly order from Tiger Direct, but unfortunately, it is no longer open for business.

    • @OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
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      2810 months ago

      I recently bought Wasp traps from Amazon and the ones that came were fully sealed but they had bugs and leaves already in them. Full price for a clearly used product.

      • @Elliott@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Me either. I’ll spend more to shop at a big box store so I know I’m getting authentic things.

      • @danielton
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        210 months ago

        I just love how they try to trick you into paying for shipping even if they’re like “Congratulations! Your order qualifies for free shipping!”

        • @jackoneill@lemmy.world
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          610 months ago

          Dude that’s gotten me to not place several Amazon orders lately. Pick items with free shipping that arrive on the same day, go to checkout, 1 of the items is set to not ship with the rest and charge me despite clearly saying free shipping. I’ll reload my cart and now that item will be included and a different item will be the one getting a shipping charge! If you reload enough eventually it will fix, but the second time I ram into that glitch I just said fuck this and drove to the store instead. Amazon can fuck themselves