Best Buy: A Video Game Is Not a "Toy"

[Bon]

http://consumerist.com/341050/best-b...s-are-not-toys

What the hell?

[Jamos]

Re: Best Buy: A Video Game Is Not a "Toy"

This is wierd... I had no idea Best Buy had toys.

[Bon]

Re: Best Buy: A Video Game Is Not a "Toy"

This is wierd... I had no idea Best Buy had toys.

They should have just let him use the coupon, period. It's completely ridiculous.

[Jamos]

Re: Best Buy: A Video Game Is Not a "Toy"

Seeing as that is the only thing they have close to a toy, then they should let him.

[lil_das]

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What a bunch of douchebags.

[Sezjeuric]

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I would have asked the manager what one does with an Xbox, spefically the verb.

"One does not 'console' it, do they?"
"No..... they play with it."
"ohh, well sweet lord, I believe we have found an answer to what qualifies as a toy"

[peachy]

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customers like these are retail hell.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CANT RIP YOU OFF>????? THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!!

[lil_das]

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I would have made sure they let me do it.

It would come down to false advertisement.

I would have gotten my 25% off.

[Jamos]

Re: Best Buy: A Video Game Is Not a "Toy"

customers like these are retail hell.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CANT RIP YOU OFF>????? THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!!

Are you serious? Do you even know what is sold at a Best Buy?

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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in this case its the retails fault for having a poorly labeled coupon. im tired of the fine print suckering people like myself into a bad deal. i shouldnt have to bring my lawyer down just to make sure im getting a fair transaction. i can understand fine print for contest rules or places where it is absolutely necessary, but not for something like this where even a search on the company website proves the lie. best buy should be ashamed for even having such a misleading and crooked promotion.

[Valkysas]

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best buy DOES carry toys. mostly promotional stuff for dvds and games. These items are usually limited in number, so they aren't on the website. some examples of this were the Transformers Movie Premium figures Ratchet and Megatron, only available at Best Buy.

[Goufunaki]

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Usually the toys I see are placed towards the front of the store, but the ones I've seen were electronic toys. Very few. I think one was a cheap electronic dog, and another was a black and white robot that kinda danced from side to side. I think it had some voice command as well, but i can't remember its name.

[Nixon]

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I see that they put the "toys and games" listings together when you search their site, but I've never thought of a video game as a "toy."

[peachy]

Re: Best Buy: A Video Game Is Not a "Toy"

in this case its the retails fault for having a poorly labeled coupon. im tired of the fine print suckering people like myself into a bad deal. i shouldnt have to bring my lawyer down just to make sure im getting a fair transaction. i can understand fine print for contest rules or places where it is absolutely necessary, but not for something like this where even a search on the company website proves the lie. best buy should be ashamed for even having such a misleading and crooked promotion.

the website clearly has a section marked for toys. its a subsection of the games and toys page. whoever wanted to use this coupon knew this was true, and was deliberately obtuse to be a smartass and make themselves look cool.

the more **** like this that customers try to pull, where i work, the less and less sympathetic workers are to them. you all complain about video game stores telling you something is not in stock, or not checking, or being bad employees, but what you fail to realize is that 99 percent of the time these people are treated like **** by you customers and the reason why they dont give a **** anymore is because its seriously not worth it.

its not even hard to be like oh wow i didnt realize that you guys sold toys, or to deal with this situation in a civil matter.

[lil_das]

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Dude it is their job to deal with customers.

Your argument is ignorant and (dare I say it) WRONG!

Do not justify a rude attitude with "you had it coming".

Get a new job if you do not like the specifications.

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