Got a promotion that landed you with “the big account” and you’re itchin’ to spend your bonus? Might be worth checking out Best Buy for once, because they actually have a deal worth your time. If you purchase a 40-inch 1080p Sony LCD HDTV, plus a PS3 game, plus a Blu-ray movie, and a PS3, you end up getting the whole shebang for $2086.96 before taxes. The deal ends up giving you $600 in savings, thus equalling the cost of a PS3 and essentially bestowing your living room with a free game console and Blu-ray player.
Not too shabby, but make sure to purchase the deal in Delaware or at least in a state where taxes won’t kill you. Buying this in NYC would set you back an additional $175 alone, which brings the deal up to over $2200. Buyer beware, as Best Buy usually will pull a bait and switch.
HDTV Pack Includes Free PS3 [Kotaku]
So you have to buy a 40″ hdtv tv, ps3, bluray movie, and ps3 game to get the deal? And all they take off is the the price of the ps3? I guess that’s pretty good…but give me the tv free instead of the ps3 and I’ll be happy.
Wow they’re that desperate getting rid of PS3’s. Good deal though
I work at Best Buy, and we do not ever “pull a bait and switch”.
BaS is actually a legal term and prosecutable by law, Best Buy would have been convicted of it if they had done such a thing.
Also, while we are throwing out legal terms, ever heard of libel?
Virtuoso,
I’d imagine they’re referring to the xbox 360 ordeals.
Google for ‘best buy bait and switch’ and see what comes up :)
or maybe they’re referring to this :
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/IndustryInfo/story?id=3209776
IANAL, but this article doesn’t appear to be libel.
I guess strictly speaking the PS3 is free, too bad the whole thing still costs $2000. If you’re in need of a new TV though it was worth
The Xbox 360 ordeal was not sanctioned by the company, and hundreds of individuals were laid off because of it.
On the other issue, yes there are 2 websites, a “local” website, and a “national” website. Part of our training, however, has us make sure to differentiate between the two. Once again, not sanctioned, and most likely a few individuals trying to look better in their manager’s eyes. Also – promptly fired.
The truth is that no multinational corporation can completely manage what people do at a store level, but the company does take very seriously these types of issues.
Seriously, most of the people complaining about “bait and switch” are individuals looking for a $400 laptop on Saturdays (last day of the sale), and scoffing when we have run the day before or two days prior. These are the individuals that end up reselling them on eBay as well, just for the record.
You cannot predict how well a particular product in the ad is going to do, as it fluctuates week to week. Thus, we order product according to trends, and as the best stock brokers tell you, trends are not the end all be all.