But what if I enjoy paying full MSRP for absolutely everything, but also demand – I say, demand – to be constantly told that nothing is in stock? There’s no substitute for that kind of service.
The article states it’s scammers posing as Best Buy’s Geek Squad or Microsoft employees offering support. It’s not new. The same thing happened with AppleCare several years ago.
They use spoofed ID calls or emails to trick the victim into thinking they’re the real deal. Once they get the victim to enable remote access, they take what they want then charge the victim as if they had helped them.
I get that, but what I’m saying is that these people were conned by falling for the idea of Geek Squad being something worth paying for in the first place. So they’re conning someone who was already conned.
I used bestbuy to price match amazon. Got a new stereo source delivered to the store for the same price and could refuse delivery if it was fucked up there on the spot. Worth the effort enough I did the same thing with a TV and both times made a decent savings vs what bb was charging. The TV I saved a hundred bucks but once again I actually picked the TV from the pallet of them. The source I got price matched 1100 dollars off. They have a use but I miss the days of going there for CDs or movies or playing in the giant car stereo sections.
Best Buy primarily exists for people who don’t understand they can find a better deal online, so that doesn’t exactly shock me.
But what if I enjoy paying full MSRP for absolutely everything, but also demand – I say, demand – to be constantly told that nothing is in stock? There’s no substitute for that kind of service.
I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t gone the way of Circuit City at this point.
The article states it’s scammers posing as Best Buy’s Geek Squad or Microsoft employees offering support. It’s not new. The same thing happened with AppleCare several years ago.
They use spoofed ID calls or emails to trick the victim into thinking they’re the real deal. Once they get the victim to enable remote access, they take what they want then charge the victim as if they had helped them.
I get that, but what I’m saying is that these people were conned by falling for the idea of Geek Squad being something worth paying for in the first place. So they’re conning someone who was already conned.
I used bestbuy to price match amazon. Got a new stereo source delivered to the store for the same price and could refuse delivery if it was fucked up there on the spot. Worth the effort enough I did the same thing with a TV and both times made a decent savings vs what bb was charging. The TV I saved a hundred bucks but once again I actually picked the TV from the pallet of them. The source I got price matched 1100 dollars off. They have a use but I miss the days of going there for CDs or movies or playing in the giant car stereo sections.