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.
I’m looking at Best Buy and waiting for a good deal to buy one of the largest OLED 4K monitors they have because I don’t like smart TVs.
I buy some storage cards if it’s a good deal, but I’m still wary that they were returned to Best Buy from an Amazon seller. If it’s not on sale, I get sd cards/USB drives directly from the manufacturer if they have an online store.
Online is exclusively for things I can’t find locally.
It’s just faster. With a physical store, I can have my product in my hand just minutes after I decide to buy it. When I order online, I have to wait days.
There’s an electronics store across the road from where I work, but even if I’m at home - it’s only about 15 minutes drive away (depending on traffic).
Best-Buy at least matches prices of other retailers, including (stuff sold by) Amazon. If I can get it here from Best-Buy I prefer to shop locally, especially as they’re more reliable for certain types of electronics etc
Big box retailers is mostly expensive electronics for me. TV’s and computer parts. After getting bricks from Amazon on a GPU purchase I won’t get anything I can’t open on the spot in a store to make sure I am getting what I paid for. I’ll also drop in for stuff I don’t want to wait on shipping for like console accessories and headphones if mine broke.
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