Best Buy just called us...
 

....to play a message to inform that my $50 coupon for my Toshiba A2 HD-DVD
player refund will be mailed this month.

Nice chaps running that joint, I'm impressed. :)




- -
Simple Simon met a pie man going to the fair.
Said Simple Simon to the pie man:
"What have you got there?".
Said the pie man unto Simon,
Pies you dickhead.

Best Buy just called us...
 

Please, meaning what? Are they taking back Toshiba units plus an add'l $50?

"Tantalust" wrote in message
. ..
...to play a message to inform that my $50 coupon for my Toshiba A2 HD-DVD
player refund will be mailed this month.

Nice chaps running that joint, I'm impressed. :)




- -
Simple Simon met a pie man going to the fair.
Said Simple Simon to the pie man:
"What have you got there?".
Said the pie man unto Simon,
Pies you dickhead.

Best Buy just called us...
 

"WGD" wrote in message
news:[email protected]
Please, meaning what? Are they taking back Toshiba units plus an add'l
$50?


They're not taking the players back, they're just giving folks who bought
them [before a certain date] a $50 gift certificate.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage...&type=category

Best Buy just called us...
 

Got it. Tks! I suppose they are hoping that the certificates will find
their way into buying leftover HD-DVD movies.

Best Buy was very big down here - in support of Blu-Ray displays with HD-DVD
in the background. It appears that Best Buy and probably others, made a
decision a long time ago - which way to go to force-feed the consumer.




"Tantalust" wrote in message
...
"WGD" wrote in message
news:[email protected]
Please, meaning what? Are they taking back Toshiba units plus an add'l
$50?


They're not taking the players back, they're just giving folks who bought
them [before a certain date] a $50 gift certificate.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage...&type=category

Best Buy just called us...
 

WGD wrote:
Got it. Tks! I suppose they are hoping that the certificates will find
their way into buying leftover HD-DVD movies.

Best Buy was very big down here - in support of Blu-Ray displays with HD-DVD
in the background. It appears that Best Buy and probably others, made a
decision a long time ago - which way to go to force-feed the consumer.




"Tantalust" wrote in message
...

"WGD" wrote in message
news:[email protected]

Please, meaning what? Are they taking back Toshiba units plus an add'l
$50?


They're not taking the players back, they're just giving folks who bought
them [before a certain date] a $50 gift certificate.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage...&type=category

Best buy is ran by a bunch of incompetent morons. Four years ago I lived
in a town that according to their delivery system didn't exist. It said
every address in that town was invalid. I also found out there were a
lot of towns just like it. The stupidity of this had to be costing them
millions of dollars but when I called them about it, they didn't seem to
want to do anything about it. I had earlier ordered a microwave for my
daughter in another town and I guess she had a valid address because
they delivered it to her. When I tried to order a clothes dryer from my
invalid address, they said they could deliver it to my daughters house.
Since my daughter lived 60 miles from me, I said who's going to deliver
it from my daughter's house to mine. The incompetent fools didn't even
want to try to straighten out there f--ked up delivery system.

Best Buy just called us...
 

Unknown wrote:
WGD wrote:
Got it. Tks! I suppose they are hoping that the certificates will
find their way into buying leftover HD-DVD movies.

Best Buy was very big down here - in support of Blu-Ray displays with
HD-DVD in the background. It appears that Best Buy and probably
others, made a decision a long time ago - which way to go to
force-feed the consumer.




"Tantalust" wrote in message
...

"WGD" wrote in message
news:[email protected]

Please, meaning what? Are they taking back Toshiba units plus an
add'l $50?


They're not taking the players back, they're just giving folks who
bought them [before a certain date] a $50 gift certificate.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage...&type=category


Best buy is ran by a bunch of incompetent morons. Four years ago I lived
in a town that according to their delivery system didn't exist. It said
every address in that town was invalid. I also found out there were a
lot of towns just like it. The stupidity of this had to be costing them
millions of dollars but when I called them about it, they didn't seem to
want to do anything about it. I had earlier ordered a microwave for my
daughter in another town and I guess she had a valid address because
they delivered it to her. When I tried to order a clothes dryer from my
invalid address, they said they could deliver it to my daughters house.
Since my daughter lived 60 miles from me, I said who's going to deliver
it from my daughter's house to mine. The incompetent fools didn't even
want to try to straighten out there f--ked up delivery system.


Most folks live at addresses that have zip codes, which the BB system
seems to handle rather nicely. RFD locations are problematic for
everyone. Maybe if you tied a orange ribbon around that dead tree out
by the main road (did they ever fix that bridge?), moved the cows to the
back pasture and left the front gate open, and promised a really good
tip, the BB driver might be willing to risk life and limb while missing
his lunch break to find you.

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Best Buy just called us...
 

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:46:00 -0500, Unknown wrote:

Best buy is ran by a bunch of incompetent morons. Four years ago I lived
in a town that according to their delivery system didn't exist. It said
every address in that town was invalid.

Duh! With a name like "Unknown", what do you expect?

Carl

Best Buy just called us...
 

Jer wrote:
Unknown wrote:

WGD wrote:

Got it. Tks! I suppose they are hoping that the certificates will
find their way into buying leftover HD-DVD movies.

Best Buy was very big down here - in support of Blu-Ray displays with
HD-DVD in the background. It appears that Best Buy and probably
others, made a decision a long time ago - which way to go to
force-feed the consumer.




"Tantalust" wrote in message
...

"WGD" wrote in message
news:[email protected]

Please, meaning what? Are they taking back Toshiba units plus an
add'l $50?



They're not taking the players back, they're just giving folks who
bought them [before a certain date] a $50 gift certificate.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage...&type=category



Best buy is ran by a bunch of incompetent morons. Four years ago I
lived in a town that according to their delivery system didn't exist.
It said every address in that town was invalid. I also found out there
were a lot of towns just like it. The stupidity of this had to be
costing them millions of dollars but when I called them about it, they
didn't seem to want to do anything about it. I had earlier ordered a
microwave for my daughter in another town and I guess she had a valid
address because they delivered it to her. When I tried to order a
clothes dryer from my invalid address, they said they could deliver it
to my daughters house. Since my daughter lived 60 miles from me, I
said who's going to deliver it from my daughter's house to mine. The
incompetent fools didn't even want to try to straighten out there
f--ked up delivery system.



Most folks live at addresses that have zip codes, which the BB system
seems to handle rather nicely. RFD locations are problematic for
everyone. Maybe if you tied a orange ribbon around that dead tree out
by the main road (did they ever fix that bridge?), moved the cows to the
back pasture and left the front gate open, and promised a really good
tip, the BB driver might be willing to risk life and limb while missing
his lunch break to find you.

Do you work at Best Buy? Everyone has a zip code. Maybe you didn't
understand, Best Buy's delivery system did not recognize any address in
that town and lots of other towns. Some places try to tell a rural
customer, that UPS won't deliver to a rural address because it has a box
number, which isn't true. They are too dense to understand that a rural
box number and a P.O. box number are two different things.

Best Buy just called us...
 

Carl Nelson wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:46:00 -0500, Unknown wrote:


Best buy is ran by a bunch of incompetent morons. Four years ago I lived
in a town that according to their delivery system didn't exist. It said
every address in that town was invalid.


Duh! With a name like "Unknown", what do you expect?

Carl

Do you work at Best Buy? Everyone has a zip code. Maybe you didn't
understand, Best Buy's delivery system did not recognize any address in
that town and lots of other towns. Some places try to tell a rural
customer, that UPS won't deliver to a rural address because it has a box
number, which isn't true. They are too dense to understand that a rural
box number and a P.O. box number are two different things.

Best Buy just called us...
 

Unknown wrote:
Jer wrote:
Unknown wrote:

WGD wrote:

Got it. Tks! I suppose they are hoping that the certificates will
find their way into buying leftover HD-DVD movies.

Best Buy was very big down here - in support of Blu-Ray displays
with HD-DVD in the background. It appears that Best Buy and
probably others, made a decision a long time ago - which way to go
to force-feed the consumer.




"Tantalust" wrote in message
...

"WGD" wrote in message
news:[email protected]

Please, meaning what? Are they taking back Toshiba units plus an
add'l $50?



They're not taking the players back, they're just giving folks who
bought them [before a certain date] a $50 gift certificate.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage...&type=category



Best buy is ran by a bunch of incompetent morons. Four years ago I
lived in a town that according to their delivery system didn't exist.
It said every address in that town was invalid. I also found out
there were a lot of towns just like it. The stupidity of this had to
be costing them millions of dollars but when I called them about it,
they didn't seem to want to do anything about it. I had earlier
ordered a microwave for my daughter in another town and I guess she
had a valid address because they delivered it to her. When I tried to
order a clothes dryer from my invalid address, they said they could
deliver it to my daughters house. Since my daughter lived 60 miles
from me, I said who's going to deliver it from my daughter's house to
mine. The incompetent fools didn't even want to try to straighten out
there f--ked up delivery system.



Most folks live at addresses that have zip codes, which the BB system
seems to handle rather nicely. RFD locations are problematic for
everyone. Maybe if you tied a orange ribbon around that dead tree out
by the main road (did they ever fix that bridge?), moved the cows to
the back pasture and left the front gate open, and promised a really
good tip, the BB driver might be willing to risk life and limb while
missing his lunch break to find you.

Do you work at Best Buy? Everyone has a zip code. Maybe you didn't
understand, Best Buy's delivery system did not recognize any address in
that town and lots of other towns. Some places try to tell a rural
customer, that UPS won't deliver to a rural address because it has a box
number, which isn't true. They are too dense to understand that a rural
box number and a P.O. box number are two different things.


No, not BB, but in an earlier life, I worked as a package delivery
driver and I hated trying to find rural addresses, always wondering if
the damn gate would be open and how many dogs would try to gnarl off my
face when it wasn't, assuming it wasn't still locked - not that I could
see because it's already dark thirty in the south forty. Even if I was
successful, I then prayed my truck didn't crush the cattle guards on my
way out, or whether I'd get the damn truck stuck in yet another mudhole
of a road spoiling the remainder of my tight delivery schedule and my
family's supper for getting home late again. And asking the driver to
lash the package to a fence post isn't gonna work either - unless fence
posts have recently been given signing authority and good hand writing
skills. You want packages delivered to the little house on the prairie?
Put a large secure lock box out by the public road with your address
indelibly painted on it. Now, for those uninitiated few, here's a tip:
Most package delivery drivers are union, and their contract doesn't
provide for hazardous duty pay. So, if the driver considers the address
to be a PITA, it goes back stamped "NOBODY HOME" (translation: nobody's
dumb enough to go near this place). Got it?

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'