Too true, Wes. My local Best Buy is a new store, and the place looks like a store on the way out - most items only one or two, many out of stock, grumpy staff, etc. To read their return policy, you have to hunker down at the service desk and read a fine-print placard posted at waist height.
73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 7/8/2011 11:54 AM, Wes Stewart wrote: > After losing my wife, best friend and traveling partner earlier in the year > I've been looking to something to occupy my time. (Ham radio isn't getting > it done) I decided to rekindle an old interest in photography. So I did a > lot of online comparisons of DSLRs and narrowed the choice to a couple of > options. > > I went to my local Best Buy about a month ago to do a hands-on comparison. > This is difficult because they have so much anti-theft crap hanging on them > you can't even assess the weight. I was there twice and both times the > clerks were so surly and unhelpful that I left POed both times. > > Since then I've spent about three kilobucks with Amazon. No fuss, no tax and > with Prime shipping, I order today, it's here tomorrow, and if I don't like > it they take it back with no more hassle than driving to the UPS store. > > Wes > > --- On Fri, 7/8/11, John Ragle<[email protected]> wrote: > I have the ff 2 comments about our local "Best Buy" in Hadley, MA > > (a) They are very well stocked with a wide variety of items, and > > (b) I refuse to shop at a store such as the Best Buy in Hadley,MA that > insists on searching one's possessions when one leaves the store. > > I do 95% of this sort of my shopping on the internet. The local Radio > Shacks (2) supply solder, common ICs, transistors, etc. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
