How Best Buy F***ed me and I didn't even get a kiss... - Page 2

[AB]|G|war · 09-30-2003, 02:25 PM

hahaha that was funny there jedi..lol..glad you got your money back..

shootcraps · 09-30-2003, 02:31 PM

I had a similar experience with Media Markt, here in Germany. I bought a Casetek case and the entire front panel was hinged and lockable. Cool. You can just pop it open and change things about and clean the fan filters. Yeah, it came with cute little fan filters.

So I get it home and yeah the box had been opened but I figure no big deal. Until I see that the front panel is indeed locked and the box with all the parts is INSIDE it. When the front panel is locked - SO IS THE SIDE PANEL.

I'm thinking oh ******. It's such a pain to return something here and I knew they didn't have anymore of this case. So relying on a trick I learned a long time ago, I picked the lock to get the case open. And guess what? The keys aren't inside! Someone had opened all the stuff but hadn't put the keys back. Great.

I just said screw it and left the thing locked open. It's a nice case.

uk_blaster · 09-30-2003, 02:56 PM

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Originally posted by shootcraps
I had a similar experience with Media Markt, here in Germany. I bought a Casetek case and the entire front panel was hinged and lockable. Cool. You can just pop it open and change things about and clean the fan filters. Yeah, it came with cute little fan filters.

So I get it home and yeah the box had been opened but I figure no big deal. Until I see that the front panel is indeed locked and the box with all the parts is INSIDE it. When the front panel is locked - SO IS THE SIDE PANEL.

I'm thinking oh ******. It's such a pain to return something here and I knew they didn't have anymore of this case. So relying on a trick I learned a long time ago, I picked the lock to get the case open. And guess what? The keys aren't inside! Someone had opened all the stuff but hadn't put the keys back. Great.

I just said screw it and left the thing locked open. It's a nice case.

This case had keys and locks too... but those keys were missing along with the screws, stand offs and power supply cord...

uk_blaster · 09-30-2003, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by [AB]|G|war
hahaha that was funny there jedi..lol..glad you got your money back..

Thanks man

Mankal3 · 09-30-2003, 08:22 PM

Wow, what an ordeal. My blood pressure was high just reading this. I hate Best Buy, and Circuit City and even CompUSA. They are notorious for such practices, and like to make you look like the moron and their attitutude sucks. Thats why I buy online nowadays. There is no feeling worse than buying something whether it be a fan or a motherboard and knowing it was not a virgin! When I pay for an item I want it unopened and NEW, is that too much to ask! You handled the situation very well though.

***Ozzie*** · 09-30-2003, 08:33 PM

great outcome...I hope you wore the tshirt...

bajo · 09-30-2003, 08:43 PM

" Good thing I didn't have to use force choke on him "

borodar · 09-30-2003, 09:57 PM

all well that ends well.

But u only needed to say the magic incantation: i changed my mind.

uk_blaster · 10-01-2003, 12:01 AM

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Originally posted by Mankal3
Wow, what an ordeal. My blood pressure was high just reading this. I hate Best Buy, and Circuit City and even CompUSA. They are notorious for such practices, and like to make you look like the moron and their attitutude sucks. Thats why I buy online nowadays. There is no feeling worse than buying something whether it be a fan or a motherboard and knowing it was not a virgin! When I pay for an item I want it unopened and NEW, is that too much to ask! You handled the situation very well though.

Thank you for thr very kind words of support....

If I had not been in a rush for a "cash and carry " situation, I would have gone with new egg...

but i needed to solve my problem sooner than latter....

I have learned a huge lesson out of this, go with new egg.
I have bought from them many times and never had the problem I faced today...

major retailers suck in my book...

nuff said...

thank you all for the support you have awarded me,..

allways yours...

uk-...

uk_blaster · 10-01-2003, 12:12 AM

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Originally posted by Ozzie
great outcome...I hope you wore the tshirt...

Damn right I wore the shirt!!!! And coulden't have been more proud doing so!!!
ABX ZONE ROCKS!!! best buy swallows goat (******) insert your own word....

this is the best tech forum o the net,,, hands down,,,, that's why I visit every day am proud to be a member!!!

I ware my shirts in pride!!!! all three of them!!!

thanks for the support guys... I needed it

uk-

nlsutton · 03-22-2004, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by uk_blaster
Damn right I wore the shirt!!!! And coulden't have been more proud doing so!!!
ABX ZONE ROCKS!!! best buy swallows goat (******) insert your own word....

this is the best tech forum o the net,,, hands down,,,, that's why I visit every day am proud to be a member!!!

I ware my shirts in pride!!!! all three of them!!!

thanks for the support guys... I needed it

uk-

They have T-shirts!? "You nerd!" Nathan yells as he adjusts his pocket protector, pushes up his ultra-thick glasses taped together at the bridge and snorts in a nerdy laugh.

.........ummmm......yeah.......nevermind....

count minaba · 03-22-2004, 05:07 AM

Very cool story uk and told like a Jedi story teller

Good onya mate

Bad_dude · 03-22-2004, 06:15 AM

Circuit City Bad Buy

Joe Public · 03-22-2004, 08:08 AM

Yeah, if everything else fails, do the Jedi Mind Trick on'em!

Glad things worked out!

Moop · 03-22-2004, 08:44 AM

I ordered a Antec case online from BestBuy when they were on sale a few months ago. It showed as being in stock and I elected to go pick it up. I drove to the store they told me to go to (about 15 mi away) and you guessed it, they didn't have it. I then went to the BestBuy right around the corner from my house and there was my case sitting on a shelf! I went home and cancelled my order and never went back. I ended up buying a Kingwin from Newegg.

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09-30-2003, 02:31 PM	#17
shootcraps Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,023	I had a similar experience with Media Markt, here in Germany. I bought a Casetek case and the entire front panel was hinged and lockable. Cool. You can just pop it open and change things about and clean the fan filters. Yeah, it came with cute little fan filters. So I get it home and yeah the box had been opened but I figure no big deal. Until I see that the front panel is indeed locked and the box with all the parts is INSIDE it. When the front panel is locked - SO IS THE SIDE PANEL. I'm thinking oh ******. It's such a pain to return something here and I knew they didn't have anymore of this case. So relying on a trick I learned a long time ago, I picked the lock to get the case open. And guess what? The keys aren't inside! Someone had opened all the stuff but hadn't put the keys back. Great. I just said screw it and left the thing locked open. It's a nice case. __________________ The big metal container has been delivered and my pc's are here. Doing some mods on the big rig. (P4P800, P4 2.8C, 2 X 512 Mushkin 3500 Level 2 Black, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, Not one but THREE Raid 0 arrays, Creative SB Audigy2 Platinum, Sparkle 550w psu, Sony DRU500a CD+-RW, Pioneer 106s DVD, Lite-On 52X CDRW, LS-120 120MB floppy drive Wife's PC: Albatron PX845PE PROIIS Silver PCB, P4 2.4B, 512M Geil DDR 433, Gefore MX 200 64MB)
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09-30-2003, 08:22 PM	#20
Mankal3 Here's Looking at You Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 787	Wow, what an ordeal. My blood pressure was high just reading this. I hate Best Buy, and Circuit City and even CompUSA. They are notorious for such practices, and like to make you look like the moron and their attitutude sucks. Thats why I buy online nowadays. There is no feeling worse than buying something whether it be a fan or a motherboard and knowing it was not a virgin! When I pay for an item I want it unopened and NEW, is that too much to ask! You handled the situation very well though. __________________ Antec PlusView 1000AMG Case Antec TrueBlue 480 PSU-ASUS P4P800-D BIOS is still 1005-Intel P4 3.0@ 3.25 (1:1)-Zalman CNPS7000Al-Cu-Mushkin PC3500 RAM 1GB Level II-PNY 6800GT-Lite-on DVD burner-ASUS 52X48X52 CD-RW-Maxtor 7200rpm 8MB 80GB X2-WinXP SP2 AND WAITING FOR NEHALEM to upgrade
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09-30-2003, 08:33 PM	#21
*Ozzie* neutered Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Apple Valley, MN Posts: 10,262	great outcome...I hope you wore the tshirt... __________________ Have you supported your forum today? Change is the only constant in life
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09-30-2003, 08:43 PM	#22
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09-30-2003, 09:57 PM	#23
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03-22-2004, 06:15 AM	#28
Bad_dude Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4	Here's my Circuit City ordeal. Circuit City Bad Buy
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03-22-2004, 08:44 AM	#30
Moop Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 659	I ordered a Antec case online from BestBuy when they were on sale a few months ago. It showed as being in stock and I elected to go pick it up. I drove to the store they told me to go to (about 15 mi away) and you guessed it, they didn't have it. I then went to the BestBuy right around the corner from my house and there was my case sitting on a shelf! I went home and cancelled my order and never went back. I ended up buying a Kingwin from Newegg. __________________ A8N32-SLI Deluxe - Opteron 170 - G.Skill F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ - Leadtek 7950gx2 - Zalman CNPS7000A-ALCU - OCZ GameXStream 600w - Antec P180b - Ubuntu 7.1
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