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Best Buy Sends Lucky Shoppers Five iPads Instead of One

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:03:45 +0000

An iPad would normally be considered a pretty substantial gift this holiday season. Thanks to a fortunate error by Best Buy, a couple of shoppers can now use the tablet computer for stocking stuffers. Best Buy customer Alexa had ordered one iPad and was shocked when a neatly packed box of five showed up at her [...]

Best Buy Promises To Release Findings Of Inquiry Into Former CEO

David Drew — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:21:21 +0000

I mentioned on my show today that former Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn resigned under suspicious circumstances. There was talk that Dunn, who is married, was having a relationship with a 29-year-old woman who worked for the company. However, as this article points out, there has to be more to this story because of the legal experts the company has hired to investigate his behavior.

Best Buy Says It Will Close 50 Big Box Stores, Cut 400 Jobs

David Drew — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:38:23 +0000

While several elements of the economy, such as the housing market, are on the rebound, some companies are still adapting their business model. I would think the Duluth store would be safe as that Best Buy store is really the only of its kind in the community. That's not to say there's no competition for the goods and services it does sell. As this story states, I think we will see less of this huge stores and more smaller specialty stores where you can get some training and other one on one things.

Where is your preferred place to buy computers and electronics?

Best Buy Co. Inc. said Thursday that it will close 50 big box stores this year and eliminate 400 jobs, mostly at

Now Is A Great Time To Buy As TV Prices Continue To Fall

David Drew — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:04:08 +0000

If you’ve been waiting and waiting to buy a new HDTV, it appears that the gettin’ is good right now according to this report. It’s a great time to buy a television, and Ram Lall, a television salesman, isn’t happy about it. In a basement showroom of J&R, the huge electronics store in Lower Manhattan, [...]

Best Buy Shoppers Find Black Friday Deals Unreliable

David Drew — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:55:17 +0000

I totally ordered you that 80" HDTV you wanted. Darn it! Oh, well here are some socks.

Best Buy may be responsible for some empty stockings this holiday season.

The consumer electronics retailer is dropping the ball on some Black Friday orders, with shoppers complaining they have received e-mails over the past week from the company saying their orders have been canceled.