Best Buy
Reviews and Complaints

My complaint concerns Best Buy Inc. They do not back the products they sell. If they sell you a defective product that does not reveal itself within 30 days after purchase, they refuse to allow it to be returned for credit or replacement. They will not allow consumers to complain directly to the store manager.

On August 3, 2007, I purchased an XM Satellite Radio Boom box for $104.99 and an XM Radio receiver kit for $39.99 for a total cost with tax of $156.94. The display screen of the receiver began to malfunction about the third week of September. I waited a week or so to see if it was the XM radio signal that was the problem. After the display of the channels began to disappear soon after I turned it on, I called XM Satellite radio. After hearing my problem the XM Radio technician told me I should take it back to Best Buy where I bought it because the receiver was not working right.

Today, October 9, 2007, I finally found time after work to bring in the radio boombox and receiver. As soon as the clerk at the repair desk saw what I had brought, he said that he was pretty sure that Best Buy would not be able to help me. He said We do not repair these. Since you bought it over 30-days ago, you will have to talk to the manufacturer (AudioVox). I showed him my 12 month warranty from AudioVox. I stated that Best Buy ought to return defective products to the manufacturer and honor the warranty by replacing the defective receiver by another. He stated that he could not do anything for me and started to wait on another customer.

After asking to see the manager, Ryan Travis, Deputy Counter Intelligence, met with me. I told him that I felt a 30-day return policy should apply to only those products that had not stopped working and that Best Buy should respect the 12-month warranty on the receiver set by the manufacturer. That is the way stores used to do business. If your vacuum cleaner or coffee pot was defective, you could always get a refund, a store credit, or replacement from the store where you bought it. The store dealt with the manufacturer. But Mr. Travis told me that he could not repair my receiver and he would not replace the receiver or refund my money. He said that I had to contact AudioVox.

When I asked to talk to the store manager, he said he was the store manager. After pressuring him, since the card he gave me obviously did not indicate that he was any kind of manager, he told me the manager was not in the store and he was acting for him. He gave me the number of the Best Buy customer service line.

I called the Best Buy corporate customer service center from the Walnut Hill parking lot. I spoke to Steve (no last name given). I explained that I intended to file a complaint but wanted to give the store manager a chance to hear me out. I told him that I believed a store should back up the products it sold. I told Steve that I planned to complain online because I thought consumers should know that if they buy a defective product from Best Buy, they are SOL if the product does not malfunction within 30-days of purchase. Steve tried to contact the store manager, Don (no last name permitted to be given), while I waited 10 minutes in the parking lot. When he got back online he was quite apologetic. He said that Don, the store manager, was quote unavailable. He said he too had gotten no where with Ryan Travis.

So now I am supposed to send AudioVox (located in New York State) my receiver and ask that it be replaced. In the meantime, I do not have a radio that I paid over $150 to listen to.

What I want first is for Don to get the guts to talk with me about this issue. Second, I would like Best Buy to change their return policy for defective products. Who would buy anything expensive like a computer (14-day return policy) or entertainment electronics (30-day return policy) from a company that will not let you return it if it is defective!?

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www.bestbuy.com

On 3/25/07 we purchased a 42" Plasma Hewlett-Packard HDTV. On 08/10/07, we started to get 2 lines running vertically in the middle of the TV. And YES I do keep extremely detailed notes of everything and for this - I am glad I did.

8/12/07 ' Called 888-Best-Buy and s/w Amy who said she would refer the issue to New England Television Services @ [protected] and they would be calling WITHIN 3 days with a day/time for services.

8/16/07 ' Called 888-Best-Buy ' s/w Theresa @ 3:34PM, explained NO one called us and the phone # provide was not correct. She said the information would be forwarded to Best Buy's 'Specialized Team' and that NO notes were made of the prior call.

8/18/07 ' Still NO calls received from ANYONE regarding the television. Called 888-Best-Buy yet again and s/w Pat, who said that because the TV was still under HP's warrantee ' we needed to go through them first. Call was transferred to BOB @ HP. Bob tried to troubleshoot and then said a part would need to be ordered and that once it came in, I'd be called for service and that I should receive a call back within 7-10 days. Was given case ref# [protected]

8/30/07 ' Once again ' no return call. Called HP, s/w Martina who told me that it was ME who was suppose to call and set up the appointment? And because I didn't call back, the trouble ticket was closed out! She opened another trouble ticket and said that a part had to be ordered and it would be delivered on 9/10 and that we WILL be receiving a call from the service tech WHO will be picking up the package from Fed Ex. We were to be contacted 1-3 days prior to the technician coming to fix the television. Was given a tracking # CSO-KQB795-01.

9/13/07 ' No call yet again ' called HP, s/w Julio who said the part was on backorder and had no idea when it would come in but it would be sent once it arrives. Had my name and email incorrect on file even though it was spelled several times when calling in.

Called our local Best Buy and s/w Brian, TV Manager who said to call 888-BEST-BUY

Once again ' called 888-BEST-BUY ' s/w Pat again who said someone from the service center would call within 2-3 days to schedule service.

9/14/07 ' Received a call from Best Buy to let us know they set up service with New England Television and we should be receiving a call from them for service.

9/17/07 ' Part to fix television was delivered at Fed Ex but no one pick it up

9/19/07 ' NO CALLS FROM ANYONE! Called HP ' spent 25 mins on and off of hold and s/w Sabrina. Explained the part is at Fed Ex ' need to know if/when someone is picking it up and when we can expect the TV to be fixed. Was told that she needed to place a note at the tech facility that it needs to be picked up and she was going to contact her supervisor and would call back. Called back at the end of her shift saying she never was able to get in contact w/her Supervisor and that she'd call back on 9/20/07 with information.

9/20/07 ' Called HP, s/w Jorge @ 10:15am. He said the computer system was updating and he was unable to bring up the information/account. Explained we last s/w Sabrina who was suppose to call back and he said he'd follow-up once he was able to log on to the system and call us back. NO RETURN CALL RECEIVED!

9/21/07 ' Called HP again, s/w Jorge again, said system is still down, still can't pull up any info. Asked to s/w a Manager, Supervisor or General Manager ' said this was not possible and that once everything was back up, he's call back.

Called 888-BEST-BUY ' talked w/ Davis who provided New England TV phone # [protected]. Said he talked w/ a tech @ New England TV and that he will fax the info over? This was suppose to be done on 9/13! New England is suppose to call us back.

Called Wyomissing Best Buy store where the TV was purchased and s/w Michelle who said she was the ONLY manager available. She said she'd be contacting 888-BEST-BUY to figure out what is going on and will call back.

Called Best Buy Corporate [protected] ' asked for Complaints dept ' s/w Cathleen in complaints who I explained everything to and she put me on hold while she contacted in-home repair. S/w in-home repair who assured me that someone would be contacting me from New England TV shortly. Person was non-helpful and could not tell me anything other then what we've been told from the very beginning. Cathleen from the Complaints dept issued a complaint ' case # ' and said if no one calls within 24 hours, call her back @ [protected]

Received CB from Michelle, Wyomissing Best Buy Manager who said if we didn't hear back from anyone by Monday to call back and she'll see what else she can do.

9/25/07 ' NO CALLS FROM ANYONE! Called Best Buy Corporate [protected]:37am)' s/w Cathleen again, said she was going to call another department to see if she can get us a replacement model and will call back.

Received CB from Cathleen ' said they are going to put a request in for a new television b/c they have not had a response from New England Television. We should be hearing from In-home installation within 3-5 business days. If no calls, will contact Complaints back again.

10/2/07 ' 5 business days later ' no calls from ANYONE! Called corporate, [protected] ' reached VM for Cathleen, LVM asking for a return call to follow-up on the case.

10/3/07 ' Called Corporate - [protected] x60485 ' still reaching VM for Cathleen.

Called Corporate - [protected] ' asked for the complaints dept again. Transferred and s/w Jenny who told me she could see my case # and there was also a second case # and that she would have to check to see if the replacement was approved. She put me on hold, came back and of course it was not approved yet. She said she'd have to call in-home installations again and see if she could learn anything further. Put me on hold, came back saying In-home did approve it on 9/26 and the store should have received the approval authorization. She needs to search for the confirmation # to take to the store but she needs to find the confirmation #. Said she will call back ' would not provide her extension - case #. She called back in about 5 mins, gave me the approval code and said we should take the TV, case #, receipt, warentee back to the the store for the exchage. Also received a call from someone in in-home installation giving the same approval code.

10/8/07 - Go to Best Buy and are told they no longer sell this TV (which we only purchased 6 months ago!) and we'd have to pick a new TV. We looked, found two and of course they didn't have either in stock. We picked one that was $100 cheaper - go to exchange the TV and they tell us we basically will eat the $100 difference b/c they do exchanges feature to feature, not money to money BUT if we wanted one more expensive, we'd have to pay that difference! PLUS our extended warentee we paid for will cover the new tv BUT is post-dated back to the original date of purchase of the 1st tv? Now - who ripped who off? I will NEVER - EVER buy anything else from Best Buy ever again. I have an office I have to fully furnish and will NEVER trust their services again.

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www.bestbuy.com

Do you always read the BACK of your receipt? I can't say that I ever do, as I assume they are advertising. Best Buy's policy to no refunds or exchanges after 30 days. I was at 35 days, the product was still shrink wrapped, so it was clear it had never been opened. The manager said he was unable to over-ride policy and said I should call customer service. I was on hold for 20 minutes, only to be told the exact same thing- no exceptions.

Were talking over $350 dollars! After buying thousands from that store over the years, all of which they had on file and couldn't care less.

Never again.

Just to let everyone know Best Buy treated me like crap. I spent $2,000 on a Sony Vaio and was assured by the salesperson - upon reading my hesitance about parting with two grand - that if the laptop did not function correctly or if anything was wrong with it I could return it.

The laptop was crap. It shutdown randmonly, bluescreened, flickered, froze up upon opening more than one application at a time, etc. Not what you expect from a Sony. And certainly not for two grand.

I returned it to Best Buy TWO DAYS LATER. I was told I had to pay a $360 restocking fee. I spoke with the clerk, the assistant manager, the store manager and the regional manager and all told me they would not take the laptop back unless I paid it. And all told me that "just because it doesn't perform the way you want to doesn't mean it's defective" (their policy is that restocking fees are only waived if products are defective). How blue screening and shutting down in the middle of using it is not defective is beyond me.

I filed a complaint with the DCP and fought the charges with my credit card company. Luckily I won, but I would hope no one else has to go through this. BAN BEST BUY WITH ME!

I now order all my electronics through careful research on restocking fees. Best Buy SUCKS!

Best Buy, on South Hayes Street, in Pentagon City, Arlington, VA.

I called the store three times to find out if they had a specific computer product. Each time, I pushed the number for the computer department. Each time, someone picked up the phone and then hung up. When I called Customer Service at the store and described the problem, the person who answered said, "that don't got nothing to do with me."

I asked for a manager. After 15 minutes on hold, I hung up.

I had my television stop working at the end of May 2007. I called in for a repair and I am still awaiting repair today 41 days later. I talked to customer service and they are saying, there is nothing we can do. Sorry out of luck.

Do not buy extended warranties. They have no obligation to fix your problem with any time frame.

Purchased dyson dc-14 vacuum along w/best buy performance service plan. They sold the plan telling me any problems at all, just call us and we will take care of it!

The hose on the dyson has a large crack which is expanding.

Called best buy - they do not carry parts for dyson at all. If I want, I can get the part then replace it and they will reimburse me! I did not pay for an extended warranty to fix it myself!

I did not pay to buy the part and wait on them to reimburse me. Since they won't fix it, after I paid for them to - why would I believe they will send me the money?

I spend an hour on the phone w/3 different people and 1 supervisor for best buy - that's an hour i'll never got back. They hung up on my twice!

I have the option of a pro-rated refund of my contract. Why pro-rated - they would not have honored any part of it since they can't get the parts!

I will never purchase from best buy again!

I purchased a Sirius Sportster unit from best buy on 3/12/06 including the installation, car kit, extended warranty, home kit and all the total was $349.67.

Approx two weeks ago the unit quit working and I thought no problem, I bought the extended warranty so I'll go back to best buy and exchange for a new unit and be on my way.

After over 45 minutes in the store and speaking to 4 different best buy employees (on the first trip to try and resolve this) I learned that the unit I purchased had been discontinued and the only thing that they could do was to replace the unit with a comparable. I was fine with this but it would include bringing the car in to uninstall what I had purchased and then install the new unit. My wife and I were told to bring the car in any time and that there would be no charge for anything and that best buy would swap out the units.

Day two (the next day). We bring the car in and are now told that we will need to make an appointment even though they currently have no vehicles waiting for installation. We decide to just leave the car so that the install can be done at best buys convenience. As we are negotiating with the install person she states that "you will have to pay for the uninstall and the reinstall of the units". This is totally different then what we were told the day prior. She said that she would have to go get the manager because "somebody was going to have to pay for this and it wasn't going to be her". Apparently best buy out sources installs to an independent third party even though they are in the store and have a best buy shirt on.

The manager (Benji Inman) immediately took a defensive tone and basically said that yes we would have to pay for uninstalls, reinstalls, adaptor kits and anything else that they used which was going to be north of $150.00. Which is more than the cost of the new unit. I stated that I was not very happy with that due to the fact that I had bought an extended warranty for the unit and that I just wanted that unit replaced. It is not my fault that the unit has been discontinued. Also we were told the day prior that we would not be charged for any of this. I even stated specifically the employees that we discussed this with us and Benji stated that was not the case because those employees knew better. I would like to know how he knew what was said when he was not there. Benji stated that I could call 866-bestbuy and complain but that it would not do any good because they would just send him an email and he was just going to give me the same answer then.

I also asked if best buy could check and see if the unit was available somewhere else and he said no. (I have since emailed Sirius and there are units available in the market.)

The thing that burns me is the fact that I went in the store on day one and was given the instruction by best buy staff of what to do. On day two the story totally changed. The manager was so arrogant that I had to keep asking him "you're the top manager here"? I could not believe that a manager would have the attitude and poor customer service this guy had.

I'm out the $350.00 that I originally paid for the unit and components not to mention the jam box that I bought later that will only work with the now discontinued unit which was another $120.00 so I'm close to $500.00 out of pocket over this.

I also mentioned to the "manager" that I know I have spent over $10,000.00 in best buy and he is loosing my business over this install issue which I'm sure costs the store $50.00. I'm in the service business and I would never loose a good customer over a $50.00 issue. Stupid business.

I will never spend another dime in best buy (from now on to be known as "worst buy") nor will any of my employees, family, relatives or friends if I can help it.

Once again I am asking myself why the heck did I ever go to best buy! I mailed an overpayment of $200 to the retail services so I could begin paying my debt back quickly. Well, they "said" they didn't receive the payment ontime (I mailed it well over 2 weeks early and the distance for it to arrive in ca takes 1-2 days max). They then said the check was rejected by my bank for nsf and I was assessed $29 for returned check fee, $25 late fee and other "related" and finance charges. My account is now higher that it was at the original purchase and I over paid by almost $200! My bank on the other hand said there was no nsf at all and no attempt was ever made by best buy to cash the check. I use washington mutual, not a mom and pop organization!

I have used bb before and it is all coming back to me... They seem to hold your payment until it is overdue and then charge you payments. I knew I hated them from the past, and am now quickly remind of this illegal scheme. It is my fault however for setting foot back into the store. Now I have to have proof from my bank (An additional $25) that the check did not clear or that there ever was an attempt, only to get the $25 credited back to my account... So what, now I am out an extra $50?

Best buy is exactly opposite... It should be called worst buy.

Aggggghhh... Go anywhere else to purchase electronics... It is not worth the few bucks you think you are saving.

Two years ago we purchased a laptop from Best Buy and also bought the extended service plan. About six months ago the laptop monitor began to crack, and we took it to the store and spoke to the geek squad. At that time they told us that this is a common problem with the hinges on the laptops but that it wasn't covered under our warranty because it is considered "accidental damage". We argued at that time that it wasn't accidental damage but that the hinges wouldn't move. The recommendation of the geek squad member was to use an external monitor.

We keep the laptop on a desk so we didn't argue the point and removed the screen so that we could use an external monitor. About a week ago we took the laptop to Best Buy geek squad and asked that they fix the hard drive because it had gone bad. The Geek Squad Manager told us, that because we had removed the screen, the hard drive issue wasn't under warranty because the laptop had been "abused". We explained to the manager that the geek squad had told us to remove the monitor when we brought it in for the screen cracking. He even admitted that the hinge problem was a common issue and that even if we had brought the laptop in with the screen cracking it would have been considered abuse, and they would not warranty the hard drive.

We went back and forth for about a half an hour and he told us to call the 1-800 number to get customer service to authorize the repair. When we called customer service they said that the laptop would not be warrantied. They said that they had no control over what would be warrantied because Best Buy warranties are managed by another company. They would not fix the laptop hard drive even though the monitor does not affect the hard drive condition.

We will need to purchase another hard drive or laptop to replace the laptop. Also Best Buy will not refund our entire ($300) extended warranty, only the amount for the year remaining even though they wont warranty the laptop and have never done any other repair on anything we have purchased from them.

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I wrote Best Buy's "upper board echelon" concerning a customer service fowl-up that was just disclosed to me yesterday (04/02/07), but the problem actually began two weeks ago (03/18/07) when I walked to the Dedham, Mass. Best Buy to have my Minolta camera repaired. I explained that the built-in flash no longer pops up and there appeared to be something small broken where the bulb is located. I explained that we had purchased many cameras at that store, this was “my favorite, my left-arm” and I mentioned several times it had to be repaired and back in my hands for me to photograph a friend's wedding on April 7, 2007. I was told at that time that I would have a quote phone call within 72 hours from a company in Connecticut, called Precision Camera.

Days passed and I heard nothing. I emailed Precision Camera several times; I called Precision Camera several times--no responses came back to the calls nor the emails. I called Best Buy on 03/27/07 and was told I would get a call back as to the status of the camera; I heard nothing. Yesterday early afternoon (o4/01/07) I called yet again and nicely insisted I hear from someone—I was having no luck reaching Precision Camera and the wedding I’m photographing is this coming Saturday. "Mike Pellteer" told me that "Greg Pelletier" was the manager of this department and would definitely call me back as soon as he was out of a meeting. I waited 4-1/2 hours for this call and didn’t get a response; I called yet again and the store was closed. (To date, Pelletier has never called me back.)

I emailed Precision Camera again on the morning of 04/02/07 begging for a response as to what was going on with my camera--I needed it repaired and back for this Saturday. I finally got a response at 4pm (EST) that day (04/02/07). I was told that Best Buy sent the camera with the wrong paperwork (a different camera we purchased) and Precision’s policy was to send back the camera untouched; it arrived in Dedham last week Wednesday yet, yesterday when I called Best Buy totally stressed about the camera's whereabouts, I was never told the camera was there and I could just as easily get it repaired here versus sending it back to Connecticut. My camera hasn’t been looked at, hasn’t been repaired and is sitting two miles away from me when I need it operational this coming Saturday. Upon contacting the Dedham store this afternoon (to find out what on God’s green earth went wrong) I was put on hold countless times for no less than 8 minutes each time—which seemed quite purposeful to this customer. When I finally got an employee they heard my situation and again offered to have Greg Pelletier call me “for sure, this afternoon.” Same guy from yesterday, I explained I’d heard this promise before and I would never get a call back from him. This afternoon Dedham store and got one person after another with an “I could care less about your problem” attitude. I was told to call the customer service office at 888-Best-Buy and I spoke with my fourth Best Buy employee, “Sam” had the same “not my problem” attitude and the more he upset me the ‘thicker’ his inane telemarketer voice became.

‘Sam’ did ask what the Dedham store “offered to do for me” and when I said, “They offered me the ‘corporate office number of 888-Best Buy, it’s obvious they don’t think anything was done wrong.” Sam then yapped on about me being upset (as though I had no reason to be, which was really infuriating) and said he could “do nothing more for me” (as though listening to me was doing something to remedy the situation Best Buy had created. I explained that a weak apology didn’t undo the “balls that had been dropped by Best Buy on this repair, that his apology wasn’t going to help get my camera repaired by this Saturday and that I couldn’t take pictures with his apology. This phone call to the Best Buy ‘corporate office’ was a complete and total waste of this customer’s time and Sam also could have cared less. He acted as though re-sending the camera to Precision with the correct paperwork this time was a huge immpostion on his part but he’d do it anyway. Please! This should have been done five days ago, but it was ignored by all at the Dedham store.

Again, I called the Best Buy Dedham store (after speaking with ‘Sam’) and was transferred and then put on hold by 3 different employees—all of whom I was nice to—and after holding 15 minutes on the third transfer I listened to Musak for fifteen minutes before hanging up and redialing and then complaining that I’d been holding for 15 minutes and could someone walk over to the repair desk and see if Peter or Susann Low’s Minolta camera was still there. Someone did, it is there and I asked that it stay there--we will pick it up tonight after 7pm. How much do you want to bet I will be forced to pay the $70.00 “look at” fee?

My problem is this. I trusted Best Buy with the very camera I had purchased from them and they completely abused my sense of store loyalty. Even after goofing up the repair paperwork no one contacted me, fixed the paperwork nor expedited the camera back to Precision; Best Buy took my camera from me two weeks ago and yet, it’s sitting in Dedham again for the last five days. This is shameful.

I went last night to retrieve my broken camera and was told that it was PRECISION CAMERA that 'screwed up' and not Best Buy. Ironically, there were people there to pick up other repairs--none of which were done. "We got busy and we couldn't get to it. It's opened up but we need another few hours." This was the lament I heard three times to three different customers while I stood waiting for them to locate my camera. "John" had the unfortunate experience of dealing with me last night.

I now will spend my day tomorrow going into Boston to see who can repair my favorite camera—and probably pay top dollar to have this done as I need the unit by 10am this Saturday. I then will have the stress of waiting for parts, quotes, etc. all because Best Buy's "geek desk" couldn't pick up a geeky phone and say, "Sorry, we dropped the ball, your camera is actually here for the last 4-5 days but we didn't email you... we're geeks and email just isn't our thing..."

My husband and I have been loyal customers of Best Buy but I have to ask why loyal customers would be treated so shabbily, the employees I spoke with throughout this experience were unprofessional and apathetic to the situation--they are clearly there for the discount and nothing more. Customer service is an oxymoron in this customer's eyes.

I shared this experience with the Best Buy "big wigs" mentioned below via fax I sent yesterday (04/02/07) around 5:30pm. I asked to hear from someone very soon as to what will be done to remedy this debacle; a friend’s wedding memories are counting on it. I think at the very least they can generously discount a flash attachment for me or we can resolve this in small claims after I pay a few hundred in rush fees to get my camera in working order by this coming Saturday's wedding. Sad, really sad.

Susann E. Low

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Bradbury H. “Brad” Anderson, Vice Chairman and CEO
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Best Buy Co., Inc.
7601 Penn Avenue
Richfield, MN 55423

My complaint is with Best Buy in Lancaster, Ohio. We purchased a car stereo and had it installed by them
with the purchase. After we got into our car we realized that our signal lights and hazards did not work. We told them about this and they told us that it was not their fault. They told us they would try to work us in on the following Monday. They were told that this was not acceptable and that we wanted to speak with a manager. They then changed their tune and decided to fix them right there and here it was, they had crossed the wires in the dash. Well the stereo that we purchased had a detachable faceplate, when we tried to remove the face plate it was broke. We went back to the store and asked to speak to a manager, the manager told us that we broke it. One of the technicians looked at the stereo and said that whoever installed it should have customized the dash, we were not told that this needed to be done. The manager said they would do it but we would have to pay for this to be done. We told him that this was not explained to us when we purchased the stereo and said it was not his problem we would have to pay to have it done. We were so frustrated we walked out and I e-mailed the corporate headquarters and I am waiting to hear back now. This manager and his whole staff during this whole process were very rude and acted as though because we did not purchase a very expensive stereo that were not important and blew us off.

After spending Thanksgiving night on line to get the best possible deal, we purchased a Namsung Dual x DVD 8181 for the dashboard. It was a defected item, so we returned it and was told they would have a new one to be picked up on January 23, 2007. When we went to the store, we were told they didn't have one. They told they could get us one, but we would have to pay an additional $100.00-$150.00 for the same item.

I said that was unacceptable, since when do you pay more money because you bought a defected item on sale. Then I was told that they had other DVD in other warehouses in the tri-state area, after I informed them I would call every Best Buy in the Tri-state. Then I was informed, that I would have to pick it up and they wouldn't ship it to the store. That was unacceptable, I wasn't going to travel, when they sold me a defected item and could easily have it shipped. The manager didn't want to be bothered, and gave me one story after another. We even suggested they give us back the DVD, so we could send it to Namsung ourselves. Of course they didn't have it. I will never do business with Best Buy again.

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Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10312

I had ordered a product (a vacuum cleaner) from BestBuy store at Perimeter (GA, Atlanta) on 2/15/2007. The product was supposed to be delivered by UPS on 2/21/2007 but it got lost. UPS delivery report said its delivered but i had not received anything. I called up UPS to find out, they said i need to call BestBuy to start a claim. I called BestBuy and they said their system is not allowing them to file a claim. I called them once again the next day (22nd) and they asked me to call up UPS. I did that and UPS said BestBuy has not filed any claim for this shipment and we can do nothing about it but you as a consumer can start a tracer for this lost package and they did that.

I called best buy again after couple of days and they advised me to go to the bestbuy store and talk to them. I obliged and went there. The store manager did not listen to me rather than connected me to someone from their store and they gave me a suggestion that you purchase another one if you need the product urgently as we wont refund you any money and asked me to call 1-888-bestbuy. I did it from their store to hear the same old story.

The next day i called them again to hear that the claim has been filed and i need to wait fr 8-10 business days to get the claim settled. I obliged and called them again after 10 days to learn that they are still tracing it. Meanwhile I checked the status of the claim from the UPS site and which said that the tracer is complete and the package is not found. I called up BestBuy again to hear that they have no update on it. Its been more than 10 days now after the Tracer was closed by UPS and BestBuy still says that they have no information on the lost package. I asked them to refund my money but they have no answers to that. Infact I had to take a screen shot of the UPS report and email it to them.

I haven't received any followup call from BestBuy till date regarding the package and dont know what shall i do now.

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Havent seen such a poor customer care in my entire life. Looks like I did a big mistake by going to bestbuy.

I purchased a Maytag washing machine at Best Buy and bought an extended warranty. For the first time in several years, I called for service under the warranty.

Best Buy told me that I would be contacted within two days by a local service company. When that didn't happen, I called Best Buy and they gave me the company's name and phone number. I called and they said that they no longer did work for Best Buy because they hadn't been paid. I called Best Buy back and they gave me the names of two other companies. When I contacted them, both said that they didn't work in my area. I called Best Buy again (every call involves being on hold for three to fifteen minutes) and they said that someone would call me in a couple of days with the name of another company. No one called. Again I called Best Buy. They said that, based on their information, my repair wasn't covered by the warranty. I explained the problem again and they agreed it was covered. They said that they would get back to me in two or three days with the name of a repair company. So far, all I've gotten is a runaround from Best Buy. I'm no further than when I first called a week ago--no service company and no appointment. When they sold me the extended warranty, they didn't bother to mention that there was no service company in my area. I am beginning to feel that this is all an attempt by Best Buy to get out of honoring the service contract. To add a little humor, I got a call today from someone doing a survey for Best Buy and wanting to know how satisfied I was with the warranty repair.

I bought a Jabra BT160 bluetooth headset from the Best Buy in Carmel, Indiana. At the time I had just signed up at their store for Sprint and a new phone. The sales associate had recommended that I buy the Jabra over the Motorola headset cause she said it was better quality and had better audio. I was told that there would be no problem bringing it back if I had problems, that they would just exchange it for another one. Well, in the first few weeks I stopped into the store many times because after I had turned it on it would work then go off. So they would get it back on and it worked. This went on and on about 4 times. Then I figured out that it never staid on longer then 3o minutes at a time. I took it back and asked if I could please exchange it. The girl at the returns counter said no, cause even though it had been just a couple of days past 30 days, they didn't return anything after that time. She said take it up with the Jabra company instead. Didn't call in a manager to try and help me or resolve my situation. Just, sorry can't help, call the jabra company. I have bought so much stuff from Best Buy. That is why after I was treated like this I went to H.H.Gregg instead for a 55 inch Sony.

Best Buy promotes themselves as there for the customer, when they really aren't.

Best Buy sold me a replacement contract for my son’s ipod. They said it would replace the unit “no matter what”. Untrue, when I called the 800 number on the contract I was told by a third party representative that BB no longer honors any replacements of items valued over $300.

They will only try and fix it. My ipod was in their option not repairable. So I was “out-a-luck” I was told by the service manager. The store manager would not even talk to me. They lied and then lied again to cover up the salespersons mis representations. To further insult me they told me that the replacement plan was coded on the invoice as a service plan and that they used the replacement contract form because they probably didn’t have any service plan contracts on hand so they just used that one. What a total bunch of jerks! BTW I cleaned out the ipod and it works find, a little dirt in the contacts on the connection to the computer link. Never, never buy anything from Best Buy!