cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/47760122
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A post by Dr. Amy Psy.D. @dramypsyd@ohai.social saying: So I had to stop by Best Buy and the sales guy was going really hard trying to get me to sign up for the credit card. Like I said I didn’t want it and he was like “does YOUR card get you 15% off I don’t think so” and I was like buddy I know they make you push it but please stop and he was like actually they don’t, I just really like the Best Buy credit card. And then he wouldn’t tear my receipt off because he said the chemicals would take away his testosterone. Anyway this is why I shop online.
Their people don't know shit, full stop. I once tried to go there because radio shack had gone out of business and i wanted to make a convenience purchase. I asked some dude if they had an infrared repeater because i had a hidden media cabinet. Not only did the guy argue whether that kind of product existed at all, but assured me that a repeater couldn't exist because the signals from a remote are encoded. After banging my head on a wall briefly, i just went home and ordered one from the Internet. Almost all retail is a waste of time now.
I used to work in the housewares, "as seen on TV", and Assembly Furniture departments. Shit, for the minimum wage I was making, I knew what knives were worth it, what kind to use for what, what pressboard furniture would hold up to a house full of kids and what was just for show, and that everything in "as seen..." was a scam.