From: "Dave C." 
Newsgroups: alt.consumers alt.consumers.experiences misc.consumers misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: WHY I NO LONGER SHOP AT BEST BUY (AFFECTS EVERYONE!) ATTENTION BEST BUY GM'S and CONSUMERS (READ THIS)
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:44:56 -0400

>
> The loud noises that convinced me to stop shopping there were the
> moronic clerks who keep flapping their gums about those asinine
> extended service plans (which are reall extended PROFIT plans for Best
> Buy). The straw that broke the proverbial camel's back was the
> checkout clerk who kept pushing the ESP even after I'd said "no" three
> times.
>

I'm still shopping at Best Buy, but it wouldn't take much more to convince
me to stop.  Their latest trick that *I* observed is that with any purchase,
they offer you a trial subscription to a bunch of useless magazines.  They
insist the subscription is free, and most consumers know by now that free
things are VERY expensive.  Oh, this is after pushing the extended profit
plan several times.  It is a new marketing ploy, and I'm not too crazy about
it.  -Dave