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Best Buy to carry Macs, Macintosh software

updated 02:45 pm EDT, Mon July 28, 2003

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Best Buy will within a few weeks, according to Digital Bloc: "In an announcement made in tonight's nightly meeting, the 529 Best Buy store chain will begin carrying Macintosh computers within a few weeks. This was confirmed by the existance of a box of Mac software in the warehouse. The contents of this box, while scarce, contained many several game titles such as The Sims, Unreal Tournament 2003, and Zoo Tycoon...the shipping date for most of the Apple product will be instore 8/3/03. Also, Some units will be shipped via Fed-Ex tomorrow."

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07/28, 03:04pm | report spam | close Reply |
One more thing...

I hate best buy. All they try and do is sell the extended warrenty. Drives me nuts. If the product needs an extended warrenty must be a peice of junk.

BUY ON-LINE! Only way to go.

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FP!

First post! Woo hoo! (sorry, never got here before).

Anyway, my only reaction to this is simply: "here we go again."

Expect lying salesmen. Expect acrimonious relationships between the CC people and the Apple rep.

BB is a terrible place to buy NON-COMMODITY electronics. Selling the iPod was a good idea, and selling ONE or TWO models of Mac would be a good idea (like the eMac and the G5 -- low end and high end ONLY).

Maybe with an Apple rep there it will be okay, but I have some experience with this and I can honestly say I'm not expecting much.

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07/28, 03:11pm | report spam | close Reply |
stop

This should NOT be allowed at all, why have apple stores when this is allowed? You know it will just end up like what happens to all the other non-apple stores. Someone needs to be fired over this.

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07/28, 03:17pm | report spam | close Reply |
bull...

Any place that has as much foot traffic that, and is carrying Apple product is good. AS LONG as it is represented well (in store apple employee)

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07/28, 03:21pm | report spam | close Reply |
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Yeah! Until the people stroll to the software aisle, and sees just 6 boxes of software on the shelves, and says to themselves "Geesh, there's 6 aisles worth of PC software, and not even 1/2 row of Mac software. There's no software for the Mac. I'm getting a PC.

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07/28, 03:48pm | report spam | close Reply |
hmmmm....

Regarding the first post:
The Apple extended warranty is excellent and does not mean it's a bad machine.
Although I realize you are refering to the best buy warranty.

My only fear about BestBuy is the reps who won't know a whole lot about Macs, and in any ways will compete with Comp Usa and other Apple stores

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07/28, 03:51pm | report spam | close Reply |
the whole chain?

every rumor i heard said apple stuff in only certain markets...does this mean all stores will carry products now?

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Re: FP!

Well mabye if you didn't spend so much time typing.

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woot!

good news for me, i was gonna be buying a pbook soon, and i unfortunatly work for the b*******. now i get employee discound on the goods and the warranty:)

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07/28, 04:12pm | report spam | close Reply |
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The reps will learn about Apple computers, just like they learn about HP, Compaq, etc. They are non-commissioned sales people, so why would they give a s*** if you bought an Apple or a PC?
I used to work for Best Buy, and believe me, we all directed the customer to what product was best for their application. At least those of us in the computer department. As for audio, most of those bloodsuckers came from commissioned jobs and were in the habbit of selling the most expensive item they could, no matter the customer's needs.

I used to fix many, many, many computers as this was before Best Buy had a computer service department. One of the main reasons I use an Apple. I know better. So, don't you think people will be noticing how many PC's are being fixed and so few Apples?

Win:Win:Win, for us, for Apple, for Best Buy.

Apple grows, so therefor more development and support from software developers.

ADOBE, Discreet, Alias, are you watching this?
I hope so.

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woot again!

dont get me started on how badly pc's die, i work at one of the service centers. weve got a shitload of them on backlog.

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07/28, 04:25pm | report spam | close Reply |
A bit worried

These guys trashed on the iMac when it was there in 98-99. I am not sure this will work without an Apple Rep.

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07/28, 04:34pm | report spam | close Reply |
re: A bit worried

first chance i get im gonna be looking at internal job openings, if i can get in to any of the larger stores computer departments, im gonna push the macs all i can

-Woot!

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07/28, 04:34pm | report spam | close Reply |
good idea

I'm not a huge fan of best buy; quite frankly I've known some friends who got pretty ripped off on the 'extended warranty'.

However, anything that gets Mac's infront of more and more people is a great idea. Very few places do Mac's get to be displayed side-by-side next to PC's. Alot of stores that carry both, often have a Mac section that seems to tell people 'go away'. (MicroCenter, are you listening???) Imagine placing the Powerbook right next to that crappy Tashiba.... looks good, doesn't it?

I do hope the best buy crew does a good job.

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@ssholes

dont get me started on how badly pc's die, i work at one of the service centers. weve got a shitload of them on backlog
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If you work at one of Mac's service centers, you too would have a shitload of them on backlogs too dumb@ss.

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oooh, somone wants to play:) ok, u go to ur apple service center, and ill go to my bby service center, ill count my backlog, and note some of the issues, and u do the same and we can compare notes. unless of course, youre not in the business, in which case piss off.

u know what, nevermind, u can piss of either way.

(some people, sheesh)

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This is kinda stupid

Just adding to what has already been expressed. Best buy has carried Macs before and it was a flop. I went into best buy and the Macs had a perfect position by the main doorway, but there were no sales reps there and many of the Macs where in bad shape. Plus, from reading posts in the forums, none of the sales people are knowledgeable about Macs and get a bigger commission if they sell a PC. Yeah, more exposure is good, but not if it's bad exposure. Well, we'll see, perhaps they have a better plan of attack this time. I wonder how lay people would react to seeing a G5 for the first time, kinda screams "industrial strength", doesn't it.

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07/28, 05:47pm | report spam | close Reply |
A good deal this time

C'mon people...you KNOW that Apple made a deal advantageous to them. They have already been burned by BestBuy and they won't let that happen again. I'll bet anything we will see a fully stocked software section and an Apple Rep to make sure it goes right. Apple doesn't *need* to sell their products there (what with Apple Stores and CompUSA), so they have nothing to lose by asking for a lot.

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Don't hold your breath

Best Buy has gotten a bad reputation for hard-selling warranties on EVERYTHING. CDs, electronics, DVDs, etc. I was in line behind a guy who bought a $9 CD. The clerk told him he should buy a lifetime replacement warranty on the CD for only $11!!!! On a $9 CD!! I was shocked and pissed and walked out of the store. What pushed me over the edge wasn't that the cost of warranty was more than the CD, but that the clerk had the audacity to tell the customer that CDs get scratched easy and won't work after a little while. I can just hear them now "You better buy the extended warranty on that G5 sir because these babies have been falling apart left and right." NOT the image Apple needs!

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sure, warranty's on cds.

but not on my bottle of Dew? wtf?

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BB isn't that bad

The extended warranties are really great, depending on what it's for. For most things it's definitely in your favor. Just a quick example, a tv you buy for $1500, service plan is $300 we'll say. Over the next 4 years you have an issue with it 4 times, they will give you the equivalent model now say 3 years later, for free. If you get a projection unit they come out and take apart the tv for routine cleaning whenever you request it - usually about 150-200 from most places. Replace a gun on the projection unit, you're talking 500+... There are tons of things the service plan helps you with, computers if you don't buy it you're asking for trouble, especially those damn Sony's. Get the service plan, and if in 2 years the ram module gets fried you get new computer most likely... Anything worth the 1500+ is worth the service plan in general...just in case.

And I hate to say it, but part of the flop at best buy last time was Apple's fault. The issue was they had to buy one of each iMac at the same time(each of the 5 colors), and orange was a bad seller so best buy wanted less of them and Apple wouldn't let them do it, so poof. Now things are a little bit different I think. One of my roommates, and about 5 of my friends work at the local best buy, and although the pay is horrible as far as I'm concerned if I can work in the computer department helping to keep the Macs selling - I'll do it. Besides, the discount is GREAT, maybe not on the Apple stuff, but everything in general. I'll be applying for a job as soon as I get word that his store will have Mac's for sale...

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07/29, 10:08am | report spam | close Reply |
Oh no...

Macs at bustbuy could mean mail in rebates... I refuse to shop at that store due to the over excessive use of rip off rebates.

I shop online and beat the after rebate bustbuy price most everytime.

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Oh no, not again!

I remember the last time my local BestBuy carried Macs. They had two models on display. The mouse and keyboard wouldn't work on one of them, and the other one had most of the contents of the hard drive on the desktop, while the hard drive itself was renamed into a four letter word. Nice image. I spent a few minutes and "cleaned up" that Mac, but as long as there are 14 year old PC kiddies that hate Macs, I'm afraid the Apple brand image is going to suffer.

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Apples at best buy.

yes yes. its true. friday night (august 8th) i was unloading the truck ( i work at best buy in inventory) and we had a couple of those flat screen imac things. and i also had to price alot of those support packs.. there like 349.99 a pop.. what the heck is that program???? lol.. but yes. they will be there soon enough.. i dont like macs.. i dont realy like apple.. but i do like the g5.. :) just dont like the whole OS though.. now as far as speed.. i like the speed of all the apple compters. but i think im gonna stick with my HP laptop and Dell desktop thank u very much :)

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Best buys apple...

yeah yeah. friday night i unloaded a couple of those flat scrren apple things. with that little iwerd base off the truck.. (best buy inventory) and i had to price about 20 boxes of that support package thing.. costs 349 bucks. WTF is with that? lol.. what is that thing? i dont own an apple. and never will. last apple i realy ever used was an apple 2 c in grade/middle school LOl. played oregon trail :) that was wayy back in the day.. but besides that i think ill stick to my dell and HP thank u ver much.

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Best Buy to carry Macs, Macintosh software

updated 02:45 pm EDT, Mon July 28, 2003

One more thing...

FP!

stop

bull...

Re: bull

hmmmm....

the whole chain?

Re: FP!

woot!

Moron

woot again!

A bit worried

re: A bit worried

good idea

@ssholes

re: @ssholes

This is kinda stupid

A good deal this time

Don't hold your breath

sure, warranty's on cds.

BB isn't that bad

Oh no...

Oh no, not again!

Apples at best buy.

Best buys apple...

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