Tag archive: Best Buy

When you think of Apple, what likely comes to mind is well-designed high-end electronics that may or may not be worth the hefty price. When you think of Sam's Club, you probably think something more along the lines of bulk packages of individually wrapped pickles, and free samples of teriyaki chicken on a toothpick. But those two worlds may soon combine. According to 9to5Mac, Sam's Club (a subsidiary of Walmart) and Apple are in… Read More

As metioned by Kotaku earlier today, Microsoft is reported to be testing a software or hardware method on the next version of the Xbox hardware designed to halt the ability to play used games. While this report doesn't indicate that this feature will definitely be included in the next version, the appeal to developers and publishers is likely incredibly high. This type of solution would make it vastly more difficult for retailers like… Read More

Apparently, Santa brought a few unlucky Canadians lumps of clay over the Holidays. Thanks to a new scam, customers who bought iPads from various retail chains in the country were treated to bags of modeling clay when they opened up their iPad 2 boxes. According to CTV News, the scam artists had bought the Apple tablets with cash, removed the devices from the packaging and then resealed the boxes with modeling clay to replicate the weight of the… Read More

It looks like Apple may be extending its retail reach soon. The company is reportedly planning on latching onto the 2nd largest discount retail chain in America, Target, and will be opening up mini-Apple stores within select Target locations. According to a report by Apple Insider, a “source familiar with Apple plans” said that the company will be opening 25 Apple-branded shops within Targets in areas that “can't support a standalone Apple… Read More

Big box electronics stores are starting to look ancient. In an age where small, tailored outlets like Apple Stores have become something of a Mecca for fans, large tech empires like Sony are following suit, and Amazon has become a go-to for your every purchasing needs, the era of the gadget department store might be coming to a close. Best Buy could become the latest victim of our changing times. In a recent Wall Street Journal blog post,… Read More

It seems like Best Buy may have grinched some of its customers right before the holidays. The company has announced that it has not been able to keep up with the shopping demand and won't be fulfilling some customers' orders. “Due to overwhelming demond of hot product offerings on BestBuy.com druing the November and December time period, we have encountered a situation that has affected redemption of some of our customers'… Read More

According to a survey conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, the research firm found that 30 percent of iPhone 4S owners upgraded from the iPhone 4. Since the iPhone 4 was released during June 2010, anyone upgrading to the iPhone 4S approximately 16 months later would be subject to the early termination fee issued by wireless service providers like Verizon and AT&T. For instance, the early termination fee on smartphones for… Read More

Things are not looking up for the PlayBook. Research in Motion (RIM) has been struggling to sell its debut tablet since the device hit shelves in April. Lately, RIM seems to have gotten desperate, slashing the tablet's price from $500 to $200, and offering it for free to those who buy its BlackBerry Enterprise Server software. The sales cuts may not have been enough. Electronista  has cited multiple reports that Best Buy dropped orders… Read More

Electronics shoppers in the UK probably noticed that Best Buy stores there were closed down over the weekend. Actually, they probably didn't notice, and that's the problem that the retailer will address when it shuts down its UK operations less than two years after it arrived there. The news comes by way of the Best Buy UK website, which notes that the stores were shuttered this weekend in preparation for a Closing Down sale that… Read More

According to an IBM Benchmark study released today, online shopping during both Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday saw a sizable increase in spending over 2010. Specifically, online sales increased by 24.3 percent on Black Friday and rose by 39.3 percent on Thanksgiving Day. The large increase in Thanksgiving Day sales is likely attributed to stores like Best Buy and Amazon offering discounts on merchandise before Black Friday even started. In… Read More

The basics If you've never done Black Friday before there are some things that you should know and think about before you make your plan. First, if you're going to go, you should make a plan. Second, you should expect craziness and no less. Don't get up at 4 am on friday morning thinking that just because you're an hour early you'll get exactly what you want with no problems at all. No matter where you are, there… Read More

After 31-year-old Loromin Sar was informed that his local Best Buy in Aurora, Colorado ran out of copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, his first thought was to inform store employees that he would be back to blow up the store with some sort of explosive device. He also informed several Best Buy employees that he would return as they got off work in order to shoot them. Sar had preordered the game earlier in the day and was expecting to… Read More

Renamed the ”Marketplace Fairness Act”, a group of bipartisan senators is expected to introduce an alternate version of the “Main Street Fairness Act” in order to appease Web companies like eBay. Rather than taxing all transactions on the Internet, the new bill focuses on large retailers and allows smaller transactions to remain free of taxes. The bill is designed to give states the option of collecting the new tax. Some… Read More

Best Buy might be a leading big-box electronics retailer in the United States, but the company doesn't seem to be able to extend that success to the United Kingdom and Europe. Today, Best Buy announced it will be closing down its nascent big-box store operation in the United Kingdom, shuttering some 11 stores and focusing its European retail operating on an installed base of about 2,500 “small box” mobility stores. Best Buy… Read More

Talk about a good deal: Best Buy announced today that it will offer customers who purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which hits stores on this coming Tuesday, the option of receiving a free HTC smarphone with the signing of a two-year contract (of course). The phones Best Buy is giving away are the HTC EVO 4G for Sprint, the Droid Incredible 2 for Verizon and the Inspire 4G for AT&T. Not a bad selection at all, especially when you can… Read More