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Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
Two years ago, we purchased a MAC computer, but returned it, and purchased a Dell. We also returned software related to this. I have always paid my Best Buy on time. Now this weekend I purchased a DVD player, but I didn’t realize it was a wired, DVD, but I later realized I needed a WiFi one. When I went to exchange it, they said I couldn’t because of the returns from 2 years ago. Never, never did I ever hear that with a corporate company. I knew I should have waited to buy from Amazon, but I didn’t. Now I have a machine that I can’t use. So so upset. I want to warn consumers about Best Buy policies. I am going to put this out on every social media I can. Will never go into that store again.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2018
We bought a washer and dryer through Best Buy in 2014 when we moved to Phoenix. We also purchased the protection plans. It was about to expire so in early Dec they sent an email stating that it would expire, they offered a discounted price of $62.98. I called and bought both plans. On January 15th the charge comes across and it is $185.55! That didn't add up so I called. They put in a file... Yadda, yadda. 10 days went by with no refund on the card, no email regarding it. Hmmm. I called them back and was told, "Sorry. We overcharged your credit card. We will refund the difference on an electronic Best Buy Gift card." WTF! So they took out too much money... Money that I could have paid a bill with or bought food with. They acknowledged the mistake and then force me to go spend the difference/refund in their store???
They didn't even offer to give compensation for the inconvenience of it all. I never ask for compensation on something like this but THIS IS WRONG! I straight up asked for it because of the headache of it all and they would not give anything over the amount of the difference. I asked if the overcharge had been a typo, a mistake, and the amount overcharged was $700.00 would they refund me by putting $700.00 on an electronic gift card? I was told YES! The purchase that is made with that electronic gift card will be our last. We have spent thousands of dollars there over the years... 3 TVs, 3 desktops, 6 laptops, 4 tablets with all the software and hardware needs for them, washer & dryer, 2 vacuums, Bluetooth headsets for our cells, 5 gaming systems, phone supplies out the wazzzoooo and all the protection plans for those items.
I cannot believe that they will treat someone that has been so loyal this way. How many people have had this happen to them? How many people just accepted this? Think of the amount of money that they put into their bank account by making us buy something else with the money they overcharged us. $40 x thousands of victims. I spoke to an attorney that said it is ILLEGAL for Best Buy to pay out overcharge refunds with their electronic gift card but with the small difference in the overcharge and the actual amount that no one will go to court over it. A class action lawsuit would be the only way to get the money back without have to support their sales.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2018
I purchased a Chromebase online from Bestbuy.com-after it was delivered 4 days later, I found out that it was NOT compatible with what I needed for my job. I called the Flint, MI store and wanted to talk to someone about if they had anything comparable to the PC that could run IE on it. I was transferred to the 800 line where I was told that if I could not exchange it at the store that I could be given a gift card so that I could make another purchase online - it was that or wait 2 weeks for shipping and refund. So I took it back to the store, they told me no gift card, and refunded the money... Now I have to wait 5-7 days for my money to come back in my account - also might add, now I cannot work and make any money, because I have no computer. DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM BEST BUY. NOTHING BUT THE WORST NIGHTMARE.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
Worst experience ever, the company amazingly wants to deliberately ruin its reputation in Canada, I think something is going on as I bought few appliances and returned some. It's been a few months now that every day I send them emails and they don't refund it and they say something is wrong and we made an escalation request! It's amazing. I have shares of Best Buy. I'm selling them as I think they are going nuts!
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2018
Dec 29, 2017: On Dec 29, 2017 I purchased a new dishwasher to be delivered and installed by Best Buy. My delivery date was set for Jan 3, 2018 between 8a-12p. Jan 3, 2018: On the delivery day, at 11:51am I received a phone call from the delivery driver. He was 15 minutes away... Once they arrived, removed the old dishwasher, the installers informed me they could not install my new dishwasher due to the bottom being damaged. The installers called customer support and had me verify the dishwasher was in fact damaged. The BB customer support agent, David, assured me they would be contacting me to arrange for another dishwasher to be sent. Mind you, they hauled away my old dishwasher and I’m now left to look at an ugly hole in my kitchen.
Jan 5, 2018: 2 days pass with no phone calls, no follow up, nothing. I call BB on Jan 5th to see what is going on. I’m informed that someone will contact me to reschedule a delivery (again). Jan 8, 2018: I call BB again on Jan 8th and I’m informed that BB cannot continue with reordering and rescheduling my delivery until BB receives the original dishwasher that was sent back damaged. Why that is my problem is beyond me. BB should have immediately rectified the situation but instead I’m being punished (and charged) for their mistake. I leave a review on the product and within minutes I get an email stating the installer is returning the damaged dishwasher to them tomorrow.
Jan 10, 2018: Another 2 days later I receive an EMAIL stating they just received the damaged dishwasher and my new delivery date and time is scheduled for Jan 17th 8a-12p. I respond saying since I’ve been left waiting for 2 days for a response, a phone call asking my availability would have been nice. Also, unless BB planned to pay me to take another day off from work to accept delivery, the 17th will not work. We agree on SATURDAY, Jan 20th 8 – 12p. I receive about 4-5 emails confirming my delivery and haul away. I email David back and explain there is nothing left to haul away since the installers took away my old dishwasher 2 WEEKS ago.
Jan 20, 2018: It’s now Saturday, Jan 20th, the BIG DAY! I receive a phone call from David at 9:05am asking me if I received my dishwasher?!? No, David, I have not received my dishwasher. He says he needs to make a few calls. At 9:17am I receive a phone call from XTO telling me there was no dishwasher for the installers to pick up and they would need to reschedule my delivery. Well, that’s the exact moment my last nerve broke. I call David and ask him what is going on and he says he’s looking into it, he’ll call me back. At 10:12am some poor innocent soul from the Nashua store calls me to tell me my dishwasher was never reordered and he will go ahead and get that done and schedule a new delivery date. I hang up with him and immediately call David back only to be told he’s unavailable.
I proceed to ask for his supervisor, where I’m left on hold for 22 MINUTES! At this point, my blood is boiling, Evita, who wouldn’t supply her last name, eventually picks up with a snide attitude, was not even the least bit sympathetic. In fact, she was rude! I eventually hung up on her since she lacks any real managerial skill. I had better conversation with the kid at the Nashua store. He deserves a raise for stepping up and trying to handle business while everyone else hid behind the hold button. Needless to say, I eventually got a hold of David, he swore he was looking into what happened and was going to fix the situation. It’s about 12:15pm and my doorbell rings, I see a delivery truck, and there’s a crew at my front door to HAUL AWAY my old dishwasher. ARE YOU SERIOUS? I had to explain YOUR mistake and tell them my dishwasher was hauled away 3 weeks ago!
SO, now my entire Saturday was ruined along with the past 17 days of back and forth with Best Buy on a product I PAID FOR. Finally on Jan 22nd I canceled my order. The amount of stress and aggravation I have endured the past 3 weeks, AT MY EXPENSE, is unbelievable. My husband and I have been Best Buy members for the past 20+ years. NEVER AGAIN WILL I PURCHASE ANOTHER ITEM FROM BEST BUY. I will be checking my statement for a FULL refund and closing our accounts. BTW, we purchased the same dishwasher at a small appliance store for $130 less!
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2018
I paid for a brand NEW HP Envy laptop and had it sent to my home. I bought this in January 2018. Not even a week later, I had issues with the laptop. I called HP customer support and they told me that my laptop was registered to them July 24, 2017. So I call Best Buy. Paola confirms that it is a refurbished laptop. WTF. I paid for a brand new one and they sent me a crappy refurbished one? This should be illegal! Best Buy is sending me a new one, but I don't even understand how a mistake like this can happen. I ordered it online and it should have been shipped from a warehouse. Has this happened to other people? Seems fishy to me. The case is open with them until I resolve when confirming the laptop that Best Buy is sending in replacement is in fact NEW.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2018
We purchased an automatic start for our daughter on 12/17. She called for installation and they couldn't do it until 1/20 passed the 14 day policy. The technician let us know that there was already an auto start in the car. We had no idea. We tried to get an return or store credit, but now we are out 300.00. We are 32 days since purchase date. If they would have given us an earlier date we could have returned it in time. It's not right.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2018
The first time I made an order in this store. I ordered the TV set-top box. On the phone came an SMS message from the bank that the purchase took place. A few minutes later, a new message arrived, about the successful cancellation of the order. All this was duplicated by email. Wrote in technical support with the question - why the order was canceled. He addressed the forum in a personal message to the store employee. It took 2 days, received no response. The first time I encountered such an attitude towards the buyer. I had to order from a competitor in Adorama. Before that, I made many purchases for Amazon, eBay, Rakuten, etc.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2018
I was supposed to get my item after two weeks but didn't receive anything after one month. I contacted the customer service and they told me my item is lost and they will send me another one again. It is about 3 weeks after their email and I am still waiting!! I will never buy anything from Best Buy again.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2018
I have purchased many (4-5) laptops, multiple service plans, iPads, back up drives, hard drives, etc from Best Buy. They do not stand behind their products and their service is terrible. You can never get a computer back in less than 4 days and it often takes a week for any repair. They charge you to back up your files ($80) even if the problem is with a computer you purchased from them. They have no concept of the inconvenience to the customer and do not believe that it is their problem when a computer fails 4 times in the first 6 months (store manager told me it was the manufacturer's problem that I was having. My computer stripped of all programs for the 2nd time on a new computer because of a hardware issue).
As they prepared to send it back to the mfg for repairs they assured me it wasn't their problem and that they were just the retailer. The repair took a week and then they took at least 5 more days to pack and ship it back to me. It needs all the programs reloaded when it comes back which will take another several days. When I called to see why it had not yet been shipped, they said there was no number to call. I asked repeatedly to contact them and they repeatedly told me it was impossible, finally admitting they could send an email but there was no guarantee they would read it.
I've shortened the story considerably but on its fourth time in, this new HP will be gone about three weeks. When I suggest that no business owner can afford their lack of service, they are rude and unaffected. This follows two other bad laptops (screen came off in my hand at 13 months, and the other crashed completely at 15 months). The store manager told me that this goes to show I absolutely should have purchased the extra hardware insurance and that it was not his problem...he simply was the retailer.
In short, I assume that Best Buy is running a going out of business strategy. You cannot find anyone who has any responsibility if you try to work your way up the food chain. They all tell you that there is no one in charge. I hope anyone reading this will go elsewhere for their electronics and Best Buy is not getting the message.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2018
Best Buy in Bellevue, WA: Quite an aggressive and negative environment. I feel bad I had gotten slightly edgy, I am actually not like that but I have realized to be nice no matter what (I was trying to return a TV and buy a new one since the one I was trying to return wasn't streaming very well). But here's what it felt like, the person ripped the whole box to find a fault so that I couldn't return it. (Is how it felt.) Everything was there except the 2 screws which I never actually opened. I understand that it's important to bring everything back which I had. This cashier who was trained well in the negative environment wanted to charge back $40 for those 2 tiny screws. Now it wouldn't be a problem to let them take a reasonable amount.
Anyway I went back to my apartment and brought the screws. They were lying around on the floor In the whole process (their product wasn't streaming well, they wanted to somehow find a way to convince me that it was my fault). Not one person had decent customer service skills, not one person! Not one person smiled and said "they are sorry that this happened and would you like to get another tv, it's our pleasure to help"? I returned the product and bought another brand (other than Sharp) from another store. Because I didn't think it was worth it to have another similar experience in the future. Best Buy improve your culture, I dealt with 4 people, everyone was nasty. They only want to sell. That's it.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2018
We purchased an HP Envy laptop ($1200) and were specifically told MS Office came with the product. However after getting everything setup and transferring files from the old pc I discovered we didn’t have a license key for MS Office. I called the store and was curtly told this never comes with and I’d have to purchase separately at the tune of $150. When I asked if this was my only option I was told I could return the product. So I removed everything I setup, packaged it up and returned it to the store. They were none too pleased that I was returning and then decided perhaps they should try to appease the customer but it was too late. We’ve been longtime Best Buy customers but this has really opened my eyes. I will lose the SAC financing that was a bonus but I’m buying from Amazon from now on!
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2018
"We're sorry your ordered item(s) are taking longer to fulfill than we anticipated. Please be assured we'll continue to work on this order, and once the item(s) become available we will let you know. If we are not able to complete your order by January 03, 2018, we will notify you and cancel the item(s). Since there is a delay in getting the item(s) to you, please note that there's a chance your order will not arrive by December 24. To make up for this inconvenience, we are giving you a $13.00 credit - the amount of shipping the item which will be applied to your order when it ships."
This order was to be shipped to me. This email plainly states that it would be cancelled. This has not happened. The original email went to my brother. Mark **, whose phone number is also the one on the order. He has power of attorney for our mother. He tried to cancel this when he got the delay notice as it was important to my mother that it arrive before Christmas. He was told he couldn't cancel. What kind of nonsense is this? Your company has absolutely abysmal customer service. I called about this order, giving her name and the phone # on the order. I was told TWICE that it would be cancelled. I have already filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I called again today, 1/9/18 and asked to be transferred to corporate. I was told AGAIN it would be handled in 4-5 days. Not soon enough!
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
I purchased a $265.00 security camera on 12/23/17 using my debit card. My debit card was phished so the bank deactivated my debit card on 12/28/17. The recipient did not want the camera. I took the unopened box along with the receipt to the West Simsbury CT store. I explained the situation and asked them to mail me a check for the $265.00 since the bank deactivated the card used to make the purchase. They would NOT mail me a check! The only option was to get a gift card! Now I am stuck with a $265.00 gift card instead of the money.
I talked to the store manager Jared and he told me the only option was the gift card. I vow to NEVER shop in a Best Buy again (after I use the gift card) EVER! There is absolutely no reason that they could not accommodate me and issue a check other than their greed. I will never step foot on another Best Buy! I contacted Best Buy online and was given the corporate phone number. The online customer rep said a check could be mailed if I contacted corporate. I told Jared the manager that and he told me the online customer service rep was wrong.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
I tried to order a computer (3 times) from Best Buy. Each time the order was canceled and I called to reinstate the order. It continued to be canceled. The online support staff (3 times, again) were incompetent. I will never purchase a product from Best Buy again. It appears that Best Buy does not want my business - they have been at least successful in that manner as I will never do business with Best Buy again. This is the most dysfunctional enterprise I have dealt with in decades. Do not do business with Best Buy!
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
I tried to contact Best Buy to ask a simple question as to whether or not they had a specific product in stock and was not able to connect with a sales associate. I made up to 7 attempts to contact this store. I don't care if I was calling at a busy time - if they are too busy to answer a phone call from a potential customer, they should hire more staff. Unacceptable service and they have lost a customer.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
This review is for the Best Buy in Orange, CA. Off Chapman and State College Blvd. I cannot believe the horrific customer service and fraudulent activity this store has put me through the past 2 weeks! I went to this location on Wednesday 12/20/17 to purchase a TV for my parents, when finally selecting the TV and going to purchase with my debit card the employee that rang me up “Janet” failed to tell me beforehand that they were having issues with their registers so some purchases were going through and others weren’t... it turns out ALL THE REGISTERS WERE HAVING ISSUES AND NOTHING WAS GOING THROUGH. So she began to run my card not 1 or 2 times but a total of 3 times where my card didn’t go through and the transaction failed. After finally failing 3 times I decided to leave the store and just take out cash to pay for the item.
Upon arriving back to the store again after going to the bank I decided to check my bank statement and noticed that the 3 transactions for 400$ each she had just tried were pending. I immediately asked to speak to someone about the pending charges and was told not to worry that it just showed as “pending” but all charges would drop and none should post. I trusted upper managements word, purchased the TV in cash, and went about my day. The next day 12/21/17 one of the pending transactions had posted and the money was withdrawn from my account. I went straight to Best Buy that same morning and asked to speak to someone again, where was given the response that all charges should drop within the latest Of 3-5 business days and I was given the corporate number to contact for any further questions that day.
After contacting corporate on 12/21/17 after going to Best Buy they let me know there was “nothing they could do because it was in-store issue”. After going out of town for the holidays and coming back on 12/26/17 all the 3 transactions of $400 a total of over 1,300 HAD POSTED AND BEST BUY TOOK THE MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY AUTHORIZATION. I immediately went to the Best Buy location that day asked to speak to their general manager, the lady was rude when asking her why the money had been taken and what they were going to do to help me out of this situation. She let me know that the transactions shouldn’t have gone through WHEN THEY CLEARLY DID. All she did was provide me with the corporate # yet again. Immediately after leaving the store I called corporate yet again and asked to speak with someone from their fraud department.
I spoke to the representative JONAS where he was able to view the 3 transactions that they had illegally made and promised all money would be refunded to me back by Tuesday 1/2/17. It was a lie. Come Tuesday 2/7/17 nothing was refunded to my account, I called corporate yet again and they said they had no “notes” in my file about money being refunded and proceeded to tell me I had to go to the Best Buy location to speak to them!
I had enough, and let Best Buy know multiple times when calling corporate that I would take legal action if I had to go through my bank and dispute all 3 charges when clearly Best Buy had taken my money and didn’t want to give it back. Now I’m disputing my charges through my bank and taking it to legal matters since no one seems to know where my $1,3000 is at yet it was clearly shown to be taken by Best Buy. This entire thing has been a nightmare. I have attached below the receipt where I paid for the item cash. Thank you.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
I ordered a Thrustmaster racing system for my grandson for Christmas on December 2 online from Best Buy. It said that it would be delivered on December 12 to me. I checked the status of the order on December 14 because it had not $200 on December 2 when I ordered it. I called the customer service line and they said for some reason the manufacturer had misappropriated the amount of orders and couldn't fulfill the order until after December 28. This was not acceptable to me because it was a Christmas gift. So she talked me into buying a different racing system which was $260 and I went to pick it up from the store to ensure receiving it. In the meantime I'm waiting for my refund and never got it. I've called 5 times to see what the deal is and they kept telling me there is a problem with the manufacturer and I may have to wait for it to ship and then return it to them.
This is unacceptable so finally I get someone on the line who says, "We will give you a credit for the item and if you receive it in the mail you'll have to return it" and I said, "Fine". That was Dec 23 and I still have not seen a credit to my PayPal account. So I call again and they keep saying everything is in place but it may take 1 or 2 billing cycles to get my refund. I've never had an experience where they take your money before. They are sure they can fulfill the order and then hold it up even though the order should have been cancelled. It still shows being processed and they claim they cannot cancel...it’s up to the manufacturer. I am forever done with Best Buy. It'll be a miracle if I get my money back. I'm pissed!!!
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
I tried to make an online purchase but when I pressed submit AFTER entering all my billing and shipping info I was simply returned to my cart. I called customer service to confirm an order hadn't been placed and she confirmed NO ORDER HAD BEEN PLACED. I placed another order through PayPal instead. Three hours later I get two emails saying my TWO ORDERS have shipped. Sigh. An hour on the phone with the Pakistani call center only to hear over and over "it's between you and the vendor". You know the rest. BESTBUY <~~~ Nope nope nope... I'm done.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2018
I purchased HD antenna from Best Buy online and it doesn't work at my house. When I try to return it, it proved to be most difficult. They keep giving me the runaround and they want me to pay for the return shipping. I have contacted Best Buy twice on the phone and they won't help me until all resources have been exhausted with the 3rd party seller. My advice is to shop at a reputable online store like Amazon or Costco where they honor their customers and will do anything to make their shopping experience a good one. Best Buy we'll never make it the way they are going. Don't buy here!
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2018
Despite glowing advertisements online and in their stores, Best Buy has drastically changed its return policy. They have off-loaded it to a third party and that would be The Retail Equation. On December 15th, 2017, I bought a Samsung Powerbot vacuum cleaner from Best Buy in Savannah, GA. (Store #508) As this cleaner is similar to the Roomba and is "automatic" I wasn't sure it would do the job. The salesman assured me that if it didn't do the job, I could bring it back. With that assurance I bought the Samsung and charged my Best Buy account $588.49.
On December 17th, 2017, after a determination that the Samsung wasn't going to work for me, I took it back. Attached to the return receipt was a slip of paper printed by the POS machine. +++RETURNED WARNED+++ Additionally, the Best Buy associate said I may not be able to return anything in the future. I've never had a problem, or a "Warning" that I couldn't return stuff that didn't work... until then. I didn't pay attention to the "Warning," thinking that it was a mistake on the part of BestBuy.
On the same day of the return (December 17, 2017) I bought a pair of Jaybird "Run" Wireless Earbuds. It was charged to my Best Buy account. $181.89. There was no mention of any possible problem with a return. When I was able to actually hear what the earbuds sounded like, I determined that the Jaybirds were really bad. On December 19, 2017, the Jaybird earbuds were returned. Best Buy refused to accept them. The POS printed a slip of paper saying "Return Declined."
This is a complete change in the Best Buy Terms of Service. Best Buy has handed off its returns to an outside vender, not disclosed to me at the time of sale.The cashier, when I tried to return the ear buds, said that she could do nothing. I should call The Retail Equation's Customer Service number (1-888-224-1920)
I called the number twice and on both occasions was unable to understand the Oriental male voice. His English could not be understood. In frustration, I returned to the Savannah Best Buy and asked to speak with the Manager on Duty. He was very pleasant and explained that he was not empowered to do anything about the return. He said that returns were handed off to The Return Equation in California.
He did offer a telephone number for "Corporate." (1-888-237-8289), suggesting that I could make my case with them. I haven't called "Corporate" as I think this is a huge, unannounced change in Best Buy's Terms of Service. I think this change would make a huge class action suit against Best Buy. Basically, the change in return policy was never made known to me at the time of purchase of the original item. Best Buy continues to advertise a generous return policy and no restrictions are mentioned. All I want is my money back.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2018
We left the Springfield, VA Best Buy following a “Black Friday” sale (Veterans Day). Happy with the sales experience. I must hand it to **, he knows his appliances. We purchased a refrigerator and a range. Both products were cheaper at COSTCO so ** worked out a price match with removed some “free” IT gadget that we would of received if we had paid the Best Buy listed price. We had no idea of the nightmare that we were about to experience in getting the range delivered.
The refrigerator was delivered as promised. We could not get Best Buy to install it though as the new refrigerator was larger than our door openings as I would have to remove a sliding glass door handle/lock to get it an opening large enough to get it inside the house. The delivery crew would not wait for me to prepare the door. I was told that the delivery was not supposed to take more than 15 minutes as it would cause them to be late for every appointment after mine. I was impressed that they had consideration for their other customers. I understood and ended up getting the refrigerator into kitchen and installed it on my own. The range however, was not available for delivery the same day. Best Buy said that the manufacturer had not shipped it to them.
We learned the day prior to delivery that it would take another week to get it delivered. But instead of asking us for a delivery time, the delivery was automatically scheduled a week later – during an afternoon block time that we would not be home (if the delivery arrived after 3 PM). We tried to get the delivery changed to the same morning and we thought that we had worked it out. We waited that morning for the delivery. No one showed. At around 1:30, 90 minutes passed our morning delivery block time, we called Best Buy to find out how late the delivery would be. At that time ** notified us that the delivery has a delay and unfortunately, the installation (another person) had not been scheduled as a range installation involves two appointments. We agreed that we would accept the range without the installation which we could schedule for a later time.
At about 4 PM while on my way to the airport we called again only to learn that they never loaded the range on their truck, we would have to re-schedule. As part of our receipts, a letter from the manager, Stefan is included that says that if we need an assistance to call him. So we called Stefan who said that he would call us back. He never did.
As we were traveling just prior to the Holidays, we asked the Best Buy delivery schedule personnel for a morning delivery two weeks later, but we had to have a morning block on December 23rd as we had a Holiday event at our house on that evening and we needed to use the oven that afternoon. The best we could get was an afternoon delivery. So we called **, who said that they would deliver in the morning and to ignore any Best Buy emails and phone messages that would continue to mention a morning block time. On the evening of the 22nd ** called us to tell us that the delivery would not occur in the morning, the appointment was never changed. We decided that we would shift our schedule around on the 23rd to receive the range, as ** also told us that they would refund the $179.00 delivery charge for us.
At 5:30 on the 23rd – 90 minutes passed the afternoon block time, I called ** to tell him that we never received the range or even a call from the delivery personnel. I told him that the Best Buy challenges were too much; we needed management intervention to circumvent the challenges and to get some type of priority to get our range delivered. As the next day was Christmas Eve, ** explained to me that we could not do anything until the 26th. I explained to him that I expected that he would call me on the 26th with a solution. I expected immediate priority on my delivery and ** agreed. I asked him if there was anything else that can be done, and he agreed that what I had mentioned, was the best way ahead. My wife called ** to get his take on the issue. ** was heard yelling at someone over our issue and said that he would call her back.
At 6:40 PM the delivery team called us. We had a house full of guests and had to decline. ** for a second time, did not call us back. On the evening on 26th I called Best Buy as I never heard from ** all day. I spoke to a man called Sayed and told him that I wanted a refund for the range. I explained that we had been working with ** and ** and that we had lost our patience, refund our money. Sayed said that somebody would have to call us about the refund. I said that I did not want to speak to anyone and to refund our money. He said that he would.
On the 27th, we received a call from the automated Best Buy delivery service asking us if we wanted the next available delivery day – which was after the New Year. It was apparent that our order was not canceled and that nobody as Sayed said, had bothered to call us. On the morning of the 28th, I reached ** and explained that I believe that our order was not being processed for a refund. I was right. ** asked me if I was sure that I did not want to work out a delivery. I firmly painted his failure to call me on the 26th as the last straw in this delivery fiasco and then he granted me a refund.
The Best Buy delivery process is clearly flawed. We bought our range during a high sales period. One would think that with a 15-minute delivery time per customer that they would either follow their own rules or would they work some slack into their processes to allow for immediate delivery on missed appointments such as next day delivery instead of having to wait a week or more for an appointment opening.
Why not leave a bit of time per day as unscheduled for missed deliveries? Especially when it is their fault! Why not contract other people to assist with the high sales period? Why would we be told to ignore a delivery notification as it would be wrong? Clearly, the processes lack the ability to adjust to accommodate missed deliveries. Why did the manager include a letter telling us to contact him in case of any issues and then postpone an immediate answer only to blow us off? That is a poor practice for customer expectations. ** should stop distributing that letter whether it is due to Best Buys poor processes or due to his in own inability to respond. He does not practice what he puts into writing.
Why was my refund prolonged? The contract says that if we cannot get our appliance delivered that we can request a refund. I guess that since the paperwork agreement it does not say “immediate” which is ridiculous, they can refund when they deem the sale is lost instead of the customer wants his money back. So be aware of this practice.
The problems we had are a result of poor processes and poor leadership. I would hope that Best Buy management reads this posting and sees that there is issue with this store and that they insert some practices to improve their processes and to address ** lack of customer purpose. Until at least ** departs, as poor customer service emanates from the leadership, I advise everyone that the Best Buy in Springfield, VA has some serious issues. And I will also mention that we went back to COSTCO to buy the same range. While the prices are a few dollars higher, we learned that unlike Best Buy, we were not charged for a delivery and haul away fee. So wow! In addition to being unable to deliver as promised, Best Buy add-ons increase the price over $150 on a range. Do you still want to shop at Best Buy after reading this post? Maybe the “free” IT gadget that I mentioned in the first paragraph would make it worth your while. Not for me.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2017
I ordered an item online and decided to cancel it a few minutes later. When I contacted Best Buy, they said I had to deal with the seller. In my order status, it clearly says "Sold and Delivered by Best Buy". There's no mention of a third party seller, and no information on how to contact them. I consider this fraudulent on the part of Best Buy. They have just received the last of my business. I can get anything I want from Staples or Costco, so goodbye to "Worst Buy".
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2017
We ordered a refrigerator about 3 weeks ago. Delivery set for 8-11am 12/24. Take 1/2 day off work. Move out all stuff in our current fridge and wait. Delivery calls and tells us they won't be there until about 1pm. Call and tell work I'll be an hour late. Truck comes but as delivery people start unloading new fridge they notice a huge dent in front & tell me they need to send it back. We schedule re-delivery for 12/29 8am-11am. Take another 3 hours off of work. Once again, move all of the food out of old fridge and wait. At 11:30 my husband texts me that Best Buy sent him an email 15 minutes stating that the refrigerator won't be delivered until 1/29. Can't afford to take any more time off of work so not sure what to do. Furious and appalled at lack of respect Best Buy has for its customers.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2017
Just yesterday I purchased an expensive Samsung TV from the Columbia Heights Best Buy #1092 in Washington, DC. A store I have purchased several thousands of dollars worth of electronics over the last few years. However, immediately after I arrived home and began to unpack the box, I realized the wrong TV was in the box. It contained an old TV no longer even sold (and missing the stand, remote and other materials). It was in mint condition so clearly nobody had used it. Frustrated, I packed it back up, dragged the 55 in. box back to the store only to be told, "Sorry can't refund it." I will need to contact corporate (implying that I stole a TV and am returning a broken system for the cash). As a reminder, here is their policy from the website "If you receive a product that is damaged in shipping, defective or that is not the product you ordered, please return it to a Best Buy store and we'll arrange for a replacement."
Getting the wrong TV is clearly not getting the product I ordered. I boxed it back up and drag it back home to call Best Buy at the number provided. Guess what! They told me regional managers and store managers make return decisions not corporate. So once again I dragged the box back across town to the store to track down the manager (who I was earlier told was in an hour... No wait... Two hour meeting, but actually wasn't). He finally came to the front of the store and said he would have to talk to the regional manager and would call me back within 24 hours. One more guess what! He never called. I spent $740 dollars on a useless TV while they must have an employee stealing TVs internally. So that coupled with losing my business and that of my family, I hope their inaccurate return policy was worthwhile.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2017
I had placed an order for a 65 inch Samsung curved television on 11/01/2017 which was supposed to be delivered to me by Dec 3 which was never done. When I called customer service for my refund they actually put me on hold and an associate named Lydia finally told me she could not process the refund and there was no manager to talk to and I will be contacted next day morning. Pathetic customer service even though I am one of their elite members.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2017
I purchased a $70 cable from Best Buy. As it turned out I didn't need it. I live on an island in Washington State and when I called Best Buy to see about returning it, they insisted that I have to return it in person. We have the receipt, but sending that to them is not good enough. We have to return it in person. That means a $50 ferry trip and most of a complete day, to return a $70 cable. They have lost my business for good!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2017
Would post a negative star if possible. Bought a Westinghouse TV from these guys as a doorbuster on 12/18. The TV screen had a crack in it, would not start up the display, tried to return it to the store on 12/27 and they would not take it back. They referred me to go back to the manufacturer (Westinghouse) to deal with them. I returned the 2nd TV back to them, and also the replacements I had purchased. This will be my last interaction with Best (Worst) Buy. Will be purchasing my electronics from other places. The two replacement TVs are now purchased from Costco instead due to their excellent customer service.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2017
I am writing this consumer complaint as a result of several major customer service issues with this company. In addition to the terrible Customer Service encounter that I experienced, the company failed to resolve my disputes on two accounts: I purchased a Gamers Club membership from this company which unlocks a discount for certain items in addition to other perks. When I logged into my account online, the gamer's club benefits failed to apply at checkout to any of the applicable products.
I reached out to Best Buy's 1800 number, only to be passed around to 8 different departments, with no manager, and nobody knowing what they're talking about. There were several purchases that went through without the discount applied which till this day have not been refunded to my card. The Customer Service reps were VERY rude and VERY ignorant to certain internal processes. It was very clear that this company outsources their Customer Services and as a result there is a huge barrier/disconnect between the company and the customer.
The second major incident happened just yesterday where I purchase an online DLC for $50. The DLC was purchased using $35 and $15 in rewards certificates which I have accrued through being a Best Buy Elite Plus member (one of their higher spending customers). Upon purchasing the DLC I noticed that it was for the incorrect console - so I then attempted to cancel the transaction BEFORE I received the DLC code in my email. For whatever reason, the cancellation option would not work on their website despite my numerous attempts to do so.
I contacted the 1800 number again only to be greeted by a Customer Service rep who put me on hold for 45 minutes and had no clue what she was doing. In the end they would not refund me my entire $50 because $15 had been purchased using rewards certs. I am still entitled to this amount, if the merchant is admitting fault by refunding partially, then they are obligated to refund the FULL amount. Never shop here if you ever plan on receiving positive customer support. God help you if you ever need to deal with their Customer Service team, hopefully you are okay with being treated like a POS.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2017
December 16, 2017 Best Buy Store#52 Plover, Wisconsin. I was asked immediately on entering what did I want? I'd researched the TracFone with SKU# and details, with their ad, and, showed this information to the greeter. He told me to go to the MOBILE station, near the #52 Best Buy entry. There I waited, and waited. It was early Saturday morning. The Best Buy Mobile salesman who was helping a customer, stopped his interaction with the customer, and asked me what I wanted, I said to please go on and finish with the customer he was with as I would wait my time; he did not finish, he took my information but couldn't operate his computer.
The Plover #52 store salesman asked the Oshkosh Best Buy to ship one to the Plover #52 Best Buy. I was asked for my name, telephone number, and told I'd have the TracFone before Christmas Day. Oshkosh is not far from the Stevens Point/Plover Best Buy. About 64 miles away in fact. I telephoned #52 Best Buy on Friday December 22, 2017 to ask if the TracFone from the Oshkosh Best Buy was ready for pick-up.
Confusion reigned: there was no order number, there was no way for #52 Best Buy to know where -if it was- inside somewhere of the #52 Best Buy. Jump to today-10 days with the holiday weekend. Today is December 26, 2017, I learned that no TracFone from Oshkosh was ever-ever-shipped to the Plover #52 Best Buy. Ironic and stupid. I did telephone several times from December 16, 2017, fully expecting the TracFone from Oshkosh to have been shipped to #52 Best Buy in Plover, Wisconsin. Did I ever hear something from Plover Best Buy #52, after giving my name and telephone number, and my address to the Best Buy #52 salesman who spoke with the Oshkosh Best Buy salesman on the availability of the TracFone?
I never received a telephone call back, when I telephoned I was promised a callback, which was never made. I encountered rudeness, what I call robotic white lies, "a call will be made to you in an hour, you will receive a call later today, we will telephone you before we close this evening." On and on, in various degrees of rudeness, voices that rang with dullness and boredom, disinterest, passivity. I have waited on my own landline phone as I was told to hang on the line, and then nothing. I telephoned them today about 4 p.m. to inquire as to the status of the TracFone, fully believing it would be ready for picking up. I was again given the robotic voices-disinterested-confounding-how would they even know for there was no one there who did know...
Best Buy #52 telephoned tonight, December 26th, a few minutes past 9 p.m., to tell me that the Oshkosh Best Buy never had the TracFone in the first place to ship to them #52 Best Buy. A TracFone could come now from another Best Buy, the Mayfair Wisconsin Best Buy. I told the Best Buy salesperson telephoning me, that I was finished with Best Buy, and, that I would never cross their threshold ever again. Resistance is necessary in confronting stupidity, lack of civility, and deception.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2017
I placed couple of orders from best buy recently. First issue: Best Buy charged shipping, even though this order was eligible for free shipping. After several phone calls they refunded shipping. Second issue: I ordered open box mouse on Dec 25 and I get email from Best Buy order was cancelled because item was not available. When I call customer service, they mentioned Best Buy forgot to add shipping and hence it was cancelled. They can order the same item again if I pay $6 shipping. There is no help from customer service to fix their own mess and customer service supervisor was reluctant to accept it was their mistake.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2017
DON'T BUY ANY APPLIANCES FROM THESE GUYS. Wish we would have known, and read the reviews first, which I now looked at and there's a lot of bad ones. We bought a Frigidaire fridge thru them the end of October 2017. We've had problems right from the start, the freezer temp keeps heating up. First time we noticed it we lost some food, thankfully not a lot. We called them they said they'd replace a part which they did, and if it didn't work the geek squad guy said it should be replaced, and of course it didn't work. So my husband called and TT somebody on 12/20, the guy said the fridge would be replaced and would be coming on the Sat before Xmas Eve, mind you we cleaned it all out, luckily had a smaller fridge in the basement to cram everything in.
Called to verify they were coming. They said there was no record of the call on 12/20. They said that we wouldn't get a new one, but a tech would come out to test it diagnostically. They said after FOUR times if still not working then it will get replaced. I'm sure we'll have to replace it with the manufacturer, which I hope will be a better experience than with Best Buy. Thank God there's a 1 year manufacturer's warranty on it. This company needs to be shut down, I don't think it's being run appropriately and they're being dishonest with customers. Every time you get someone new to TT it's always a different answer. Watch it, buy your appliances from somewhere else like Sears.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2017
This company is a SCAM!!! This morning of Dec 22 '17, I placed an order for an IPAD Pro, a Christmas gift for my son which I paid with my VISA DEBIT. As my usual practice, I checked the order status right after and it showed PAYMENT RECEIVED, ORDER RECEIVED. Then I checked my bank account and found out that the total amount was already withdrawn. After about 5 minutes, I received an email saying that my order was CANCELLED! I checked my order status and all it shows was ORDER CANCELLED! I nervously searched their online order site in an attempt to find the information as to what happened, but didn't find any reference or reason as to why the order was cancelled after taking away my hard earned money.
I was finally able to speak with a customer service rep, and to my dismay and frustration, I was told that there was an ISSUE WITH THE SHIPPING ADDRESS! I told the rep that if that was the case, then why did they proceed with the order in the first place, and INSTANTLY TOOK MY MONEY?! The CSR told me that my money will be refunded in 3-5 business days which means that I won't be able to give the gift to my son on Christmas Day! I even proposed to the CSR to re-process the order and I will give an alternative shipping address, but the CSR kept saying that my money will be refunded in 3-5 business days. I ended up burning with rage and great disappointment for this ORGANIZED SCAM COMPANY treated me with GROSS DISREGARD AND UTMOST UNFAIR, UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICE. I will never ever buy from this scammer as long as I live!!!! Rating: -5 star.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2017
Online Interstate Commerce fraud and a form of bait & switch, offering a product online for sale with no intent to sell or deliver. The HP 12.1 EliteBook i7 core 4GB ram computer, skew #5581177, has been on sale for 15 months. On Sat 12/16 I paid for the computer. I have a sales receipt. I asked the clerk if it would be delivered to the store or me. The clerk forgot to enter shipping info so we had to go to the service counter to enter shipping info. Then the clerk said she could not sell me the computer and gave me back my money. I complained to a store manager Britney who tried 4 different ways [online, OMS, POS Order Create, & Ship to Store Inventory 32], to order it and have it sent to the store.
At home, I called the (888) number. Nicky gave me a reference number ** and said I could go back on Monday and buy the computer. At 10:30am Monday I went back. Britney called the (888) number and Jody Ann said I could not buy the computer. AT 2PM I called the corporate CEO office. Mr ** said he'd call the store and have them call me to get the computer. It took a store manager 3 hours to call me and he said if I come in and pay for it, he could have it delivered to the store, but it might be January on back order.
If a female manager couldn't do it trying 4 different ways why should I believe this guy can. Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. This guy makes three. I filed complaints with the FTC & BBB and I sent a letter to the CEO Hubert Joly for the Board of Directors along with a copy of a page from their website. With a library computer, the Best Buy website, and less than 5 minutes I found 1 computer in Augusta Maine. It doesn't take till January to overnight a computer. I see now the website says sold out.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2017
I received a package during this holiday season. I was anticipating a Best Buy package, but not for another few days. I received a DVD that I did not order with a receipt from Best Buy included. I immediately assumed that it was the wrong product, but upon looking at the receipt, it was intended for someone else in a completely different state. I immediately tracked my order, which said it was not delivered yet. My concern was for the other person, that they would not receive their holiday order. I contacted Best Buy via telephone and after dealing with the automated system, I finally reached someone who stated "Our system is down, please try again in one to two hours" and hung up. I then emailed customer service. The reply was to call or "chat" online. I tried chatting. She said "Thank you for your honesty, but this is beyond my scope, please call customer service." Fine.
I called back, reached someone, explained that I had someone else's order - had no complaints about mine yet, because it showed "in transit"... he processed the return. I said, "OK, but do you want the name or order number of the person that this was intended for... so that you can process an immediate delivery for them, or contact them about your mistake?" I was told "No. That is not necessary. When they realize they didn't get it, I'm sure that we will hear from them." I was so baffled. What if they are going out of town, if this is a gift. It's the holidays - this is not their mistake!
Total stranger to me, but I don't want anyone to go through a ruckus for something if I'm spending all this time to let Best Buy know about their error (or the courier's error or however it went.) I will never shop there or order from there again. If that was my product, and they knew there was an error before I did and they wanted no information (Like, "let's wait and see if the customer actually contacts us") I would be out of luck in the holiday season and they would not care.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2017
I will NEVER pay for installation or delivery from Best Buy. We purchased a dishwasher the day after Black Friday. They came to deliver and install it, they delivered it and said they couldn’t install it because there was no ground. They said nothing about what needed to be installed (junction box or outlet box). So I have my electrician come out and call Best Buy to find out for sure what we need. I am on hold for 25 minutes before someone in installation picks up. I ask him what we should install based on the model, he doesn’t know. I have my electrician install an outlet box hoping that is correct since no one can confirm. On that call the guy who didn’t help at all, transferred me to reschedule my delivery and haul away. I am transferred to a woman who seems that she doesn’t know how to work her scheduling system.
I wait 15 minutes while she tries to schedule it, asking me the same questions over and over again as if it’s the first time she asked. She finally schedules the install and haul away for the 22nd. So I take off of work. 12:40 on the 22nd I get a call from the haul away guy, he says he will be there in 20 min. I asked him if he was installing it too, he says no, he just hauls the other one away. I said, "Well, the installation isn’t done." He asks if it’s disconnected because he “can’t take it if it’s connected”. I told him the original delivery guys only took the front plate off the bottom and that was it, after that they said they couldn’t do it and left with no further information. He says rudely, “We’ll I can’t take it if it’s not connected." Based on this I get the sense that something is wrong and call the corporate number. I wait on hold for another 25 minutes.
The guy that picks up tells me he understands my frustration, but all he can do is reschedule and if I am going to do that, I should just go to the local store and schedule it (that’s what I did in the first place and how did that work out for me?). So he can’t help me and I hang up and call the store. No one answers, the phone rings endlessly until someone picks up and hangs up on me. I then call back to the main number of the store and after another 10 minutes I speak to an associate and ask for the manager. She asks for my account information saying that she will bring up the order so that the manager can see it when she comes to the phone. I am put on hold 4 times and she comes back without the manager and says that the installer will call me sometime today. I said, "Well what happens if they don’t, since historically they haven’t shown up." She said then call the store back.
What do I can be hung up on and be placed on hold for my whole life. I don’t have time for this. I paid a premium for this product and I wish I hadn’t even bought it. It seems that they screw everything up, make it difficult to contact them and are completely apathetic about the horrible customer experience. I will take my dollars to a store that cares about customer service in the future. They are not interested in helping, the associates just want the problem not to be theirs so they punt it to the next person.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2017
Went for GPS. Was told there was one customer in front of me. I waited 40 minutes while that customer bought a camera, accessories and applied for credit. When she left the salesperson turned and waited on another customer while I was standing at the counter for 40 minutes. I said, “Excuse me. I was NEXT” and he kept walking ignoring me. Never again will I enter that store. Fashion Center Paramus.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2017
Burned twice by these guys. First time, I bought a washer and dryer in the store. Waited at home during the 4 hour delivery window. Got a confirmation phone call the day before the delivery. They did not show up. I re-scheduled, same thing happened again. To make matters worse, when I called their delivery department after the second time, the person claimed they attempted delivery and I was not home, which was not true. They wasted 8 hours of my time. I ended up calling customer service and found out that the washer and dryer was not in stock! They finally delivered the washer and dryer, but this was a very frustrating experience caused by their lack of communication and dishonesty about the availability of the appliances.
Second time, I bought a TV online. I got a 4 hour delivery window for delivery between 4pm and 8pm, and again I waited at home. At 4:45pm the delivery guy called and said he would be at my place in 20-30 minutes. Best Buy also sent an email to me saying the same thing. He was a no show. Here we go again! So at 6:15pm, I called customer service to see what happened. The csr claimed the driver did not make the delivery because I did not give him directions! My house is very easy to find, and besides, I never received a call asking for directions. What really sent me off the edge is that the csr claimed the delivery driver called me at 10:15 am, or 6 hours before the delivery, to get the directions. I checked my phone log and of course there was no call from them. Bogus! I am done with Best Buy. There are other options for appliances and televisions that I am sure can provide better customer service.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2017
I ordered a 2500 dollar Samsung fridge. It was to be delivered on a Tues by 8 so I got rid of my old fridge. Had food sitting in boxes of ice because my new fridge is coming right? Wrong. They just never showed up and did not get it until Friday. I lost all my food along with my insulin. They will not reimburse me like are you serious? Worst customer service ever and will never buy anything from there again. They are lucky to get one star from me.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2017
I really wanted to like my experience. I like Best Buy a lot in general. But their delivery team, supervisors, and management are all inept. I had delivery scheduled yesterday (a week after I was originally scheduled, which was a debacle in itself there), and the guys who delivered my refrigerator were unable to find the shut-off for the water line to the fridge. So they left my old fridge and my new fridge there in the middle of the kitchen. I have no room in my kitchen! They said they would come back yesterday and they did not. Best Buy said they would call to pick it up but they have not. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2017
On 12/16, Best Buy delivered my new Maytag electric dryer. The dryer installation went well, but the installers told me they couldn't take away my old dryer (which I paid for) because their truck was too full. I was told the dryer would be picked up on 12/17 and I would be called with a pick up time. At 2:25 pm, I called to inquire when, and was told no one's coming because no pick up had been scheduled! Leanna asked me if I wanted to schedule a pick up and I became incensed! I had already waited for the dryer, waited for a call, which wasn't coming, and now I was asked to wait another day for pick up. I guess Best Buy thinks waiting is my favorite hobby.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2017
Always bought the Geek Squad protection, never used it. On Oct 22, the screen on my laptop was giving me a message I couldn't understand. Haven't read code in 20 years. Couldn't remember what to do. Called geek squad. Protection still enforce for next 12 days. Dropped it off. Rude clerk, chewing gum, even the manager was chewing gum behind customer service counter, told me the hard drive crashed. I told him it didn't, I just don't remember what you type in to get it off that screen. No... Minimum $550 to recover data. Apparently, the hard drive is covered, but not your stuff. When I said okay, work stuff on there, he made it clear he didn't want to process the order. Could be $1000 or over $1500, depending on how hard it is to get info off. No choice, work stuff.
Well, first they send it off to have the data recovered before they can even begin working on it. Fine. I was there 2 hours. They make you make an appointment to drop stuff off and I saw them take 2 walk-ins before people who had been waiting over an hour with appointments. Nov 18 they call and tell me my computer is all fixed. Need to make as an appointment to pick it up. I send my son. (New external hard drive and recovery was $280.) When my son arrived, he was told, "No one should have told you it was done, need to prove computer and hard drive are your mother's before it can be sent to be fixed." What? Then why was I left a message that it was done? Intelligently responded, "I don't know, only the data recovery is done." My son was also stuck there for over an hour and dealt with 4 phone calls on his only day off.
I work 12 hour shifts, out of town. Leave before they open. Get home after they close. Only reason I could drop it off so quickly was because my client had labs, that day... A month ago. Told the status phone number and about geek squad app. Called 11/30 to check on status because their phone number said it hadn't even been looked at yet. Waiting to be assigned to agent it said. Tried calling several other times... On hold for over 3 minutes three times. Received a call on 12/4, not from their regular number, that said I needed to call. Repair was estimated to be done on 12/8. Called 12/8. On hold for over 10 minutes to be told it was there, but it was not done.
Called the 12th couldn't stay on hold any longer. 12/14... It should be here, but I'm not seeing it. 12/15,16... Geek squad app still said in repair. Called and said, "Hey! It's been two months, what's going on with my computer." "We called you the 4th... It's been ready to go... Pick it up whenever." Geek squad app still says in repair. Never giving them any of my money, again. Rude, disorganized poor communication skills and gum chewing behind customer service counter - 4 of them! Disgusting.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2017
Geek Squad at Best Buy - The two guys who showed up couldn’t of been in more of a hurry. Set up TV, handed me the remote, and said goodbye. Even gave me the wrong instructions on how to work the remote. Zero help in explaining how it all worked. Do. Not. Do. Business. With. These. People!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2017
We purchased a dishwasher from BestBuy.com and it came with free installation. We waited a week and when the dishwasher was delivered the gentlemen who brought it in were not certified to install it. I called the installation department and we were told that a licensed electrician had to install it according to WA state law. So we got on the schedule for another week later. The person who scheduled us the second time made some mistake and they never showed up. When we called back they told us it would be another week. When we told them it was their mistake and another week of waiting and time off work for the 4 hour window wouldn't work, they hung up on us. THREE TIMES!
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2017
I have now been on the phone for OVER TWO HOURS with the most inept customer service ever. I just want to find out how to access my Best Buy or Geek Squad account. Their favorite thing is "I am giving you to a supervisor" and then they send you to this empty phone line that rings for 20 minutes or so and then hangs up on you. CANNOT find a single person that can help me. They are quick to take your $ but FAIL MISERABLY on assisting a customer. NO ONE is serious about doing their job here. VERY BAD.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2017
Extraordinary amount of time to get 3 GoPro Hero5 delivered to Anchorage AK. Ordered the product online through Best Buy on 11/28. Delivery via UPS to USPS by 12/18 at 8:00 pm. This is about 4 days too late. Why the delay? Called Best Buy customer service, who told me to call the USPS. Anyone who has called the USPS lately knows they do not answer the phone. You leave messages and never receive a call back. I believe Best Buy customer service should be my only contact for an over $700.00 order to find out what the delay is, not the customer. I can now see why Amazon is the online order company. My orders through them, without Prime, arrive within 2 days of order.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2017
Just got done spending about 6K at Best Buy, scheduled my delivery three weeks ago, didn’t bother to show up yesterday. So I called Best Buy several times and explain my story, and literally had three people transfer me because they didn’t want to deal with the problem. And on top of that two of them were lying to me about the situation. They just straight up didn’t want to handle it. There was an excuse, that the truck had got in a wreck, then another rep told me that one of their workers fell down the stairs, I mean come on get your story straight. So yesterday I left in an empty house I can’t even live in yet! That’s right I live in Houston, and about the entire city was under water. Lovely how Best Buy is pushing me back into my apartment, and not allowing me to move in! I mean I can’t live at the damn house if there’s no refrigerator, washer, dryer, stove top oven and the list goes on. I ordered everything from them and they failed to deliver.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2017
I ordered a Chromebook for a present on November 27, 2017. After weeks-long research, I finally honed in on one which happened to be available online at Best Buy. I used to be a Best Buy customer for many, many years, had the credit card and never had an issue until now. When I placed the order it had an ETA of Dec. 6 so I proceeded with my purchase.
After days of checking my text and email, looking for an updated shipping information, I finally gave in and called customer service. Prior to this, I would go on their website and enter my order number to get the updates I desperately needed but it gave me a tracking number for UPS and the postal service without any definite ship date. Once again, this was supposed to be a gift and it is now past 12/6. I gave them the benefit of the doubt considering it's the holidays and they were probably bombarded with Black Friday and like myself, Cyber Monday orders but my job is not to be understanding.
I finally called customer service today and the rep tells me that my Chromebook never shipped!!! So I was offered to have him place the order again and have it expedited to me by the 12th. What I failed to notice at the time was how is he supposed to ship it to me expedited when they don't have the item in stock. To clarify, while he was processing my refund I asked if this happened all the time and if Best Buy just ran out of stock and if so why did I not get notified so that I have a choice whether or not I want to continue to wait or just order elsewhere.
The rep tells me the shipping label was created but it was never shipped because it was supposed to be from UPS and then transferred to the postal service. He said that they don't have the item and they will ship it when it gets replenished. So in other words I would have been holding my breath until I turned blue in the face before I get my item because I would have NEVER received it because no one was aware that it never got shipped!!!
As big and as technologically advanced as I thought Best Buy is, why is there no check and balance to determine what online orders are being overlooked, etc,. They were quick enough to take my money out of my account. I just hope the refund comes back to my bank without any issues because I don't know how much more I can deal with them.
Obviously, I will now take my business elsewhere. They could have tried to rectify the situation but offering some sort of discount or any attempts to make me happy as a customer but clearly they don't care about their customers and whose holidays and birthdays they are wrecking. On top of that, I just missed out on the Cyber Monday deals for Chromebooks because I ordered from them instead.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2017
I ordered a desktop for $1088.74 on Wed December 5th with GUARANTEED Next day. I only used this service because my macbook broke Tuesday and I needed an emergency replacement for finals. It is now Saturday. Every day (three times/three days) I have called and been sent in circles and given NO help whatsoever. Just lies. On the 6th, the guaranteed delivery date, I called and was GUARANTEED it'd be here by Thursday. Call Thursday, guaranteed 24-48 hours. STILL NOT HERE. Please, as a country, let us stand against this insane act or corporate power acting like our rights and needs don't exist and that our satisfaction is not a requirement of business. LET BEST BUY DIE. STOP BUYING FROM THEM. WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME.
After note: I know I seem angry and that's because I am. I would have never ordered from Best Buy had I known it would not have come. I have not had access to a computer that can run the software I need to complete my finals. I will never buy or recommend anything to Best Buy. Can't wait for Amazon to run them into the ground. Worthless company if consumer respect and satisfaction is important to you.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2017
I purchased a laptop computer online and was promised a delivery date of ten days after the date of purchase. Ten days have come and gone and I did not get my laptop. Calling their customer service your call is routed to some third world country where the people answering the call hardly speak any English and read you some canned responses from a sheet of paper. I had a Best Buy credit card which I tore to small pieces after this experience, never to buy anything from these jokers ever again.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017
Called due to being charged for items not purchased. Was transferred multiple times and never to the right person. If you are going to provide customer service in the US, your representatives should not only be in the US but speak plain English. Wasted an hour getting transferred and trying to explain my issue to people that obviously couldn't understand. So frustrated I ended up disputing online and reporting customer service issues to which the system isn't set up to handle. Ridiculous!
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2017
Let's start with their sales people aren't very knowledgeable about the major appliances that they sell. Next when their delivery people come and say they refuse to install the appliance and to accept the product and just call back for getting a service appointment for the installation they are full of it. The Customer Disservice line is answered by 1 person for 3 stores so it took well over an hour for someone to answer the phone.
By the end of that call I ended up with the same person I spoke with the day before. Who told me he would put in an expedition order. Lie, the girl I spoke with said there was no such order and the service order was just sitting there with no service appointment time and no orders to get one. So the next call Josh called back and said the earliest we could get it installed is 5 Days out. In our conversation the day before that day was not acceptable nor was it expeditious. By the time he put the order in (I had to throw in the towel at this point) the appointment came up with is now 6 Days out.
We purchased our LG Washer & Dryer last Sunday, supposed to be delivered and installed on Wednesday. 1st expedition day of following Sunday, now the date has been pushed out to Monday. My husband looked up the installation requirements and based on those they should have been installed. But the delivery people refused to. Best Buy Josh is totally trying to make it out to be our fault that we should have known. Totally in customer service like. Has not tried nor acted like he was willing to try to make things right.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2017
I thought I was going to get the best deal and service when I recently purchased a bundle of appliances at the Yonkers Best Buy Store. Billy was a great salesman. I waited for delivery just before Thanksgiving. Items were scheduled between 1 am and 12 noon. They delivered two hours late by the WORST installers. One came in with an attitude. They delivered refrigerator... Knock on wood, all is ok, washer and dryer did not fit the space so they just left them and I had to schedule a pickup and I ended up returning them due to the inability to schedule. The Dishwasher which was not installed correctly has not been used, and 25 calls later and numerous rescheduling/cancellations on their part has now brought me to RETURN the dishwasher. I do not want an exchange and I will NEVER buy from a big box store again. Goodbye "WORST" Buy.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2017
I have purchased several appliances for my home from Best Buy. They have never failed to: 1. Screw up the delivery, either by not coming to deliver the appliance during the time window promised, 2. Screw up the installation, such as installing my $6500 Viking oven crooked, and 3. Promise to resolve the issue(s) and then ignore me as though all they want is my money and screw me. The amount of time and effort I have expended to make things right with my Best Buy purchases is ridiculous. Basically, Best Buy is in over their head. They cannot provide the service, I mean, they are UNABLE to provide the service for which you are paying. I recommend you explore other options before purchasing anything from Best Buy. When you trust Best Buy, you are begging for trouble.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017
On Dec 1st I order 4 items. They say delivered 12/5. Trust me when I say no package arrived. Someone was home all day. So I called them this morning and they got me in touch with Geek Squad. Which I didn't want. And they transferred me to another department, but instead of transferring me, they hung up on me. They are ripoff artists who doesn't send what customers pay for. I will never buy from Best Buy again.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2017
I went to Best Buy to replace my son's older Samsung phone with a new one for Christmas. They had an impressive display with all the latest cell phones. After looking at the variety I selected the Galaxy S8 they had displayed at 3 separate locations in the store. The sale price with my carrier was $17.50 monthly for 24 months. I told the sales clerk let's move forward with this one. As she started going over the details she said $26 per month. I pointed out their sign at 3 separate locations showing $17.50 per month. She said they couldn't honor that price it was a mistake.
I contacted a manager and showed him the image on my iPhone of the Samsung phone with the price clearly listed. He asked me to hold on and off he went into the back office. After 10 minutes he came back out and said they couldn't honor that price it was a mistake. Then he went and started removing the price tags from the displays. I pointed out those price tags were up for several days and asked how many people thought they were purchasing for the lower price only to find out later they are paying the higher price for the next 2 years. I added they are following the footsteps of Circuit City which could account for the empty store. The manager said they are trying to fix these ongoing problems, sorry.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2017
First of all I want to say that I'm 61 years old and I've never in my life had such bad customer service in my life. I've spent 8-10 hours on the phone with Best Buy and still haven't received my refund. I can't even begin to tell you the runaround I've had with these people. I've spent thousands of $$$ in BB and they still treat me like a #. I will never shop there again.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2017
I bought a TV online 11/24/17 and was told it would be delivered by 12/04/17. TV didn't come then that same day got an email saying it might or might not come by 12/19/17... Called to cancel as it would not let me online. Was told I can't cancel even though it was never shipped. Would have to wait see if it comes then if I am they refuse it or take it and then return it myself to get a refund for a product that I am guessing they never had in the first place to even sell... Best Buy just lost another shopper to WalMart...
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2017
I paid for installation of a refrigerator water line in addition to a new fridge. The fridge arrived on 12/3/2017 (an hour after the delivery window, but it arrived) and the water line was supposed to be installed on 12/4. I received an email confirmation of the delivery and the delivery was listed as scheduled on my online account. I waited 4 hours until the end of the delivery window on 12/4, and nobody came. I called customer service, and after an hour and fifteen minutes of holding and failed call-backs, was finally told that nobody was coming: my installation was listed as canceled on the installation team's system despite it showing as not canceled on Best Buy's own system (the customer service rep could see it wasn't canceled), despite it showing as not canceled on my online account, and despite being confirmed by email 48 hours prior.
Best Buy don't care. They offered no help, no sincere apology, and no discount despite wasting my entire day (which I had taken off work). The earliest date that the installation could be rescheduled for was almost two weeks later. They have no written complaints procedure. Terrible customer service from a terrible company.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2017
I purchased an Xbox One game online for my son’s birthday the next day, so set it up for in store purchase. I received a cancellation on it 7 hours after purchasing, not leaving me with a lot of other options, since I was depending on the legitimacy of this purchase. Unfortunately I didn’t see the cancellation, and the next day (birthday day) I headed to the store and tried to call on my way. I called the store’s direct number, but since you can’t actually REACH the store itself, I waited 20 minutes on hold waiting for what ended up someone at the call center, who relayed the news of the cancellation email I hadn’t seen.
So I tracked down this game at a different store with similar hassle (not being sure if they had it, not able to reach the store directly, long wait on hold, transferred to the wrong store, no pickup confirmation after 7 hours, etc.). But perfectly I have been getting pickup notices for the location I originally purchased. Best Buy has gone downhill. It used to be a place I shopped at, but if they can’t get a video game right I’m not buying a TV from them. Geez, I can’t even leave a glove behind in the store and have a way to call them. It’s like a website with no contact information.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2017
I purchased a refurbished computer from bestbuy.ca and it shipped within a week. Upon setup, I could not get an internet connection on it, even though our other 2 home computers were able to connect to the internet. After spending a few hours trying to chat with or call the Geek Squad I decided to take it into a Best Buy store. Immediately I was told that it was a "Market Place' purchase and they could not help me. I had no idea that I was NOT purchasing the computer from Best Buy, even though I was on their website (bestbuy.ca) when I made the online purchase and a email confirmation came from Best Buy and a tracking my order email came from Best Buy.
I called a number for Market Place help and had to leave a call back number. I am still awaiting a call from them. If I could rate my experience in the MINUS STARS for a star rating I would rate it a MINUS 5. I feel that I have been misrepresented by Best Buy and I have wasted many hours of my time and I am still not able to use this computer.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2017
My husband and I purchased a $900 dishwashing plus the cost of a store warranty the day before Thanksgivings to beat the rush with delivery and installation the following Monday. Installation went well until I noticed hours later that the washer was still running and immediately call tech to ask about that and that the door stuck and excessive condensation accumulated to the underside of the stone countertop. He was to return the next day to lower the legs since he secured the machine with screws to the cabinets but did not nor did he return our calls. I went through the store the Wednesday who transferred me to the someone at the 888 number and after a few calls back and forth I was told someone would be out Friday that week to correct between 1 & 4. Around 4:30 when no one called or came by my headache and frustration truly began.
Calls to the 888 number resulted in a wait time of 20 minutes so I opted to have a callback which happened but when I accepted the call, I was twice transferred to nonworking numbers. I then called the store and spoke with someone who did not listen to my problem and transferred my call to a number that rang for 5 minutes or better until the call dropped. I tried the store again this time hoping to get better service in the appliances department and spoke with Victory who listen to my tale of woe and promised to do what he could to help.
Me of no patience decided to call the 888 number myself and wait the hold time out. Spoke with someone who transferred me to yet another person who was useless and he couldn't help me with an work order number which I did not have since the rep who scheduled the Friday didn't give me one. He wasn't rude but it was evident by his tone and attitude that he was annoyed that I was upset with the thought that the whole process was frustrating.
Ever determined to get someone out correct the install or remove the dishwasher completely for a 100% refund, I called the store for Victor who wasn't available so I asked for the store manager. I should have timed my wait time but didn't. However waiting several minutes the manager who identified himself as Curtis came on the line and I walked him through my adventure in Best Buy land, he should attend classes in how to work with customers who have spend a week trying to get something as simple as a dishwasher installed. I found him to not capable of understanding a simple line of events leading to my reaching out to him and kept repeating that he had to go through procedures and only made me more frustrated.
I asked if he would call me back to update me on what I should to expect after he expedited the issue and he said that someone from that department would. Curtis seemed dumbfounded when I said that as the store manager, I thought at a minimum, he would want to ensure I was informed. At the end of this mind numbing call, I informed Curtis that I will never purchase another item from this store and possibly this chain. Customer minded workers are few leaving employees who escalate issues because those in a position to fix a problem do a very poor job usually.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2017
I bought a laptop through Best Buy 2 years ago. Also purchased a Geek Squad plan. If you're thinking about buying a product from them, don't. Because if it breaks, you pay LITERALLY the same or more than what you purchased it for to repair it. Even if the whole item isn't damaged, the ONE thing wrong with it, you'll pay full price for a new product for a repair. And their Geek Squad service is a joke. Geek is right. They're useless. They will hang the phone up on you 5 times if you're trying to replace something, and if you're trying to get your product fixed, they magically can't find your order number. Best Buy, Geek Squad, and their customer service are ** don't waste your time. Spend your hard earned money elsewhere. And God help you if you crack your laptop screen, you might as well just buy a new one, like I am. From somewhere else.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2017
I bought my Samsung Refrigerator less than 4 years ago, 3/23/14, for $1,500. It broke down the night before Thanksgiving,11/22/17. When we called Best Buy to get help to contact someone to come fix it, they were NO HELP AT ALL. I don't feel that they wanted to be bothered, and shouldn't sell a product if they can't direct the customer in a time of need. Won't be buying there again!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2017
I bought a Westinghouse WD43UB4530 43" TV online direct from BestBuy. It arrived via UPS with the two small screw on legs missing - although the 6 tiny screws were in the box. Best Buy said call Westinghouse, and Westinghouse said call Best Buy. I wrote Best Buy and they offered me a $10 coupon and to buy the legs - even though they should have been in the box, as they are listed as something which came with the TV. Westinghouse forced me to email them, but their email BOUNCES as the "recipient's box is full" for the last 4 weeks. The TV is in the box on the floor, useless. I was ripped off by BOTH Best Buy and Westinghouse, who sent me a paperwork, and have no ethics left, to find me some cheap little plastic legs. BTW, NO ONE sells these legs anywhere. Shame on them!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2017
I placed an order for a laptop on Monday for Cyber Monday. For some reason my credit card marked the order as fraud so I had to verify everything. Well Best Buy sent me an email to my SPAM so I never received the email about cancelling my order at 1:30 in the morning Wednesday. I called customer service today and they tell me they will not honor the price from the original order and it has now gone up another $100. I will never purchase anything from Best Buy again as I have in the past. It's a shame they can't take care of customers like other businesses do.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2017
Bought a KitchenAid mixer 30 pound box was delivery only. UPS drops it by front door. Never buzzes. I came in later and saw it, dragged it in. Only 3 floors up but hurt neck, not supposed to drag 30 pound boxes up right now. Called UPS, told ask a neighbor to bring it up. No, not their job. Said would be by next day by 9:30. No show at 11, called, told would come by 2. No show, came back at 6 and saw truck down street, then they just drove off. Called and person reads ‘don't do stairs', said they would call within hour. Called Best Buy, after half hour told ask for manager at UPS and put me through to them again. They said you can't speak to manager. Called Best Buy again. After hours on phone - only thing that can be done is a return. So it sits down there. And who is responsible for it while sitting down there? Because they 'don't do stairs'? This is a HUGE WARNING - do not buy from best buy if you have stairs. FedEx and Post Office, no problem.
Buy Best Buy uses UPS. After hours of upsetting calls it winds up return it for 3 flights. Best buy should have a warning or notice they do not do stairs. Address had apartment number! Obviously, would not have bought it - hours on hold, hours talking in circles. UPS DOES NOT CALL OR COME BACK - DON'T BELIEVE THEM. And it takes over 1/2 hour to get a return label made. Anyone in NYC, if it's delivered unless it's little - don't use Best Buy. Seven calls, hours later told return it. Painful.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2017
My wife called the Best Buy store on 83rd and Bell Rd. She spoke with Qui and asked about a monopod that hold your iPad for recording. He said yes they have them, so my wife relayed the message to me and I went to the store to pick it up. When arriving I spoke with Jose who was not rude but acted a little put out to help me when he did not know what a monopod was. He said we did not have them. I asked to speak with what they called (mod) manager on duty. I explained to Joe the (mod) what was going on. He looked them up on a computer and said they don't carry them.
I explained the person in your store told my wife you did. He said no, shrugged his shoulders like no big deal. I explained that I made a special trip out of my way to come to Best Buy because his employee said they carry them. I also explained that in the last 1.5 years I bought a refrigerator, a stove, three car stereo and 12 speakers and had Johnny their installer put them in. Again, shrugged his shoulders, like didn't care one bit. So I came home and found the monopod on Amazon and bought it. Things around the home do wear out, next time I need a major purchase I will shop elsewhere. Very simple solution.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2017
I purchased two SONY HD tvs from Best Buy Rancho Carmel branch. l was told by the salespeople that the SONY sets are the best given their prices. However l've found out that both sets have serious software problems. The remote does not effectively control the screen. Menu freezes while passing from a sub page to another. l cannot connect my usb or hard disk to the TV set because TV does not recognize the device. l cannot watch anything from the content of the hard disk. Even if sometimes it did, l can view maximum 10-15% of the content.
One of the two tv sets always asks for a software update, even though l had already done it many times. It still asks for the update everytime l tune in. SONY must be shameful for producing these inefficient TV sets and BEST BUY must also feel the same for selling it to their customers telling that they are good products. l could easily buy a Samsung or a different one if l had not been mislead by the sales staff. l want to return them as soon as possible.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2017
I went in to buy a Note 8, Best Buy logged into my Sprint Account (there are several people on the account), they looked up my account and we discovered I needed to make a $30 payment to be eligible to upgrade. So paid that on Cyber Monday and left work early to get the phone. Now I am told the main person on the Sprint account has to be in the store with me??? Why was that NEVER mentioned the day before? I have upgraded several times on this account, with NEVER a issue. Now I can't upgrade because no one bothered to mention this before and the person they want in the store is unavailable now. But he was available earlier in the day. Best Buy customer service is highly lacking.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2017
I took them a Lenovo under warranty with a small screen fracture. I didn't damage it. They sent it off for repair. They said it would be $450 even though it was supposed to be covered by the warranty. When I got it back the entire screen was busted. They wanted to charge me to send it to the manufacturer. They don't honor their manufacturer warranties and they also broke the computer screen far worse than when I took it in.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2017
This was the absolute WORST experience I’ve ever had. I have a very busy schedule and shifted everything around to be home for my appointment at 11am where the Guy never showed or called. Then a hour later when I call Best Buy I was put on hold and simply told “sorry he can’t make it and would like me to reschedule you.” Are you kidding me??? So no one was going to call me? I have to call you?? This was totally unprofessional and unexpected of Best Buy and I will be taking my business elsewhere. Thanks for nothing and screwing up my day. What upsets me the most is that Best Buy did nothing to rectify the unprofessionalism of the contractor that they use.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2017
Went to Best Buy for 55" TV for $179.00. I was number 100 in a line of 200, even though I arrived an hour before opening. They were sold out so fast they must of only had 10 of those TVs. They will not advise the public how many TVs are available in advance! No other TVs were available at an excellent price. I will NEVER NEVER NEVER go to Best Buy again, after they wasted 90 minutes of my time on THANKSGIVING DAY. These stores should have a great price on more than ONE TV so as not to waste so many people's time and money. I will NEVER fall into this BAIT AND SWITCH tactic ever again.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2017
A Best Buy employee came into my 7-11 store talking about how she can give me two new phones for black Friday sale and that she worked overnight as a unloader… she lead me to the expectation that I can get two phones if I give her 200 for two new Samsung Galaxy Note 8. She claimed that she could take the pressure of buying it right out for the benefit of her expenses. She has money of mine and I want to know how to punish her. Her name is Erica and her number is ** and she is from West Palm Beach.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2017
Bought a game: Horizon Zero Dawn for PS4 preplayed. It was $39.99 and came up to $45. Came home. Opened it up and as I waited for it to download checked the PSN store. Turns out they were selling the same game, New and in the DELUXE EDITION around $20 less than what I bought. So, of course I went down the next day looking for a return, or a price guarantee or whatever but I was denied, because it was PSN.com not PSN.ca... TL, DR, Best Buy Canada doubles prices of PSN store, refuses to price match or refund. Thanks a lot.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2017
I purchased two laptop computers from a Best Buy listing on eBay ($1200.00). I had some trouble setting them up. Both computers were very slow which is not what I expected from an i7 processor. I called Best Buy and talked to Kimberly. I was told I was not eligible for technical support because I purchased the computers online. What terrible customer service! That was my third purchase from Best Buy in about a year (desktop, another laptop) and it will be my last. It appears that Best Buy does not care about service after the sale. They lost a good customer for 5 or 10 minutes of their time.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2017
At the suggestion of Best Buy themselves I shopped for a specific model soundbar and wireless rear audio speakers on 24 Nov. I very intentionally did this knowing the item was in-stock and my status was pick-up by 1000 PM that same day. I placed my order at approximately 3:30 PM. At 6:00 PM I received an e-mail stating my order was received and that pick-up was still anticipated by 1000. I never received another message regarding my order. When logging in this morning I now see the product is sold out and shipment isn't expected until 6 Dec.
My gripe is they had this item when I placed my order AND paid for it. It appears they sold my items. Inventory control systems and databases are too accurate these days to screw this up. When I tried to call Best Buy they are not answering their phones - two days of this and left my phone on hold for over an hour. Surprise - Surprise. From now on I'll just order from an online service and wait for the product to be shipped. Best Buy has become another Circuit City - horrible customer service.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2017
I purchased 2 appliances. Used dishwasher one time and it would not drain and had error. I called customer svc. They will send someone in 2 weeks. Called Best Buy several times, you can't get through their phone number to a real person. Found a way to reach customer service, she said she will email all managers and someone will call me back that day. It has been 5 days, and no one has called. Went into store today. The girl I dealt with said since I purchased it more than 14 days ago, they cannot help me. I told her the store never answers the phone when they redirect you to a dept. I let it ring approx 20 times each time I called. She insisted on the 14 day return policy. I will never buy anything again from them... Their customer service stinks, badly. Shame on you, what a terrible store.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2017
My husband and I purchased a LG 70 in. TV for approximately 1000.00 as birthday gift to ourselves on Black Friday in the a.m. (11/24/17). After we hooked up the T.V. that same day, we noticed colorful vertical lines in TV. We took it back to Best Buy in Homewood IL (that evening) where we purchased it and they said the screen was cracked. They would not allow us to return or exchange the TV. The manager Josh stated that we would have to call LG and have them to repair TV. We called LG. However LG said that don't cover cracked screens. I have no idea how the screen cracked. We didn't drop it or hit it against anything. We just uneventfully took it from the box and set it up and noticed the vertical colorful lines in the TV.
Spoke to Best Buy General manager. His name is Sebastian. He said that dishonest people frequently buy merchandise, break it, return it and the cycle continues. I explained that I'm not trying to do anything of the sort. I'm just trying to get what I paid for. Please help. I have a child in college and I really can't afford to just throw away $1000.00. I only want a TV that works properly. Thank you.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2017
This was my 1st time ordering a major appliance online, and Best Buy was my first choice. The window I chose for the delivery time was 12 pm - 3 pm. The team did not arrive until 8:30 pm. They came with the refrigerator fully assembled and had to disassemble it to get it into my apartment. After 2 hours, they finally got the fridge in place. While putting the doors back onto the refrigerator, one of the team members breaks off a screw in the door hinge. He couldn't get it out and told me that there was nothing he could do. BB customer service called me minutes later and said that they would have to send me a new fridge. The team left and left the refrigerator where it was. After several phone calls a couple of days later, I was finally able to reach a rep named Tiara who was the best!
However, she advised me that the fridge I ordered was discontinued and that I would have to order a different kind of fridge. I called the next day to begin the process of getting a new fridge in exchange, only to be told that there would be no exchange. If I found another fridge that was more money, I would have to pay the difference. So, your team arrives 5 and a half hours later than the window time chosen, they break the fridge while installing, I can't get a replacement because this same fridge is now discontinued, and you guys won't even offer me a fair trade for all of this inconvenience??? Completely blown! I highly recommend ordering your major appliances from another source. Because this was the lousiest experience I've ever had.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2017
I was trying to purchase holiday gifts early Thursday am (11/23) to take advantage of the online deals advertised by Best Buy. Their website was a disaster and crashed repeatedly. Finally around 1:30 am I was able to get an order for an iPad mini to go through. Received confirmation email. 10 minutes later I received an email they were unable to process my payment and I had 24 hours to fix it. I tried online for the next 2 hours to try to fix (it’s now 3:30 am). The website kept telling me my order couldn’t be updated at that time and I had no idea if the credit card information was wrong or the website was just crashing. I tried again yesterday during the day to no avail. I even tried calling the customer service hotline but never got a live person.
Received an email today. My order was cancelled!! I tried to go online and reorder and of course the item is gone. I called customer service and had to wait for a callback as the wait time was 45 minutes! Got my callback and all she’s can say is, "I’m sorry this happened to you." They CAN’T see if they can find the item in a store and ship It to me. They CAN’T send me a voucher so when it comes back in stock they’ll honor the price. This is the most customer unfriendly business I have ever dealt with. Their website is a joke when volume is high so they shouldn’t offer online deals if their technology can’t handle the volume. Not the first year this has happened. Then their customer service people can’t do anything to help. So why have them?!?!
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2017
I applied a 90 day fraud alert as a precautionary measure in the wake of the Equifax breach and provided a phone for companies to verify with me directly that any applications made in my name were actually made by me. It's meant to be a simple phone call to check. However Best Buy's bank for their store credit card did not call my phone number. Instead they asked me to hand my Chase credit card to the Best Buy representative and asked him to read the number. I was never told why I could not provide this and felt uncomfortable doing so.
There were also no security questions (I would have happily answered any prior credit history security questions) and my application was declined costing me 10% of my Black Friday TV and Sonos purchases ($125). Fraud alerts are meant to facilitate legitimate applications with ease but Best Buy do not have procedures to allow this (or they were not followed) resulting in a very poor customer experience. Then there is no corporate office or complaint contact us info on their website resulting in this as my only recourse.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2017
I purchased a cell phone from Bestbuy.com and tried to cancel the order, however, it had already shipped. When I received it I returned it without opening the shipping box. All I did was slip the return paperwork into the flap. They have now charged me a $35 restocking fee, plus $5.17 for shipping. However, their website states "There is no restocking fee if the product is unopened". It impossible to contact Customer Service by phone and they do not have a customer service email address. Their prices are not that good and it's probably better to buy from a reliable place like Amazon.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2017
I ordered a TV and it was scheduled today. I went in to check on the status and the delivery was canceled. I took a day off of work to be here to have this done. A day without pay and they just canceled it. No phone call, no email, if I would not have checked the status I would of waited here all day or at least a half of a day. This just cost me a day's pay.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2017
I purchased an LG 5.7 top load washer and wanted to exchange it 16 days later. I was told return policy is 15 days and is subject to restocking fees. I wanted to exchange for a more expensive front loader and purchase the matching dryer. I was told to go to the store and ask the manager if he will do it. However, I purchased the item online. Awful customer service policy and customer service. I will take my business for big ticket items elsewhere.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2017
I purchased a Samsung 5 inch smart TV 2 1/2 years ago for $2400. I also purchase a extended warranty for $400+. I now have a bright light bleed into the picture on both sides of the screen. I spoke with Best Buy about repair. They sent a tech to fix the problem at my house. The tech said he could not repair the problem. He spoke with person who said it was not covered by the extended warranty (how could that be). He escalated it to "GeekSquad".
The manager and 3 GeekSquad team members all said they have never heard of that. They called and said I was to call GeekSquad at 866 613 9853 and was given a work order ** I was to call and I would receive a new TV. I was then told it was not under warranty and I would not be given a new TV. I then spoke with Frank who escalated it again with case #** and was told he had never heard of that and I would not get a new TV.
Today I went to the store and met with the GM who again never heard of that clause and could not believe that I was being treated this way. He is escalating the issue again. How many people do I have to talk to to get a fair response!!! Unless this is fixed I will never enter a Best Buy store again as well as purchase another Samsung product. If nothing else they should at least repay my extended warranty for $499.99. Also, my wife is a very large purchaser of appliances and electronics for a major company that will be lost by BB. Perhaps on my next car they will not cover the a/c or headlights!!! WHAT CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2017
Was in the store Friday and the MacBook was 1199.99. The guy tried to sell the extended warranty too much it got on my nerves and said Sunday starts Black Friday and said they will probably have a deal something free with it or a GC. We go today which is Sunday. Deal with a different salesperson but also trying to push the extended warranty. Told them I'm not interested. Still wouldn't shut up about it, but also the price went up to 1299.99. Saw the guy I dealt with Friday and asked why the price went up and why he didn't tell it was gonna and his excuse was he didn't know. I don't like the way they do business by pushing the extended warranty and making it seem like Black Friday prices are gonna be better meanwhile it went up a $100 so needless to say I won't be purchasing a MacBook from them or anything for that matter!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2017
Were it not for the guidelines, I am not even giving this store a single star and here's why: I bought an LG 60-inch TV on 11/171/7. I originally paid for professional installation; delivery was advertised as free. Shortly (about 1.5 hours later) after paying for the $199.99 installation fee and an additional $99.99 because it was going to be installed above a fireplace, my husband and I changed our minds about the $300 we needed to fork out. We opted to go with our handyman who was going to charge us $37/hour to perform this installation and guaranteeing his work for life. Consequently, my husband and I went back to the store to cancel the installation and opted to pick up the TV instead.
On 11/18/17, my handyman was in the process of installing the TV and discovered the cracked screen. My husband and I had to bring the TV back to this store with the goal of obtaining an intact unit. While in the customer service line (at about 11 am on 11/181/7) and after explaining the situation to the female customer service person, I handed her the two receipts I had on the transactions the day prior. One receipt was the payment for the purchase of the TV as well as the installation package. The other receipt was for the cancellation of the installation package as well as the indication that we opted for a store pick-up of the TV versus having it delivered for free.
This female customer service representative pompously stated: "So you've returned your TV three times already?" I can only surmise she was basing this statement on the fact I handed her two receipts. This statement led me to believe she did not hear a word I said and came to her own incredulous conclusions based on the two receipts or WORSE, based on the fact that I'm Asian??? I snapped back that if she would look at the receipts, it would indicate I took receipt of the TV the day prior and was bringing it back because it was a defective unit. She was then on her radio to address my concerns with the appropriate department and after her exchange with someone on the other end, she stated the person will be over with a replacement unit.
I then asked this female what Best Buy intended to do for my troubles and inconvenience, she stated it was the manager taking care of the exchange and will be taking care of my question as well. Fast forward to the Asst. Manager, John **, taking care of the exchange. This time around, my husband and I decided we were going to inspect this unit before taking it back home. It was an intact unit and at the end of this process, I asked John what he was going to do for our troubles and inconvenience, he stated he already exchanged the defective unit.
He added he does not do anything for these situations because it was not done on purpose. Mind you - John made this statement after I waited for him to even apologize for the inconvenience. I did not even get as much as an apology which in my 15 years of experience in the customer service field is the first rule of thumb - customers are always right! The only statement that came to my mind to respond with was: "So I guess I'm just SOL (** out of luck)!" To which John responded with: "I guess you are." I retorted back with: "I guess you leave me with no other option than to post a negative review of this entire encounter!"
What bewilders me is the fact that this store (or any business for that matter) makes money off of customers' purchases. It appears to me that my experience today, as well as my negative impression from the overwhelmingly poor and negative reviews on this store, leads me to believe the owners of this particular branch of Best Buy does not really care about regular flow of business nor of repeat customers! This branch can count on I, for one, to take my business elsewhere. I will also ensure I repeat my story to anyone who would care to listen - there is POWER in word of mouth advertising!!!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2017
I bought a TV from BestBuy.com. Delivery was 7 days later than promised when I made the order. Upon deliver I discovered 4 parts missing. The TV was a Samsung and it appears the manufacturer omitted the parts. When I called Best Buy I was switched to 6 different people; the 6th person barely spoke English and could not be understood. BB hung up on me. I called back; had to wait 15 minutes; was transferred to the wrong department; they told me the TV was in transit; I told them it was in my living room and 4 parts were missing. I asked them if they could either send them or I would pick up the parts at the nearest BB store. So far I have been on the telephone over 60 minutes and still no resolution.
BB said I should lug the Samsung 65 inch TV to a BB store and exchange it. A simpler solution would have been to send the parts or arrange for me to pick up the parts at a BB store. There is no customer service when you use BestBuy.com. Another problem, the box had been opened and resealed with cellophane tape. I paid for a new TV sets--not one in a resealed carton. Never again!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2017
I ordered a Wireless/wired Razer Mamba mouse for 75 bucks on 11/13/17 and received the wired only one on 11/16/17. I knew I would get the wrong one because the wired one is around 75 bucks and the other one I wanted is around 110 but the guy the Southfield MI store rung me up for 75 bucks. Terrible system Best Buy has. Now I have to waste more gas just to return their item.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2017
I purchased a refurbished iPhone 6 from a vendor under the Best Buy banner. 2 1/2 weeks later I had a problem with the phone. I contacted Best Buy online and they forwarded my concern to Watch Vendor who promptly accused me of damaging it and voiding the warranty without any more information. I replied I was a senior citizen who barely even uses a phone and did not damage it. This went back and forth until they offered to send a battery and tools so I could repair it! It was not the battery. Best Buy just kept delaying their help and now Watch Vendor said no warranty since the time limit has passed. I will never support Best Buy again. I have written letters to the President and Vice President so will see if they have any concerns about their dismal customer service.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2017
Ordered a new TV and set up a delivery to my home, all I asked for was to have the delivery man take away my old TV, which was paid for, and take the new TV out of the box and put it on the table, as was in the order. The delivery man said he couldn't do this and would only take the old one out and take the new one out of the box but wouldn't lift it 3 feet and put on a table, and since I have a bad back, I couldn't lift it myself, but that doesn't make a difference to Best Buy, but for $49.99, they would. I made a mistake 5 years ago buying something from Best Buy and swore I would never do it again, but I did and the results were the same. Best Buy doesn't care about their customers at all. So I had the delivery men take it back, and at that point have never received so much disrespect from Marcus, the delivery person, in my life.
So then I call the customer service center and basically, they said, "Yeah tough, we'll refund your order in 5 to 7 business days," and that was it, not recourse, not "sorry our delivery person was so rude," nothing. Guess bottom line is to NEVER buy anything at Best Buy and looking at all the other complaints and all the one star ratings, that I am not alone. No wonder they are closing stores. So, NEVER PURCHASE ANYTHING AT BEST BUY NO MATTER WHAT THE PRICE because if anything goes wrong, you are on your own.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2017
My parents (in their mid-70's), went in to replace a 10 year old TV that was starting to fail. They selected a Samsung which was on sale prior to arriving at the store. This was a 4K TV on sale for $749. When they left the store, they walked out with a bill of almost $2,000! I asked them what they had purchased, and they said the salesperson said they needed a new DVD player, a new sound bar, and talked them into a service contract, and delivery/setup, and a bunch of other useless trinkets. They know nothing about technology & already had a decent sound bar, and DVD (not 4K, but so what). Be very careful - unless you know what you are talking about, the sale-people will sell you everything they possibly can, most of which you don't need or will never use. If you have elderly parents/friends or know someone that knows nothing about technology, they will likely be taken advantage of.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2017
Best Buy obviously wants a customer to pay for the Geek Squad. Because I cannot get customer service on the phone. I am put on hold for minutes. When I get an agent I am put on hold again. I am told my wait time is 10 minutes. How is that any service?
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2017
I walked in to Best Buy in September 2016 (West Covina) to purchase a Washer & Dryer. I told the sales person (Manager) that I wanted to purchase the items from Best Buy because my Refrigerator was with them and the Geek Squad was very helpful plus I needed to keep all my warranties in a roll because of my age. When I got home I was putting my paperwork in the Best Buy Folder when I noticed that contract did not have a name. It was a blank paper just with the items purchased. I immediately called the store and asked for the manager. He informed me that Pacific Sales was one and the same and was converting over to Best Buy. I have the email to prove it. A year to the date my washer and dryer broke, it took me from 9:00 A.M. until 3:00 to get someone to make a service appointment.
I called Geek Squad on 9/18/2017 to have my washer service again but was told that I did not have a service contract with them. It was purchased a year prior but cancelled the next day. No one was able to tell me who cancelled it. I called Best Buy and asked to speak to the Manager who according to Jesse was not in, I explained the situation to Jesse who knew exactly who I was talking about. I asked Jesse to have the Manager(James) give me a call. To this date I have not received a call.
I walked in to Best Buy with a printout from their website not Pacific Sales to purchase my Washer & Dryer. To this date they keep telling me that they are updating their computers to reflect Best Buy and not Pacific Sales. I called the Corp. Office (888-237-8289) on 9-18-17, 9-25-17 to file a complaint. To this date I have not received a respond or a call. BEST BUY DOES NOT CARE FOR THE CONSUMER.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2017
I purchased a microwave from them 3 months ago and it has already stopped working. I took it back to the store and ask them to exchange for the same microwave as it was not working after only 3 months. The response was that there was nothing they could do. I would have to contact the manufacturer and deal with them about it. I could understand if it had been several months and maybe even more than 6 months, but 3!!! As a big nationwide company, they should at least back the products they sale in instances like this. I was not scamming or trying get one over, simply just an even trade for a working one. Not only is it the hassle of dealing with the manufacturer, it also means I will not have a microwave till the issue is resolved with them. I'm sure I'm like most people and utilize a microwave frequently with 3 kids and going without one is just not that acceptable.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2017
I purchased a computer as a gift for my mom who is fighting colon cancer in Europe. I bought it as brand new not an open item. I did not open it as it was a gift and you do not expect that a brand new computer would have a damage. I visited her for a month and stayed with her during the chemo. I was already feeling horrible and hurt that I could not stay and fight with her and be there during the radiation but I got her a computer so I can see her every day through it. When she opened it the computer was damaged on the corner and kept disconnecting.
It was embarrassing to show up with a broken gift but then when I got back and took it to Best Buy they told me it's past 30 days and they can't do anything. They did not care that I had a flight ticket to show the dates I was out of the country. They gave me a number to call and walked away. When I called the number the girl told me she can't do anything and just hanged up. I paid for a brand new computer but I got a broken one and they did not care. They do not care about opening packages when people return them to see if things are in order. They are lazy and not helpful at all.
DO NOT BUY from them. I WILL NOT STEP A FOOT in their stores or purchase anything from them anymore. My husband had account and we bought everything there because we thought it was a better quality and service. They proved me wrong and I am the first advocate to send you anywhere but there. You have so many online options with amazing customer service and humans with great hearts that are not evil like your Best Buy staff and managers when you are personally fighting battles. It is also much cheaper online, do not be fooled like me and buy from them more expensive because it's not worth it. They will also not sell you old or broken things ever because they CARE!
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2017
Bought the new Nokia 3310, returned it after trying it out and they charged me a $35.00 "restocking fee!" On a $59.00 phone! I'll never shop there again and will recommend no one else does either. Wait and get your stuff on AMAZON or any place with customer service.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2017
Cannot get a live human being on the phone to save my soul. Can't figure out how to email or call with them through their website although I have an account and signed in. I tried calling my "local" store's phone number and it's just a generic follow-the-prompts number that keeps you going in circles with automated messages. I found an extension # online to try along with the phone number (NOT from Best Buy but from a consumer website) and lo... someone picked up the phone. I asked him politely for "tv-s" and he transferred me, the extension started ringing. It rang and rang and rang, no one ever picked up and finally I got cut off.
I called back my "local" store number again, followed the prompts again and keyed in the 4 digit extension where the guy had picked up before but this time it just rang and rang, no one picked up and then I was cut off again. All I wanted to know was if a certain TV I saw online was in stock at the local store because it's a pretty far drive for me. I intended to go down and buy it if it was, and if not, I figured I'd order it. But after all this, and reading other customers' complaints of having no way - no how to contact a live human at Best Buy, I figure I'll just write a nasty review and go buy the stupid TV at Walmart.
Say what you want about Walmart (electronics - my niece says never to buy any from them) -- the local store always answers the phone and transfers you to a live person in your desired department, you can also easily reach them online. If you have any problems with your purchase they're easy to contact or speak to in person because there's one in every town, practically. They're helpful, almost always take responsibility for any product problems, fix the issue quickly or give you a full refund. My sister got a refund on a juicer machine without having the box or the receipt because she used her debit card to buy it so they quickly tracked the purchase and gave her a full refund.
I got an easy refund one time on a little stereo I bought... plus $20.00 on top of that because the stereo had been marked down $20 since I'd bought it. Go figure. But again, refunds are not really the issue here. It's good, old fashioned customer service. I can imagine the nightmare if I buy this TV from Best Buy and there's some product issue -- trying to resolve it when there's no way to contact anyone online or by phone -- even when I have no problems and just want to check store availability. If this is how they treat their customers and prospective customers then I don't want anything to do with them. I can't even leave my review/issue on their website and hope for an insincere, phone e-reply. It's like once they make a physical sale they want nothing else to do with you. Hit and run retail. I'm cancelling my online account and I'll never buy anything from them again. How are they even still in business? Go to Walmart, America.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2017
I returned a tv. After taxes and extras the amount was $962.98. The return was credited back to a bank Visa debit card. I closed that account a few days earlier before I realized I would be returning the tv. I asked the store for cash. They said it went against their policy. I looked into selling the card privately. The best offer I received was $600. That's more than a $300 loss. Also while in store talking to customer service he swiped the card, it read error, this after 3 more attempts at other places to swipe. Now I'm told if I scratch off silver back to see if there's a balance a private buyer wouldn't purchase the card. I verified this with a few potential private buyers. My head was spinning.
Finally I just went ahead and bought a laptop in an accessory to end the anxiety I was suffering. I had other plans for that nearly $1,000!!! Also the sales people are not equipped to answer Geek Squad kind of questions. So it's double my time. First the purchase selection and then the overview with Geek Squad. Who by the way wanted to keep the laptop 4-5 days to set it up for me. So I left there with a brand new unusable Apple laptop.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2017
It's horrible how you are doing the delivery schedule for people. I spend 3 days off waiting for my stuff. I called the company several times always saying it is on the way never arrived. Finally checking my credit card did not approve that buy. I miss 3 days waiting. After months a bought a tv by internet, it was broken. I went to the store, customer care advise me to call first and ask for an appointment, I did. I went to the store 3 times and I called them 10 times with no solution. Finally I called again and customer service say sorry but is not warranty at all?? I'm super disappointed I never ever wanna buy anything in your shop. And even the people doesn't give good information on the phone. The delivery company is the worst ever. Try to working together better, because you gonna lose many customers!!!
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2017
I was purchasing an entire kitchen appliance package at Best Buy and planned on paying cash. I did not use credit cards and now I know why! With a Best Buy sales person selling us on reward points and cash back crap I was talked into applying for their credit card thinking I would just pay it off when I get the bill. Well I was approved for half so I did Best Buy credit and my debit card.
A week later I am notified that my credit score dropped 91 points because I went over my limit on my Best Buy card. Thinking that can’t be, let me call them. Well I was sadly informed of their practice. They put you over your limit as a courtesy. They ruined my credit and my first bill is not even due for another 2 weeks! They hire a 3rd Party from not even around here to deliver your appliances. Took them 3 times because first time they didn’t even have the decency to let us know we were not going to be getting our dishwasher. Second time they never called like they said before they showed up at my house. And then left before anyone could meet them. Third time they had my dishwasher sitting on my sidewalk. I would NEVER use Best Buy again for anything. I just pray I never have to use my insurance on my new appliance because they are nothing short of a nightmare!
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2017
I have been a customer of Best Buy for years. We buy all our electronics there. We decided to pre order the iPhone X. I paid with our Best Buy Credit Card. We received an email that the activity on our card was suspicious to confirm that we made the purchase so we did. Later that day I received an email that my order was canceled. So I call Best Buy and they tell me my card was “declined” therefore they canceled my order. Mind you the Citibank representative is also on the line and is telling them my account was on hold, not declined and if they can just redo the order.
At this point they are no longer selling unlocked iPhones so I have to purchase with the next plan which I don't want and the delivery date has changed to mid November. I would never trust Best Buy to pre order an item ever again. I ordered the item. I was going to pick it up in store where I'm sure you have to show an identification to pick up. What was suspicious about my purchase? Also Best Buy had plenty of time to require a different form of payment instead of canceling my order. Best Buy lost a faithful customer for sure. I should have just pre ordered at the Apple Store . I spoke to like 3 employees and no one was able to help or offer an explanation.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2017
Best Buy is a horrible company, San Marcos warehouse manager Tim uses illegal people with no papers and is also using people with dirty criminal backgrounds and no driver's license as drivers. I tried complaining to corporate and up to this date he is still using people that are not suppose to be working there only for his own benefit.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2017
I was called a day before delivery and I specifically said I would be home between 4 and 8, and that was my delivery window. They called me at school while I was teaching at 2, saying they were almost to my place. I got to apartment at 4 and tried calling back 3 times, no response. Finally called Geek Squad and was told because I missed my appointment, they'd have to reschedule for another day and they didn't know when. Still waiting on my TV. First and last time buying a TV with Best Buy. Going with Amazon next time. Don't get home delivery with Best Buy, it's unreliable and they jerk you around on delivery time. I'd cancel order if I could...
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2017
3 years ago I purchased Samsung tablet from my Best Buy on the 46 in New Jersey, in Little Falls, I think. 2 years ago I purchased a Bluetooth Bose speaker to use with my tablet. Then I bought a memory card, all from Best Buy. This weekend I did the Android update. Since then my Bluetooth no longer works. After begging for a ride to Best Buy I was saddened to find they no longer had the Samsung table for help. After sending me to the geek squad, the girl there said I had to make an appointment for service. The manager told me to come the next day and SPEAK to a Samsung rep. After getting a ride there today, I was directed to a girl in Samsung shirt. After telling her my issue, she said I had to go to another town for service. I asked if she could take a peek at my tablet and she said customer service WAS NOT IN HER JOB DESCRIPTION.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2017
I purchased an Apple Watch picked up on a Tuesday gave it a try just couldn't fall in love with it. Tuesday when I picked it up I asked the cashier who helped me. What if I don't like it, how many days do I have to return it, what are the policies etc. The gentleman said, "Just bring it back within 15 days. No problem." I returned the watch on Monday 6 days after picking it up. First the young lady Natalie I believe is her name, she was rude never made eye contact horrible customer service. Natalie immediately called someone "I have an Apple Watch return". Never looked at me explaining what she was doing. A second young guy came had no clue what he was doing. Natalie walked away to help someone else told the young guy, "You complete the return." I was explained by the young guy that a 35$ restocking fee would be added. I asked can you explain the restocking fee, he called a manager.
The manager was just as rude, he looked at me with a smirk and said "We Charge the 35 to everyone. Even I had to pay a restocking fee". I asked, "I just need you to explain what the fee is for?" He said, "What do you mean? It's a company policy." Extremely rude. I walked out very upset. I have been a loyal Best Buy customer for years bought all of my electronics from Best Buy. I could have gone anywhere to purchase my watch but I chose Best Buy because of their customer service. I am very disappointed at how bad the service has gotten and I assure you I will never return to Best Buy for anything else. The reps need to be given some training on good people skills and customer service, they have to remember, "No customers No job!" What happened Best Buy?
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2017
I was reminded again today of why I stopped shopping at Best Buy. I had stopped shopping there for years after being an avid customer for more than a decade. I purchased a security system with cameras etc. I wrongly assumed there was a 30 day return policy as with most every retailer I deal with. It's 14 days. Though it was my mistake I felt strongly they should have at least attempted to work with me. Store credit... something? The store is 50 miles from my home so getting back there is not convenient. But no. Now I have a $450 system I don't need. If this was the first bad experience I've had with Best Buy I probably wouldn't have said anything but the fact that over and over again they have proven they couldn't care less about a customer is just too much for me anymore. I'm sorry. What used to be a good store has deteriorated into the sorry excuse for a retailer they have become. I won't make the mistake of buying from them again.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2017
Avoid this company. Stay Far Away. They will accept any name and ship to any address when given a Credit Card Number. We have NOT shopped at any Best Buy in over Four Years. A mysterious charge showed up for an Apple iPad that was shipped to other than our address. We do not use any Apple Products. Check your credit card statements for Fraudulent Charges by Best Buy... Can you say FRAUDULENT CHARGES by the company called Best Buy... Should be called Worst Buy. We will Never Ever shop with this company again.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2017
I really like the service, the prices and the selection that I get from this particular Best Buy Store located at: 11301 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90064. I was in need of replacing my older laptop computer since it keeps getting heated up and shutting off on its own. When I arrived at the store, I went immediately to the department that can help me out best and met with ** who showed me their HP Models since I am a fan of HP and really trust that name for the most part!
Well, he found me a model that was not only affordable, but even came with a $65.00 trade in bring the price down to about $428.00 dollars and some change in which I thought was a good deal! I can always count on Best Buy in finding me only the best in Electronics and yes, they will Price Match Amazon which is also a good thing! I personally want to thank ** for providing me with outstanding customer service back on Friday, October 20, 2017.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2017
I pre ordered a Pixel 2 from Best Buy a month ago and the launching day was October 19th. On October 18th I called Best Buy and ask them when would I receive my phone because I did not receive an email for my tracking number. The representative from Best Buy told me, "You will have the phone tomorrow on the 19th around 4 in the afternoon." I called Best Buy and the representative said that they're having a problem with Google and I should be getting the phone on the 20th so I waited until around 5 in the evening.
I called Best Buy again and this time a lady says that they have back order on the phones and I would not be getting the phone till the middle of November. Knowingly that Verizon had the phones in their stores on the 19th and Best Buy stores had few phones as well the promotion was for the pre-order to get a free home device and mini Google so I asked for supervisor to see if I can get the phone from Verizon store because they have it and if Best Buy will still send me my mini home device.
The supervisor said, "No you have to wait till the middle of November. Otherwise we will charge you for the free device" so I went next door to Verizon store in my city and I purchased the Pixel 2 from Google. I called Best Buy again and I asked them to cancel my order and told them it was their fault that I never received my phone on time and now I lost my pre-order gift. The representative Best Buy said, "Oh well. There's nothing I can do for you." Shame on Best Buy and their customer service since I've been a customer with them for the last 20-plus years. I would never purchase anything from Best Buy again.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2017
Buyers Beware!!! I have purchased 65in LG OLED TV in April 2017 from Best Buy in Wilmington Delaware. After 5 months of casual use of 2-4 hrs a day, watching various cable channels, the TV developed a slight ghost image, displaying a faint outline of a logo of Cable Networks. I have contacted the LG Service Department and they have sent an engineer to inspect the screen. Engineer diagnosed is as a image burn (just from casual use!!!), And advised me I should contact Customer Service. He informed me that while Image Burn isn't covered by warranty, the Customer Services have a ability to do something as a discretionary service.
After prolonged back and forth with LG representatives, I was bluntly told that LG will not stand by its product, and it will not repair or replace it, because they believe I have likely been sold an open box or a display unit (which it isn't according to my purchase invoice). So basically I have a 3000 USD TV, which is useless only after 5 months. I have contacted Best Buy and spoke to store manager to try to solve this problem. If the manufacturer won't help, maybe the store that sold it to me would, given that according to the manufacturer they sold me a used TV as a new one. No such luck. Managers in Wilmington store are rude and unhelpful. They openly admit they do have an ability to help with this, but it's to their discretion, and they simply just refuse to take back a 3000 USD dud they have sold me. They say it has been sold 5 months ago so they will not do anything with it.
Please do a research before buying any of LG TVs or using Best Buy as your retailer. Poor quality, and the company is an absolute nightmare to deal with in terms of repairs or returns. Not only they do not stand by their products, knowing full well they selling a dud, but they also treat they customers with disdain. Based of my personal experiences, and the amount of money this company cost me to date, it is my opinion that Best Buy should be avoided at all cost!!!
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2017
I purchased a "Lifeproof" cell phone case along with new phones on Aug. 18 2017. Soon after I started having issues with the buttons on the case. Now they won't work in the case at all. When contacting Best Buy I was informed that I only have 15 days to return anything to the store and must deal with the manufacturer. As far as I am concerned this is not acceptable, any other business gives at least 60 days to return defective items and if it was purchased on their store credit card, most give you 1 year. In all, Best Buy only cares about getting your money and NOT about service. Will never shop Best Buy AGAIN!!!
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2017
Purchased a defective laptop from Best Buy in May after great reviews from in-store staff. The HP Spectre 360 had a mouse tracking problem that made it useless at times. HP tried reloading Windows in an extreme effort to fix it, but still not working. It is now October, Best Buy let me exchange it, then I spent $200 more and got a Dell XPS 2 in 1. The battery is not working. Looked up this problem too and see others are also having this problem. Want to return this in a day, but time I want my money back. Best buy just wants me to spend more money buying yet another more expensive laptop and Geek Squad. I just want a product that works for at least a year. I don't think that is too much to ask for $1600+.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2017
I purchased a brand new 55" Insignia flat screen TV on 3/4/16, that's only 19 months ago!! I also purchased a 2 yr warranty with it. I now have only audio with a full black screen. We called Geek Squad on 10/18/17, the day it crashed, and we were told it would be a 60.00 fee to have someone come fix it, so it would be better if we brought it back to the store for an exchange or upgrade with my paying the difference. So we did on the following day. Geek Squad/Customer Service said we'd either have to take it back home not working or have a "loaner" TV that we'd have to haul back and forth. I AM BEYOND FURIOUS with this store on South Wadsworth, Littleton Co... I told them how upset I was with the fact that they sold me a DEFECTIVE TV. I was told "Sometimes that just happens"...
I wanted either a full refund or in-store credit towards another TV WHICH THEY REFUSED TO DO! I would have even upgraded and paid the difference until I experienced how much they didn't care about MY customer satisfaction at all!!! At one point the manager David ** said he would do it, THEN RENIGGED HIS OFFER! I just wanted what I paid for which was a NON-DEFECTIVE FLAT SCREEN TV, but received their NON-CUSTOMER SERVICE, MISOGYNISTIC treatment! I will NOT be giving WORST BUY ANY MORE BUSINESS! This has been a horrific nightmare when all I expected was a working TV for 4/5 years maybe, NOT 19 MONTHS! They shouldn't even have the 1 star... BEWARE of products sold from this store!
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2017
Purchased a Lenovo Yoga 710 on August 20. Less than 30 days later it started freezing up. I brought it back to BB on October 1. Told 15 day return policy need to be shipped out for repair. On 10-7 I receive the completely wiped machine with a new hard drive. I attempted to load software and the machine freezes every minute or so. Both Microsoft and Kaspersky tell me I have a defective hard drive. Spent the past week trying to get Lenovo to address. I had also escalated with Best Buy and was told Jeremy the manager would call me. Made another attempt and have yet to receive a call back from Best Buy.
Lenovo escalated to the Relationship Department and Jason the rep assigned to me has promised several times that I would receive a call to troubleshoot the issue. I've called and emailed him multiple times and still haven't gotten my issue resolved. Feel I've been sold a lemon and a bag of goods. This is the worst customer experience I've been a part of.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2017
It's horrible how you are doing the delivery schedule for people. I took day off yesterday to wait my tv, plus I called the company to do other cable work in the bedroom. And nobody was showing up??? I’m super disappointed I never ever wanna buy anything in your shop. And even the people doesn’t give good information on the phone. The delivery company is the worst ever. Try to working together better, because you gonna lose many customers!!!
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2017
Due to house fire I spent over 10k. I bought extended warranties. They do not honor them. Fridge shelves collapse from glass on plastic frames, TVs dead and will not honor extended warranty even though one is only 4 months into manufacture warranty. They do not call back. Corporate does not call back. Ask to speak to store manager and they hang up on you.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2017
So, our company just spent a lot of money at Best Buy, like $3,000. We ordered a Microsoft Surface Pro, and a pen that comes with it. The Surface Pro got to our business location with no problem, but the pen somehow got lost in the mail system. Guy in customer service, his name was Daniel, tells me that USPS did not recognize our address, only FedEx (the Surface Pro went through them). So, we have no pen still, and please keep in mind this order was made on October 4th. My boss is mad because we didn't get the pen, and we need the pen (cause it costs $100). So I spend all day on the phone with customer service. I am put on hold like 12 times, for about 15 minutes each time. "Daniel" refuses to send us another pen, even though it got lost because of them. (Also, USPS delivers to us every day, that's how we get our mail. How could they not recognize our address?)
Then, he tells me he can only intercept the pen, but I told him I did not want to do that. I said I wanted a new pen by the next day, Saturday. Instead, he decides to intercept the pen anyway. He says it will hopefully make it to our address by Saturday, but he cannot guarantee. Irritated and confused, I was tired of this process; I told him thank you and to have a nice day. It is now Monday, and the pen is still not at our address. Super frustrated with Best Buy considering we were going to make them our supplier of all technology. I even told Daniel that, and he didn't care to lose a huge customer. So, here we are, with no pen. And I have encouraged my boss to stop all deals with Best Buy due to their inconsiderate customer service and ridiculous policies regarding deliveries.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2017
I purchased a Vizio TV in June, took advantage of a bargain price, gift for my brother-in-law. I wasn't told it was on backorder. It was delivered to me 3 weeks later. One week after that I gave it to my brother-in-law who waited 1 more week to take out of the box and plug in. The TV didn't work so he brought it back to Best Buy who said they wouldn't take it back, it was Vizio's problem. I got the TV from my brother-in-law, called Vizio, sent them a picture of the set. They said it was dropped and it wasn't their problem, it was Best Buy's problem. Skip over the ten days I had to deal with hurricane Irma.
Now it's the 1st week in October, went back to Best Buy for satisfaction. I tried to reason with the manager and even offered to buy a more expensive and larger set based on his reimbursement. Not good enough for them I said If I didn't drop it and my brother-in-law didn't drop it the shipper must have dropped it. Best Buy said it's MY problem. HOW IN HELL IS THEIR SHIPPER MY PROBLEM? The manager simply spouted out something about his 14 day return policy. I simply took back the tv so they couldn't send it back to Vizio and get credit for it. I detest getting the runaround and wasting time. I will not buy so much as a land line telephone wire from them ever again. Christmas is coming... they can bite me. No wonder retail is going to the internet.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2017
I purchased a 4K Sony XBR65X900E on September, 30 at the McKinley store in Buffalo, NY. While checking out I was informed that the earliest they could get out to me for delivery and setup was October, 13. I thought that to be a bit untimely but I agreed nonetheless. I could call for a better delivery position if I wanted one. Of course I did and was granted one. So I have a friend set up to be at my house for the delivery, Best Buy calls and moves the date. Ok, it happens. So for the next delivery date, same gig! Friend all set for the delivery, canceled again? They wanted to change the date to Saturday the 14th.
It's a TV fellas! We can put up a new home in the time it takes Best Buy to deliver a television. A two week delivery is not acceptable. I pulled the order and obtained a refund. I lost trust in Best Buy. If they can't even get the $2,000 television to my home for set up, etc. What should I expect in the event I required service? Everybody sells this puppy, and they don't take 2 or 3 weeks to get it out to you.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2017
Two months ago Best Buy’s delivery men delivered our new refrigerator. Unfortunately, in the process they damaged our front door and banged a hole in our entry wall. We are still waiting to hear about compensation, but after several emails to the company, no assurance of help has been forthcoming. Do NOT shop at this store!!! Take your business elsewhere!!!
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017
I purchased a Best Buy Whalen furniture tv stand and it was delivered last month. The base of the stand was put together but was unsure about the actual hanging of the tv onto the stand. So I scheduled and paid for Geek Squad to come out to provide a professional installation (set up, mount, install, and configure your flat panel TV) on Saturday, September 23, 2017, between 12 and 4 pm.
The morning of Sep 23rd before 8 am, I received a text message of a Best Buy order status. I responded with a Y, to get status updates as it relates to my service. At noon I heard nothing, and 1 pm, I heard nothing, at 2 pm I heard nothing. At 3 pm I decided to call to find out the status of my service appointment only to find out that my scheduled appointment was on rescheduled status. I asked the Manager on Duty (MOD) how is that possible if I did not reschedule nor did I receive a phone call to reschedule. She stated that there had been a computer glitch and because it, order have been rescheduled. I am more than sure that this did not start happening on Saturday, the day in which my service was scheduled for.
I remained calm. I asked so when is the next date/time in which my mounting service could be done. It was sometime the following week between 12-4. I said that was unacceptable as I work during the week 9-530. The manager said 8-12 or 12-4 are all the timeslots that available to schedule deliveries. I said so you're saying you're unable to accommodate me although it was Best Buy's fault that I cannot have a delivery on my day off. She responded with, "I'm sorry, I'll refund your money." I wanted the service!! So now what does that do for me? NOTHING!!! If I did not need the service I wouldn't have paid and scheduled it. I was only offered a refund. BEST BUY YOU WILL NEVER GET MY BUSINESS AGAIN! This is how you lose customers and you have lost me and several friends and family due to YOUR NEGLIGENCE. In the meantime, I have yet to have my tv mounted or set up. Thanks for ABSOLUTELY nothing!
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017
Remember when contacting Best Buy or the Geek Squad, you are contacting a 3rd party. Unfortunately after numerous calls, when asking for a supervisor you might be lucky in getting one. Best Buy corporate cares less about the type of service you get. They've gotten your money. I for one would not buy from Best Buy again. They claim to offer customer service, but the only way you get anything done, is demand to speak to the corporate office. But be forewarned, by calling the main number doesn't guarantee that you get the corporate office. And when you do, getting results are not swift.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017
I wanted the 43" Smart TV 1080, was selling at $349.99 as normal. They were out of stock, only had the New E-series which cost $399.99. I purchased it then found out 2 days later it's on sale on their site for $379.99. Salesperson never said nothing and charged me full price. (Piss poor customer service) I called and the guy on the phone said, “Bring in the ad from website” which I did with receipt 7 days after purchase. Well after driving there again I was told that ad. No customer service, this was at Monroeville PA store.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2017
I went to Best Buy to buy a refrigerator after mine was destroyed in hurricane Irma. Bought the refrigerator I wanted and I was to receive it in 5 days. So on the day, not only did the guy show up two hours early so that no one was home and I had to call my neighbor to go to my house the refrigerator was damaged. So I call customer service who did not care, offered me nothing but to send me another refrigerator. Second one arrives. Not only is it dented but it is missing shelves and the guys response was "Oh, that sucks. Call this number." Needless to say I am sending it back and bought a fridge from Home Depot that I received in two days that was perfect. Altogether was out of a fridge for three weeks. Never buying an appliance from Best Buy again.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2017
Store clerk was wonderful where we purchased our appliances. Our only compliant is that the installers did a rushed and incomplete job on installation. Best Buy requires that you buy a new dryer hose and new washer hoses prior to installation, which we purchased at BEST BUY. When they installed the dryer hose they did not bother to cut it shorter which left the appliance sticking out too far in the laundry room. My husband had to redo the installation. With the washing machine, they failed to install the shipping plugs in the back which are meant to cut down on noise and they failed to install the elbow joint for the drain hose. Instead they just shoved the drain hose three feet down the drain. It is only supposed to go down 4 inches. Once again my husband had to reinstall on his own. This is very shoddy work in our opinion.
ALERT! The BEST BUY survey will ring at your house about 2 minutes after the installers leave. We gave a positive review because the survey comes before you even have a chance to notice that there are problems. Sounds like a good way for them to improve their customer satisfaction ratings. We think that's shoddy marketing too.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2017
I bought a new iPad on October 1 and bought the extended 2 year warranty. Almost immediately we had a problem with it. On Oct 6 I took it to the Geek Squad desk who told me they would have it fixed within 30 to 60 minutes. After an hour they said they didn't know how to fix it (it was just a simple reset). I went back to the iPads in the store and asked the sales clerk (who also said he was the manager) what the policy was on returns. I did not mention that I already had an iPad that had a problem. He cheerfully told me that the store policy was that I could return or exchange it within 2 weeks. I said that's what I wanted to do. Once he realized I already had purchased the iPad, his tone completely changed and he said I couldn't return it until it was fixed by the Geek Squad. So what they tell you when you are making a purchase isn't something they stand behind after you purchased it?
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2017
I have placed several online orders with the company and have had a bad experience each and every time. Orders have not been shipped even though the company has provided tracking information. This particular order was never shipped after 30 days of the order status as shipped. I also placed on order for other merchandise online and had specifically entered for store pickup. The item was for a friend who had provided me with their credit card information to make the purchase. The order was placed under my name and Best Buy account and the pick up was option was selected also under my name. The order was placed and the credit card was charged. The following day I went by the store to pick up the item that had been paid for.
I showed the clerk my ID to confirm I was the one authorized to pick up the order. However, when picking up the order I was told that I need the credit card that the order was placed on. The fact that my friend had used his card to pay and even though the order had already been paid for I was unable to pick up the order. I was told that it was policy that in order to pick up the order I would need the credit card despite being the one listed to pick it up. I have had numerous bad experiences with this company. In addition, the in store customer service is extremely poor. It is for these reasons that I closed my Best Buy account and have decided to take my business elsewhere. There are too many other options online to bother with Best Buy. I would recommend using Amazon for future purchases and save yourself the headache in dealing with such a bad company.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2017
I stop in Best Buy Simsbury CT. I was shopping for a GoPro camera, Best Buy told me GoPro Hero 5 Black was the newest out. What they didn't tell me the new model was about to hit the store in a few days, I was deceived into buying an older model to clear out old stock instead of telling me the new model was coming in in a few days. I would of waited, and now that it's over 15 days I'm stuck with an older version. Thanks a lot Best Buy for the deception and poor business practices.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2017
I purchased a laptop from Best Buy on 9/26/2017 and returned it on 10/2/2017. When I purchased the laptop I wasn't told of the return policy. The guy just told me I had 14 days to decide if I wanted it or not. It only took me three days to figure out it wasn't a good computer, so I boxed it the second day and returned it. Now, what really irked me was that when I returned it, I was told it would take days to get a refund.
If I had been made aware of that when I purchased it...I wouldn't have purchased it. It's not even on the receipt that returns will require 3-4 business days for a refund. I've purchased merchandise from Walmart, Target and Costco and they take my money right away and if I need to return it I get it back right away. It's like me telling them, “I'll take this laptop home and pay you for it in three days.” They wouldn't want to wait for me to pay them for it, so why should I have to wait for my refund. I walked into the store and purchased it and walked back in to return it.
The young woman who did my return was nice enough, but I was shocked when she told me that I had to wait 3-5 business days for my refund. Wait? Seriously? If I had to wait I never would have gave them my money in the first place. I felt it's something they do to hinder consumers or encourage them to purchase another product in the store, versus waiting for a refund. (Bad Policy, Worst Buy.) Best Buy needs to put it on the receipt (that refunds will take 3-5 business days) and they also need to train their employees to advice the consumer of the refund policy, making them aware that they may be paying promptly for the item, but will not be refunded promptly. I'll never shop there again.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2017
I pardon this being extensive, I will try to sum it up as tightly as possible. That will be rough though. Placed an order for a Stackable Washer and Dryer w/ stacking kit on August 23rd which was finally delivered on September 11. The machines turned on, and all looked well and the delivery guy left, but ultimately the dryer doesn't work. Called back immediately and was given a lengthy runaround. Ultimately I had to wait till the next morning to call and set up an exchange per Best Buy's request, as the pieces were not marked off as delivered until the delivery man gets back at the end of the business day. I understand that is the protocol, that is fine. We come to find out we can't exchange the pieces as they are no longer in stock, so we switch to the closest models and those are back ordered.
We requested a delivery date of Sept. 28, today, yet all week had not gotten any notification other than a note online that the delivery is scheduled, this made me nervous. Called Best Buy's Appliance Services dept. a few times, as I had very little faith in this working smooth. The First call rep said all should be scheduled, all is well and I should hear a confirmation very soon. 2 days out from delivery, and I still haven't heard anything, so I called again. This woman said I should get a text, but if I don't hear anything on Sept 27, then there might be a problem, and to call back. THIS MADE ME NERVOUS AND LOSE EVEN MORE FAITH THAT THIS WILL WORK OUT. Called on Sept 27, and (incidentally, more than 4 times, I've been put on hold by one person who was looking into it and then somehow transferred to another person to which I had to state my whole case again).
Ended up with someone who was also in Illinois and swore the entire thing was smooth, all pieces were on the truck and all was to be delivered. Sept. 28 at 7:30 am (day of delivery), get a call from a woman named Joscelyn who said the stacking kit is not available, and we'll need to reschedule. I've taken off work for this delivery, at this point I was done, I requested that the items get picked up. That there is no exchange, and only a return. Was told I had to call back the next morning after the pickup was marked as complete. At this point, I've clocked 4.5 hours of hold time and phone conversations for an order placed on August 23, and it now Sept 29... no product, no refund, money is still held up on card, and no one seems to know what the other is doing. Even tried to contact someone through social media and everyone has passed me to another person.
All I want is the original items refunded as they have been removed from my house and for the exchange to be canceled. I have been put in a holding pattern with the Best Buy where the picked up items are listed as in Transit but have not been checked in as a return. I have the receipts from the pickup. This is an over 2000 dollar order, with customer service that isn't worth 2 pennies. I am currently on hold yet again to see if the matter can be resolved. They are once again calling dispatch to see if they can expedite the process. I'm not receiving any real care or help... and it frustration is an understatement. I hope no one else ever has to go through this.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2017
In the past, I have purchased my big screen television, Blu-ray player, routers, etc. from Best Buy. I have also had the Geek Squad to come in twice for wall installations associated with the setup. Recently, I purchased a better router from Best Buy. I lost internet connection to the TV. I called for technical support in helping me set up the TV to connect to the new router. Technical support would not give me any help over the phone. I was told that they would have to send a technician out to do it. Price? $99.95. I had just spent $140.00 for the new router.
The Geek Squad does well with their installations and service, but Best Buy is all about money. I can't believe that they would not give me any suggestions over the phone. However, after hanging up, I found the solution, which took about two minutes to solve... Thanking God because he knew that Best Buy would be taking advantage of me. It was very simple to do. I'm just upset that I was given no support after buying a device from them that changed the settings... Then they wanted to collect another $100.00 without trying to answer a simple question over the phone that would help a customer.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017
I went to buy something with my Citibank rewards points. Customer service pretend that they do not know who their rewards points partners are. This is scripted rubbish to make you use only Best Buy rewards points. Well, guess what, it ain't gonna work. After five phone calls, and no knowledge from the customer service department or the credit card department, they just lost me as a customer. If you want to buy something with valid rewards points which BTW Citibank says are definitely applicable to all Best Buy purchases, I suggest Amazon.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017
I've shopped at Best Buy for years without problems until recently. I ordered a Tracfone Smartphone which I couldn't make it work. I paid for a cab and went to Best Buy, a clerk messed with the cellphone for a while and couldn't make it work either so she went to ask somebody else in the store. She came back within a few minutes and told me that Best Buy is not responsible for Tracfones. I wasted $100.00 on a cellphone that is useless. Now they decided to use OnTrac as their delivery company. OnTrac is a joke & the complaints all over the U.S. are in the thousands so I closed my account with Best Buy like I did with Walmart and Amazon for the same reason. I will continue to shop at Target online, they use established delivery co.'s and listen to their customers.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017
So I got this MP3 player plus an "extended warranty" (paid about half the price of MP3 player). Sales person told me if it fails within a year I could bring it back and have it exchanged. So it fails after about a couple of month, I go back to the same Best Buy and they refuse to do. No comprehensible response at all. I just took the loss and left, the MP3 player was not worth stressing about and arguing. Just letting you all know, EXTENDED WARRANTY IS PURE RIP-OFF.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
I wanted a lens for a Sony camera and it showed as in stock at the store on Progress Ave., ON, Canada. I drove across the city and when I asked about it I was told that a stock level of "1" means it is "dead stock" and they don't have any available. What a waste of time and particularly annoying that the store knew the information was wrong.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
I pre-ordered a Samsung Note 8 from Best Buy. I was pre-approved for credit on the day I applied. I was told that I could pick my phone up on the 15th of Sept. I was told by the customer service rep, Jean **, that all I had to do was bring in $50.00 to cover the taxes on my new phone. I went in on the 18th of Sept. and my Note 8 was there but the customer service agent I spoke to on this day told me I had to have an extra $75.00 before I could pick up my phone. He told me the total amount was $128.40. When I asked him why I had to pay the extra amount he said that I had to pay a deposit before I could get the phone. I have purchased things in this manner before and each and every time IF there was a deposit I was made aware of it at the time I made the initial agreement.
The first young man told me that the $50.00 was the ONLY amount I would need. I MADE SURE I asked him about any other charges, but that was it. I know when I am being made a fool of and I do not appreciate it one bit. The second young man wore no name tag and did not give me his name. If this is the way that Best Buy is doing business then I believe I was becoming a victim of fraud. This has been happening quite a bit. I have all my paperwork from my initial visit. I have two credit repair companies working for me to prevent identity theft. I have already been a victim of IDENTITY THEFT and the fraudsters were not investigated or arrested and they were already on house arrest for violating the conditions of their parole.
I was in Chicago, IL. at ** when the parole violators decided to steal my social security checks. Well they stole four of them and I have yet to see one red cent. They were under the watchful eye of the FBI out of the Roosevelt field office, but because these upstanding citizens accused me of selling my medication the FBI in all their brilliance let them get away with my checks. In fact they have been helping the criminals by stopping my bank money, making sure I have no place to live and making sure that I am unable to receive any of my inheritances. I have been a perpetual victim since I was 68 years old and I am now 72. I have done everything right in my life and the law enforcement agencies (plural) have done nothing but keep me a VICTIM. I have proof positive that the people responsible for 6 murders including 7 children that did not have to die!
There is a limit to what anyone will take and I have been pushed way beyond mine. The young man at the Best Buy in Franklin, WI on 76th Street knew that I had paid cash for my other purchases and also knew that I was paying cash for my pre-ordered Note 8. He had the idea that I was going to hand him $128.00 and he would be able to put $75.00 in his pocket, well wrong and if Best Buy condones his behavior and expects me to pay another $75.00 for already having been approved then the management has to be part of the scam and the customer service agents are making a lot of money because I saw a young man come in and pay $850 cash for a phone and I bet he either stole the money or saved up for a long time because a customer service agent probably told him he had to pay cash for not having any credit. Probably the latter.
A lot of young men, especially will save up money they make at McDonald's or some other fast food place just to show off the great phone he got as a deal and the clerk is the actual thief selling a phone he stole from stock or someone that ordered a phone paid for it and the crooked clerk resold it for cash and the original customer was told "it was lost or stolen in transit" or " our shipment never came in". Just like mail in rebates that customers never get. You do not need a tracking number to track your rebate because the store is supposed to have a copy of the rebate order in the store. The one clerk in Metro PCS sent off my husband's rebate in February of 2017 and it is now September 25 and he still hasn't received it and the young man that took the order for the young girl that works there no longer works for Metro PCS.
There are so many stores that are stealing from the customer that it is unreal. I have had my medication stolen from me for 3 months. I am being forced to live without any of my medication because the pharmacists and the drug DISTRIBUTORS are stealing it and selling it ion the streets. My medication cost $5110.00 for one bottle and I cannot take generic medication but the pharmacists keep trying to give it to me. I am a Narcoleptic and the stupid agents took the word of 19 criminals over mine, too stupid to understand if I was selling my medication how in the hell would I stay awake to drive anywhere to sell it.? HOW STUPID CAN A COMPLETE LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY BE? I was beat up in my own home by cops from Chicago wearing Franklin City police uniforms and the head public defender in Milwaukee decides she is going to try and scare me by threatening me with prison for a case that was dismissed.
Rosemary ** is a stupid woman if she thought for a minute she could do it. Then I have American Family Insurance still extorting money from me since 1981. Went to court again a dirty judge Mel ** gives them a judgement against me for an accident I could not have been in because I wasn't even in Wisconsin at the time. But then she also shoved an eviction through for a woman who could not read and write but had an excellent set of accounting books that she couldn't read!
So whoever is supposed to be taking care of all this please do me a favor and start with the FBI in Wisconsin because they all transferred here when they found out I was worth more than a few million dollars because I own half of the damn state that I inherited from my relatives and old people that I helped all my life. The people that owe me their fortunes and their health have not tried to pay me back and now my brother is dead because the FBI likes to dabble in pornography on the side. I mean star in it because I have dvd's to prove it.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2017
I gave Best Buy over $1500 for a dishwasher and a stove on Sept 2, 2017 - best buy in Torrance on Hawthorne Blvd. I dealt with Jorge **. He was great to our face and made arrangements to have it delivered. Waited two weeks and on delivery day they would not install or deliver as the connectors weren't the correct size. I PAID EXTRA FOR AN INSTALLATION KIT, wrong installation kit. The installation people can't come prepared for this problem??? The wrong size connector, they can't have an assortment. Paid a plumber to come out and do a 5 minute install and now water is turned off and current stove doesn't work as it is not matching the new connector. NO PHONE CALL, NOTHING!
We have called the store a dozen times trying to find out where the stove and dishwasher are and the installer and no one has an answer. THAT STORE SUCKS! Jorge ** is a poor salesman, can't be trusted. He said he would call us back with answers and then just left and went home. The appliance manager Daniel he sucks too. No one could explain what happened and they didn't care too. They absolutely cared less that we are going to the store to get our money back. They actually said, "Oh no problem, we can do it right now over the phone." Wow, how accommodating of them. They could care less that we are sitting here with the water turned off and a stove that doesn't work. I will never set foot in Best Buy ever again.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2017
Worst customer telephone experience I have ever had! Called the local Best Buy to get some consultation for a couple of electronic items that were affected by a lightning strike per our insurance company. The store advised me to call the Geek Squad home visitation division and was given the number to call. Called the supplied number and after a 14 minute wait connected to a person. Told him what I was needing, but was informed this was the wrong department and would transfer me to the correct one. Again another long wait and talked to a lady I could barely understand and again the wrong department.
Happened two more times and the final person said he could help me, but needed to get the proper paperwork, but he would not place me on hold and guess what, he put me on hold. After another long wait, got disgusted and hung up and called back to try again, wrong department. Asked to talk to a manager and placed on hold again, after 15 minutes I gave up, they had utterly defeated me. It is no wonder with service this bad they are in such poor financial shape and will probably go bankrupt as they have already closed many stores and are in the process of closing others.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2017
I purchased 2 brand new PS4 games on 9-19-2017, from Best Buy (Store #1891 Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458) and when I got home, and took off the plastic seal around the game, NBA 2K18, there was NO Game Disc Inside. This was purchased from an Official Licensed Electronic Department Store, Best Buy. Purchased at 8:35 pm on a Tuesday Night in NYC. Product #: 880000. 47902-3 - I'm very upset as a customer, that used my hard earn money to buy 2 games and was totally robbed, by 2K18 not being included in the Game casing. I want my money refunded back to me OR a new copy of the game NBA 2K18, shipped to my home, because this should never happen to anyone.
How does the manufacturing company, ship out video games to a department store and ships out Video games cases with NO Gaming Disc Inside? Please Explain, In Details, I'm waiting for a detailed explanation and my money refund. I need an email and call from a Corporate Sony Representative. I'm calling and filing a report with Consumer Affairs and 2K Sports Inc. I had to re-purchase another copy of the NBA 2K18 Game, from a different company, GameStop, on 9-21-2017. I'm disputing the charge on my credit card, because the manager at Best Buy store #1891, **, said he couldn't help me or give me another copy of the game, because it's a shipping and manufactured company situation.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017
On September 7th at 12:30 pm Eastern Standard Time, I purchased a $350 E-Gift Card through bestbuy. cashstar.com, which I was forwarded to from bestbuy.com. At 1:10 pm Eastern Standard Time, the E-Gift Card was viewed and verified by my friend who lives in Rhode Island. On September 8th, when she tried to use the E-Gift Card at a store, it came up as declined. After being transferred FIVE times (THREE times to Cash Star and TWICE to Best Buy) on September 8th, since no one apparently could assist me, I gave up. On September 9th, after being transferred another FOUR times, Cash Star was finally able to give me the E-Gift Card number, which I was finally able to provide to Best Buy to figure out why it was declined.
According to Best Buy and two receipts they copied me, someone used the E-Gift Card at the Milpitas California store. It was used at 3:15 pm Eastern Standard Time (12:15 pm Pacific Standard Time) to purchase a speakers, a charging cord, and something else. The card had only $1.27 left. On September 11th, I called the Milpitas Best Buy store to ask what they could do. They said they would look at footage and someone would get back to me the following day. On September 13th, no one had gotten back to me so I called back in, and they said they were continuing to look into it.
I called the Milpitas Police Department who sent an officer to get footage. They told me that the footage was bad, so they couldn't do anything about it. NO ONE from the Milpitas Best Buy store has contacted me since, so I filed a complaint with BBB, finally getting someone from corporate to call me. They said they would do what they could to help. Come September 18th, I received no word, so I followed up and was told that nothing could be done since the card was verified resulting in the order being fulfilled and I would need to continue working with authorities. HOW CAN AN ORDER BE FULFILLED IF THE ORDER CAN'T BE USED? It has now been OVER TEN DAYS and this has not been resolved.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017
Last week, we shopped for a new computer and related services and components for my son. Clifton at the San Carlos, CA Best Buy was patient with our questions and went out of his way to make sure we were getting the best prices for our bundle. It was great working with him. I highly recommend Clifton and hope Best Buy management will give him the recognition he deserves.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2017
I pre-ordered a Samsung Note 8 in store at Best Buy, that was probably my first mistake. They gave me a sheet of paper with the order number and did send me an email with that same information. Problem is, when I go online to try to track the order, they keep telling me to sign into my account; I sign into the account with my email address and there is nothing in the order status section. I was never able to track my phone, the person I chat with and the person I spoke with on the phone just said to wait for an email telling me when it is ready for pickup.
I finally get the email the item is ready for pickup, so I take a half day off work to go pick it up just to be told that it is not ready yet and I have to wait another day. Huge waste of my time! I called the customer support line just for them to tell me that there was an error in the system this morning. If they knew about it, why didn't they send a followup email informing us of this issue? I received the email at 9:00 AM and went to the store at 1:00 PM, that is more than enough time to send out an email that would take no more than 5 minutes. On top of that, people have already received their phones over a week ahead of schedule that did not purchase it from Best Buy! Needless to say, they have just lost a customer, this is very unprofessional and the best they were able to offer me was an apology for wasting my time.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2017
I had an age old washer/friend die on me.:-(. I went shopping for another washer that would help our family with the laundry. I have a Samsung Galaxy phone and admire the technology greatly. Therefore, I decided to give the Samsung washer a try. I went to the Best Buy online store and placed our order. Well the product arrived on time and in excellent condition. Things went fine for the first month or so. My wife and I loved it. She sang little tunes upon completing a cycle. We loved our new washer. We even nicknamed it Sammie. Fast forward a bit and Sammie started to malfunction. It would not spin or spout water. All it would do is give us these cryptic codes. I called Best Buy when we had finally had enough and figured out that Sammie was a lemon of a washer.
I got one guy in Geek Squad who was no help at all! I escalated the issue because the washer was new. I got a kind representative in their Chino, California office. She did not waste my time admonishing me with Best Buy policy or anything. Her first words to me were, "I am going to help you." And for some reason, I knew at that moment, my problem was in good hands. In no less than 7 minutes, the rep Kadine returned and informed me that a replacement was on the way. I want to thank the Best Buy team for your assistance and hiring people who know how to resolve a client issue and keep a long term customer. I am the founder and head of a Digital Services organization and will be using Best Buy as our primary vendor for all of our computer and other electronic needs in the future. Thank you!
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2017
Dealing with Best Buy has been nothing but a nightmare. I purchased a washer and dryer on 8/31 and they scheduled the delivery for 8/4 from 12-4. Two guys showed up, which could not speak or understand English too well. After they took out the old units I went up to check, and it seemed everything was going smoothly. They brought the new units upstairs.
Once they finished the install they came down and asked to sign the paperwork. They were in such a rush to leave; I felt something was not right. Before allowing them to leave, I just wanted to make sure everything was done correctly. As soon as I got upstairs I noticed the huge crack on the mirror doors. Couldn’t believe they tried leaving without letting me know they did damage to the house. When I asked them what happened, they had a dumb look on their face and tried telling me “no”. Then said “no call, me fired no job tomorrow”. On top of that, the vent kit that Best Buy said I had to buy or my warranty would not be valid, they didn’t even install. I also noticed that they never leveled the machines.
I called Best Buy immediately and they said they took down all my information. I was told they would start the claim process and get the install team back to finish the install. I was given the name Michelle **; she was to give me a call to resolve the issue. The first call I got was Kelli **, she was from the Claims department. Once again she asked me the details and told me someone would get back to me. Then I got another call, can’t remember her name, but she informed me that the claim paperwork would be mailed out to me. That I would need to send back the paperwork with a quote and picture of the damage.After that I didn’t hear back from anyone else. Still had a washer and dryer I couldn’t use.
About two days went by and I passed by Best Buy to try to get the issues resolved. The manager Matt tried telling me that it is ok to use my washer and dryer even though they didn’t hook up the new vent kit, which was the total opposite of what every other person in Best Buy told me. I told him that I need these issues resolved or I am going to return the material. He said he would put a high priority on this issue and assured me that Michelle ** would get back to me within 24 hours.
Two days go by and I still didn’t hear anything from anyone within Best Buy. At this point, now it's Friday my boyfriend and I go back up to Best Buy. We explain the entire story, once again now to Mike. He tells me he is emailing every possible manager to try to get an installer back to the house to finish the job. I tell him I want it done by tomorrow. They give me the song and dance and tell me that someone will contact me. But of course no one calls me on Saturday, so I call up the store and speak to Matt again. He tells me that they can’t get the install done til Monday. I tell him I have to work can they make it after 5, he says it shouldn’t be a problem.
Well Monday comes and no one from Best Buy shows up. Then I get a call Monday night that they will have an installer there Tuesday between 12-4. I explain to the lady that the time frame will not work; it would have to be after 5. She tells me she will change the time. Well Tuesday comes and I get a call from the driver at 3:00 saying they are 5 minutes away. So now I have to leave my job, rush home. I’m sitting outside and I watch the truck slow down as they get in front of the house and then drive off. It looked like it was the same delivery/installer that screwed up. So now I am done with Best Buy… I will never buy another thing from them again.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017
Sony 850e TV - I purchased a 75in Sony TV and paid $2400 cash. The tv has a problem so I went to return the set. They told me I could get my money back if I was not satisfied. Here is the problem. They only want to give me $800 cash and the balance of $1600 in a company check that takes 5 weeks to get. This is horrible. I paid cash and should get it back immediately. I should receive cash back like I paid. Not a check. No one should be allowed to do business this way. They are crooks. I will never do business with them again. Beware.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017
I do not recommend purchasing a protection plan for an Apple cell phone through Best Buy. You will be charged a monthly payment that far exceeds the actual amount of Apple Care. Best Buy charged $8.79 per month which over a 2 year protection period equals $210.96. I cancelled my protection 21 months into it after paying $184, and my coverage ended. Apple Care charges a one-time upfront payment of $129 and it covers the entire two years. So in summary, I paid more and got lot less coverage by going through Best Buy.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017
Writing this before I actually get the computer returned to me so I may be worrying for nothing. I bought Geek Squad protection for a year and was told to bring my 3 yr old laptop in for a tuneup. When I did, they ask why, and I mentioned that it was slow at times (for my son at school but that it works perfectly fine for me at home). The Rep who was new and checking in my computer (not a technician) said "It could be a failing hard drive". When I questioned the "spontaneous diagnosis" I was told that hard drives do not last that long. Then when his supervisor came in to make sure the paperwork was correct (since kid was new), He also said Slowness is the first sign of hard drive failure and that them running diagnostics against my computer could crash it completely.
Did I want to pay $99 to have my files backed up in case? I was shocked and almost took my computer back home without the tune-up. I felt like they were predicting them breaking a perfectly functioning computer. I said "You cannot break the hard drive b/c I am giving you a functioning computer" and that I thought there was something in the bootup that was hitting internet immediately and that is why it was slow for my son at school. I was told "When the hard drive starts to fail, it gets intermittent connectivity". I guess I will see what the real tech says, but regular employees should not predict problems or "cover" themselves by warning customers that the computer is going to break. There will be issues if my computer gets broken by the tune-up.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2017
Hands down the worst experience. Spent 30 minutes on the phone with them and told me the purchase was confirmed. Called back 15 minutes later to ask a question to find out they cancelled the order. Best Buy is closing stores around the nation because of a lack of customer service. Amazon will be happy to take my $3,500.
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