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Reviewed Sept. 28, 2015
I have purchased all of my family's cell phones through Best Buy with Verizon Wireless as our cell phone carrier. They convinced me several years and phones ago that their coverage is far superior than VZW and that in the event of a claim, it would be faster, easier and cost less. After several years of paying literally thousands of dollars into this "coverage", we needed to make a claim recently. My son is away at college in a rural town in PA. Got a replacement phone sent by Geek Squad. This phone was faulty from the beginning but we continued to try to make it work with help from Geek Squad support and mostly VZW.
After wasting tons of time (DAYS off from work-literally), we agreed the best solution was to send this phone back. We had wasted so much time at this point. They refused to send a replacement for the replacement until it arrived back at their warehouse. Meanwhile, VZW stepped in, since the phone was under one year old, and sent a replacement phone with 2nd Day Air. BEST BUY never sent a replacement after receiving the first one back in their warehouse. I escalated it as high as corporate and was continually told that they just can't step out of protocol, sorry lady. Got the replacement phone from Verizon, followed the instructions and it worked just fine. I am calling Best Buy/Geek Squad to not only get a refund for my warranty on that phone but to get a refund as far back as possible on all 4 of our iPhones.
This morning was the last straw as I spend 30 minutes and spoke to FIVE different people only to be disconnected by someone in a far away land. I am so done with them and am only doing this to warn people not to bother wasting your money and insuring phones or buying warranties through BEST BUY as they will not honor them nor will they even know how to support your products. They have the worst phone systems and you can barely understand them when you do get them on the phone at all. Please just use your carrier and save yourself money and aggravation.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2015
I bought the 1 year warranty and I broke my screen when I dropped it. The plan is a scam, they gave me a piece of ** phone cuz they didn't have my phone cuz I bought it on sale and they want me to pay the difference. What a crock of crap.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015
I am writing this and hopefully this gets to somewhere. I called customer service today about a dishwasher that my landlord ordered a while ago and I supposed to get a phone call to schedule a time frame yesterday. It didn't happened and I was confused why nobody called me. I was talking to a customer rep on this specific problem and she said they are coming in around noon to 4 pm. She frustrated with me super quick and didn't even tell me what is really going on with this installation and she hang up on me.
I was shocked and I called back, lucky she was the one who picked the phone and I asked her "why did you hang up on me?" and she acted like she can't hear me and she hang up on me again. I talked to her supervisor and I wrote an email to Best Buy. I am hoping that she will get the right punishment that she deserves. P.S. It's 1 pm here and I still don't know when do they come??? Never again Best Buy. NEVER.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015
Never know about the automatic renewal until after the late charge has been added. I don't use my card every month and don't check my email every month. 59 dollar plus yearly charge seems to always turn into a 85 dollar charge year after year. This started to happen when Citibank took over... Probably another bank hustle just like the overdraft fee hustle. Makes me not want to do business with Best Buy just because of Citibank.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2015
I purchased a new dishwasher for a tenant at a rental property out of state. I also purchased the delivery, install, and was told that I would need to purchase a new hose kit in order for them to do the install. I agreed and purchased it and an additional 3yr warranty. The tenant calls me to report that Best Buy delivered to the home, but refused to install. I called customer service immediately as tenants had been without for about a week. They refused saying install was not free on the dishwasher I purchased, but they could come out and install the following day for $149.00. I could have purchased one for cheaper elsewhere including install. I was pissed and hired a plumber instead.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2015
This delivery of a much awaited new stove was a study in incompetence... A complete failure to please a customer in all fronts and aspect. The only thing that was handled correctly and swiftly was how quick the money was taken!!!!!! Only buy something at Best Buy if you can walk out of the store with the product, but if it has to be delivered, you are in trouble!!!!! I had the oven delivered, but the gas line or hose was the wrong size. At which point the delivery guy said he could not hook it up with the hose. I already have - I offered to go get one and the delivery guy said "no" because it would forfeit the warranty. I offered to go get the hose at best buy in marina which is only 10 minutes drive from my house and the driver said no. So far, 3 nos... They reschedule my delivery.
I went to talk to the general manager of the store in Marina, CA. And, he said he was going to take care of it, at which he failed miserably at it. Today was the second attempt for the delivery. And guess what?!!! A complete failure to perform a simple task yet again. The delivery was supposed to be delivered at 10:38am, nothing. 12:00 pm, nothing. Called the 1(888) number and they said it on the way between 1:00 pm and 2.00pm, Nothing!!! So I call Steven ** (the store manager and he checks around. Calls me back and said it would arrive between 2:00pm and 3:00pm. Nothing again (half day gone waiting so far). So I call Steven again and at which point he tells me that he does not know nor anyone else as to the fact if the oven is on the truck!!!!!
Nice experience!!!!! So I am still waiting for a clear answer, which clearly no one can provide!!!!!! What a miserable experience!!!!!!! The reason I buy locally is so, the local people can keep their jobs and make a little commission because I know how expensive it is to live here in the Monterey peninsula. This will be the last product I buy from best buy!!!! They do not deserve my business or yours!!!!!
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2015
I have bought from Best Buy in Portsmouth for years and they always gave me a Military discount. The Virginia Beach store #420 would not give a Military discount nor AARP discount! I am very disappointed in this store's policy of not honoring the military or elderly.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2015
I bought an expensive ($349) TV wall mount a week ago. A lot of money, but the salesperson told me about the price match guarantee, confirmed when asked that Amazon was acceptable, so I went ahead and bought it. The next day I found that it was on Amazon for $225, so I printed it out and returned. Now the catch - it's not really matched on Amazon if it's one of their vendors. Totally misleading and it cost me a trip to the store and $78 when they found me another vendor. Please note that there were many cheaper than Best Buy. Bottom line? Price Match is a racket and the store should be used to shop for a model, then leave and buy it online. Never again will I buy anything there (and don't get me started about my Best Buy Gift Card that can't be used on their site for one of their vendors).
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2015
We purchased 70 inch Sharp TV and a Sony sound bar. We paid for the extended warrant for the TV. A year later we tried to use the warranty but were told it was for the sound bar. On the receipt it only has a code for the extended warranty, there is no way to verify it was applied to the TV or the Sound bar. The price for the warranty would be the same for either item. I told the customer support person that it makes no sense we would buy a warranty for the solid state sound bar instead of the 3,000 dollar big screen TV. He agreed the store clerk probably entered the information incorrectly but they couldn't change it a year later.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2015
I went to Best Buy in Rancho Cucamonga to obtain a credit card and buy a laptop for school. However when I went to apply the person attending me did not specifically explain the information I could write down and I know that he did not explain well because that same day my sister also went to apply and when the person helping her out helped her, I listened and notice the information she was receiving was different. I noticed something wrong because it was not the first credit card that I had and I know my credit is in good status due to my other cards and when I told the other employee helping my sister if what I had put would affect my application he said, "Yes it might" and due to that mistake that the person withheld from me I was unable to get accepted however my sister who has had no credit cards before nor actual credit yet got accepted that same day.
I was mad and when I asked if there was something I could do to fix the mistake they said, "No it was too late" and due to that person that didn't even know the information I got screwed over. If you want to go to that best buy make sure you keep questioning and asking for specific information. That way it won't get withheld from you like it did with me. Due to that I do not even know if I can reply and wasn't told that information either. This was the worst experience I have had in best buy and it was due to withheld information.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2015
So I needed to order a laptop for my son for school and it was an emergency, so I went with next day shipping (extra $30). When I went to pay for my order I decided to used PayPal as my option (figuring if there are any issues, I have a better chance of getting my money back). I click submit and I get a message saying there is a problem with processing my payment. I immediately go to my bank account and I see that the money was taken out. I then go to my PayPal account and I see the money has been account for noting that Best Buy was the merchant. Yet online at Best Buy there is no order. I call them and explain the situation and I'm told that they have been having a problem with PayPal orders processing and that I should send an email to paypal@bestbuy.com and my money will be refunded very quickly.
I then call PayPal and they tell me that Best Buy has to release my money. Next day my money is still being held and I call Best Buy and I am told that it will take 3-5 business days to get my money back. This is even though there is no order processing. I do think it is illegal to take money out of someone's bank account without providing the product or services. Oh, and I was told that they couldn't just process the order, that I would have to do a new order. Silly me, I foolishly do another order, figuring that I will get my money returned, but my son needed this laptop.
This time I use my other bank account directly and the order goes through, HOWEVER, it is backordered! Oh and wait for this, the order number is the same number from the order that did not process (PayPal showed me what the order number was). I believe something is terribly wrong here. How dare they wait to get money back from an order that not only did not process, but they didn't fulfill anything and now I have to wait to get my money back. What a ripoff. They should be called WORST BUY!
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2015
I was discriminated based on a mental illness that I have be fighting for over 7 years. Mike the manager asked why I was shaking and my reply was due to a diagnosed medical disorder, he laughed directly at me, telling me I was lying and that nothing was wrong with me. I have this recorded and saved on my phone so there is no he said, she said. He even went as far as to email the second location my information so I would not be able to get warranty work that is rightfully mine. The work that was only agreed existed after he l disclosed that I used to work for the company. Before any mention he told me no such warranty work existed. A direct violation of the Canada human rights and mental health act of Canada and discrimination on a condition I can not control.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2015
Don't buy top load Whirlpool washer. 2nd time cover broke under 5 yrs. Don't buy from Best Buy. Don't get extended warranty up to 60 days for service. Geek Squad handles calls: inefficient, rude, condescending. Best Buy said they sent info; Whirlpool never got it. Best Buy rep. implied it was my fault it broke. 60 days for repair! That's not the repair. That's diagnostic to see if they want to repair it.
UPDATED ON 09/24/2015: Scheduled repair for Whirlpool top load washer. Horrific experience. Waited 12-5. Repair person supposed to call to approximate arrival. Didn't happen. I called Whirlpool. 2 phones by my side - all day - their rep. had nerve to say repairman left message & would arrive 30 mins. NO ONE CALLED. So who got my call & 30 minutes from when? Don't buy Whirlpool top load washer with window. 2nd time in 2 yrs that frame (around the window) cracked.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2015
They delivered the dishwasher and then I had to set up an installation. They were supposed to call the night before to give me range of time. Never called. Called them to set up another date and once again told they would call the night before. Never called. Dishwasher now sitting in garage for 2 weeks. Called them again. Can't find order. Argued and then suddenly found order. Supposed to come today. We'll see... Never again.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2015
Today I ordered a laptop bundle for $270 online that was advertised in yesterday ad. It said it would be delivered on Thursday (3 days). About 10 minutes later I received a e-mail that said the delivery will be delayed until 10/14 (1month). It gave a phone # if I wanted to cancel, which I did. I asked the lady when to expect the money back in my bank and she said 4-10 days. Now I cannot buy a laptop until the money goes back into my account. I think I have had problems with Best Buy in the past so this doesn't surprise me.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2015
I had a wicked experience a few years back where BB failed to abide by what their manager told us. I looked at computers late yesterday and was not told that these were the sale prices. There was no sign posted referring to the prices as a "sale" price nor did the CS rep we talked to mention it. He even write down several computer prices so we could "sleep" on our decision. I went to BB today to purchase a computer and the price was $200 more than the previous day. Would the BB Store Manager offer us the sale price? NO! We went to Office Depot / Max and got a much better deal on virtually the SAME computer. BestBuySux.com now leads one to a Best Buy site where no one can post their BB experiences. Ha-ha -- they could not handle the criticism!
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2015
I recently spent over 10,000 on three TVs for my home. I've found, the staff to tell me anything I wanted to hear to get the sale and then once it's scheduled for delivery, they change their story and don't want to do the things they promised for set up without additional charges that were already promised in the store. The delivery staff just said "we don't do that, that's not our job" and when I confronted the manager Robert he could have cared less. I would have thought that at price range I'd get better service, but I was astonished with how they responded. Get everything in writing if you go there or just stay away. It's not worth it.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2015
By mistake I placed an order for two laptops. The next day I cancelled one of the laptops, no problem there. But then a week later I got my laptop but two anti-viruses, sometime later I checked my account and found a charge for a laptop and an antivirus. Called them, they told me "No problem. We will cancel the antivirus and the charge will be dropped." Well two months later, three more calls at different times and dates more than six hours invested on a simple issue and no result. Talked already to more than 20 different people on their UNCUSTOMER SERVICE. Some of them even hung up on you. Best Buy by a long shot has the worst customer service...
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2015
I went to the one in Richmond 77406 in the Walmart plaza a couple of weeks ago looking for a reflector for my sister who is a photographer. I asked someone to help me and he said, "Yeah. I think we have it but I do not know where. Sorry." So I said, "Ok, so you have it?" He said, "Yeah but sorry, I don't know where..." So I said, "Ok, can you get me a manager?" He said, "Yeah..." A few minutes later a manager showed up and I said, "Can I ask you a question?" He was sooo mad at me as if I am intruding on his privacy. He then suggested I go buy it from Amazon. I left frustrated. Then today I went again to buy a drone. My sister and I found one. We called an associate to see if they have any other kinds. He said word for word, "We do not carry any drones. They are all online." So we said, "But there is one here." He goes, "Really?"
Then I asked for another representative who, as expected, told me that I should buy it online on Amazon. There goes another $1000 that I could have spent. What is this?! It is seriously a waste of time going there... Maybe I will listen to the associates and managers that work at Best Buy and go buy everything on Amazon. :) Thanks Best Buy.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2015
I purchased a 32" Insignia TV from Best Buy (BB) for $150. 7/13/14, the day I recycled (at BB) a previously purchased Best Buy TV after 5+ years of flawless operation. I bought the Insignia on the recommendation of a salesperson that it was BB's own brand and a great TV.
The Insignia began to have sound and pixel issues within a few months after I bought it. It got worse, and I called and brought it in for repair 7/2/15. But because of my previous BB TV experience, I believed the TV was defective, malfunctioning so quickly. I was told repair could take 10-14 days, so I purchased a 32" Sharp TV for $190 the same day, on the advice of the Geek Squad manager, who said it was a much better TV. I requested customer service to discuss resolution and return of the Insignia. The store manager said he had no authority to help me and gave me several "corporate" phone numbers, emails and web sites to try - none of which linked to a functional customer service person or department. I spent hours on the phone and email correspondence trying to communicate with BB to no avail, including filing a Better Business Bureau complaint. BB refused to acknowledge any responsibility.
I was also informed by a Geek Squad member that TVs are only made to last for a year or so now, and consumers need to purchase additional extended warranties to cover anticipated repairs. That's a win-win for BB and big loss either way for us customers, isn't it?!
Best Buy returned the Insignia, saying only one of the issues was repaired, the other was not bad enough to trigger warranty work and insists they have met their obligations, will not take back the Insignia, or be responsible for customer "disservice" on both the local and corporate level. I am stuck with a TV that I don't trust and another bought on Geek Squad staff recommendation and on the hope I could work with BB toward a resolution.
I've now purchased 3 TVs from Best Buy, all "open box" with one-year warranties. Worse than a TV that begins to break down after a few months and is partially repaired is the stunning lack of customer service, the runaround and disregard for me as a returning and loyal customer. I am on a very limited budget and need only one small dependable TV, which I rely on for news and culture. I can't be bringing it in for 2-week-long repairs when it breaks. A former small business owner for over 35 years, I would have been on the streets if I had treated my customers this way. I would encourage folks looking for a TV to seek other businesses like Costco, who stand by their products and have stellar customer service.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2015
I was lied to straight faced by the sales staff, and Ron **, the manager at the Best Buy Mobile in Bradenton, Florida. LIE 1: I will get better service by upgrading phones, and spend less. LIE 2: "If anything goes wrong" I will get my replacement in a "Couple days" (phone died on day 36). LIE 3: The sales rat got on the phone with Geek Squad, and placed the replacement order, and that took over 6 hours and said "If your replacement won't get here in 5 days, come back then and get a loaner." LIE 4: "No record of my order ever being taken", and NO LOANER PHONE?? Here is when Ron the manager rolled his eyes and said "What am I supposed to do??" The staff was as RUDE as they come. Note: I'm cutting up my credit card here. Anyway, this goes on and on until it's the 15th day and I still am without my phone... I've had to spend a few more hundred dollars due to their incompetence. (Landline) Could not be any worse...
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2015
On July 26th I took my laptop into my local Geek Squad for repair. I was unable to turn on my computer and looked to the "experts" for assistance. They deemed that it needed to be sent to the service center for diagnostics and would contact me in a few days to tell me the repairs needed and an estimate and repairs would be made within 2-4 weeks. My laptop was shipped to Kentucky the following day. I was contacted just a few days later and was informed my motherboard needed replaced as well as a key on the keyboard was missing. I agreed to the repairs and anticipated my equipment return in the next 3 or 4 weeks. 4 weeks had passed, I had not received any further communication and school was approaching a week and a half later on August 31st. I called the local Best Buy store for an update, because the service number I had originally been given was invalid.
I was informed that they were waiting on a part called a top cover, I, not being tech savvy myself had no idea what that was. I asked "the experts" and they weren't sure either. I said "well if it's not something important and just related to the missing keyboard letter, please send it back without that." I went in to the store again a few days later to check on the new status, I was able to speak with someone else that told me that in my account the equipment was being shipped back to the store. The expected date of arrival for the part was the 21st of September, almost 2 months after I originally took it in. Later that day I had to go rent a computer, thinking I would have my old computer back in a week or two with a repaired motherboard. I spent over $100 in rentals and awaited the arrival of my Toshiba laptop.
On Tuesday September 1st I got a call from my local store that my laptop was in! Horray... I go to pick it up.. NOT REPAIRED. I was at that time informed that the top cover was indeed related to the missing key cover and that because they already had the parts at the service center to fix my motherboard, and If I sent it back it should be repaired fairly quickly. I agreed, because repairing was a little cheaper than purchasing a new laptop, my only other option at this point. So a week passes and I get a call from the service center for an estimate. I was in class so when I listened to the voicemail, I was stunned to hear the NEW estimate was for $480.
Significantly more than the previous quote of 280. Because I have no way to contact the service center directly, I called my local store. I was inquiring about what needed to be repaired and why it went up so much, they of course do not have detailed information and I was instructed to call 1-800-geek-squad. I did and asked them to help me find out the details of my repair so I could make an informed decision about whether or not to approve the repair. After about 45 minutes I still had no new information and was speaking with a supervisor who after 1 sentence interrupted me with "There is nothing I can do for you." He never let me finish speaking or tell him what it was that I was inquiring about. I was told they also have no direct contact with the service center only through an internal email system. I asked that they email them a time window to call me on the next day so I could ask questions.
After an hour I was no better off than I was when I started and was treated horribly by management. Shortly after hanging up, my local store calls me to update me on the service center response. Instead of contacting me themselves, they emailed back that now the hard drive needed to be replaced. Now let me restate that the previous repair, one week before this was ONLY for the motherboard and key cover. So in the midst of this, the service center ruined my hard drive, causing me to lose an enormous amount of important documents. So now, not only am I expected to pay nearly $500 for a repair, but my laptop will be wiped clean when I do get it back.
I am beyond dissatisfied with the service and complete lack of communication I have received in this nearly 2 month process. I have lost data and lost all trust in the abilities of geek squad. It is unacceptable to not be able to inquire about my device and receive feedback promptly. It is also unacceptable for me to send in a perfectly fine hard drive and find out it's been ruined in attempts to diagnose the problem. I have now had to purchase a brand new computer from an outside source because I REFUSE to give Best Buy a single penny.
I have and will continue to spread my experience with Best Buy services with my community. I understand that the local store has limited abilities because they do not have my computer with them. But it is not appropriate to not allow the customers to speak with the service center department. Nor is it appropriate to make my equipment worse and expect me to pay for it! This has been by far the worst customer service experience I have ever encountered.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2015
I bought a laptop a year ago thinking it was a brand new laptop. The salesperson never told me it was refurbished. I notice it today because I filed a complained against Hewlett Packard and when I was ask to give the info on the laptop I couldn't find my paperwork. I remembered I got an email when I purchased the laptop so I went back to look for the info to provide HP with the serial number. I notice it said refurbished. 1 YEAR Geek Squad Protection Plan with ADH. Product Covered: HP - Geek Squad Certified Refurbished 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - AMD A6-Series - 4 GB Memory - 500 GB HDD - Sparkling Black. Model #: gcrf-f5y40ua #aba. GSP Plan ID: **. Plan End Date: 02/22/2015. Plan Holder: **. On the plan holder my brother's name appears because he had recently purchased a laptop so his account came out and was credited for it.
I am so upset that the sales person never said it was refurbished plus the package seemed new and that is probably the reason they don't bother to tell the customer that they are not brand new. I paid for a Brand new laptop from what I knew. Today I do not have the laptop and my complaint for the broke hinges and failing keys will have to stay as that.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2015
Bought a coffeemaker and it stopped in about 3 1/2 weeks. Because after 14 days they would do nothing or offer anything. Who expects their coffeemaker to stop in that amount of time??? A 14 day return policy is UNFAIR for these types of products. I will not go to that store again. They also charge restocking fees, and offer insurance on small items! Another way to get your money.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2015
Ordered and paid for a refrigerator on 09-02-15. Was told it would be delivered on 9/9/15. At the time of order there were 8 in stock. On 9/9 they arrived to haul away old refrigerator but did not have the new one! Customer service stated they were now out of stock and would not deliver until 10/23. Best Buy did not have the courtesy or service to inform us of this. We lost work as well as emptied and disconnected the old refrigerator. Horrible customer service.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2015
I have been a loyal Best Buy customer for years. Have a credit card in good standings and buy lots of products as well as my family. That being said, approximately a week ago I purchased a bluetooth selfie stick, and had problems with it connecting properly, so I was going to exchange it for one with a cord. Well I lost my receipt and I paid cash, so the girl tells me there's nothing we can do without the receipt and figured the manager might help out. Nope. So I just gave them this useless thing and walked out... I am paying off the rest of my credit card. Cutting it up and not shopping there again. I will gladly pay more and go through the manufacturer instead. They weren't gonna lose money. I was getting another item to swap out.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2015
I have been a customer, mostly all in Electronics since your first store opened in Mpls. Now you don't even have an acct at your Website for me which I opened in 2005. I did not notice that at the end of my online purchase (Sept 2) that there was a notice (saw that today Sept 8) if you wanted to change Shipping Address which I discovered 5 minutes after I placed my order. I called back immediately, was put on a long hold, then cut off, called again, another 28-minute hold and Alyson ** promised that the change went through. Today the pkg arrived at my house. Called back, put on long holds, as a matter of fact 45 minutes, and then disconnected. Customer care was trying to Chat with a Coach.
Apparently you have a max of min customer Care can dialogue. All I wanted was a Shipping Label Emailed to me, but not so. This is the very first time I have ever been disappointed with Best Buy. I have an Office Depot almost in my backyard but choose to travel 10 miles to Best Buy. Reason for purchase: I had a $5 Reward about to expire, and did not need or want anything at the time, ink etc. So I ordered a 16G Flash Drive which I did not need and immediately after I closed the order I realized I could send it to my son which has lost his job and could most likely use it. So sad.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2015
I got my phone through Best Buy, got the glass protector as well as a case, also bought their insurance. Not knowing it is worthless if you go boating and it ends up at the bottom of a lake. They told me my insurance I bought was only for a broken phone. They said that was the only insurance they offered at that time, they now have insurance for a lost phone. Although they said they don't let people know they now offer upgraded insurance if you had purchased it previously... What??? So I have been paying for nothing. No wonder Best Buy is going down the tubes. Hope it doesn't take long before it is in gone. SO PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF MONEY AND HEARTBREAK. DON'T BUY Best Buy INSURANCE.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2015
I have purchased a new mobile and taken the extended warranty program as the salesman told me, I could cancel within 30 days. When I went to the store after 3 days to cancel, the staff over there talking all types of nonsense. I have spent over 60 minutes, waiting to talk to some in the customer service. The guy in the customer service was talking with his girlfriend and talking all nonsense instead of taking care business. No value for customers, they are cheaters, never go again.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2015
I am so tired of going into Best Buy to pay my bill and have a problem. My husband went to pay our bill, and he had to come back and get my social security number to pay our bill. How stupid nowadays with identity threats. I promise from now on we will not be buying at Best Buy unless they change their bill paying policy.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2015
After researching over labor weekend for some good deals on the Breville 800JEXL Juicer, Juice Fountain Elite $299, I learned that Macy's was offering a $50 mail rebate and also they had $25 coupon or a 20% coupon. Since Macy's nearest location to me that had the product on its shelves was over 1 hour away from my house, I decided to contact Best Buy which is next door to my house to check what they needed in order to "Price Match" the item the competitor was offering. A Best Buy employee said they wouldn't price match for the same deal.
I don't understand why companies don't honor what they say they will do. A piece of advice to them: think outside of the box and honor what you say! You just lost credibility with a regular customer.This company isn't as transparent as I thought. Big disappointment!!! Sure enough I just bought the juicer over the phone with all the discounts from the Macy's store over the phone. The shipping was also free!!!
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2015
We ordered a washer dryer and freezer for over $1000, plus installation and protection last week. They said they had to deliver the day before they install so my husband took the day off of work to accommodate their company policy. Everyday this week they called my cellphone to confirm and required a call back. Sure that was annoying but if it means on-time delivery, no problem! Only Friday came and they never delivered. We called and were assured that it would be delivered today between 7 and 9 a.m. and installed this afternoon, so we moved around all of our weekend plans to accommodate.
We woke up at 7 a.m. to await their delivery and guess what? No one showed, no one called! Maybe they lost my number? Nope, turns out there was another mistake this morning. But maybe they can get it to us on Monday they said. Wait for a call back. It's been two hours. When we call back the two people who were "helping us" are busy or unavailable. The lack of respect for our time and our business is beyond unacceptable. Please do not waste your time and money at Best Buy.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2015
I bought 2 Galaxy S6 edge plus phones from Best Buy, and when I started using them I found that the charge on one of them does not last for 4 hours. I went the very next day of my purchase date to return them and they refused even though their policy states that I can return items within 14 days of the purchase. I talked to the manager and customer service and neither wanted to help. I think it should be called Worst Buy as mentioned in other reviews.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2015
Mark at Best Buy.com sold me a front load LG washer and LG gas dryer over the phone. He said I had to buy the dryer vent kit and dryer gas line if I wanted them to install it for me. So, I did. Free haul away was included. My order number was **. I later called back twice talking to 2 other employees to have my washer door swing to the right and dryer swing to the left. They said no problem. They wrote down the note.
Six days later my appliances were delivered to my house. The first guy came in to look at the old appliances, immediately said "we don't touch gas." So that means he won't haul away the old, not to mention, installing the new. In distraught I called Best Buy. They said I needed to pay $139 to have a "Geek" install it. I said "why did your sales tell me as long as I buy the accessories I would get free install?" "Oh, they are .com." as if it's a separate company!
The delivery company is FSA Network, Inc. Vincent, the Anglo guy told me Best Buy does this kind of screw up all the time! (i.e. sold customers gas appliances not telling them additional cost is involved.) It happens often once everyday. I rejected the delivery because Best Buy was not honest with me. The story didn't end there. I later found out that front load washers cannot have the door reversed. So I felt all the employees I talked to at Best Buy are incompetent because they didn't know...
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2015
Rating two experiences if I may. The first... I told an employee I was going to buy a TV and which one I would buy, but he said someone would be with me shortly. Twenty minutes later I left and, no idea if they heard me, but I said "I guess you don't want my money." Bought the same TV online for 300 bucks cheaper. Against better judgment I bought a washer and dryer from them. It was a good deal and I was promised 12-month no interest and points, but actually it was one or the other. Then I almost had it all paid off, but the year rolled around and boom 300 extra bucks. That's on me, but what a horrible way to do business. Who can we ** today - Best Buy. Lost my business for good.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2015
I was bought a 50' Samsung TV for Christmas not even a year ago along with a two-year warranty. At the time of purchase the associate said the warranty covers everything! Spills, cracks (even accidental) and drops! So not even a year later I'm moving so while vacuuming I turned and ever so lightly tapped my tv with the vacuum and yeah it cracked, so we call Best Buy, explain the story and again the girl on the phone says "oh you're covered, we'll send someone out". A week later the guy comes out, laughed at us and said "we don't cover physical damage". When I told him over and over again "no way", the girl on the phone said you do. He made me seem like I was stupid (for thinking that) and a liar.
Meanwhile we call Best Buy again, ask to speak to the manager whom would not get on the phone and had an associate translate everything he/she was saying. So my next step was corporate who again did nothing to help me and basically said "that sucks, they lied"! Just a warning, if you're tight on money and looking for a good deal with good protection do not buy from Best Buy. They will lie and manipulate you into thinking you're getting a good deal when you're really not! Protect yourself and even though I'm not that big of a fan from Wal-mart maybe just buy your tv or whatever it is from them or somewhere else. Hope this helps the next person!
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2015
Please excuse me if I mess up a bit on the months/dates as this has been an ongoing issue for almost 2 and half months now and it's getting to the point we can hardly remember which incident is which. We purchased a dishwasher in May at the Brighton, MI location - a Bosch dishwasher that had good consumer reports and paid in full having it delivered and installed to our home in Howell. After a matter of maybe 6 weeks, the unit stopped draining, cleaning properly and would not run a full cycle.
My husband, KF, called the store in Brighton and explained the issue. They assured him that the unit was a defective one, that this must be a "fluke" but they would be happy to come and replace it with something else of his choosing. My husband goes into the store, with the help of a sales associate chooses another dishwasher (I believe a Samsung), and sets the date for removal of the Bosch plus delivery and installation of the Samsung. This date is 1 week from the purchase date in the store. 2 WEEKS WITHOUT A FULLY OPERATIONAL DISHWASHER.
The delivery and installation crew is 45 min late for their established 1p-5p time frame they are to be at our home. We have plans that evening that cause us to simply leave our home assuming they are not coming at 5:30 that evening. We reschedule due to THEIR inability to hold the appointment time. The next date is a further 1 week away from the original scheduled installation date. 3 WEEKS WITHOUT AN OPERATIONAL DISHWASHER.
The second installation date of the Samsung arrives. My husband cannot be home, therefore I leave work early for the 1p-5p time frame that we are given. The crew arrives at 5:40pm. 40 minutes late! They then proceed to tell me that the dishwasher my husband has chosen, with the help of the sales associate at Best Buy, is FAR too large for the space it is going into. He tells me further, that any knowledgeable associate should know that there was zero way a Samsung would fit in the place of a Bosch.
The size difference is well-known and of great disparity. The installation crew leaves, and after a call with management at Best Buy in Brighton, I am told to come and pick out yet another dishwasher. My husband is livid and after much conversation is given a $200 credit towards another dishwasher in the store. 4 WEEKS WITHOUT AN OPERATIONAL DISHWASHER...and by this time it has begun to smell as it does not drain.
Several days later, around my work schedule, I go in and choose another dishwasher. I took with me the measurements that the service man gave me to assure that the unit would fit in the Bosch place. I choose the next upgrade Bosch unit, based on the recommendation of the Manager on Duty. I believe his name was Mike. He set the extraction, delivery and installation date for a further week out, as this again was the next available date. 5 WEEKS WITHOUT AN OPERATIONAL DISHWASHER.
My husband and son both cancel their plans and he takes the day off that day to stay home and await the arrival of the new dishwasher. When the new dishwasher arrives, we are told that it is too big, won't fit and they attempt to "fix" the old one in an effort to at least help with the smell that is now coming from the unit. It is now discovered that the original installation of the dishwasher was not done properly and this is the reason that the dishwasher has ceased to operate properly. My husband calls Best Buy again, speaks to the MOD, and is told that we are now getting a free dishwasher of our choosing and they set a further delivery date of yet another week out. 6 WEEKS WITHOUT AN OPERATIONAL DISHWASHER.
Again, I take half a day off to come home and be available to the service crew coming to extract, deliver and install my new dishwasher. The crew arrives at 5:10p, at least only 10 minutes past the scheduled 4-hour window this time, and they cannot remove the dishwasher that was originally installed. They make several calls to their superiors as they don't want to risk damaging my floor or counter top.
I call Best Buy in Brighton and speak to John. He and I go over the details of the situation at length. He tells me his wife can help as her position gives her access to knowing more about appliance installation services and the end result is...we need a different crew to come out to the extraction as the original unit was not installed properly and they will not risk damage to my kitchen trying to force it out. John calls and speaks to my husband as well, we are told that he will get us an update by the end of the day but we never get a return call. In fact, we end up calling that Friday to get a final update on what the plan going forward is. 7 WEEKS WITHOUT AN OPERATIONAL DISHWASHER.
After much waiting and almost 2 weeks go by, a date for installation is set and a "special" service crew is scheduled between 8am and 10am to come and remove the poorly installed dishwasher. That date was supposed to be today. 8 WEEKS WITHOUT AN OPERATIONAL DISHWASHER. Today has arrived, no crew showed up to remove the dishwasher. The delivery service with the new dishwasher obviously could not do the install as the removal servicemen never arrived. Therefore I have a dishwasher in my home that smells, is full of water, and does not work. I have a brand new dishwasher in my garage that needs to be installed but cannot be. Rather than risk any other ridiculous mishaps, we simply took delivery of the new unit to avoid any further complications on that end.
We have zero faith in Best Buy as a company. We will never purchase another item from this store for any reason. I am appalled at how we have been treated. Not one manager has taken this account seriously enough to follow through on the service portion of the sale. We will be on a crusade to make sure that every single social media outlet, Yelp account, customer review, etc. has our story front and center. We both work in large companies that operate with a high level of customer service. It is unfathomable how a company as large and as national as Best Buy, can operate like a the 3 Stooges. When we tell people this story it seems "made up".
In fact my boss has looked at me cross-eyed more than once when I have had to explain why I am leaving early or staying home waiting on a dishwasher. The story itself seems insane. My husband has put in a call today to the Brighton store in hopes of speaking with someone that can help to finish the removal and installation of the dishwasher now sitting in my garage. We are overtly upset, disappointed and disgusted with this situation. 8 WEEKS AND COUNTING...
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2015
Dropped off new fridge at approx 2 pm (window assigned was 10am-noon), so they were two hours late at best. They would NOT UNHOOK current waterline and attach to new fridge!!! Online it states that they will, they do not. So I had to call a plumber - $250 later and days after delivery hook up should have been done. I was out of town or I would have done it myself. DO NOT BUY AT BEST BUY!!! GO TO HOME DEPOT, THEY DO WHAT THEY PROMISE.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2015
August 2014, we purchased Samsung appliances for our kitchen. The # DW80F600OUTS dishwashers control problem has been problematic from the beginning. Over the month, the dishwasher does not wash or dry, the soap dispenser does not open and the machine turns off a few minutes after the cycle begins. Best Buys ranked this equipment as top rate and we trusted the sales people regarding buying fully functional appliances. Their response to a non functional dishwasher is that it's our fault we did not buy an additional warranty, to make the product, isn't defective. This product has been discontinued but the buyers who have purchased are basically screwed. We were defrauded by Best Buy's Pacific Kitchen and Home Sales staff.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2015
Best buy is a completely trash company. I did a job application online to see if I could get a chance to work there, but my application was denied. They said that my work experience wasn't enough to work there. What is done, because I have more experience than those who are working there. I don't understand why they hired stupid people to work there when there are more professional people who really deserve the job. Every time I go to best buy, I see inexperience people working there, and they are very rude and is very hard to get help from there. That why I don't understand why they hired those people instead of good people who can do a better job. If you want to work at Best Buy, I suggest to think twice because is going to be impossible for you to get the job.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2015
I purchased an iPad this last December. It recently wouldn't turn on. I went back to the store and a sales clerk tried five different things to get it back on. He said it was dead. No good. It's a throw away. He said I needed to go to the Apple Store and they might take it back. I asked to talk to a manager. After waiting twenty minutes he told me they won't take it back even though it was within the one year warranty. They got it from Apple. I wanted them to exchange it for a new one. Said they won't. I left feeling very frustrated. Went online and researched the issue. Within ten minutes I had instructions to resolve the problem. The iPad now works as it did before. It would be nice to have people working with technology who really know what they're doing. Knowledgeable sales clerks and managers who are willing to work with customers is not what you'll find at the Jantzen Beach Best Buy.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2015
On May 27, 2015, I purchased a new computer from Best Buy, complete with Geek Squad package and virus protection package and Windows Office 13. They told me at the store they would need a day or so to install everything. No problem. I paid on my debit card, took my receipt and left the store. The next day my son-in-law picked up my equipment and brought it to my house. He took my receipt with him, just to make sure there was no confusion.
When he delivered my equipment, he did not return my receipt. We set up the computer, I processed the access code on Microsoft Office 13, and I thought I was good to go. I started receiving emails from Best Buy (promotional), etc. Everything is good. 2 weeks ago I attempted to run an analysis program on my computer so I could start a work from home job - they have to ensure that my computer and internet access is up to par for their purposes. No problem. WRONG! According to the software, my computer is not equipped with Microsoft. I checked the list of installments (sent to my computer from Best Buy) and yes, there it is.
So I called Best Buy. This is where the fun begins. After approximately 3 hours on the phone, multiple line transfers, and repeating my whole story about 5, maybe 6 times, I now have to go into the store to prove that I paid for this stuff, because THEY CANNOT FIND ME IN THEIR SYSTEM! My name is not there, my phone number is not there, they cannot search by email (even though they have been communicating with me that way since May 27), my credit card is not on file, of course not! I paid by debit - no monthly installments - paid for Geek Squad for the full term, since I do not have a credit card! I cannot find my receipt - that should not be a deal breaker, they have all this other information. I have never been so frustrated in my life! Surely there is someone that can help me?
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2015
One star is too much for this business. We used Best Buy to buy appliances for our homes. First, fridge with french doors later washer and dryer. Now, we were thinking about updating our kitchen in new home looking at new fridge and some other things. We realized that we were missing some rewards (when we purchased washer and dryer with Best Buy Credit Card - it was advertised that we would get % back). Of course, it was in the middle of the move so we completely forgot about it. I have never seen any money back and just forgot about it. Now, talking to friends...turns out you don't get money back but it comes in the form of rewards points (not great incentive but ok). Well, called reward center (first 3 people I spoke to you could not even understand - outsourced to Panama and other places). I asked to be transferred to US call center but was told just to keep calling and maybe I get lucky.
I gave up tried to speak to the employee and explain the situation. I was told that we did earn points but they expired. We had over $50 reward but were offered $10. I asked to speak to a manager since it's a reward to spend more money in the store. The least you can do to reinstate it. When I asked to speak to manager (Brian - I bet it was a fake name) told me "If you want to do that you will now lose your chance to get $10." He said he will transfer me to a manager so I would stay on the phone. Now, I realize that nobody was planning to talk to me.
I waited to 15 minutes with nobody ever coming back on other end. I thought things happen. Called back with new call center, new employee and referred to a new manager with absolutely the same thing happening again. Now, I see a pattern. I am so happy to go through this experience now before we invested the whole kitchen worth appliance. Dealing with such customer service is not something I would want to go through. Stay away from Best Buy. As soon as you buy product you are on your own.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2015
On August 23 2015 @ approximately 8:15 myself and my husband was trying to purchase a laptop for my daughter for college. A young man was explaining the differences between the brands and the features when a rude and unprofessional employee walked and started slamming them closed. I was very surprised by her behavior so instead of saying something to her we just walked out. This took place at the Gateway mall in Brooklyn.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2015
I purchased a Dyson Turbine Attachment (Cost $77) with host of other items to tune of more than $1000. But I received a HP printer instead (label says Dyson Turbine). I called customer service who asked me to go to a nearest store. I went to Best Buy with Printer and Manager - Chris ** - there refused taking it back saying that online orders cannot be returned at store. When I argued and expressed my frustration, he threatened to call police. He was rude and unhelpful. I now stuck with printer I don't want.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2015
Went to Best Buy to return 50 inch Vizio that freezes and locks up after 5 minutes of being on. Bought extend warranty, was told any problems in 1st year they would return or replace. NOT THE CASE. They are sending it out for "repair" and we are w/o a TV for at least 3 weeks. They will do this (per them) 4x before they return our money... So they lied to us when we bought it and we will NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THEM AGAIN. Headed to Costco to buy a new TV, when and if this comes back "fixed" will put in basement. They lost $1,000's of in business from us!!!! Don't buy from them, should be called WORST Buy.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2015
I purchased an extended warranty on my Samsung smart tv because the Best Buy associate told me that if I have any problems (excluding physical damage) with the tv during the extended warranty period, simply bring it back and Best Buy would replace it no fuss, no hassle. She said that I could enjoy my tv worry free since I had the warranty. One year and one month later, the speakers started making unusual noises, so I fished out my warranty receipt and took my tv to the same store in which it was purchased. After speaking with a customer care rep at the service counter, I found out that I was baited into buying the warranty with the above misinformation, and that versus replacing the tv that day, I had to go through a process that could take up to three weeks while Best Buy and Samsung techs played tennis with my tv.
After explaining first to the customer service rep, and then her manager, that I wasn't sold a warranty that required me to wait up to 3 weeks for anything but was assured that if there is a defect in the tv, bring it back, and go home with another. Versus empathy, an apology, or anything two planets from the outskirts of taking care of the customer, I received "it sucks to be you" stares cowardly hiding behind Company Policy. Then, after asking, I was told that if I wanted the general manager's contact info, to go outside and look on the building for it. I insisted, and they wrote down the GM's contact info, I took my tv back home and brought it in the next day and dropped it off with the Geek Squad.
A week later, the Geek Squad emailed that my tv was ready for pickup. After showing my I.D., them pulling up my pickup order on their system, and an hour of multiple employee failed attempts to locate my tv (pickup email said that I'd be in and out in 15 min). I had to get home to sign for a delivery with no tv in tote. I left my phone number with best buy to call once they found my tv. 2 hours and zero phone calls from best buy later, I went back to the store, and was waiting about 15 minutes for 2 geek squad members to finish with the 2 customers (1 each). I grabbed another employee and asked for a manager which caught the attention of one of the 2 geek squadders and she (kudos to Catherine) had someone bring my tv up.
I unloaded the original box to package up the tv only to get home 10 minutes later and realize that I'd left the bag of tv stand screws on the counter rendering my tv useless. I immediately called the store and I asked for them to check the counter for my bag of screws, which of course they said they didn't see anywhere. I'm stuck with a hopefully repaired tv until I can find the screws for the mount. Best Buy is officially the WORST at doing business.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2015
Tried to return an unopened piece of merchandise. I was told that "policy" did not allow the return (15-day return). As a business owner I know that policy is a guideline, not a law. I was told that I would have to keep it, even though I had no use for it. Of course I will not go back and it will be my goal to discourage everyone I know not to shop there as well.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2015
Best Buy has absolutely the worst customer service I have seen. They try to substitute lots of emails for real service. I submitted a tablet for repair during the manufacturer's warranty and it was accept for "repair or replace." Since then I have been notified twice to pick it up only to have the clerks tell me it was not repaired and is out of manufacturing. I am offered a credit to buy a more expensive unit. This amounts to "bait and switch" and when I complain it becomes my problem because I did not buy the Best Buy warranty. The problem is that I bought from Best Buy. I have appealed to the corporate offices and been told the same story.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2015
Purchased a new range. Scheduled home delivery for the following week. Received an automated voicemail the night before stating the range would be delivered between 2:30 - 4:30 the next day. Cleared out our afternoon to await delivery. Received a call at 1:30 saying they are "running behind" and it would be delayed for about 1.5 hours. Received another call at 4:30 saying "the truck broke down" and delivery would be around 8:30, but "That is just an estimate. It could be later."
So, we went through three different people to try and track down our range to go and get it ourselves with our pickup truck. Finally, after becoming so frustrated, we told the "customer service" representative to just cancel the order completely. Her response was a cheerful "Okay, I'll let the driver know." An overall terrible experience. We certainly did not feel like valued customers. They certainly didn't appreciate our business. We will definitely be using other retailers for future purchases including ordering this range from a competitor of Best Buy.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2015
I bought a Sharp 50 inch TV from Best Buy 10 month ago. Now it is not working correctly. Evidently Sharp has it under a 1 year warranty, however the Geek Squad cannot locate the TV in its records even though I have provided the credit card purchase information and the serial number from the TV so they refuse to make the repair. It seems if you do not buy the extended warranty from Best Buy, they will not make any repairs under warranty. After waiting for over an hour on the telephone to various representatives, they simply hung up and disconnected the call. They have my information about the TV, the e mail address and 3 different telephone numbers but I have not been contacted by either Sharp or Best Buy. Best buy store manager in the woodlands said I needed to contact Best Buy at their 800 number but that did not work either. No customer service department would be better than a lousy one.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2015
Best Buy Chula Vista. Cashier Member ID: **. Sales Manager: Jenny. I chose this title because Best Buy cashier, employees and managers should be Best Buy ambassadors. 2 weeks ago I went to Best Buy Chula Vista to buy a laptop. After I chose LENOVO Y70, I tried to pay using my NAVY Federal Credit Union credit card (NFCU) but the cashier says that I cannot use this credit card to pay in the store. I tried to cancel my purchase because I don't have cash nor debit but he says that I still can pay with NFCU credit card over the phone when I call Citibank. I showed him the NFCU credit card to make sure and he said that he was 100% sure that I can pay with a NFCU credit card.
Yesterday, I called Citibank to pay my LENOVO laptop and I was surprised that they don't accept any credit card payments. It should be cash or debit. I explained to them what happened in Best Buy (please see above). They apologized that they cannot help and I have to call Best Buy to solve the issue because it is impossible to make this payment with a credit card. I called Best Buy Chula Vista to speak to Best Buy sales manager "Jenny." I explained to her what happened (please see above). She apologized about what happened and says that everybody makes mistakes and I have to solve this problem and take responsibility for it. WAIT!!! WHAT?
So let me get this straight Jenny, THE MANAGER. You are asking me to mess my credit because I don't have cash and that this will affect my U.S. NAVY command and affect my career and get kicked out because of Best Buy mistake? Best Buy!!! How I should take responsibility for your mistake? After explaining to Jenny that I cannot return the laptop back to Best Buy because I have a flight tomorrow morning and my car is in the naval base storage, she was not cooperative and as always replies that everybody makes mistakes and I have to take responsibility otherwise my credit will be messed up.
I had to cancel my flight and get my car back from storage to take Best Buy responsibility and to fix Best Buy mistake and to keep myself from a bad credit and maybe a job loss. So Best Buy look what you've done. I had to lose my flight ticket, my storage, wasted hours of my time to fix your and your ambassadors mistake because I care about my credit and since now I have an outstanding credit.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2015
I have called many times and no one answers. Two times someone answered and said I would have to speak to someone else about my question. I held on for about 20 minutes, someone answered and I shouted that I am coming to the CORDED speaker phone. I shouted to make sure she would hear me. When I spoke to her after turning off the speaker, she hung up on me. Another time, after being transferred to someone who was supposed to help, I got disconnected after about 20 minutes. This was at 1800 Broadway. 212-246-9734. I have second thoughts about purchasing through you but still am considering.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2015
Bought top of the line TV from Best Buy in Middletown NY. $6,000 order. On Aug 6. Promised delivery and haul away on Aug 13 between 9:30 and 11:30 and set up on Aug 15th. In addition to TV supposed to HDMI cable and Panamax surge protector at $99 and $271 each. 1) Delivery and Haul away did not come at time. After numerous phone calls to people who knew nothing, finally came at 7 PM on Aug. Delivered TV and an empty HDMI cable box. Had to go to store and return empty box and trade it in for a different HDMI cable (store is 30 min away). Promised set up (by a third party - not Geek Squad) on Aug 15 (9 days after purchase). Numerous phone calls. No one came but man named "Tom" said he had all the time in the world on the next day (Sunday and I would be his only customer). Told him I had a funeral to attend at 3 PM. He arranged to come at 11 AM.
By 11:30, I called Tom #1 and he said he farmed it out to someone else and gave me a phone number. I called the second phone number who is also named Tom #2. He had no idea what needed to be done, was at least an hour and a half away and thought there was still a TV to be hailed away which was done on Aug 13 (3 days ago). BTW the Panamax surge system was brought in separately because it also was not in stock.
As it now stands, Best Buy has my $6,000 and I do not have a workable TV 10 days after ordering it. There is no one in charge with whom to talk. One guy from Best Buy said he was head of Geek squad named Jeff. His phone message said his hours were 8-5 Tues thru Sat. I called numerous times during his work hours and got a phone message saying his mailbox was full. The Best Buy operation is slipshod. They hire installers who lie to me because they have an inadequate Geek squad and the entire operation does not speak with one another. They seem to have a corner on the market, put the mom and pop out of business and do not care about their customers at all. They have tied me up to stay for deliveries and services for days at my home which do not appear on time or at all.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2015
I had a horrible experience in Sherman Oaks California location which locate it on Van Nuys Boulevard. I had Mobile Sales supervisor tell me that she's going to help the next customer when I was waiting hour. I was sitting there waiting patiently and I started calling Verizon and figuring out what plan I wanted to be, on which I wanted 7 transfers switching lines to Verizon (was seven lines which will be 7 new devices) to rush me off the phone, to rush me to leave and didn't help me and tell me if I'm getting the phone or not - that she's going to help the next customer. What? She was even there at the time I was waiting. She popped out of nowhere it started barking at me.
I try to stay calm and I told her I was waiting a whole hour so I decided to call Verizon and figure out what I'm going to do and she said, "Are you getting the phone or not cause if you're not I'm helping the next customer," which that Customer's only there for 5 minutes and I told her I was going to report her to cooperate and she said, "Go ahead. You want the number? I'll give you the number." She started writing down. I now told her, "Don't worry about it I'll google it" and I started like looking at her name tag to pop the ** out. Her name tag said, "My name is Natalie, supervisor." I said, "No problem. I'll report you."
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015
Is it possible to give a negative star rating? Because that's what Best Buy deserves. I ordered a portable AC from them and they said it would be shipped within 3 days. I got an email saying it has been shipped but when I didn't received it I called customer service and got the run around. They told me it was shipped but backpedaled when I told them that I was looking at the UPS shipping information. The only thing they offered was to call around and look for the item for me even though I told them it was not in stock in our city at all. Then the rep offered to cancel my order for me when I asked what they were going to do about their lie. I feel Best Buy misrepresented themselves. I found out during the call that they didn't have the item I ordered in stock at all and that they generated the UPS tracking number without anything to ship. They are frauds. I will never in life order from them ever again.
They eventually said they would ship a similar item to me for the price I paid for my original item. But when I asked what item they were willing to ship they wouldn't give me any brand information. They just kept saying "oh...it has good reviews and good stars." If that was the case then they could tell me what they were shipping. After being disconnected twice and spending over 20 minutes of my work day on the phone I was finally able to get a comparable item shipped but I still have to wait a week for it to arrive (fingers crossed on that). This has been the worst customer service experience of my life! I will never order from them again!
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015
We bought an LG dryer model DLEX3875V in 2012. We chose an extended warranty through Best Buy. I have now discovered that Best Buys made a deal with AIG to service these warranties.
The lint screen broke and I could not longer fit it into its slot in the dryer. I took it out and super glued it and set it out to dry. In the mean time I forgot about the lint screen not being in its slot and dried a load of clothes. I then put the lint screen back into the slot and tried to dry another load of clothes and a horrible noise started on the dryer. I assumed some article of clothing had gone down the slot and gotten caught inside the dryer workings somewhere. I repeated this story at least 6 times to AIG representatives, Best Buy representatives and to the first two appliance repair companies they sent to our house.
I spoke with a representative from Best Buy on July 18th and got a call on July 20th from a service company called A & E. They made an appointment with me to come out and look at the dryer on July 28th. A representative from A & E called us on July 27th and said they did not have anyone in our area on the 28th but would call us when someone became available. I called Best Buy and said that was completely unacceptable and I wanted another appliance repair service called for us. The second appliance repair service was called All County Appliance Service. They came out on July 28th and looked at the dryer and said we needed a new lint screen and a blower motor. The service man told me that it would take two weeks to order the parts and they would get back to us. We never saw or heard from them again, despite multiple attempts to call them and call Best Buy about them.
Finally on August 11th I spoke with someone from AIG and they contacted the third appliance repair service for us. The service was Southern State Appliances Service. The time frame for the service man to show up was 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. He got here at 2:10 pm, worked on the dryer for about 30 minutes and fixed it. He told me a sock was caught in the dryer. So we have waited 3 weeks with no dryer because of this horrible service.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015
Ordered a 500.00 all in one laser printer on 8/10/15 for delivery on 8/12/15. Never showed up and tracked package and it said "receiver requested a change in delivery date and they had to reschedule at 9:43 AM". This is pure bull. I was the only one here waiting all day for the 8/12/15 delivery. No one called here either to schedule. BTW it was UPS that had this info on their tracking info. Called Best Buy because it is now one day late and I had the most unfortunate experience with Valerie from Customer Service. She was arguing with me that someone from this office called to reschedule. Probably the most ignorant person I have ever dealt with in the customer service field. Needless to say, this organization is done with "Best Buy" and their promises. So unprofessional. I am getting the word out.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015
I purchased a camera from the Naples Fl store less than three years ago. Within one year, it ceased to work so I returned it. There was quite a long wait to have it fix. I went back and forth with the Geek Squad and finally, after complaining, I was allow to get another camera because they could not fix it. I purchased another warranty, although I did not think this was my responsibility since I did not break the camera. I received this new replacement camera a year ago. About two months ago, this camera froze and wouldn't work. I waited in line, and was told that once again, the camera would be sent in for repair. Two weeks later I received the camera in the mail with a notice that it was repaired. Then, 3 weeks after the repaired camera was sent back to me, the camera once again stopped auto focusing and froze.
This all occurred after recently returning my printer to the store which stopped working after only a few months. The store clerk wanted to give me another printer that cost half as much money and have two less ink cartridges! He was rude and said it was "as good because the box says it prints good pictures." I had to find an asst manager. After all this, I asked for a refund because I wanted to no longer purchase in this store. The store manager offered me a new camera but I would have to buy the warranty, or "pro-rated" refund of the original camera purchased 3 yrs ago! Terrible customer service!
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2015
Took multiple tries to order TV online to be picked up by my daughter in another town. Once order was finally placed, said confirmation was emailed to me. Never got sent to me. Called customer service and sat on hold for 10 minutes only to get disconnected. Finally got through and they still could not give me a confirmation. Total purchase $172, total time... 2 hours.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2015
Best Buy, I believe you need a course on customer relations and at the very least, full transparency regarding some of your shipping/delivery policies. Last week, the company I work for placed a $600 order with Best Buy for two refrigerators for our office. Prior to placing the order, I called customer service to make certain that our old appliances would be hauled away for no additional charge. The CSR confirmed that yes, haul away service was included with all appliance orders.
Fast forward to today. UPS arrives with our new fridges, but informs us that they are not responsible for the removal of our old appliances. After a half hour on the phone with Best Buy customer service, I am told by an associate and a supposed supervisor that free haul away service is only applicable for items DELIVERED by Best Buy, as opposed to items that are SHIPPED via a 3rd party carrier like UPS, FedEX, etc. Your ever so helpful employees then went on to say that the only way we could have our two old refrigerators hauled away would be to pay an additional $100 for the nearest Best Buy store in Riverdale to send a truck and pick up our items. What??!!
How was I supposed to know if my item was going to be "delivered" or "shipped"? And why didn't your company representative explain that nuanced fine print to me when I called specifically to confirm that our old items would be taken away once our order was delivered? There was no distinction made between orders shipped vs. orders delivered; I was told that ALL appliance orders included the haul away service.
At best, this is a perfect example of uninformed employees giving misleading information to customer. At worst this is a shady ploy from Best Buy to seemingly advertise a service (free haul away), and then find a loophole to get out of providing said service (only applicable for items delivered vs. shipped). I will no longer patronize Best Buy in any capacity, be it for business use or personal. I cannot respect a business who misleads customers who are doing their due diligence to be well informed, and then makes no attempt to rectify the situation that their lack of communication and transparency caused.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2015
My washer died on Sunday. I ordered a new washer-dryer on Monday; the price was great! I wasn't expecting that it would only be delivered Friday. I figured at this price, it could be a high demand, so just go with it. First issue: The website froze at the time of ordering and you can't add the appliance recycling to your order. I only noticed in the email confirmation the day before the delivery (I had received it on the Monday I think but had just read the top part). Recommendation: Any action required by the client to complete their experience should be at the beginning of the communication. Day of Installation: The guys were very polite but quickly tried to blame the Sales for lack of communication on the Install process. It was a recorded message which I didn't hear most of because of my kids in the background but they did mention it somewhere in an email that I had to unscrew the hose for the washer.
In my mind, that really only takes 2 minutes, so I didn't think it would be an issue to wait while they bring the appliances in. But nope! They won't install because they only have 20 mins per delivery and they can't wait for me to remove my hoses... Also, they won't touch the old appliances because it wasn't part of the order. So now half of my house is off limits to my kids. Oh and I still don't have a functional washer-dryer installed. Great way to tell your customer that Best Buy's time is worth more than the customer's. Not impressed. To schedule for the pick-up/install, it's 48 hours to get a response to my request and get a date & time. The call itself was about 30 minutes, about 25 of which I was on hold. So I have to wait for an email telling me a date and the day before they should confirm a 3 hour interval for my install/pickup (which I am paying for, by the way!)
In the meantime, I tried to simply switch the dryer's door so it opens right to left. Screws and their holes are showing signs of rust and one will not move. Not wanting to damage my brand new dryer I haven't had the luxury to even test yet, I call again to check on the status of my pick up (still no email). I have to wait until tomorrow before it's considered an issue. I explained about the washer and the fact that I don't want to waste another week after the install for the replacement because they will also not be able to switch my door. They can only exchange, but that request takes 24-48 hours to be received and then processed. I'm not even sure the request was placed because the line disconnected. I'll have to call back.
So to summarize, Best Buy's time is more important than their customers’ time. It's been a week since I ordered. I am still stuck with my old appliance. I have non-installed new appliances and can't even place the door the side I want it because of rust. With a Toddler and a young child who still has "accidents", there is a LOT of laundry piling up and I can't keep up with the hand-washing or going to my parents to borrow their appliance. We have a full schedule as it is. This isn't over and I am really looking forward to a resolution so I can move on to the next Chapter. But this has been frustrating so far, to say the least.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2015
I called the Best Buy store in Battle Creek, Mi. and ordered Epson printer. The tracking number supplied by Best Buy stated the printer was delivered on July 31 at 5:06 pm. No it was not. I called the store and they gave me a number to give to UPS who would answer my questions. UPS told me they would have to complete the investigation which would take up to 10 day. I then called Best Buy and if I wanted a printer I would have to pay for another one until UPS found the original one. I went into Best Buy and bought a new printer which now amounts to around $240.00 applied to my credit card.
However, the fun doesn't stop here. Today I called UPS and was told that they could not proceed with the investigation until they received some, don't know what, information from Best Buy. I called and relayed this information from UPS. Best Buy called UPS and ask what information they needed and was told by UPS they didn't know what Best Buy was talking about. I recalled UPS and told them what Best Buy was told. I ask UPS to contact Best Buy and get this information requirement straighten out. I also told Best Buy I wanted an update relayed to me today which at this time...
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2015
My wife & I went to the South Portland Maine store looking to buy a sound bar for our television. A very friendly staffer named Joseph helped us out. We decided on the 2015 Samsung 6.0 (?) curved bar that Joe had played for us. Joe then informed us he had 1 Samsung 8.0 (? or a larger version of the one he had played for us), but it was a 2014 & would one be a few dollars more because of the extra watts. We decided to take it.
As we tried to decide if we wanted a warranty & another staffer at the counter w/ Joe said a warranty would be beneficial, because if the system breaks & best buy can't repair it, we would get a 2015 model to replace it because the store did not have any more of the 2014 models. We both thought that sounded great. As fate would have it, I brought it home & could not get it to work.
Today, we brought it back to the store & the clerk at the service desk said it was "dead in the box". I informed the clerk of the discussion we had w/ Joe & the other sales clerk. He then radioed for a manager. Once the manager arrived, he never approached or spoke to us, he just huddled up w/ several other clerks behind the service desk. The clerk from the service desk explained what Joe & the other clerk had told us to the manager. I then heard the manager say, "He shouldn't have told them that". So, the clerk tells me there may be an opened box w/ another 2014 model in it somewhere in the store.
Sometime later, the manager again arrives at the service counter, again never approaching or speaking to us & talks in whispers to the same clerks at the service desk. The manager walked off & the clerk came to us & explained there were no other 2014's, but his manager said "he'd meet us half way" by trading us the 2015 for the cost of the 4 year warranty we purchased for the 2014 (what?!). Meaning, we would have to buy another warranty on the 2015 & they were not honoring what we had been told the night before. Terrible customer service on management's part. I left empty handed.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2015
I purchased a TV 1 1/2 ago from Best Buy in Newmarket. The salesman offered me an extended warranty on the TV which he told us was a no questions asked replacement warranty. I was buying it for the kids and I even said to him that my kids are accident prone so I think the warranty is a good idea and he confirmed that even if the TV was dropped it would be covered with up to one replacement. The cost of the TV was $180 and the cost of the warranty was $120, a lot, but I bought it.
The TV was accidentally damaged and guess what? I called Best Buy and dealt with them and Geek Squad for over 6 weeks before they finally told me the warranty doesn't cover any accidental damage. It is a technical warranty. I told her, Mary at Geek Squad, that the salesman told me it did cover damage and "Why would I pay that much money for a warranty that covers what the manufacturer covers?" and she said, "I am very sorry you were told that, there is nothing I can do." I was scammed and on top of that I lost 3 hours of work so for the cost of the warranty and the 3 hours I could have bought a brand new TV. Best Buy sucks.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2015
I've witnessed extreme harassment of employees by the managers as well as management ignoring customers. When I worked there I got harassment from management and specifically by Brian **, Adam **, and Emily **. Then when I complained I got fired because of a trumped up charge that was completely inaccurate.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2015
My name is Benny **. My car is 2015 Toyota Highlander. Before I make an appointment, I go to Bestbuy store and make sure it's compatible with the Viper Responder LC3 5706V 2-Way Remote Start and Security System. Bestbuy print out the document - everything say is compatible with my vehicle. And then I make an appointment on July 31, 2015, 01:00 PM 4 Hrs 162 SANTILLI HWY EVERETT MA Confirmation Number: **. It is the lady help me to install it. She say it take 4 to 5 hours to finish. I said I wait here at Bestbuy out there until finish installation.
After more than 5 hours, I come in the Bestbuy mobile installation there and the lady tell me my car is broke fuse link. The vehicle will not start and also she said she did not touch anything. I ask why the fuse is broken if you did not touch anything. She said the fuse broke all the time. It is normal. My car less than 1400 miles just like new. My all family use Toyota. 6 year never broke the engine fuse. She try to tell me the fuse link broke is not because the installation process. She try to tell is not her responsibility. She said already call Woburn Toyota repair on Monday. I'm so worry about my car. I take the subway to Wellington station and walk to Bestbuy on the next day and then she tell me the car has to tow to Woburn Toyota to repair.
On August 4, I went to Bestbuy with my friends. We talk to the Geek Squad manager. I think his name is Jason. He tell me the car can fix and pick up today about 1PM. I called Woburn Toyota and they tell me pick up my car. after pick up my car. I have to go back to Bestbuy finish the remaining installation because the viper already installed in my car. About 2:30PM, Tom said it take about 20 to 30 minutes to program the key. After program the key, it has problem to start the engine. Sometimes the engine start only a few seconds it shut it down. He don't know how to program the key, the key has the code has to match the car.
Tom keep try and try to start the engine until the car battery is dead and then use the jump starter to charge the battery and keep try and try. I don't remember how many time he try to start the engine. It make me very scare. I ask Tom many time about the compatible. He said "yes". About 6PM I talk to the manager. I said "do you think will tow my car again?" He tell me to talk to Tom. I told Tom I have to use my car tomorrow for work. I paid too much for the cab. And then he take out the Vipers.
Wednesday 4:40am in the morning I drive for my job. I found out the automatic light is not on. It has other issue. The Auto switch is on, but the automatic light is not on. Me and my friends went to Bestbuy again and talk to manager. First he said is not my responsibility. You already pick up the car. I'm telling you no one will know the automatic sensor will broke if not drive at night or dark place. I have my KDLINKS X1 FULL HD WIDE ANGLE CAR DASHBOARD CAMCORDER WITH GPS install in my car. The installation day is July 31. All drive load recorded. July 31 - I drive my friends to China town and get in the tunnel and then go back to Bestbuy get in the tunnel again. It show the light automatic on. No any problem when I drop on Bestbuy.
I have a lot evidence prove. No one touch my new car. Only Geek Squad. I lost money because the Viper Responder LC3 5706V already used. It can't return it. Also I lost time. Wait long time in Bestbuy - 4 hours job. It take 5 days. I have no car to use. I have to paid the cab for my job. I have to drive my car to Woburn Toyota to see what is broke on 08/7/2015. After 5 hours long wait the Toyota said Tom forgot the connect the wire. Is it very professional? They said the first time broke the fuse link and tow to Toyota repair. It is the big problem. It broke because they start the engine more than hundred time. Second time forgot the connect the wire. If you don't believe, you can call Woburn Toyota. Everyone know Bestbuy broke my 2015 Toyota Highlander.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2015
We bought a refrigerator for 1500 bucks. The ice maker didn't work well, and we had it repaired. We bought the extended 2-year warranty. It broke again. I was two days outside the warranty period. This thing is a total dud. I want to give it back, but the ice maker is considered an "accessory." Best Buy does not stand by its products, and as far as I can tell, all the big appliances are duds. Calling customer services is useless too. I am irritated and want to shout from the mountaintops not to use this place for ANYTHING. They are awful. The sad part is that I know they are awful, but I went there anyways. It's my own fault for thinking it could be different. BEST BUY IS AWFUL.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2015
Purchased TV stand on July 28th. Arrived 31st in damaged box and opened. Found several dents on wood. Called Best Buy. They said "we'll email the return label." I never received it till today UPS had the return label, picked up and brought the another box, a little damaged box and opened, dent on woods. Did not even take out the wood. Can see the flaked plywood and dents.
Called Best Buy. They sent request a return label. I told them I never receive email first time and they said will make sure they will send me email and if I do not receive it, to call them back. They kept telling me to check spam folder. I repeat told them I received other email on reshipped, my email is correct. They said my current telephone number is not matched so I had to give them my phone number. They updated which I do not understand when I called them the other day, gave my number with no problem. Now I have to wait till I get the email or UPS call me before they come pick it up. It will take about a week before they give my refund back. Will never shop at Best Buy again. Lousy retail store!
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015
We bought a 55' TV from Best Buy less than 2 years ago. ALL 3 of the HDMI ports have burned out. After reading all these bad reviews I am concerned that there is a dim future ahead of me with this tv. I will NEVER buy this Best Buy product again!!! I will spend a few extra bucks for a longer lasting product.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015
I went into Best Buy on July 19th to purchase a new phone for me and another family member. They were running a promotion where you would get a $200 gift card for each phone that was put on a payment plan (this model only). We were told they did not have any in stock at the store, but they would order them from another store. The other store was called while we were there and we were told they were successful in ordering them, and we would be able to pick them up in 7-10 days max.
A week later we went into the store to check the status, and we were told that the phones were shipped because they were not in the inventory of the store they were shipped from. Another week passes and the phone still has not showed up, and we're put on the spot because the gift card promo for the other phone I was looking at ended that day.
I should add that during this week, we left multiple messages for the manager to call us to discuss the status of our order and we did not get anything from him until we dropped by and saw him in person. He claims that he has been in contact with the other store, but has no idea where the phones are as they do not have a tracking system for store to store shipments (really?). Due to their incompetence I have missed out on what was probably the 2 best promotions to get a new phone, and was not offered anything for my time running around, gas wasted, or offers missed.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015
My sister said will get me a tv. Chose 32" Best Buy Insignia, approx $280. Moved in suitcase, clothes wrapped around. A piece of the picture missing. Asked to fix, said not covered *internal cracked screen*. Pay $285 to fix. Poor sound, no surround as had years ago on smaller one & quality and will not exchange. Say, even if leant on will crack & not covered. Manager & staff don't care, just want take $ for poor quality. 3 months tv nearly 300!
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015
We visited Best Buy on July 21, 2015 and placed an order for a dishwasher, cooking range and steam technology dryer. They assured us delivery on July 30 and install July 31. They called on July 26, 2015 saying that particular dryer will be available on August 12th. I changed the dryer and assured them it was okay as long as the dishwasher and cooking range were delivered on time as the contractor had to measure for the counter and cabinet works. The contractor complained that no one came on 30th or 31st or on Monday August 3, so I call them and found that you are placed on hold for a minimum of 10 min to 30 min each time you try to get in touch with them.
Finally contacted someone on August 3, 2015 after a hold period of 23 minutes (Obviously I have nothing else in the world to do but be on hold for Best Buy associates) and they reassure me they will take care and delivery will take place August 5th as that is the only date possible. They mail me my corrected order and I view it to find they are shipping me 2 dryers and 2 of each accessories linked with the dryers. So I call them and after (lucky me) a 14 minute hold voila I get a customer representative who takes down the details and places me on hold for 5 minutes and then connects me to the Geek Squad.
Finally after explaining the matter to her I am connected to another associate who again places me on a 5 minute hold... At this minute I am still holding and listening to their promotions. I had planned on a 78 inch TV and refrigerator but I think it is better for my health to be associated with anyone but BEST BUY. Well to continue on it she said the person concerned has gone for lunch and they are not authorized to deal with refund so I will have to wait for her to come back... Entering ANGRY... In the stars just does not cover it.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015
My wife and I went to your Best Buy store (202 Concord Pike Wilmington DE.) on 7-5-15 to upgrade our AT&T phones as we do every 2 years. This time the store didn't have the same offer as the earlier weeks (G5 phones for 1.00 upgrade fee with a new 2 year agreement). The young man told my wife that if we took the next plan our bill would only go up 4.00 for each line making our bill 8.00 more for 30 months. At first we didn't believe him but he kept insisting that this was true and assured us if it wasn't we could bring them back.
Again after 30 minutes of this going back and forth and asking if he was correct, we said ok and took the phones and completed the rest of the process. Today (7-23-15) we get our bill from AT&T and our bill is up 38.00. My wife called AT&T and we were told that the information given to us by The Best Buy Store Rep was "wrong" and we would have to talk to the store. Again, my wife called and after talking to 3 different people she was simply told she was an idiot who misunderstood the info given by your rep. So now we are stuck with these phones and an extra 38.00 to our bill for 30 months.
To say the least, we are very upset and will make it our mission to never step foot in your stores again if this doesn't come to some kind of solution. I will also make sure I tell family & friends and my coworkers, and just so you know am a Computer Networking Specialist for a large Financing Co. and I have lots of coworkers who I can inform them of the lousy customer service and the cheap and slimy bait & switch tactics your store pulled. I believe since we were lied to, Best Buy should compensate us for the extra money's we have be stuck to pay. Some would say that's unrealistic, that may be so, but you should at least compensate us with some kind for store credit to soften the blow and make sure your people know what they'll talking about.
P.S. The only reply we have gotten from Best Buy is a standard canned response email stating they're reviewing the problem on 8-1-15, no reply as of 8-4-15, and on Facebook - stating we need to talk to the store manager. They very well know we have already done this and they're trying to state that it was AT&T reps that misinformed us. It was not an AT&T Rep, it was a Best Buy's store rep and yes we did go over the contract, but the store rep did not print out the full contract until we accepted what he stated to us. This was and is a bait and switch from our regular 2 year contract to the new Next Plan, to get people to sign up with them so the company can make their commission from AT&T.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2015
I purchased a refrigerator at Best Buy. Within 6 weeks it failed. The compressor locked up. It was a major American brand. I called the company and they said the brand is only a trade name that is owned by second company. I contacted the second company and was informed, the refrigerator was made by a third company whom they contracted with, and that company was out of business. Therefore I had no warranty rights. BEST BUY had misrepresented the sale by failing to inform me the company who manufactured my appliance was out of business, and subsequently no warranty, and did not back me up or offer a refund. This was a retail sale represented as such, not a "as is sale". I was out the money, and the only recourse was to contact my state consumer protection agency. Never again Best Buy.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2015
So I read their terms online regarding price match and went into the store. The people in there were as dumb as rocks when it came to policy. At first the people at the service desk had to call a manager to ask if that particular store honors price match. Then they had to call again to see if they price match Apple products. At this point I knew I made a mistake giving Best Buy another shot at my business and it quickly got worse from there.
For the next 20 minutes I argued with a 60 year old lady as we looked through dozens of chargers online. The retail price in Best Buy was $80 for a charger and was on newegg and amazon for $15-$25. The employee however saw that "the pictures online do not look the same as on the box." I tried to point out that the pictures are of different angles and the only thing that matters is the model number in the product description. There was one available online for about $50 but she refused to honor the price match on the cheaper items though because the pictures online were not exactly the same as on the box.
Finally I got fed up and just got the $15 charger off Amazon, same model and much less than the $80 Best Buy charged. The entire point of price match is to not lose business to the online retailers, so if you are not actually going to honor the lowest price then DON'T ADVERTISE IT! Thank you Best Buy for reminding me why I stopped buying from you in the first place.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2015
Do not purchase from this store. If you do, especially do not buy the extended warranty. I purchased an item, bought the extended warranty, and even had the sales manager write down the terms and conditions. The item broke a year later, which is no big deal because things do break. I went back to this store to have this taken care of under the warranty they sold me. They checked-in my item, let it sit there for weeks, then called me and said they couldn't fix it and all they could do was offer me a "small portion" of what I paid back. But that amount would be depreciated, which means I would have ended up with not even a quarter of I was supposed to put towards a new items.
They said they would not replace it even though the literature and brochure says if it can't be fixed, it will be replaced. They said they would not replace it with a comparable item and said the information they gave me originally was wrong. They told me they couldn't adjust the price of the new item because it would negatively impact their sales numbers when competing with other stores and they refused to do anything. I even provided the original warranty brochure that said if the item can't be fixed, it would be replaced with a comparable item. The manager said their literature was wrong and misstated it and they are not responsible for their own typos and mistakes and that's too bad.
I explained further to the manager and he VERY RUDELY said if it can't be fixed all he will do is give me a small portion of what I paid back on a gift card and depreciate that and I could buy a more expensive item and pay the rest of the price and the warranty would not even transfer and I had to buy a new one at full price. Then he said I could call their legal department if I wanted to sue them to get it replaced under by what their literature said. I contacted another nearby store and they explained that the store on Powers (Store 212) is like this because they are more concerned about sales number than taking care of customers and that store advised me to call corporate.
In talking with Corporate, they apologized for that store's behavior and that specific person said she has had numerous complaints about that store and advised me to shop at a different store because that store is "going through changes." Oh, and this was what put me over the edge, one person advised me that it wasn't even worth my time to use the warranty. They suggested that I buy a new item and pay for it entirely and buy a Geek Squad Protection Plan in case this happens again but he would not guarantee that Best Buy would do anything different or even replace it. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS STORE.
Reviewed July 31, 2015
I bought a tv from Best Buy. It arrived via delivery with a crack. I made arrangements to return the tv and in the process, purchased a different tv and received the new tv in three days. I made sure to cancel the first tv order on at least 5 occasions. All of the time spent over the phone holding for a Best Buy phone represent escalated into more issues. The phone representatives are clueless and worthless. Evidently, none of my cancellation calls went through because five days later, I then received a replacement tv for the original tv that I canceled. After spending at least 3 hours on the phone trying to come to a resolution, I finally made arrangements (which I had to pay for) to have UPS pick up the tv and take it back to Best Buy. It was a disastrous nightmare of an ordeal and I will NEVER purchase anything online or over the phone with Best Buy again. Probably never even step foot into a Best Buy either.
Reviewed July 31, 2015
Do not ever go to Best Buy, they will get you in the end. We bought a computer and spent thousands. Best Buy has a policy of return - 15 days after that, you are on your own. We bought a Toshiba Satellite Windows 8 19 days ago. It is now obsolete because they have a windows 10. It cost 100.00 to put all my programs from the computer we bought that ended up bad to put on the new computer windows 10. It cost $50.00 because it was a windows 10 and not an 8. A total of $154.00 to pay because we did not purchase Geek Squad. I would love to find anyone who purchased an item from Best Buy and it went bad after the 15 days and you did not have Geek Squad. They have a scam going and I would love to stop what they are doing. They also are very rude on the phone when you call and complaint.
The woman says I have a refrigerator that broke and I had to have someone fix it. I am not on the phone to find out about her refrigerator. I will never shop at Best Buy again. I advise anyone who purchases a high ticket item to make sure it will not be obsolete within 19 days of purchasing the item. They did not care and all they did was argue with me and I will share with everyone about the bad service.
Reviewed July 30, 2015
I bought a roadster 2 from Best Buy 20 days ago for a buddy of mine for his birthday. I just gave it to him 2 days ago, but it turns out he has bluetooth in his vehicle. So we went in today to return it and get him something else. First of all, the guy at customer service should not be allowed to deal with customers ever. As soon as we handed him the device and receipt he rudely pushed it back and said "we will not take this back". We asked why and he said that it was outside of the 15 day return policy. He then said "even if you had brought this back 4 days ago we would not accept it". He then continued and said "the only thing you can do it put it on Craigslist or something". He then turned around and started doing something else.
I am not complaining about the 15 days as much as how we were treated. I do think that only having 15 days to return something is absurd. Especially when it hasn't even been used. As we were walking out we both agreed that this would be our last time in a Best Buy store. I would recommend that to anyone else that cares about customer service.
Reviewed July 27, 2015
Purchased a Sony Camera on 4/4/2015. Purchased extra warranty for $49.99. The camera broke a latch on 7/22/2015. I returned it to the store to exchange it for another camera. I was told that it would take about two weeks to get it repaired. I showed them the extra warranty that I purchased and explained that I was told by the camera associate that I could exchange it for a new camera. Jerray told me that I was misinformed (Note: The camera is still under the manufacturer warranty). I then asked for the money back that I paid for the extra warranty. Two associates stated that they could only give me a prorated portion of the extra warranty back.
Reviewed July 26, 2015
I went into Best Buy to spend some rewards points and decided to buy a $45 Xbox live points bundle which was actually worth $50. It had 3 $15 cards and a $5 card (basically pay $45 for $50 worth of cards). Anyway, I get up to the register and for some reason, the item won't ring up. The manager says, "Here, I'll give you a $50 card for $45 so you don't have to enter 4 different codes." Sure, works for me. I get home and the $50 card won't work on my Xbox one. It says it's not activated. I call Microsoft and they say that sometimes it takes a day so I wait. It still wouldn't work so I called the store and after being on the phone for an hour they give up and basically say, "You need to come into the store."
Fine. So today I drive there and end up in the middle of a pouring rainstorm. I get there only to have them basically say, "We can't do anything 'cause that serial number you gave us on the card doesn't match the receipt." What? I bought this card here 2 days ago, took it home, scratched off the film to enter the numbers, and when it didn't work, I called Microsoft. They told me, "You didn't activate it." Now you're trying to tell me the card I bought here and the receipt you gave me don't match?!?! The card and receipt haven't been more than 2 feet away from each other in the last 2 days and I throw away any Microsoft cards after they are successfully entered so I know this is the same card I bought here 2 days ago.
They said I had to call Corporate and I pretty much said I wasn't leaving the store till I got this resolved and called right then and there. I had to practically threaten Corporate that I would stop paying $350 on a BB credit card I have (unfortunately, I paid cash for this xbl card which is why I can't simply charge back my credit card) if they didn't either refund my money or replace the card. They finally said they'd send me a $50 BB gift card in the mail to replace the nonfunctioning Microsoft card. We'll see if it actually comes.
Reviewed July 25, 2015
I went to Best Buy Cedar Rapids, IA to look for an iPod. My husband asked a clerk who was just standing in her station where we can find apple ipod. She pointed us where to go instead of assisting us. We went and look for it where the apple product is at and I could not find what I was looking for, so we went and ask her again if she could assist us exactly where the ipod is at. She just pointed us to where to go again instead of assisting us and taking us straight to what we are looking for. I felt that because I am a small Asian woman that she was not willing to get out of where she was standing even though she was not assisting a customer at all. I told her "You have such a great customer service lady not doing anything to assist us and yet getting paid just standing there doing nothing." I went and ask to speak to the supervisor.
The person who came to talk to us was the first person we asked where we can find a scanner only without the printer who told us you don't have any in the store to order it online. Funny part is, he work for your store and he does not know what you have? We did found the scanner only in the store without his assistant because he said you don't have any. Does Best Buy pay their employee to do nothing while customers running around trying to figure out where things are or if you even have what we were looking for? Is this the kind of customer service Best Buy promote? Is it because I am Asian that best buy employee is not willing to assist me in what I was looking for?
The supposedly supervisor I spoke to just brushed me off and said "Thank you for your feedback." Didn't asked what happened, what I was looking for, or what is my name or "can I assist you in what you are looking for?" He was in a hurry to kick me out from the store and once again I felt prejudice and racism against me by Best Buy employees. Best buy store sure employ employee with shady customer service and prejudice and lazy. I am so disgusted by how Best Buy employee handled me today and from reading online reviews I am not the only one who went through the same problem shopping at Best Buy.
Reviewed July 25, 2015
Best Buy's total price included the item I wanted as well as the shipping. That was fair and clear. Then, they didn't honor my request to contact us before showing up for delivery. As a result, no one was home, so we needed to wait an entire week before they could show up again. If they had merely telephoned us to let us know when they were going to arrive, we could have been home to receive our item. Next, they added an additional charge ($76.29) to my credit card account. If I had not been checking my account, I wouldn't have known they had done so. When I phoned to look into this fee, they tried to explain that it was additional because they hadn't charged me the full price initially - but they had! Watch out for Best Buy! I will never give them my business again, and I hope you won't either!
Reviewed July 25, 2015
Was completely ignored for an hour while waiting for the employee, and yes he did know I was waiting.
Reviewed July 24, 2015
It is the worst customer service ever. It's a nightmare to deal with them. I call several times they put me on hold for 30 minutes or more. They reschedule 4 times the delivery.. you should not order from them unless you don't do anything and can be on the phone for hours.
Reviewed July 24, 2015
I went into Best Buy to purchase a new laptop. By the time an employee came around to see if I needed assistance, I kind of knew which computer I was wanting to buy. He then informed me that there was a better laptop than the one I was looking at and because it was on sale it was actually cheaper. I told him everything I needed for the laptop to include and he assured me it did. So I decided to purchase it. Three weeks after purchasing the laptop, I discovered that the laptop didn't have a cd drive, it was just a dummy one. I was extremely disappointed because I needed my laptop to include one.
I called the store where I bought it and the employee I talked with said he would take my name and number and have his manager call me back. After a week of waiting, I called the store again. Same story, the manager would call me. After three days, I went back into the store to talk with a manager. After waiting twenty minutes, an employee came back and said that the manager was on the phone and it would be awhile. The employee again, took my name and number and said the manager would call me when they got a chance. That was over a week ago. I went from being disappointed to really pissed off. The employee that sold me the laptop obviously didn't know what he was talking about and the manager obviously doesn't care about customer service.
Reviewed July 23, 2015
Best Buy has professional staff. There are enough people working there to respond to your need. Some of the merchandises may be older version of what the factory has produced. Therefore, aggressive price checking would be required for comparison.
Reviewed July 22, 2015
Best Buy misrepresented their Geek Squad cell phone accidental damage protection plan. They sold me a plan with misleading information and did not give me a copy of the terms that I was agreeing to. I tried to use the protection plan only to find out there is a $150.00 service fee. At the time of purchase the sales person told me there was no service fee or deductible and Best Buy protection plan has higher coverage than the protection plan through Sprint.
I tried to use the plan before to get a replacement charger and was put through so many hoops I decided to buy one instead. This time the service fee is more expensive than having the screen replaced by a third party and the cost of a refurbish phone is cheaper than the cost of the plan $199.99 plus the service fee $150.00. In addition they keep my current device that works fine and just needs the screen replaced and then Best Buy sells it as refurbished again. They make it almost impossible to complain or solve the issues. I'm positive I'm not the only one that has encountered Best Buy's misleading sales representatives and lack of documentation.
Reviewed July 22, 2015
Wasted three hours of my life I will never get back. Called to get a price match on a vacuum. After spending one hour on the phone with the rep she put in the wrong item. Called again, spent another hour and rep wasn't interested or was she empathic about the situation. Didn't appear to want to help--this is sad. The order finally went through. Called to give feedback to supervisor but only got a representative to cancel first order. However he cancel the second order instead which is the one I wanted. Had to call fourth time to speak to supervisor. Seriously what a horrible experience. Do not ever purchase online. Best Buy's claim to providing good customer service is terrible. Again wasted three hours of my life to purchase a stupid vacuum. No wonder Best Buy can't stay in business. This is shameful and pathetic service. What a joke and after this experience I will not be getting anything from Best Buy ever!
Reviewed July 21, 2015
Purchased a new camera and received confirmation that it would be shipped to my address. Five days later they emailed that the order was cancelled because they're unable to ship to a PO box. After speaking with several representatives I was informed that I would have to reorder at a higher cost as the sale had ended. Unacceptable! Shipping policies should be disclosed, prices should be honored and a customer complaint should have been responded to.
Reviewed July 18, 2015
My wife and I planned out Bucket List vacation - Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Hawaii. I bought a Nikon cool pix S9900 at Best Buy 10 days ago. Salesmen convinced me to get the two year warranty on it since I was going on vacation. I told him we were going to Yosemite and would be hiking. He said the warranty was an absolute must have in case I dropped it. If you drop it and it breaks you will be without a camera unless you get a warranty. Well guess what -- I dropped it and took it back to the Fresno store. Hmmm it turns out I am still without a camera as they have to send off the camera to get it repaired and thus my vacation insurance turns out to be worthless. I now have no camera to take pics with.
Reviewed July 17, 2015
This is not okay anymore. Best Buy has given us a time to have a TV delivered three times now. Each time we were not called to be told that the TV would not be delivered to us. We have wasted 3 days. When I called they said it was rescheduled without our permission or knowledge. When we mentioned compensation they suggested just to cancel the order and refund the money. Uh NO. We did not ask for a cancellation, but COMPENSATION. THIS IS NOT OKAY BEST BUY. I would rather pay $200 in interest on another credit card than get your interest free crap and waste even more time waiting for your 'delivery people'. So on a $1000+ purchase (and keep in mind we are great customers who are never late paying their bills, and have bought big ticket items in the last year) we were only offered to be compensated a measly $25. This is unacceptable Best Buy.
Reviewed July 17, 2015
So I went before July and purchased a fridge in cash. I was told there was free delivery so I chose to take the delivery. My delivery date was for July 2nd. The truck came and the fridge was all dented up so I never had them even take it off the truck. They said they were sorry. Someone called me to talk about the fridge and offered me a gift card if I was willing to live with the dents and I told them absolutely not. I want a brand new, scratch and dent free fridge like I purchased. I then said "okay, can I please set up a new delivery." They said that they can't set up a new delivery until the fridge is back in the warehouse??
So that being said the next day no one called me like they said, Saturday came and it was July 4th so of course they were closed and Sunday they were closed. So on Monday I had to call them. They told me oh my delivery date was set up for the 25th of July. Might I add I never even talked to anybody and they picked a date that was 3 weeks from the day they originally were to deliver. I told them I was absolutely not waiting that long.
Today is the 17th and this is the day my fridge once again was to come. (Might I add they are to call the day before and give you a two hour window. They did not. I called them at 9:30 last night and had to ask them when they were coming. ) So today they called me at 9:03 AM and told me my fridge wasn't on the truck because they "didn't have one at the warehouse." Now this was the 2nd time work was missed to be able to receive my fridge. My new date is for Monday. I'm really not looking forward to see what happens next. On top of all of this... This is 3 days of work that will be missed due to them.
I am suppose to receive a $75 dollar gift card in the mail but since all the work missed it doesn't even make me happy. Talking to customer service they say "I'm sorry to hear that" blah blah blah. This has turned into the most expensive fridge I have purchased and I still don't even have. I will never use Best Buy again for not only the horrible customer service but the lack of communicating to the paying customers.
Reviewed July 15, 2015
I went into Best Buy with friends. We browsed the electronics, and I liked the Note 4, so I picked it up to look at it, and the sensor went off. A shiny new Galaxy S6 was there, so I used it waiting for a store employee to ask what had happened, but they only turned off the sensor and did not ask me, so I walked away with my friends as they turned off the alarm. I was not flagged down or chased after, but one friend had to leave and said that one man was following us, and said "Yeah they're leaving we don't have to follow them anymore." We were shocked, so she left.
We decided to go back in and see what happened, and he didn't take notice of us near the iPhone display, and we heard him say "Haha all you have to do is follow them until they get scared. It's easy!" into his microphone. He then saw us, and said "I have to follow you because we don't know if little kids are trying to steal when the alarm goes off, so I'm going to follow you until you leave." Keep in mind, I was wearing my school gym shorts with my LAST NAME PRINTED ON THEM AND NO POCKETS!!! How would I hide a 5.7 inch phone in my shorts if I'm already carrying my own cellphone, money, and riding a bike around? The ignorance was astounding, and I am not returning there unless I get an apology.
Reviewed July 13, 2015
I decided to check out my card balance because I notice that after paying my bill, my email keeps sending me messages that my payment is overdue. When I called customer service, the lady who helped me was very nice. I explained what happened and she says, "Ok do not worry. I will take care of that and refund your late fee." I told her that I did pay the bill the day of the due date (July 5). And I asked her why the payment was not posted and why now you are charging me late fee. She did check and she says, "Yes, no problem. I will fix that." So she did the requesting order for refunding the late fee.
Well...guess what? I went today because I supposed to have a balance -- about $160/170 -- and my email sent another message saying that I owe $206. I was, "AWWW??? WHAT A F.???" I decided to check my Best Buy account statements and I find out that the payments I made throughout the year if I did not did it like 3-4 days prior the due date, they were always posted the following day after the due day. So if I did my payment over the phone with my debit card on the due date, the payment was not posted to Best Buy credit until the following day. Meaning, LATE FEE. This way I got hit by 4 different months since January with a late fee of $25.
I went and check my bank statements just to make sure I was not mistaken. No, everything was fine. I called customer service again today and explained what was happening, and that I really do not understand why the payments I did over the phone was posted the day after the due date. I ask if there was anything she can do for me with respect of all those late fee (total of $100). She says, "Well, no, I am so sorry but we can only adjust ONE late fee and IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED ALREADY." I told her, "Please go and check again because it is not my fault if you posted the payment after the due date. The payments were made ON THE DUE DATE, not after. She again repeat, "I am sorry. I cannot do anything for those other ones."
So, this is the last time I am using Best Buy. They basically rip me off, and I was thinking that it was a good deal -- "no interest rate." Well of course they get their interest anyway by charging you late fees. By the way, I insist with the lady and told her that I will be writing this review, and I won't be their customer anymore. She says, "I am sorry...I cannot do anything for you." So I guess Best Buy do not need good customers. They might made more money with customers who do not pay their bills, or keep ripping people's pockets by charging them late fees as they wish. Good luck to you all. Me? I will pay this thing and close my account with them. Never again!! I am glad that I did find this out now, because I was about to buy a dryer-washer set!!! Thank God I found this out now.
Reviewed July 11, 2015
SATURDAY beautiful day!!! Best Buy called, said delivery will be between 3:00-5:00pm. They will call half hour before they show. 5:35 no one called, waiting on line for over 40 minutes to get a customer service on the line. WASTED A SATURDAY.
Reviewed July 11, 2015
I purchased a Asus laptop. When I got home unboxed laptop and found webcam did not work. So I returned it. When I asked the rep "Do you need my card?" he said "No." He told me the refund was done. When I went to atm there was no refund. So I called the store. The rep told me refunds take 3 to 5 days. Now I ask why does Best Buy get to hold my money and make interest on my money? My next call is to the media. And trust me this is no joke. You DON'T SAY ONE THING ANYWHERE THAT REFUNDS TAKE 3 TO 5 DAYS.
Reviewed July 10, 2015
Since February of this year (2015) I have attempted to buy a MacBook Pro laptop computer for 1999.xx dollars ($2000). I have an account there, opened a year and a half ago when I bought a (rotten) Gateway Desk top $619.00. They will NOT send me a credit card, even though my debt with them is currently $400 and I have a limit of $2000. "Vickie" tells me to phone CitiBank, but gives me numbers starting in "1", like 1-80, 1-900, 1-700, etc, And Best Buy Mexico is just as bad. Best Buy "rules" forbid them from accepting Best Buy US cards.
Vickie "pondered" over the idea of having me purchase (I don't know how) 2 gift cards for $100 each. Of course that $200\0 (USD) disregards the $7345 value of my Gift Card. I have a friend in Oregon (another, a real estate broker who sold our home in Rancho Cordova, CA - we moved back to Mexico last January, 2015). My friend in Oregon is willing to take a free shipment and pay the shipping and importation into Mexico Customs. But Best Buy Citrus Heights does not want to hear from me anymore; rejected as a pest and old man.
Reviewed July 10, 2015
Never order an appliance. I ordered a stove on June 20th for July 8. Called and verified delivery in June 21, July 7 and July 8. Each time I was assured that delivery date was solid. When I called at 3 pm July 8 was told they did not know where stove was and could not guarantee delivery before august??? Horrible customer service. No assistance. Never attempted to contact me. Told me I was given misinformation 3 times! I had to cancel and reordered with another company that guaranteed 6 day delivery.
Reviewed July 9, 2015
I purchased the TV in Dec 2014, less than two weeks later the screen failed. It looked like impact damage with a central spot and lines radiating outward. I returned it to Best Buy and they replaced the tv. Today the exact same thing happened, and they would not replace the unit.. They asked if I wanted the unit back, I said "no". Has anyone had this display issue? I'm losing confidence in the Insignia brand. Thanks and disappointed in Best Buy.
Reviewed July 8, 2015
I had to drive 45 minutes one way to return a charger, adapter and cover that was suggested by the sales person. Got home and all three items were wrong fit for my IPAD. Drove all the way back two days later (45 minutes) to be told I would have to wait two weeks to a month for it to be put back on my debt card. This is robbery! I should receive compensation for gas and time plus wear and tear on my car plus interest on $104.57 put into my account. I WILL NEVER SHOP THERE AGAIN.
Reviewed July 7, 2015
If you can avoid buying any 1 Year Promotion items with Best Buy, then by all means do it. Most companies (Broyhill comes to mind) apply ALL of your monthly payment to any live promotion and gives you a ledger sheet of what you still owe. This transparency guarantees a positive customer experience and less angry support calls. Best Buy instead stack the odds in hopes they'll get a huge interest payout from you at the end, forgetting anything about making you a happy customer.
We just got hit with $291 in interest on a promo I didn't recall from 18 months back. For as long as I've looked (which is monthly), their promo link has shown one promotion that ends soon on 10/23/15. Ethan on chat today said I had 3 promotions end today, they were always listed on the site, and that I received a constant stream of notifications the promotions end was near. The promo has honestly never been anywhere on the site and there were no notifications ever. Ethan stopped short of saying I was making this up and dug his heels in. To top it off, when I thought he was going to relent, he boldly sales pitched me on a new promotion I'd be missing out on if I cancelled our card (which I did).
Again, your payment does NOT go towards the promo. In order for this to happen, you make your online payment, then you're supposed to call Best Buy support and ask for the principal to be applied to the promo. Now get this, you have to do this EVERY FREAKIN MONTH. Unlike most companies, they intentionally have nowhere online to do this which was verified by Adam in support. They're banking on you either forgetting or not hassling with making monthly phone calls so they then get the balloon interest they're so hot on.
Sears does something similarly evil where they actually do have a place online to select where the payment goes (the default isn't the promo) but it's so far buried, you'll never actually find it. I suspect since Sears and Best Buy are both on life support, they don't care if you, the customer, have a positive experience since they will be gone sometime soon. I'm reluctantly joining the rest of the country in buying from Amazon and letting these idiots fade away.

Reviewed July 7, 2015
My husband bought me a laptop about 3 weeks ago. I unpacked it, plugged it in. I left it plugged into the laptop only unplugging it yesterday morning. I noticed the USB that they now are using for the power cord seemed loose. When I went to unplug it the whole USB housing came with the cord. We packed it up in the original packaging and brought the laptop back to Best Buy. We were told it was not in like new condition. It is brand new except for it had the problem with the USB. It even had the protection still on the screen. They told us the best they could do was send it out for repairs. It is past the 15 days return period. This is the last time I buy anything from this store. Previously I bought a 400+ blu ray player and the extended warranty and the remote stopped working. I brought the item back and I was told the remote was not covered under the extended warranty.
I also recently bought a Smart TV from Best buy and they were suppose to order and send me the correct remote for the TV. The remote was not with the TV when we got home. They gave us a temporary remote. 3 months later still no remote. When we asked yesterday about it, they gave us a remote exactly like the temporary remote we already have. This place is like a second-hand store with high prices and they do not stand behind their product or the consumer.
I have bought from a 65" TV Hitachi and several 55"- 32' Samsung TV's from Best buy. They lost a good customer over $240.00 and the disgusting service over the new TV we bought. We were told we may have to even pay for the laptop to be fixed since it looked damaged. Sorry but I have had laptops over the years and this has never been an issue. I never have had to return a laptop or desktop and I have been using Computers for over 20 years. Find somewhere else to shop. 15 days is ridiculous especially when everywhere else is at least 30 days.
Reviewed July 7, 2015
After two years aboard, I finally needed that warranty. The MacBook was in my backpack, in a "dry bag", and we were splashed by a passing powerboat while riding to shore in my Boston Whaler. Upon reaching shore I discovered a couple drops of water in the bag, dried off the corner of the computer with a paper towel, and it worked just fine! Later that day however, when I turned it on I received the gray screen of death and a question mark.
My first experiences with Best Buy were in trying to get the computer repaired in the windward islands. I found I was not able to call the 800 number, as this isn't possible outside the United States from all areas, and was told I cannot deal with it online - funny, they told me that online... LOL. I had a choice of sending the computer back to someone in the United States who could bring it to a store, or pay for the repair myself and hope to someday receive a refund. There is a 30% duty on computers where I stay in the islands, and duty is also paid to ship items out! I waited and sailed north to Puerto Rico. I returned the computer to the Best Buy store and was told that it would probably be a "junk out" and I would receive a store credit that would allow me to purchase another computer and be able to leave the island before hurricane season.
Since I had returned the computer to Best Buy a month before hurricane season was to start, this looked like a great way to deal with it. This was not the case! Obviously nobody from the store or the repair center had enough sense to scrap what was an obviously salt water damaged unit. Best Buy decided to send the computer to Apple who basically built another computer around my old flash drive! This took three weeks, during which time I was continually given the run around from Best Buy, with many phone calls trying to find out where my computer was, and what the status of the repair was before I received the computer back. The Geek Squad "track my repair" sight is worthless as far as the repair status.
I had to call Geek Squad 800 number to be transferred back to the local store as only the local store was able to call the bridge and find out where my computer was... Only to find out after they called "bridge" that it had been shipped to Apple for repair. Finally, after three weeks, I had my flash drive, which was probably installed in a refurbished computer back! Now to get the boat south for Hurricane season! I invited three friends down as crew to sail from Puerto Rico and they could fly out of Bonaire! The computer quit immediately after they arrived! My friends now had tickets to fly out of Bonaire that had to be changed unless Best Buy dealt with the continuation of an existing repair in a timely fashion.
I left the store thinking the folks at the store are nothing short of awesome as the manager sent the computer with a request to "junk out" - which would have allowed me to purchase another, and sail south, thereby allowing everyone's tickets to remain as purchased. However, this was not to happen.. The MacBook is still "awaiting assignment to an agent" 11 days after being sent to the repair center! I have spent hours on the phone, from the Geek Squad 800 number telling me only the store is authorized to call the "bridge" and inquire what is happening to my $2,750 computer, to being hung up on numerous times after 20 minute waits, and on hold awaiting a representative, who when they finally answer say "there is nothing we can do, you need to call the 800 number" - which gets "only your local store can call the bridge, please call them". Pass the buck much do we?
In other words, not one person takes responsibility for helping the customer. I have been told "I will call the bridge center and find out what is happening. Please call back at 4 pm and I will have more information." only to call back at 4 pm and be treated like a PITA for calling... "There is nothing we can do, we cannot push this any faster, why are you calling?" Uhmmm Because I was told to? What is the proper repair time for a computer "Geek squad"? I have spent $450 for a warranty, over $100 in car rentals, $2,400 in airline tickets, and not to mention my sailboat and home is now like a sitting duck during hurricane season awaiting a $2,750 computer and we must buy tickets once again to hopefully not find the computer dies as soon as we leave. I cannot even get an answer from Best Buy as to where my computer really is, what the status is, or why they are still trying to repair a obvious salt water damaged unit!
At this point - hindsight is great, but given that nobody at Best Buy could take the responsibility to trash an obvious salt water damaged computer and avoid wasting time and money, I realize that wasting MY time and money on Best Buy and their warranty should have been avoided in the first place. It would have been cheaper to just replace the computer at my own expense. Some warranty Best Buy.. NOT!
Reviewed July 7, 2015
I have been a Best Buy consumer for three years and have always given more of the minimum payments. I was just hit with a $300.00 interest charge for apparently not paying on time. I called customer service and talked to a supervisor named Cathy and she said she apologized but that was their policy. They never told me that my "promotional period" was almost up and since they are the ones who come up with minimum payment amount, they make you think that you are in good standing when in reality, all they want is that interest charge. "TRICKERY"!!! I rather get a negative hit on my credit than pay this crazy charge!!!
Reviewed July 7, 2015
My Best Buy credit card was replaced with new Best Buy credit card at purchase. My billing did not show up on the Best Buy account. I always pay through the Best Buy's site. Showed zero balance - no payment due so I went onto pay my other bills. Finally received a bill in mail which shows I was late. Called customer service which party lined me with Citibank. No one cared that Best Buy account showed zero balance. Now I have the late payment on my credit report for the next seven year. They suck.
Reviewed July 7, 2015
I was told that they gave me a fantastic deal. What they did was group the items I purchased into a group so if I returned anything, they didn't have to give my money back. Then is jackass manager at Tyrone Mall in St. Pete, FL told me I had to re-purchase one of the items so he return all of my money. I already own the item, why would I buy it again if I'm trying to get my money back? That was July 2, 2015 - I still don't have my money and had to have the bank get my money back. Best Buy is truly the worst company I've ever dealt with. I will never go Best Buy again. I will never give them a debit card. In fact, I want my name and number out of their computer. They told me they couldn't do that. I wouldnt recommend this company to anyone. This is the worst buy.
Reviewed July 7, 2015
Buyer Beware. My sister purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note 4G phone. Before she purchased the phone, I called and asked if the phone was used. I was assured it was not, however, it is discounted because it is a discontinued model. My sister ordered the phone and within the first three months, the phone began to run hot and cut off. Best Buy corporate office referred her to Samsung. Samsung said the 1 yr warranty is null and voided because Best Buy did not list the serial number on the receipt. Therefore, they do not know the age of the phone. Best Buy corporate relations rep, Ivan and Andrew refuses to return her call or respond to her emails. Buyer, consumer beware. My family have purchased a large number of electronic products, but no longer will we assist with this companies economical growth. We are taking our business to other retailers.
Reviewed July 7, 2015
Purchased a curved TV and a warranty with it. My little one threw a toy, damaged it, and cost to fix is same as TV pricing. Well my warranty doesn't cover that which is fine but I will not get a pro-rated warranty refund. What am I going to do with a 2-year warranty for a TV that's garbage after 1 month of having it?? Other stores such as Sears do refund. I think it is crap - Best Buy does this. I will never purchase ANYTHING from them again nor will friends and family!
Reviewed July 6, 2015
I'm 14 years old. I'm leaving a review about the Best Buy in Apple Valley, CA. I am very perturbed by my experience here, mainly due to your "security" at the front entrance. My parents were shopping at both the Bed Bath and Beyond and Best Buy since they're right next to each other. We went in here first for a little bit, then they left to the other store while I stayed behind because I wasn't done looking. Eventually I came across Saints Row IV at a good price, too so I decided to get it. Unfortunately, it was rated M so I was unable to get it on my own. I called my dad and told him to come over so I could buy the game and he said he would be here in a minute so I went to the front (near checkout) to wait.
Your "security," one African male, rather tall, quite muscular, and a shorter Mexican chubby male, would not stop looking at me. Soon enough I got a call saying my dad would be a few more minutes so I went back to the back of the store to keep looking. I was walking over there when the African male came up to me to ask what I was doing, then took it from me. I said "I'm waiting for my dad to buy me this game because I need an adult." No ** Sherlock, why do you think I'm holding the game everywhere I'm going? He then says "I'll take this and keep it in the front when you're ready."
That made me feel uncomfortable as people started to look at me and I shouldn't have to feel that way in a store. Tell him to relax. Do you really think I'm going to steal this $14 game? I don't need it that bad, plus even if I did you really think I'm going to get past you two anyway? Obviously bored and with nothing better to do but take pride in intimidating a younger male, I suggest you not talk to me while I'm shopping. I have no problem putting that game back and taking my business to Target, Walmart, GameStop where my business will be appreciated elsewhere.
Reviewed July 5, 2015
I am aware that people make mistakes, and I am perfectly understanding of that. My fiance and I went into the Best Buy in Crestwood IL. We have been casually looking for new mobile plans and phones -- being semi satisfied, but content, with our current service plans. Between the two of us, we were paying less than $125 per month with T-mobile and Virgin mobile. We talked to a mobile employee about possibility switching services, expecting nothing to come of it. We were then told that we could get a Sprint plan that would cost us $130 per month -- with two new phones, an iPhone 6 and a Galaxy edge. The plan we were explained was $45 per line, and $20 leasing policy through Best Buy -- which equates to $65 per month, or $130 per month excluding taxes. We knew that the activation fees were being waived -- so we thought. We get our first bill -- conveniently/consequently 15 days later, which is one day after their return policies.
Our bill was $248! First, the activation fees were never waived -- which was the big draw for us in the first place. Secondly, the per line cost was $55 for the first line, and $45 for the second line. Also, the leasing agreement was $25 for the Edge and $20 for the iPhone -- not what we were told costing us $15 more per month than was discussed. And lastly, the icing on the cake, when I went into the store to talk to the woman who sold us the plan in the first place, she denied giving me wrong information. If only she wouldn't have lied to us and just admitted her mistake, things would be done and over with. I had to call Sprint's customer care line and get the activation fees taken off our bill.
Over the next two years, we'll be paying $600 more than we originally attended to pay. Best Buy had to do nothing more than admit fault, credit us in some way, and they would have continued to have semi-loyal customers. Instead, we -- and many others we influence -- will boycott Best Buy until their actions are rectified in some way. As I stated above, I am aware people make mistakes. If this sales rep was intentionally lying to us, or ignorantly informing us, it has costed us more money over the course of two years. This is how companies go out of business. I want people who read this to understand that it was Best Buy who was at fault, and not Sprint. Sprint, when we called to fix the issue, was nothing but courteous and forthright about doing as much as they could. So much so, that they even offered us the possibility of canceling our service for a massive $400+ dollar -- which is obviously not worth it.
Reviewed July 5, 2015
Purchased a fridge with the extended warranty. Total was around 2K. The delivery was never made. When I checked with the store it was set up as a store purchase. So I got the run around from asking me to call the delivery company to actually driving down to another Best Buy because apparently that's where my appliances were stocked. The store was about 30 minutes away from where I live.
When I got to the store the manager basically explained to me that the other store was giving me the run around and that he would look into it for me. He took my cell phone number and told me he'd call me next day with accurate answers. I got back in my car and drove home. As soon as I walked in my door the phone rang and it was Eric the store manager. Only to give me the run around and asked me to call the original store back and tell them to refund my money.
For 3 days I called back the original store where I made my purchase trying to speak with someone to get a refund. They kept referring me to call back when Stacey is working because she knows all about my problem. At this point I'm wondering if Stacey was just an imaginary person they invented. It has been 1 month that I'm living with no appliance. I plan to call consumer protection agency and file a complaint. I'm tired of fighting with them and getting the run around.
I've filed a complaint with the delivery service and online with Best Buy. Never got a response. For the time being I have no appliance and I'm 2K in the hole trying to live on bread crumbs to save enough money to purchase an appliance from somewhere else. I hope soon my issue will be resolved and I can at least have my money back but even when it will not make up for all the heartaches and having to live purely on fast food since I can't store food in my own home. Who knew a big retail chain like Best Buy tries to scam people. Best Buy is the worst buy.
Reviewed July 3, 2015
Purchased a Samsung 39" TV with warranty on 08/13/14.. The TV never operated properly. Contacted the Geek Squad and Best Buy. Was told to call my Internet provider, RCN sent a rep. 3 times, verified that the TV was defected. The TV would turn off with minutes and vertical lines would appear on the screen. The TV exploded and black soot on my bedroom walls. The Superintendent was concerned of this dangerous situation and fearful of a fire. Finally Best Buy pick up the TV for repair. Geek Squad informed me TV was beyond repair, and approved an exchange. Here is the Bait and Switch, Best Buy only offered a cheaper brand that was refurbished at a lower price than I paid, misrepresented the warranty. The Staff and quality of service was horrendous and incompetent.
I paid $329.99 for TV - Warranty $39.99 - Painting the Bedroom $1,500. tax 29.29, and 2 taxi trips $60.00 to Best Buy a total of $2008.24 and never had a TV that operated. I will not accept a cheaper, refurbished, TV. I demand a Full refund. Best Buy sells refurbished, inferior products and misrepresents the Warranty.. Lenny the Manager stated, "Sorry, TVs do not last long, only 10 months."
Reviewed July 2, 2015
Poor dear hubby was reeled in by the lower price for a dishwasher. The salespeople at both a local store and the Best Buy 800 service line refused to honor the free delivery and installation Web offer. Only after I offered to send the woman the Internet link did she suddenly find the buried offer. Took a total of 50 minutes to place the order: software glitch and 10-minute intervals when she had to coordinate something or other.
Ordered on Saturday; on the day of the delivery, got a call that the delivery was moved to Thursday, and that the delivery company expects me to keep calling to reschedule. I spent 45 minutes calling Best Buy to try to sort out the problem. After trying to get me to do the scheduling myself, unsuccessfully, the rep on the phone told me it has been taken care of. I never heard from them again. I called on Thursday and was told that the delivery has never been scheduled. When I tried to get reassurance that someone warm and breathing would follow up to make sure the delivery would happen on Friday, I was told, yet again, that I have to make calls to follow up myself in case I don't hear back.
I complimented the rep on how helpful she has been, then said I no longer trust their internal process and want a refund. At that point she hung up on me. I'm going to pay a hundred dollars more to another store just so that I don't have to feel like involuntarily committed unpaid labor who have to do the work for the company I am paying. It's as if they wish to teach customers a lesson for wanting to take advantage of sales and free offers. Never again. Goodbye Best Buy.
Reviewed July 2, 2015
I bought a 55 in insignia tv and the surround sound system, and a dvd player. I got that protection plan "the insurance". The dvd player, stopped working three days later. TV stopped working couple months later. The geek squad came out, said that my tv would need 2 parts. I needed to either wait 7 days for one and 10 days for the other one. This was on June 9th. They called me up and left a message almost 3 weeks later and told me that they'd get the part on the 7th of July. Two days after that, would make it a month. I've talked to multiple people, they're all rude, and act like "I should be happy about it" because I do have the protection plans. If I didn't, the parts wouldn't be replaced.
I think it's strange, that they tell me when the parts will come but that doesn't happen. They keep telling me that I should thank god I got the protection plan. But for all the stuff me and my family's been thru, I'm sorry I got it. I'll never shop at Best Buy ever again. The Geek Squad thinks they're god. I'm not the only one who thinks that, others have said it. It's just like what I tell my kids... "You can't trust nobody." Sad but true. I recommend that nobody goes to Best Buy and buys anything. I think we should all get together and make the policy changes. Tired of how they treat people. Let everyone know. Forget Best Buy.
Reviewed July 2, 2015
Unless you are going to the Apple counter... you can forget about getting any assistance. Plus.. they sell crappy products. Why should an LG microwave... almost $200 stop working right at a yr post purchase? And they don't wanna fix it!!! Never again will I step foot in another Best Buy. And we're closing our accounts there as well.
Reviewed June 29, 2015
I've been waiting for a dishwasher now for three weeks. One installer came out, started out being rude and saying he won't do free work. Well after that the dishwasher itself didn't work and started spraying water all over the kitchen causing damage. Well after best trying to insult me with a one hundred dollar gift card and twelve hours of being spun on the phone I was ready to get my dishwasher. Tuesday rolls around and on the delivery day the new installer call and say the trailer lights went out and we have to reschedule. Still waiting on the dishwasher, the lie at this moment is Friday.
Reviewed June 29, 2015
The return or exchange policy of this company is the worse. I bought an HP laptop for school and needed to return it because it was not compatible. Tried exchanging it for another product which was going to be more expensive. Btw, I had bought it late May. Thinking they're like any other store in the country with a 30 day return policy. Now, I'm stuck with a laptop I don't need and still need to purchase a new one for school. Talk about helping the community. Never again will buy something there again!
Reviewed June 29, 2015
I purchased a turntable with my Best Buy credit card on the Best Buy website and it arrived in a Best Buy Box, however, apparently I bought it from the "MARKETPLACE." When I opened it I discovered it was a piece of garbage. I tried to return it, I was told that this product was not a BEST BUY product so I could not return the item. I contacted the company that made the product and they instructed me to pay for shipping and they would fix it. I tried to call customer service which does not exist, therefore I have to eat this turntable. I am ripping up my card and I will never walk into another BEST BUY as long as I live. I will also tell everyone I can about my experiences with BEST BUY until the day I die.
Reviewed June 28, 2015
On 3/30/13 I purchased an over the range microwave from Best Buy and paid for Geek Squad installation as well as for a 5 year extended warranty. I purchased this unit for a vacation rental home in Galveston Texas. I purchased the policy after assurances from the sales person that any problems would be promptly repaired or the microwave would be replaced if I had problems. Because I live in California, it made sense to purchase this additional cost protection. The unit failed about 3 weeks ago and is still not repaired. The interior liner is flaking and the technician told my guest that the unit needed to be replaced but when he called in he was told to order the parts and repair the unit. The cost for the parts was $430 and I paid $459.99 for the unit. Because it was less than the price of the unit customer service refused to replace the unit. This was after taking two weeks before they could send out a service person.
Now three weeks and the unit is still un-repaired. I had to go out and purchase a countertop microwave so my rental guests would have a microwave to use (summer is our peak season). So much for prompt service. I even offered to accept the $430 as a credit for a replacement but they would not budge from their policy. Their customer service is a very bad joke on us the consumer. Most of the time you are talking to someone in India that barely speaks English, is difficult to understand, doesn't understand what you tell them and just keeps repeating their stupid script that was clearly written by an idiot. Their game is to frustrate you into forgetting about getting the item fixed and moving on so they can just pocket their profit. I have spent numerous hours on the phone trying to get this unit repaired or replaced and unfortunately will spend many more before it is resolved.
My advice to new buyers is DON'T purchase a warranty contract from Best Buy. Their customer service is among the worst I have experienced and I am a premier level customer having spent well over $25,000 with them over the last several years. Appliances, TVs (2 4K TVs), computers, printers and much more. They may have lost my business over this issue because it is indicative of how they value and treat customers. I will buy from a local store that has been around and values providing good customer service even if it costs more. On large retailers, I buy from Nordstrom's for the very reason that their customer service is outstanding. I don't care that I may pay a little more.
Reviewed June 28, 2015
Bought a TV 18 months ago for 400.00 on a special promotion. Purchased one other inexpensive item since then. Have been making over the minimum payments since then with interest on the 99.00 item. Yesterday I went to pay my bill and saw that I was hit with 251.00 in interest charges. I called about this and was told it was on the 400.00 TV. I've been making payments for a year and a half and was charged all this interest on a TV. I closed my account and will never shop with Best Buy again. With all the money I have paid the TV should have been paid off instead I'm stuck with an outrageous bill.
Reviewed June 26, 2015
I purchased a laptop in 09/2013 for the amount of $1465. I immediately began having issues with the screen ghosting. I just went through my emails. Although the company states that I have only turned my computer in 2 times for repair and 1 time as a "qualifying repair" I found 1/2 dozen emails from Geek Squad, where they have stated my device is ready for pick up because I had to have it sent in to have for repairs. The company denies ever having done work within the service agreement contract but 2 times. I have only had the laptop for 1.5 years. I was told in store I would be able to renew my contract at the end of the year. I didn't want to spend $1700 to add on the 2 year plan and it was my understanding by asking the associates who sold me my laptop that I would be able to renew the hardware protection plan at the end of the year.
Apparently this was never true. I spoke with an ** at corporate who agreed to replace my laptop but ** at corporate and ** at the Best Buy in Cedar Hill cannot find any notes about that conversation. Apparently in their words, because the service contract expired last September, that I am no longer covered and a $350 credit is the best they could do. The screen was replaced. They told me however, 2 of the times, I had to check my device in I was told that they never found anything wrong with it and updated the drivers at headquarters. Why would anyone send out a computer for repair to update drivers? In addition to them doing shoddy work, I have to replace my laptop again at the cost of me.
The store, online and over the phone are not able to look at a repair history. What the heck is that about? Neither could corporate. First of all I came to this store because I trusted the brand name. Then to find out that they could not be trusted is really even more so frustrating. I am a single mother, back in college and $1400 makes the difference of a lot of things. I had full faith that this company would honor their agreement and fix what was wrong or replace the product when it failed within the first 6 mos.
I even contacted Samsung to only realize then that Best Buy/Geek Squad is not an authorized repair center for Samsung Products. I purchased the computer to last and to work for a minimum of 3 or 4 years, never in my wildest dreams, would I ever expect this from this type of company. I was an elite member at Best Buy. I purchased multiple items from this company. I took my laptop in multiple times for the same repair issue. I tried not to because I could not allow for the 2 week turnaround I would have because of my classes and homework that I used this laptop for.
Reviewed June 24, 2015
Our rate experience with them should be Neg 100%. My husband and I bought two cell phones with the Protections at the one located in San Carlos, CA. Two years passed by, my phone was crashed and did not work very well. A rep from the Geek Squad Dept. looked into the policy and informed us that he could not do anything since it was 10 days expired from the original date. We asked is there anything that he could help us at least to fix it or as a Courtesy? He said "NO". Their customer service or policy is Useless. They just want your money and don't want to take care of their customers. We were very disappointed the way they treated us.
We said to ourselves that we will never shop there for the rest of our lives unless they change their attitude about treating the customers' right. We were 10 days past the deadline and they would not want to do anything for us. We spent more than $600 for the protections. We finally went to a Verizon store in San Carlos and got two new Iphone 6 as well as the protections. Best Buy just lost our business because of their Useless policy. In Business, you cannot be Black and White. You have to bend here and there to get a bigger deals. We bought every tech products there and were so loyal to them until this day May 24, 2015.
Reviewed June 23, 2015
Here is the situation. On May 25th, I went to Best Buy to purchase a Fitbit but it was not available. Right next to the Fitbit, there was cell phone display. I was wondering about the upgrade on my wife's iPhone 5 to 6 with Verizon. I had unlimited data plan on the iPhone 5 and a basic phone on the other line which I simply use to forward a phone call to my work cell phone. Both of them were eligible for the upgrade. I explained everything and asked the Best Buy sales person that I could transfer the upgradability from the basic phone to iPhone 5 so that I could keep the unlimited data plan. I made sure if there was any other charge. She said there would be no problem with doing this, the only charge would be the upgrade fee of $35 and there would be no change on my Verizon plan. This was written on the receipt from Best Buy. Ok, until this time, everything went fine.
About 15 or 16 days later, I've received a bill from Verizon and I was surprised at the charge. The upgrade fee was $40 and there was data charge of $30 per month on my basic phone. I contacted with Verizon about the bill. After spending about 30 min, I was told that Verizon recently changed policy if I upgrade a phone on a basic plan to use it on the other line, I would be still charged for the data plan during the 2 yr contract. Who wants to spend $720 ($30/mon * 24 mon) to upgrade a phone? I was so upset and called the local Best Buy store where I bought the phone because this was not explained to me. There was no one available so I asked them to call me back but I did not get any call from Best Buy. A couple of days later I went to the store and told the situation to one of the salespersons. He could not help so he called a Geek manager.
Ok, here is my real issue started. He said there would be nothing he could do. I had to deal with Verizon. I asked since I purchased and made a new contract from the authorized Verizon dealer at Best Buy because of wrong information given from Best Buy, Best Buy should be responsible as well. He said even if Best Buy cell phone salesperson gave a wrong information to the client so that he/she made a purchase, Best Buy would not be responsible. He said it was the customer's fault that I did not do my homework to find out details. I asked the manager if the salesperson was not sure about the upgrade and contract I was going to make, she should have called the Verizon to double check the case before telling wrong information to the customer.
He said the salesperson does not have to know the plan and the role of the sales person is to sell a new phone and help activation even if Best Buy is an authorized Verizon dealer. I was so angry but he kept saying Best Buy would not be responsible and there would be nothing they could do. I was so mad at the way the Best Buy manager handled this issue. Firstly, I was expecting an apology from the manager for the sales person giving me a wrong information but he did not apologize any. I asked him if he feel sorry to me, customer for this but he said NO. Secondly, he should at least try something to resolve this issue such as calling Verizon with me to see if there was any other options they could do if undoing everything back to the before the purchase condition was not possible but he did not try. He kept blaming the Verizon and me, customer.
I walked out from the Best Buy store and called the Best Buy consumer service to file a complaint. They filed my complaint and said they would contact the distribution manager and store manager for this issue but I haven't heard anything yet. It was last Thursday so hopefully I will hear something from them soon.
Reviewed June 22, 2015
I suspect the fridge is great. However best buy delivery is not. I got two emails and two phone calls telling me that 6/22 was the date of my refrigerator delivery. I took a day off of work. I bought two large bags of ice to put my food into. I get another call about a half an hour before the delivery appointment and the delivery guy says "I'll be out to install your water line in 30 minutes". I say " you have the fridge too right". His reply "We couldn't find it". Long story short was that they found it but would not be delivering it that day. Calls to the local BB store managers did no good. They were polite, but you could tell they had no interest in doing anything to get me my fridge that day. A complaint will be going out to corporate, but I suspect they could care less. This is not my first bad experience with BB delivery. I guess fool me twice shame on me.
Reviewed June 20, 2015
I tried to place my order for a TV stand universal. The service for stands was fine and knowledgeable but when we tried to process the order I was told to wait 10 days to have Citibank clear my authorization while I had Citibank on the phone with my card clear for billing. They continually got the numbers wrong and I had to go directly to Best Buy where the order was processed in 2 minutes first time. I spent at least an hour with silly people from Best Buy PartStore. They claimed no supervised was available to help and could not process this order and was unauthorized to process it. Very frustrating company to deal with.
Reviewed June 20, 2015
I purchased the warranty 2 months ago. I read all the contract for the terms and conditions and found there is nothing specific about replacing the battery adaptor. When I purchased the plan they told me it would cover everything. The charger is part of the computer and they don't want to replace it. I am canceling my coverage and switching to Apple care.
Reviewed June 18, 2015
Placed an order for a refrigerator 2 weeks ago. Was given delivery date of June 20th. Just received a message stating it will be delivered in 3 week even though my order was placed weeks ago and given a confirmed delivery date.
Reviewed June 18, 2015
Purchased a new Samsung tablet on Jan 2013 for my 6 year old son. Best Buy sales consultant talked me in to getting the warranty that covers everything drops, liquid, etc. I was told if there was any issues to take the tablet back to any Best Buy and it would be replaced no questions asked!!! When I brought the tablet there they said they needed to send it back to be repaired. I explained to them that I wasn't told that when I purchased their extended warranty!! They kept saying sorry "that's our policy". So I gave in and let them send it out to get fixed. The tablet just arrived and when I opened the box there was just a tablet with no packaging to keep it from getting damaged from being shipped back to me!! Are you kidding me!! Long story short, don't ever purchase any extended warranty from Best Buy unless you get the coverage in writing!!
Reviewed June 17, 2015
I bought Dre beats Dec. 2014 for my son. The sales person pitched a great extended 2 yr warranty deal, He says if you're getting for a teen it would be a good idea because they tend to leave the headphones on the floor next to the bed and if they get and step on it and they break, or if they pull the cord and it shorts out, if the sound is distorted, what ever the case I will be able to go into any Best Buy around the world, provide my phone number (without receipt) and will be able to exchange for a new pair, hassle free and the mfg warranty does not cover these things!! This is not the case!! It hasn't been a year and the I brought them to Best Buy due to the foam on ear phone coming apart from head set therefore distorting the sound on one side.
The cashier tells me that since Apple bought the dre beats they couldn't exchange, they had no control over the warranty now!! Mind you I bought these in December 2014 and Apple bought them way before this day!! So why are they still up selling extended warranties knowing that if something were to happen nothing would be done!! They already knew apple had bought dre beats out. They then said I can send them out and SEE if geek squad can fix!! This is appalling how they can do this to many people knowing that they are scamming their customers!!
I was so livid. They brought the manager over and I explained the warranty I had, and he basically told me he can do nothing. AGAIN MENTIONING BECAUSE APPLE BOUGHT THE DRE BEATS!! Why do they allow or TRAIN their sales staff to up sell extended warranties knowing that they will not be honored. I told the manager that it wasn't my fault and I purchased BEST BUY WARRANTY NOT DRE BEATS OR APPLE WARRANTY. Thieves! So basically I'm screwed and was told I was mis informed about the warranty so they send them out TO SEE if they can be fixed!! So upset!! LIARS!! How many customers can they or will they do this to before anything gets done about it... BEST BUY makes so much money, so why would they need to scam and up sell warranties they will not honor!
Reviewed June 14, 2015
Their service and return policies SUCK! Understaffed in any store I've shopped at. Have bought computers, dvd players, tvs, vacuums, and more... none seem to last more than 6 mos! Brand names I've purchased in past and have lasted much longer. Have to wonder if they don't/get sell "sub par," branded products. When I buy name brand products, I've bought before and liked, I typically don't buy their "insurance." They offer a 15-day return policy. Ridiculous! STAND BY YOUR FAULTY PRODUCTS! I'd rather pay more elsewhere (and will!) for same products with good guarantee!
Reviewed June 11, 2015
Purchased Dishwasher, Stove, Fridge, Micro a substantial amount of money. It has taken over a month to get this transaction to completion. The amount of time and effort on the consumer’s part was horrific. Hours on the phone and most of it was on hold waiting for the store to answer. We had to take every transaction and follow through or it was not done. To the extent we had to call your contracting company to get things done. A real lack of Customer Service or the existence of due diligence. There was no effort what so ever demonstrated by the Manager, ** in the appliance department at the Beavercreek store.
This complaint has so many facets to it that a conversation or a letter is necessary to show documentation on everything that took place. However, I will conclude with after hours of our time, visits to the store, calling Best Buy’s contractors and countless hours on hold trying to settle / close this purchase, I want to share the type of Customer Service we received by sharing **’s closing comment to us, "You guys have NOT been a pleasure to deal with." What professional says that to a customer?
Reviewed June 10, 2015
I recently purchased 3 appliances from Best Buy - dishwasher, stove and refrigerator with the hopes of adding range hood, washer and dryer. At time of delivery, the two man delivery team could not get the refrigerator up the stairs. They did not offer to take off doors, which is often done. They recommended a 4 man team deliver over the next few days. Of course no one called to confirm. I called Best Buy who informed me they were unable to help. Then received call from Geek Squad that they could deliver but later called back said unable to deliver.
I have received the runaround from the Installation team, Geek Squad and guy I purchased from directly. No one can help me. I really want appliance but at this point, I told them to come pick up the refrigerator sitting in my garage. I went to Lowe's next door for same refrigerator and they said delivery should not be issue. I am not ordering any type of custom refrigerator just standard. My experience has been a nightmare and will definitely impact my decision for future purchasing through Best Buy. Truly ashamed since I use to shop here all the time.
Reviewed June 8, 2015
Do Not shop in the Westminster Store. Do Not trust their Geek Squad. I was unable to accompany my grandmother to the store when her 18 month old HP All in One computer stopped working. In the span of an afternoon the sales team and Geek Squad looked at her computer and convinced her it was dead and way too expensive to fix. They charged her for programs and virus protection she already had and convinced her to buy an ASUS brand and told her HP is going down hill so it was a better buy. They also charged her to transfer her data for an additional $60. I talked to her after all of this was done, and told her and my aunt to make sure and get her old unit back when they picked up the new one.
I had contacted HP and they were willing to repair it for free because it was only 18 months old. When my Grandmother went to get it she was told they had to rip the old one apart and it was useless so they recycled it. Not only did they sell an inferior product to my grandmother who has a hard time hearing and understanding, they destroyed and recycled a computer that potentially could have been fixed. I am disgusted with Best Buy. The sales team and Geek Squad are thieves. I understand they are in business to make money, but really do they have a conscience? I will never shop at any Best Buy store again. I encourage others to boycott and if you do have to interact with them please help your elderly relatives when dealing with these money hungry criminals.
Reviewed June 8, 2015
I was sucker punched at Best Buy. In their ad they have DVD's priced low. This ad started on Sunday. I am suckered into the store the very next day and these DVD's are not to be found. Sold out? Perhaps the few left over were put into the higher priced videos, who knows. To me this is fraudulent. The idea of course is to sucker you in and then if they are out of the item you will buy something else at a higher price. So a store will order a minimum with the idea that they will run out sometime during the sale.
But they should project a longer duration. Stores often get away with this by saying we mis-projected and did not realize how popular this would be. I asked where these DVD's were. An employee told me there was a display bin upfront. It was nowhere to be found. Naturally I left the store. Of course they would like me to purchase a rewards card. But the reward now is not to shop at Best Buy. Besides anything they have I can find online somewhere else. Lesson learned.
Reviewed June 8, 2015
We purchased a new Samsung gas range last Memorial Day. Installation was supposed to be free, yet somehow it came to be an additional $139 in "my area." I was not happy, but since all the other companies charge similar fees, I had no choice. Then somehow they said that I'll have to pay another $60 for inspection or whatever again.. Not happy again but I said I'll pay. I made an appointment for delivery and installation of the gas range through the website and the gas range arrived a few days after. I had to take time off work to make sure I'm home when they install it. The delivery guys said they can't install it because they were no installers with them and said I have to reschedule the delivery.
They then took away the oven that I paid for. I was very upset as we are without a working gas range, but once again, I had no choice. I then had to wait another week for the installers to come and once again had to take time off work for them to come. They came to install our oven but had no oven to install. They assumed the oven was in our home waiting for them. Once again, we still have no oven.
I then called best buy again, and they "apologized" and blamed the online order system and again rescheduled the delivery a week after and installation the day after. By this point we are more than 2 weeks without an oven. The delivery this time worked out but due to an "internal error" in the system, the installation wasn't set even though I specifically set the time and double checked with the Best Buy representative. They rescheduled for ANOTHER week after and gave me a lousy $50 gift card for scheduling a week later (as if i had a choice).
It has been over two weeks now since I ordered the gas range and who knows when it's going to be installed. So if you order a gas range through best buy, you better get some microwave meals and make sure that you have enough vacation days because it is going to take some time before you'll have it installed and working.
Reviewed June 7, 2015
If you're over age 40, BEST BUY DOES NOT WANT YOUR BUSINESS! Asked 4 sales people for help, all of them said "I don't work in that department."
Reviewed June 5, 2015
We purchased a gas range from Best Buy and were given a 6/5/15 delivery date and told they would call/email with timeframe. Instead of giving a timeframe the email said it was rescheduled to 6/9/15 with no timeframe or reason! WHY? Is it a failure to check inventory or what? We did not even request install, just delivery! Very disappointing, and something that will not be forgotten the next time I need a new appliance. The whole reason I bought this model at BB is because they said they could have it delivered today where others were the 12th or later! I feel like they lied just to gain my business! I am anxious to see when it actually gets delivered!
Reviewed June 4, 2015
I purchased an iSmartAlarm system with the iCamera KEEP on 5/31/2015. Put the system in and everything went well except one sensor reported a low battery. I took the battery out and put it back in thinking it was not connecting well. The system reported that the sensor was not functional. I went back to Best Buy to ask for a fix. They said I could buy another battery because they were not in the business of giving things away and that I could bring the system back and get a credit because they did not have the total understanding of the system. I went to Walmart, bought the battery and everything is fine now. How stupid is it that ** told me to return a $400 purchase to save him a $5 battery. I will never buy anything from Best Buy again because they are too stupid to understand who the customer is.
Reviewed June 2, 2015
I purchased a Samsung Refrigerator and it was delivered on 4/17/15 and by 05/18/15, the refrigerator's brain went out. I called Best Buy and immediately I was sent to Samsung. The refrigerator lasted 31 days and because I did not purchased the "additional" insurance, Best Buy refused to give me a new refrigerator. Today is June 2, 2015 and I am still without a refrigerator. CUSTOMER BE AWARE!
Reviewed June 2, 2015
Went into my local Best Buy to purchase Amazon fire sticks and I was told they no longer are able to sell to me because they suspect that I'm a reseller. Yet all my friends go in and purchase as much as they like. Will never go back and closed my Best Buy credit account. I believe I'm being discriminated against since one of the associates at this location is someone that don't really like me and has the power to not let me buy from there.
Reviewed June 1, 2015
I went to Best Buy on May 20th, 2015 to purchase a brand new Samsung Note 4 phone. They told me I had 14 days to decide if I wanted it or not. If not I could bring it back. They told me I should buy the Best Buy insurance to cover any accidental damage, so I did. I paid cash right there. It was 159.99 for the entire 2 year contract... Ok so I'm at work on the 30th, 10 days later swipe across my phone to unlock it, then swipe down to see my notifications. A white line went right down the middle of my phone. I was so surprised, didn't know what was going on. I shut it down and restarted it, did the same thing, took the battery out, still was there when I put it back in.
So I went to Best Buy and I saw the guy who sold me my phone. I said something is wrong here. He said "did you break your phone?" I said no and showed him my phone. He said "YOU BROKE YOUR PHONE." He insisted, kept saying it, then a manager came over. He said "she broke her phone." Then a Samsung guy came over. The manager guy says "tell her she broke her phone." There is no way I broke my phone. I even purchased a 40 dollar glass cover for it so I didn't break it. I left there and went to Verizon. They told me I had a manufacturer's defective phone, were ready to give me a new one, until I told them I didn't get it here. They told me I had to go back to Best Buy.
Well Best Buy in Watertown NY tells me they have no managers, just assistant managers, and they have no bosses, and I can only deal with them. They are rude and are not standing by their statement on returns. All I want is a phone that works that I can see. I don't want nothing for free. They tell me they can replace it with a refurbished phone. I didn't spend 799.00 on a refurbished phone 9 days ago, and I’m not about to now.
They are scamming people with their lies. The managers in Watertown are rude and walk around like they are better than you and they are not. They don't own Best Buy. Then they tell me they can wave the 150.00 fee for using my ins. Well to me, if I BROKE MY PHONE LIKE THEY SAY, WHY ARE THEY WAIVING THE FEE? Because they know I didn't break it. I got it at closing time on the 20th of May and it died the 30th around 1 pm, 9 days. No way never will I ever buy anything at Best Buy again.
Reviewed May 31, 2015
My Beats by Dr. Dre started to act up on the sound so I took them back to Best Buy thinking I could exchange my headphone. No hassle or worries since I purchased the 2-year protection on the item and it has not been a year yet. Well Best Buy lies to you just to get you to buy the protection plan. I couldn't exchange my item, they told me the policy had changed since Apple bought out Dre Beats. That is not my problem. I purchase the plan under the impression I can go in and get a new item. Not the case. Best Buy used some bs Apple bought the company. As a customer I don't care, I purchased the plan before the buy out so why wouldn't Best Buy make good on the protection plan I purchased. Best Buy gave me the bs run around. Only options I had was to leave my head phones with Geek Squad for 2-4 weeks so some idiot in the back can fix them. But they were eager to have me buy more expensive head phones.
Why would I want you buy from Best Buy if you're giving me this much hassle the first time around? I will never shop at Best Buys again, they have lost another customer. Don't buy from them and don't even get the protection plan. It's a waste, they won't help you out, they will just take your money and leave you stranded to shell out more money. Boycott Best Buys, close all Best Buy stores. Get your items from Costco. At least they have lower prices and the customer service is spot on and they have items in stock not like Best Buy sell you something they don't have in store. Best Buy changes polices without customer notification for the store's best interest. They don't care about the buyers, they just want to rip you off. Just like in my case changing polices on people without honoring the policy before changes took place.
Reviewed May 30, 2015
Recently ordered an item online. Next to the product it stated free next day delivery, I had the next day off and waiting at home all day and it did not show up. When I contacted customer service I was told that this item is only a next day delivery if you live in a certain area. Nowhere on the website next to the product or the checkout it stated anything like this! Now I'm being told it could be 2-3 more days (where I will not be home to sign for it). I will now have to drive approx hour and a half long round trip to pick up the item myself. Please when ordering online be careful what "service" you actually will receive. Not happy.
Reviewed May 29, 2015
They could not solve the problem that the phone was not as described, and they did nothing to recompense me for the inconvenience and frustration of the multiple calls, trip to the store and delay in having a phone to use because of having to return it, not to mention that I now have to get it shipped out. They described the product wrong on their website, don't bother checking whether it actually has a card slot or not, and then refuse to take responsibility. Not impressed with Best Buy.
Reviewed May 29, 2015
I put in an application at the Flowood, MS Best Buy. I called and was told I would be set up with an interview by a manager named **. He said he would call the next day. He didn't. I waited three days and called him back. My cousin had literally just hung up the phone from talking with him and they picked up my line and told me he was gone for the day. There was no way. I am angry. It was very unprofessional!!!!
Reviewed May 28, 2015
If you want a computer product shipped within the week of purchase, this is not the right store!!!
Reviewed May 28, 2015
I ordered a Samsung Galaxy S5 online from the store (the phone was unlocked). I had trouble looking for the "Emergency alerts" option on the phone, but I could not locate that at all. I did a research online and I found out that it falls down under messages / settings / Emergency alerts. That could not be located on my phone at all even though I tried to search it. I contacted Galaxy support and they could not resolve the issue and said that something is wrong with the phone and I need to contact the source of where the phone was made.
I called Best Buy Customer Service and the lady mentioned that she has the same phone and she could locate that on her phone. She told me to go to the shop and have it replaced. I went to Best Buy and all the answers I got were "probably because it was ordered online and it is an unlocked phone". Nobody knew what the issue is and they started blaming it on the provider "AT&T". I called AT&T and they said that is an issue with the phone and it is not a service that they provide.
An employer at Best Buy had the same phone and he checked his phone "Emergency alerts" was there for him. I checked the same phone locked at the store by Sprint (Sample) and the phone did not have that option. All they could tell me is that "I can return it if I wanted to" and "sorry we cannot help you". That means please go and do not come back. And I guarantee that for you, I will never go back and buy from Best Buy again. This is just very confusing and does not make any sense.
Reviewed May 27, 2015
Bought my Samsung Galaxy 4 last April at Best Buy. The sales person talked me into Geek Squad insurance told me it was better than Sprint. I was told if there was any problem just bring it in. If it can't be fixed they give me loaner till they can send me new one with no deductible. That was why I switched because Sprint had a deductible. So I took my phone in yesterday because the charger port no longer works and they tell me I have to email them to get a refurbished phone. Well I ended up having to call and they said I would have to pay 149 for a refurbished phone. Not happy. Found out you can go online buy a refurbished phone for same price. It's guaranteed and you don't have to pay a monthly charge. Phone insurance what a joke! Shame on Geek Squad.
Reviewed May 26, 2015
I've been trying to purchase Sony Xperia T2 unlocked cell phone through the Best Buy Website and I have found the same cell phone on different website $40 cheaper. I also realized that the Price Match Guarantee which has a pop-up says "call 1-888-BESTBUY and provide the qualifying website to the customer service agent OR go to store and one of our employee will assist you." I have directly called the customer service. The agent that I spoke with told me that they can't do the price match over the phone and suggest me to go to store and they can do the price match at the store. Then I said "it says on the website that I can call customer service and do the price match with customer service agent over the phone." She said she can not do that.
Then I wanted to talk with the supervisor and she mentioned that there will be no change, supervisor will tell me the same thing. I insisted to talk with the supervisor then she said I need to wait on the line and she is going to transfer me. After 5 minutes later, she said I should go buy from the cheaper website. I said "I do not care anymore. I just want to talk with supervisor. Why it is too hard to get a supervisor on line." Then she said "supervisor is not available." I asked her name and she said "ok, are you ready?" Then I said, "Yes" and she just hang off the phone.
I have called customer service again to contact with supervisor, then they transferred me to another customer service agent. When I asked if she is a supervisor, she mentioned that she is not. Then I have asked again, she said she is transferring me to supervisor. Then a guy picked up the phone as "Hi, this bla bla bla from sales department." I asked "Are you a supervisor?" He said no, he is not. Then I asked supervisor again and told him that last 20 minutes, I have been trying to talk with supervisor. He said he is going to transfer me and he apologized.
FINALLY, I have talked with the supervisor and told about my "experience." And I got the case number from her regarding the conversation with that agent. But what a "surprise." The supervisor I was talking with was not supervisor of the mobile phones department so she was not able to do the sale on phone. Then she transferred me to another supervisor. I have waited another 30 minutes on the phone. That supervisor's name was **. I got the case number regarding my worst experience with the customer "service" agent. The case number is **. Then she transferred me to Sale Department Supervisor, his name is **. When I talked with him, he told me that the case number I got is not the conversation that I had with that RUDE WORST agent who hang off the phone. He said he can't see that on the system.
I'm a software engineer and I worked in a call center department for years. So I am 110% sure and know that all those inbound/outbound calls are stored in database with every single detail and I know it is very very very easy to figured out. (Especially with the calling number, it may take 5 seconds to figure out who made that phone call, what was her/his name, etc... ) I will post this complain on every consumer complain websites unless I will get a call from that agent and apologize! And I will also send this email to corporate as well. Thanks for reading!
Reviewed May 26, 2015
I purchased a Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Unlocked phone online, and it states that there is a 1 year warranty on labor and parts... By the Middle to the end of April, that phone swipe feature to receive calls was unresponsive. Brought that phone to Best Buy office twice.. They could not fix, they tried... Recommended that I call Samsung. I did, they referred me back to Best Buy because they are unable to fix phone as it is an international phone...
Bottom line, as per Best Buy this is a Brazilian made phone, even though sold by Best Buy in the USA. So they cannot repair it. My issue is that this critical information was not revealed in or on any of the specifications for this phone when I purchased it... So now $451.00, the cost of this phone, is just gonna go to waste after less than 3 months of usage... There has to be some recourse to this.. Best Buy should not sell phones in the USA that cannot be repaired here.. Or if they do, that must be CLEARLY STATED for the customer to see before purchase... Hence I think Best Buy should refund me my monies or replace/exchange the cellphone.
Reviewed May 25, 2015
I purchased a 32" TV at Best Buy online and figured it would be a safe purchase considering that I had purchased it from such a "reliable" store and that I had also purchased their Geek Squad protection program. The TV arrived about a week later and it arrived broken. I didn't worry because I knew Best Buy would stand behind their products and all services provided. However, the store manager ** informed me that not only he was not going to take it back, but that I had to deal with UPS myself. Basically, I was out of a TV, out of cash and out of luck with Best Buy and their Geek Squad Program which was as useless as trash. Never again buying from Best Buy and will move my business to Costco who do have a very "reliable" return policy and customer service. Best Buy has lost a customer for life.
Reviewed May 24, 2015
Warranty on Samsung Smart 50 inch Tv that went out in 7 months. Unsatisfactory with the service at Best Buy after taking a 1,017 TV plus a 219$ extra warranty on set at the Oxford Alabama store. After taking TV to the store for repair or replace, after taking the TV out of the box to look at it, the store manager said I would have to take my TV back home and contact the Geek Squad and have to wait a week before they could fix or say to take back to store for replacement. Now I am stuck without a TV for a week. And if the repair man can not fix set I will have to drive back to store to get it replaced. With the Geek Squad at the store looks like they could have made a decision whether to fix or replace. Not happy with the service.
Reviewed May 23, 2015
I went to Best Buy looking for a new tablet or light laptop. They had a Microsoft person there who showed us their Surface tablet and also the competing ones (we didn't want Apple). He was very helpful and knowledgeable about the competition too. I bought a Note 3, and am writing this note because I went back a week later to buy an extra power cord and the same person was there and was able to handle my new questions - that's why I'm writing this and giving the stars. Thanks!
Reviewed May 21, 2015
I ordered a laptop online from Best Buy as a birthday gift. The delivery process was a nightmare! I had to spend 2.5 hours on the phone with UPS and Best Buy going back and forth from customer service to get a different answer with each call. No one knew the real policy but there are MAJOR restrictions on getting a delivery without a signature and what you can do to remedy this. It took six calls to Best Buy alone to come up with a solution.
Reviewed May 21, 2015
Best Buy will promise you the world and deliver less than a cup of dirt. We spent 4000 on a TV. They promised to deliver and set up the new TV and remove the old one. They delivered the new TV did not attach to the wall. Then they refused to remove the old TV. We were told that if it was bigger than 27inch, they could not remove without a 4 man team. So now I have a half connected over priced TV and an old TV sitting in my basement. When we called to complain, left on hold for 2 hours. Drove to the store and we're told "can't help you. We can reschedule for next week". So I guess in a week two more illegal immigrants that don't speak English will come in a another Enterprise rental truck to refuse removal and we can start this nightmare over again. BEWARE!!!!!! THE LOW PRICE IS NOT WORTH THE AGGREGATION :(
Reviewed May 20, 2015
We bought refrigerator and they delivered on 2nd May. When they do set up they drop it to my new floor, made it big damage, and when we file claim nobody take care of! Very unprofessional! I need them to fix me my floor!
Reviewed May 16, 2015
Best Buy stopped sending me paper bills by mail without informing me. They signed me up for paperless billing without my consent and as a result I was late paying them! I have never been late on any of my credit cards, car payments etc. They will not allow anyone else to pay on my bill, they require picture ID to pay a bill! Home Depot, Sears, Target or other places don't require picture ID to pay a bill. They are a joke as a store and I will never purchase anything from them ever again!
Reviewed May 16, 2015
When you buy a cell phone contract with these CRIMINALS they also sell you a $12.99 per month product service plan that they tell you will provide you with immediate replacement for your phone if you experience any problems. This is a complete LIE!!!! The real truth is that your faulty phone has to be shipped to them at your inconvenience for testing to determine if you caused the damaged to the phone. This process will take 7-10 days... maybe more depending on where you live due to shipping distance. You are also required to give them your credit card # for this service given the event that they decide that you caused the damage to your phone and you will then be charged upwards of $100 for the "apparent" damage!
Their customer service agents are USELESS and BEYOND patronizing. They seem to think that talking friendly about the weather will distract you from the multitude of lies that you have been fed by their ** ARTIST sales staff. Do yourself a favor and NEVER even set foot into a BEST BUY/FUTURE SHOP. This company has ZERO INTEGRITY standards.
Reviewed May 14, 2015
I was talked into buying the protection plan for my Samsung cell phone. Not only was the plan misrepresented to me, but it was impossible to actually use. Twice I attempted to send in a broken phone, and the replacement phone never arrived. It was a worthless service and I will never shop at best buy again.
Reviewed May 11, 2015
I buy my GPS at the Best Buy. Less than six months and the GPS already broken. I pay $153 and I have to dump at the trash because Best Buy doesn't want to exchange and then they told me that I have to call Garmin to exchange. Such a drama and then they're going to lose a customer because I'm not ever come back again. All the guys for Best Buy say the same thing. When that becomes to the money right away they want the money but responsibility 0000000000.
Reviewed May 10, 2015
Purchased Samsung Galaxy s3 with a 2 yr protection plan, total cost $595.68. I recently contacted Best Buy on 28th Street, Kentwood, MI. I was advised they no longer carry Metro PCS phones so they cannot comply with the protection plan. I was offered a $400 in store credit which would fulfill the protection plan. I was told to purchase something else in store. To now replace my Samsung Galaxy s3 will cost $600. I have reported Best Buy to Attorney General - consumer protection.
Reviewed May 8, 2015
I bought a VHS to DVD converter to record old taped family footage and PVR shows to my PC. I wasn't able to install it since the product code on the CD wasn't authenticating the software. Went to return it (which is approved according to their return policy). The girl who served me was a little rude stating that since it has software with it; she can't return it because of "Piracy Laws".
After I tried to get her to explain to me why computer hardware was being treated as software she couldn't give me an explanation apart from "sorry can't help you." I tried to tell her "Cameras and Camcorders have software and can be returned; why can't this?" Her only response again was "sorry". So I did what anyone else would do and asked her an exchange instead... She said "sure go get one and come back here." I was gone for not even 2 minutes and came back to an empty customer service. Waited over 10 minutes and also tried to get the attention of other employees that walked the floors and they completely ignored me.
I was late for an appointment so I left the old one there with a note stating how I waited for a long time and nobody came but to call me if there was an issue and gave my number and name. Later that same day I called the customer service line to ask if the item I had was not returnable as the girl indicated... The rep assured me it was and recommended me to return the replacement I had on another day and time to make sure someone else did the return.
The next day right before closing I went back to the same store and had another girl start doing the return when I was greeted by a pompous manager telling me they have me on surveillance walking out of the store without paying for the item I took off the shelf. He was belligerent, rude and aggressive with me and started the threaten me he would call the police on me if I would ever return and stated "You are now banned from Best Buy Nationwide **!"
I contacted the Best buy Customer Service line again and got the same person ironically. He told me it was ridiculous and called the other 3 locations in my city and they all said the same thing that it was returnable. He let me talk to the manager of the last one he contacted and the manager said "I ** hate that location. They don't know what they're most of the time." He was very nice and said "come over and I will fix it for you."
I went to the other location and the guy was extremely nice. He returned my item and he laughed after what I told him about the girl not taking it and also the ban from all the nations Best Buys stating "Yeah good luck trying to enforce it." He also went on a rant that the store in question is one of the worst managed locations and that his location is constantly fixing issues & mistakes that the other store did. While he was saying that a girl that was walking by said "Was this another store #0940 problem?" The manager stated "yeah and this guy is banned from every store nationwide by their manager." The girl laughed her head off saying "yeah right! Good luck with enforcing that."
Reviewed May 7, 2015
I just wasted 45 minutes of my day trying to resolve an issue on a $2.10 order for a movie I ordered through the Best Buy website!!! Placed an order like I always do, wanted to use my Rewards Certificate since it was going to expire soon, and about 5 minutes after my order was placed THEY CANCELLED MY ORDER!!!!!!!!! No call. Just an email telling me they did.....
So I call customer service and spent 45 minutes on the phone with no resolution for this!!! They say they don't know why the order was cancelled. They verified all my information correctly, and say that I should wait 3-10 days to get this resolved?! For a $2.10 order?! You have go to be kidding me!!!! I have never been so mad in my entire life over a freaking $2.10 order!!! I cannot believe that they said in the email to call them if you have questions...... because they have NO ANSWERS or RESOLUTIONS to give!! If your customer service cannot be helpful to your customers then maybe you need to rethink your customer service center.
Reviewed May 7, 2015
When I bought two air conditioners from Best Buy & paid $114+/A/C, I was promised that the A/Cs would be installed this coming Friday morning. I got a call back today from the third party installation company. They said they could only install on Friday afternoon - but I already had plans for that afternoon (an out of town relative is coming to visit me Friday afternoon, which is why I specifically required Friday a.m. installation). The only reason I bought the A/Cs from Best Buy was (a) I had two gift cards that they gave me to attempt to placate me due to the huge screw-ups associated with my January 2015 purchase/installation of a flat screen TV and (b) the fact that they were willing to guarantee Friday a.m. installation.
Had I known that they would have flat-out lied to me and caused me to have to unnecessarily take another day of vacation, I never would have dealt with Best Buy, despite the gift cards. The only consolation that they offered me was a measly $50 credit off of the $1K+ I spend for the A/Cs and associated delivery and installation charges. I cannot in clear conscience recommend that anybody do business with Best Buy. Their customer service makes Time Warner Cable look good.
Reviewed May 7, 2015
I bought my laptop and Security software CD from Best Buy and I was not told that it will expire at certain time. As I was unable to install it, I called the Geek Squad who is responsible for the Subscription Software team. She said, she can not do anything except transferring to sales department and the sales department also could not help me with the situation. The name only is Best Buy, but the experience is the WORST BUY. The Best Buy does not care anything about the customers. Good Bye Best Buy.
Reviewed May 6, 2015
Since I was remodeling my house I kept my brand new appliances, $4000 in total, in the plastic they all arrived with. One month later, once the remodeling was complete, I unwrapped them all to find the fridge had stains on the door. I called the store and was basically told that 15 days had already passed and I hadn't spent yet MORE MONEY to purchase an additional protection plan so Best Buy would do nothing about it. The appliances representative who I spoke with over the phone was so incredibly rude to me that I am convince to NEVER purchase ANYTHING from Best Buy again!
Reviewed May 6, 2015
I received a letter to renew my washer and dryer protection plan. The letter arrived two days later than the expiration date. I contacted them to renew it and they would not work with me because we were past the expiration. I explained that I just got it the mail and they said that it was not their concern and they could not do anything about post office delays. That is fine, but you should still try to work with your customers. We are talking about a couple of days past expiration, not a couple of months. The only reason I wanted to renew the protection is because the washer ended up being lemon to begin with. I have had nothing but problems with BB and the washer ever since I bought it. When it breaks down, I will not be buying a new one from Best Buy.
Reviewed May 2, 2015
Customer Service said they couldn't price beat Memory Express, because the company displays the quantities on the website. Memory Express is a local store with stores across Canada and provide rain checks. I was also unable to cancel my online order, even though I made it only a few hours earlier. I will now have to wait 'til the product gets shipped to me and then I will have to return it. The reason I ordered the product in the first place was on the assumption I could match it or cancel the order (need order number to price match the product online). I will never order from Best Buy online again.
Reviewed May 2, 2015
I paid my bill off in March 2015. I received a statement from them in April for something purchased online. I did not make this purchase. I called the phone number listed on the bill and threatened the police if I didn't see a refund immediately!!! After speaking all kinds of foreign people they gave me confirmation number for a full refund. I then called best buy. They stated that the bill was due in 2 days and I gave them the confirmation number and they said that it would be handled. (Not to worry).
Then 1 week later I get called and was told that I owe 153 dollars and change and they are canceling (closing my account)!! The original fraudulent charges were for $69.95 not $153. I spoke with ** (fraud department) and he said they would take care of it. He could see the notes placed on the account from the week before. Then he tells me the other charges were for the annual fee of 59.00. So I said to go ahead and pay it from my checking account. Then after I make the annual payment over the phone, he gets someone from escalations department on the phone by the name of **. ** proceeds to tell me that they are now going to close my account (due to negative credit report)!!! Hello. There is fraud going on here!!!!! And I am the one being punished for it. I didn't do the fraud!!!! It was being done to me!!!!! And now they stole another 59.00 from my checking account as well. I want something done!!!!!
Reviewed May 2, 2015
It was the most appalling service I have ever experienced. My delivery date was scheduled on Saturday morning from 10-12. I also received texts about the delivery mentioning that it is between 10 am-12 pm. I did not receive anything that day. I called twice to ask and they kept on telling me that they are running late. Finally, I called at 4:00 PM Saturday to check again when they told me that they won't deliver it and gave me no reasons. Then, they put the warehouse on the line and I talked to a lady named ** who promised me that everything will be delivered together (washer, dryer, refrigerator and accessories) so that the installation can take place in the hours of 9-12 PM.
This morning (Sunday), we only received the washer and dryer and again no refrigerator and no accessories to go with the washer and dryer. Hence, the delivery team left without installing my equipment. When, I called to check what was going on, I was informed that ** from the warehouse did not put her paperwork in and so the delivery team didn't know. When, I asked them to send it to me right away they refused to make any arrangements. They said they will call me back in that status and I have received no word from them. The only person who called me back and showed concern about my order was ** from customer service. She was very helpful and looked into the order and tried to talk to the warehouse and see what can be done.
The warehouse manager's name is **, and he simply refused to make any arrangements until next week. The warehouse number was 9046. This has been a horrible customer service experience which makes me not want to ever buy anything from Best Buy again and make everyone aware of how unprofessional the company's behavior was.
Reviewed May 2, 2015
I went to store 180 in Frisco Texas, worst customer service.There were 9 customer service walking the floor and none could not help me. I asked to speak to assistant manager **. He came and said it is Best Buy policy to help white people, before they help black people. I asked if that was a written policy, cause I got here first? And he said those are instructions he got from his manager. First time I have experience racism.
Reviewed April 30, 2015
Be advised... their protection plan is a piece of garbage. Refurbished phones do not work and they are of no help. It's disgusting to think of all the money wasted on these plans! I will never fall for this kind of a scam again and they should be stopped. Doesn't sound like I'm the only one who feels this way!!
Reviewed April 30, 2015
I receiving numerous offers/incentives leading me to open a Best Buy account with a $2,500 appliance purchase in 12/14. I paid off account within a couple months. After MANY frustrating/inconsistent communications with BB, less than 1/2 the rewards are posted. How many others have had similar experiences?
Reviewed April 28, 2015
Purchasing a tablet for my 89 year old father. Purchased online for in-store pickup - states right on order, ready in 45 minutes. As we don't have an 'active' e-mail account for my dad, we used his e-mail address, and I called to confirm order and payment processed since no access to e-mail account. Money paid and went to store - shopped at another location, waiting for their 'system' to update the order to the local store. 2 1/2 hours later I cancelled the order. Was told nothing they could do. How about creating some type of escalation service? The main number has validation of purchase and of money being authorized from bank, but local store has no way of seeing that? They have money and the Tablet and I walked out with nothing. I won't shop there again. They apparently are not concerned with their customers or their sales.
Reviewed April 28, 2015
We purchased a new refrigerator in March 2015 from the Cincinnati Eastgate Best Buy Store for delivery on 3/17. Best Buy uses a contract delivery service that damaged our hardwood floor by not covering the area with a board as recommended by the appliance manufacturer. I didn't notice the damage until they left and called immediately. A month of delays and avoidance followed. The delivery company says they did nothing wrong because I signed the delivery papers and Best Buy said it's not their problem. When I pursued it further with a second Best Buy manager in the store, he said he "had other channels" wanted to resolve it, and would get back to me his next day in on Tuesday.
Five more days passed and I returned to discuss with him on Sunday (all very positive) and the store desk person paged him to find he would be busy for an hour. I said I'd wait, and then suddenly he'd be busy all day and didn't have time to talk. He finally emailed me referring me back to the original manager that said they would not be involved but asked if I wanted some money off the refrigerator. At this point it was after over 6 weeks of dealing with no response to inquiries. Clearly they were not interested in making the repair to the floor, and I returned the unit to purchase from another company.
Reviewed April 27, 2015
Purchased a cell phone online with Best Buy on 4/21/15. The product was a BLU Dash Jr 4.0 K Cell Phone (Unlocked). My intention was to take it to Jamaica this July and give it to a friend as a gift. The provider for that area is Digicell, which of course is not available in the US. I'm unable to test the phone for that region at this time. With this being said, I'm not sure if the phone will work properly or not. Best Buy's return policy for cell phones is only 14 days. I can understand this, especially if the phone is to be used domestically. My complaint is that I called their 800 number. The representative was rude and arrogant regarding my questions. I called the local store and the Store Manager wouldn't even take the time to speak with me. This will be the last time I purchase anything from this retail store.
Reviewed April 26, 2015
I was sold an extended warranty for a new purchase of a LG French Door Refrigerator for about $250.00. I was told that if I didn't use the extended warranty, that I would receive a credit at the end of the term. This credit would give me the opportunity to use the money to purchase other items from Best Buy. Kinda like bonus points on their rewards program. I contacted Best Buy and was told by their representative that after I purchased this plan that it has changed and that it was written in the plan that I purchased, that they had the right to change the plan any time before the plan was executed. What a rip off. I will never buy another extended warranty from Best Buy Again. I advise anyone whom might consider buying an extended warranty from Best Buy to be aware.
Reviewed April 26, 2015
I drove over an hour to get help on my computer and they said they'll have to send it in and it'll cost $35 to look at it but they thought the motherboard could be out. The computer is less than a year and a half old. I bought a cheap computer from Walmart 15 years ago and it still works fine. Spend over two grand on this one and it quits working a year and a half later. Call me crazy but the quality isn't there. I will not be buying anything else from Best Buy ever again.
Reviewed April 25, 2015
Appliance Delivery Cedar Rapids, Iowa - I purchased the appliances at the store two weeks ago and was given today as a delivery date. I specifically told the sales person the phone number they had on file for me was an old number and gave my new number for them to call. Yesterday no one called to confirm delivery. I called the 1888 number and was told they had both numbers and would deliver one from 11-1 and the other 11:30-1:30 (I purchased the one about 30 minutes after the first). So, I emptied the food into coolers with no ice expecting they'd show up at the latest 1PM. I called again at 1PM since they had not shown up only to have that person change the number from the old to new. I called the store at 1:30 PM because the delivery had not been made. They tell me the delivery had been changed to be 12:30-2PM. Here it is 2:12 and I have not received a call yet to confirm. Who's going to pay for all the food spoiling because I have no ice?
Reviewed April 24, 2015
Absolutely terrible! I placed an order for a Sony Playstation 4 last of us bundle as well as an iPad Air 2. I paid for the express shipping before the cut-off time which is 5:30 pm CT. Of course the company finds a way to not have my items delivered to me on time and they leave you in the dark. The customer's service could care less, because it is not happening to them. It took me about 4 hours to even set up my Best Buy account and link my credit card to the account in which during the time they did nothing but bounce me back and forth from one clueless CSR to the next. I would highly suggest using Amazon. DO NOT use this company for anything unless you enjoy headaches and being angry!
Reviewed April 24, 2015
I wanted a new t.v. and knew what I wanted. The salesman was very helpful and polite. I paid a very good price. The delivery was very fast and they took my old t.v. away. Nice experience all around. I will recommend this store to my friends. The store was located in SkyView mall in Flushing, NY 88.
Reviewed April 15, 2015
All we ordered was a fridge and it has been a nightmare trying to get it. The salespeople in the store have been great. The problem is dispatch, the third party Best Buy has contracted with to do deliveries for them. Our first fridge we ordered did not fit. The measurements online did not account for the extra space the doors needed to open, so we had to return it. We got the right fridge and scheduled a new delivery. So at this point, a minor inconvenience, but no big deal.
Well the next time, it arrived dented. So we had to call Best Buy to figure out what the options would be. Best Buy told us to take the fridge and they'd send us a new door. The delivery company refused to leave it. The drivers loaded the fridge up and left without even giving us the option. Not only that, they left the fridge disassembled - water line was disconnected, handles off, etc... Very unprofessional. So we rescheduled for another 3 days later (earliest they could do). We had asked IF POSSIBLE to get other drivers as the previous ones had been a bit rude/unprofessional.
So the day of the third attempt delivery, I received a call in the morning asking if they could deliver the fridge 30 minutes earlier, I advised “yes, that was fine.” So 2 pm rolls around and I wait… and wait… no delivery. I check the online delivery status - THEY SKIPPED US! It said the order was "refused." I wait on the phone what seems like eternity and it turns out it was the same delivery people and they called their dispatch and dispatch said to skip our house as we requested different drivers. First of all, why was our fridge loaded up on their truck in the first place if we requested different drivers?! And even so, how could they not call us and say "hey… it's the same drivers. Your fridge will not get delivered if you want different drivers."
It makes absolutely NO sense to reschedule a delivery with the very same people, just to say oh wait, you didn't want that. Now wait another 3 days and take off of work. Very unprofessional to keep your customers waiting with no updates also as we had to call THEM to get an update. After going back and forth with several people, we had to reschedule for a FOURTH time. We'd had to take off of work to be home for this. It's a joke. If Best Buy is smart, they will stop with this third party contracting and figure out a way to make it work to do deliveries themselves. I'd rather wait an extra few days for a delivery, have less issues, than deal with the delivery service they use. It is appalling.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
I purchased a waterproof camera in December 2014. I didn't used it until the end of March when I went on a trip. I used the camera in the water and when I came out, it didn't want to turn on. Then when it finally turn on, the buttons didn't work, no zoom, no flash. I couldn't even see the pictures I was taking. I got back to the US and went to Best Buy and first thing they ask is if you purchased the very expensive warranty they sell which I didn't. The very rude employees didn't offer any help. Ask to speak with the very rude manager ** and she come out with an attitude like she was too good to help. I explained that I knew it had been 4 months but I never used the camera until I went on my trip. She said, "No refunds, no one exchanges," since I didn't purchased warranty. She said, "Service on the camera is all can give you and you have no other choice than mine."
I said, "Why would I want a camera that it was defective to begin with?" I spent over $300 on it and I haven't even finish paying for. She said, "Do whatever you want. I told you that your only choice. It's the one I'm giving you and if you want, call the 800 number. I don't care." I called the 800 # and they told me that I needed to call on a business day (it was a Sunday). I call back and the very rude guy (supposedly from customer relations) said "I can't do nothing, call Nikon, it's been six months." I said it's only been 4. He said, "It doesn't matter. It's all Nikon's problem," and that it wasn't his business since this was an in-store purchased, not online one. I bought many many items from Best Buy in the past 10 years and had some issues but this was the WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I got in any retail so for sure I will never go back to them.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
Best Buy refuses to take responsibility for the damage caused during the delivery of a refrigerator on 11/4/14. They claim that the delivery company (which we have contacted numerous times) is responsible, not Best Buy itself. This is ridiculous since Best Buy arranges for the delivery. Over the past 5 plus months since, countless phone calls and emails to Best Buy, their insurance company, their main delivery subcontractor and the local delivery company have still not resulted in any resolution to this problem. This is a company that does not believe in customer service but in passing the buck and stone-walling. The claim number for our case is **.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
Worst customer service in the country USA. Spent hours on hold for customer service toll free no... If you have problems skip the toll free no and call corp. office. Ask for Hubert Joly the C.E.O. 612-291-1000... Or his complaint catcher **. Don't waste your cell minutes on hold to get nowhere. Mr. Joly... I bet he is not taking care of his customer care complaints. LOL.
Reviewed April 14, 2015
I ordered a 1o' fridge 6401385 yesterday and Best Buy said they would help load. Today they said they didn't like my car and wouldn't load. It is a convertible and fit in the back seat. I didn't bring help and am a female as I thought they would help. Repeatedly because I am female I believe they tried to extort a $70 delivery fee. I have loaded items bigger than this in my car and they wouldn't try. I had a wrist brace and I believe they wanted to have me injure myself trying which I did. I asked for a manager that never came. I called repeatedly and spent 3 hrs on hold as they don't answer the phone! I spoke with an assistant manager who never apologized and talked over me and wouldn't allow me to speak and wondered why I would be upset and said there was nothing they do for injuries and had no problems with the service! HORRIBLE store and service! I want my money back! The product wasn't packed right and the shelves damaged the side so it arrived damaged.
Reviewed April 13, 2015
I took my 17" MacBook Pro to BestBuy in Fort Collins (College Ave) to see if they could install a new BlueTooth card which I had recently purchased online. The guy at the desk said sure, no problem. $50 and 1 hour and they could not guarantee work because it was my part. That seemed reasonable to me and I agreed. Two hours later they gave me my MBP back along with the old part. When I tested the system it seemed as though the new BlueTooth card was behaving exactly as my old card had been.
Long story-short, the new part had not been installed. At this point I decided to look a bit closer at the work that had been performed. I went home and opened up the case and discovered that the part which holds the BlueTooth card had been destroyed. I did not return to the store nor did I complain to the manager. IMHO, this is not just incompetence; this is mismanagement. Apparently someone had been pressured into doing something they did not know how to do and/or did not have tools to do. My losses are just over $100 which I will consider to be the price of the wisdom I have gained.
Reviewed April 13, 2015
So I've purchased a 60-inch television a while back and have been making payments on it. A couple days ago, I looked on my Best Buy account statement to find that what I previously owed (around 300 dollars) had turned into 900 dollars!!! Along with this, my minimum payment went up from 25 to 31 dollars. I haven't made any late payments or anything like that, so I thought this must be a mistake.... I mean that's crazy for me to buy practically twice the price of the television. My response was to email the customer service and they told me this happened because it had been over a certain time limit. I thus responded back saying... "So you think that because I haven't paid by a certain time period (even though I've always paid on time) that I should have to pay twice the amount of the TV?????!!! I think not!"
Reviewed April 12, 2015
I had been a long term customer of Best Buy. I have bought televisions, computers, iPads, and other items from them. The last purchase I made was a cell phone. After buying the cell phone on a Best Buy account, I decided to purchase an extended warranty at the salesman's request. He asked if I would like to put the warranty on my Best Buy credit card to be billed 10 dollars a month. I said OK. Later I decided to pay off the account and accidentally forgot about the 10 dollar a month warranty. 45 days later I got a bill for the 10 dollar payment with a late fee.
I immediately called Best Buy to pay explained the oversight. I asked if they would accept payment and please remove the negative Item from my credit rating. I called customer service and spoke with a young pompous manager. He said he did not care about the circumstances. And would not remove the item. Even though the bill was paid in full and it was a recurring forgotten about charge. He insisted on damaging my personal credit. This is the only late payment I have had in 10 years. I will never use Best Buy again. I know, I am only one customer - it will not bankrupt Best Buy. But it is a start and something I can do to help.
Reviewed April 11, 2015
I purchased Geek Squad service to have my computer I purchased at Best Buy installed. The technician, **, was a no show, but logged with his boss that I was unresponsive. I have been emailing someone in scheduling named ** all day to find out what happened. ** sent me an email that ** was not picking up his cell or answering his email. I called customer service and they cannot schedule another appointment at my convenience AND they want me to waste another 4 hours waiting for a possible no show. They say I cannot return the merchandise or the Geek Squad service. I have filed a complaint with the company.
Reviewed April 11, 2015
After waiting 2 weeks for delivery of a washer, they gave me two different delivery times - one on the phone, the other on email. I called them to verify the time and I took off from work and was at my home at the time I was told. Turns out they came earlier and at a totally different time. I now have to either wait another week or two, or get it myself. I chose to just return it and buy it at Sears.
Reviewed April 9, 2015
I purchased a printer online from Best Buy. It arrived in an unmarked, non-manufacturer specific box completed unlabeled. The box was too big and it was not properly packaged and therefore was damaged with broken pieces at the bottom of the box. I have photos! I spent hours upon hours trying to get customer service to help me with no satisfactory resolution and given a run around for days. Almost a full week. I have yet to receive a refund. Horrible, horrible customer service. Incredibly angry and dissatisfied customer!
Reviewed April 9, 2015
Trying to exchange a brand new in box less than a week old headset and spend double but was told no because I didn't have the paper receipt. The set was in the BB bag with the sealed box.
Reviewed April 8, 2015
Last time I had the displeasure of having to deal with the Computer department in Best Buy. I was either ignored by mostly everyone or being patronized by some 'specialist' who apparently thought belittling my input and value as customer mattered as to consolidating a sale. Needless to say, I was told I was 'wrong' to look for a basic laptop, and confronted with a rant about the superiority of an overpriced laptop which did not fit my needs. Since when did showing off your 'techie' skills qualify you to deal with sales? I have yet to understand why 90% of the specialists at Best Buy are employed. Literally, out of their department, not their problem. Aside from the condescending attitude, the ineptitude and unwillingness to help was the most memorable and completely dissatisfying attributes of my very last visit to Best Buy.
Reviewed April 8, 2015
The manager at Best Buy sold me on their phone protection plan for my daughter. Everything was covered, water damage, drops, broken screens, faulty anything, you name it. It's expensive too. Same price of the phone but apparently it's good for multiple claims. No questions. Just a straight swap. So I stupidly bought it. Wrong. Nothing is covered. They wanted an additional $115 to fix her screen. Plus shipping. I can get the screen fixed locally for $100 what do I pay $15 a month for 3 years for? This is an absolute scam. The list of exclusion are so long. Nothing is included.
Reviewed April 7, 2015
Same scenario. A few days later I received statement 8,000 Best Buy via Citibank. Help. No statements or approval of these charges. Called BB to see who, what and when. Gave my elite BB number which I hadn't registered and they hung up.
Reviewed April 6, 2015
After years of avoiding Best Buy because of prior poor service, tried them out again and another complete failure. Ordered item I needed the next day online and order was canceled. They couldn't tell me why it was canceled and refused to honor the sale price from the prior day. Went to Micro Center and purchased the item for same price it had been on sale for. Complete waste of my time. Never Again.
Reviewed April 4, 2015
I purchase a Galaxy S5 from Best Buy in Waterford CT. The sale associate told me if I want the Geek Squad warranty. It cost only $200 and has no deductibles. No limit how many time you can change the phone. As long as you don't lose the phone. 3 day ago I call for phone replacement. The customer service told me that I have to pay $179 to have my phone replaced. I'm very upset I will never buy anything else from Best Buy. Is the worst store ever.
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