Why I won't shop at Best Buy anymore.

[steven s]

I've been in the market for a new computer for a while now, looking to replace my Win98asaur. Two weeks ago I went to Best Buy and found one that I liked for $830. I decided to wait until after Thanksgiving, hoping that the price might go down. At worst, it would still be the same price, right?

So this afternoon I stop by the store and found that the price had gone up by $84. And they had the audacity to have a yellow tag on it saying "Instant Savings!" to make it appear as if it were discounted. And at the bottom of the tag it said "Price good thru 11/24/07." So does this mean it would go back to being $830, or are they going to increase it again?

The sales guy came over and asked if I had any questions. When I asked about the price increase he said "Yeah, they raised the price on all the computers." Only the few that were advertised in the flyer were discounted. No wonder they can afford such deep discounts on a handful of items. Just increase the price of everything else and convince people they're saving money. Well, they won't be getting my money any more. What's discouraging is knowing that this is typical behavior in the industry. I'll probably look online from now on.

Steve S.