Best Buy Lays off 5,000 employees

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I'm hoping best buy hits that amc low so I can clean up.
Don’t take penitentiary chances with your stocks and investments b.
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That Gamestock short was an outlier with the research predictions and in planning literally for years. With the SEC alerts and hedge funds hemorrhaging; pick a selling point and then respectfully, gtfoh with what you can and don’t bet with what you can’t afford to lose. GameStop had a tangible product and the current environment gave them the bump they needed. Best Buy has too much competition and lacks marketing/innovation to stay afloat much longer - they ate up Circuit City. Putting proceeds into Best Buy stock is like hoping that Radio Shack or KMart will make a comeback. GameStop reaped the benefits of Sony’s R&D dept and people being inside their house. The days of the Big Box stock shop are faneto barring any unforeseen event like Amazon not existing. I was surprised to see a Barnes&Noble the other day with a store location and that was only because I was looking for a Lego brand that Amazon didn’t have in stock; they had a few left so it was easier to drive the 40 miles than listen to a whining child. Big Boxes are last resort or need it right there and then. Unless Best Buy starts selling LG 70 inch UHD curved TVs for $200 but they’ll still be taking a loss to their profit margin.
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I always got weird borderline customer service from Best Buy, even when I was in the DMV, beginning with the one in College Park, where they would hire mostly White college students, probably from UMD. When I moved to Atlanta, I felt the bad vibes from the Blacks as well, plus the bad vibes from their racist co-workers, who were worst than those White boys at that College Park location in the DMV. This made it even worst for me down here. I'm mainly talking about the McDonough and Morrow locations. I remember several years back, a White dude from the Geek Squad at the Best Buy in Morrow, was giving me kinda negative vibes because I didn't finish following up on this sister who worked in the Geek Squad with him. She was the one who momentarily disappeared from what I remember. But my point is, since when does that become a White boys business.


So yes, I wounded up being one of those cats who would go into Best Buy just to match their prices with Amazon. Since Best Buy would price match most of the time, I would go ahead and purchase the item so I could take it home with me, even with the poor customer service. But those bad vibes eventually lead me to online shopping. I got tired of shopping at places like Best Buy, knowing these clown customer services reps could push your last nerve, then call the cops at the drop of a dime. How do you expect a brother to feel after awhile.
 
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I worked there when I was a teen.

warehouse team :blessed: easiest job ever unless it was truck day or some dumbass old white man bought a 50 inch tv thinking you were going to be able to load it into his fukking Mazda Miata.

they tried to get me on the sales floor but I saw how hard they had them working trying to push that extended warranty shyt and said nope.

Every 60 minutes over the damn walkie talkie “alright team let’s gooooo!!! Need 3 more this hour, who’s going to be the store champ today!? Ashley!? John!? How many are y’all committing to? We gotta hit these numbers!!!!”
I never worked at a Best Buy, but I did work retail so I can definitely relate to the fukkery stories
 

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Best buy been on life support for almost a decade already. They were closing a few stores and even downsizing certain departments like the music section and DVDs.

I used to work at best buy but not for them though.. another company but that's another story. When they used to sell CD players and mp3 players, best buy return policy was the hookup. They helped me out with no problem. Sony had some real shytty portable CD players. Cheap as hell. I know theres a few times those shyts died after using those twice.
 
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Can't even remember the last time I went to best buy it's been years, I thought Amazon would've eventually put them out of business by now.
 
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Can't even remember the last time I went to best buy it's been years, I thought Amazon would've eventually put them out of business by now.
I went a couple months ago because i needed a second monitor the same day. and i bought a macbook from them at the begining of the pandemic again because i needed it right then and there but before that its been years
 

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Just like exclusives in the video game world with only two real competitors it will be Amazon Basics vs Walmart Great Value everything etc. sad day but it will be here within 10 years.
 
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Just like exclusives in the video game world with only two real competitors it will be Amazon Basics vs Walmart Great Value everything etc. sad day but it will be here within 10 years.
thats cheap for a 15 inch laptop with those specs.
 

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Sad I love Best Buy it’s like mans heaven
Video games, big screen TVs, audio
 

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Man that discount my boys used to get for me back in the day....

:ohlawd::banderas:

Hooked up with the 6 cd changer for the whip and the 3 cd stereo for the dorm..

damn I feel old typing that out
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My thing is min wage should be for teens. Issue is grown ass folks be working jobs meant for teens. In HS i literally never got interviews for mall jobs because companies rather hire an adult who can work all day than a teen who can come in for a few hours after school and the weekend.

I still feel housing is an issue, because in my city every new housing development is listed as ''luxury' lol. Like is there not new 'regular' housing being built? You would think with technology advancements it would be easy to built affordable housing but instead they build cheap and tax to maximize margins

All about profit.

The "luxury" apartment MIGHT cost 10% more to build but they can charge double the rent.

Privatize the gains and keep the excess in the hands of a few.

Socialize the losses.
 

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fukk them for firing me for using a gift card I found to buy soda and candy....didnt matter, spring semester was starting in less than 2 weeks
anyways, only a matter of time before Bezos buys them and barnes and nobles
 

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It's a wrap they might as well liquidate the entire company or sell out to Wal Mart...:francis:
 
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