What are your thoughts on Circuit City vs. Best Buy and Walmart?
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Best Buy. I have never been approached at either of the other two and asked if I need help. Not once and I have been into them plenty of times. You want my business, then show me. I've always had plenty of offers at Best Buy. Future Shop is good as well. \nAnd all the bleeding hearts out there that are crying about the mom and pop shops that are going extinct just try returning a faulty product to them and then return something to a Best Buy or Future Shop and you'll see why they're going extinct.
673122
i am a real comparison shopper- i read labels and compare ingredients carefully- i pay attention to detail- probably because i am a CPA- the equate drug products sold at walmart are identical to their name brand counterparts-at half the price- generally their products are good quality- the only gripe i have is their meat products could have 8 to 10 % added liquid injected into them--steaks, roasts- that is filler and not wonderfull- their cranberry juice cocktail has 30% cranberry juice-while ocean-spray has 25%-so their private label here is better than the national brand-lots of their clothes are made in under-developed countries- so the quality may not be the best-yet it is reasonably good--all in all- i like shopping there especially for food, canned goods, crackers, most national brands are about as good a price as you can get anywhere--oh, the best part is this- if another food store or even target is running a loss leader item- you just bring that advertisement with you and walmart will match the price from the other store with no limit on the number of sales priced items you can buy-they match low prices on milk and produce from other stores without having to go to their competitors on sale prices that are impossible to beat-saves on not having to run around especially with gas prices today- oh-also- if they ring an item up with the wrong price- you go to the service desk-show the item is higher than the shelf price and you get the item free of charge-limit one item of one product free if you bought several-the store i frequent often has produce on sale yet the computer charges a higher price- i no longer correct the checker- i go to the service desk after checking out-i once got bags of apples, tomatoes & pears free, because the prices were wrong- saved over $9 almost $10 saved right there--wow-who else does that-albertsons does i think-yet not gracefully--I LOVE WALMART- I CAN BUY STUFF THERE AND KNOW I AM PROBABLY GETTING THE BEST PRICE ON MOST PURCHASES I PURCHASE ESPESCIALLY NATIONAL BRANDS & THEY DONT HAVE TO BE ON SALE--I DONT KNOW WHERE ELSE YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT IN ONE PLACE--FOOD, DRUGS, SOAPS, CANDY,PRODUCE -- I AM A SATISFIED CUSTOMER--i recently told the store mgr. about a diet peach tea they had but seemed short of supply often- he ordered ten cases -40 items- i told him i would buy 15 or 20- he said -no problem i will order 10 cases every few days,so it will be there for you !! that was darn accomodating & decent of him-very pleasant fellow-pretty rare these days, from any retailer !!! WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR ???!!!
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Circuit City.. They also have an awesome match-competition-prices thing.  I've gotten stuff for free, nearly free or they end up "paying me" before... like.. I buy it for $45 @ Cicuit City.. then get a mail in rebate for $25... right?  Then I go to my car, drop off the receipt and mail-in rebate, go back inside and I bring an ad for Best Buy with the other copy of my receipt.. go to customer service... show them how Best Buy offered the same item for $19.99.  They give me a 110% price difference and then I still get a rebate.  :P
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Most likely Wal-mart "AS LONG AS" you know what you need because WM doesn't have high end tech sales staff. Office Depot is a good source as well. If you know what you need I'd do some searching on the net... Look up the two places above and shop around.\n\nI disagree with the user that is advertising here. WM is ok long as it's a name brand and it doesn't appear to have every been open. I wouldn't buy non-name brand products from anywhere. And I agree with the other answer, I "wouldn't" go to Radio Shack, they are sky high and you talk about products not being real good....\n\nGood Luck.....
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Best Buy, Target, Walmart
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no sorry kmart is the big comp.\n\n-weasel
242009
Best Buy or Cicuit City are sure to have it.
1119319
Shoppers(best). Walmart (worst)
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I went to Wallymart, Best Buy, Target, and the grocery store before noon, and got all my Christmas shopping done, except for a few things ordered from Amazon.com.\n\nTa-da. \n\nThe lines sucked, the traffic sucked, and there were so many people crammed into the walmart that I almost ran over like a dozen people with the cart. Stores need traffic laws on Black Friday, dam nit.
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Best buy, Circuit City and Costco (any clubstores)...
200388
Not much. I live within 30 miles of the Wal-Mart HQ. Wal-Mart pretty much controls the companies, not the other way around.
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Costco has a higher standard & higher quality of goods.  Sam's Club does not we all know its part of Wal Mart which has the cheapest low end products mad ein China.  My opinion is Costco is better.
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I am an admitted consumer of Walmart.  I got nothing bad to say about them, they save me money and that is okay with me. They are a retailer that truly tries to accommodate the consumer.  They show that they are considerate not only by selling products at reasonable prices but they have great hours to fit anyone's schedule.  They have layaway and a great on line site for making purchases.
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I hate Wal-Mart! I never shop there unless I have to I absolutely cannot find the item anywhere else. \nI boycotted them for several reason:\n1) the reason you stated. Have you seen the episode of  Frontline about it?\n2) extremely poor service. If you go in there looking for something, you can never find it & if you ask someone that works there they send you on a wild goosechase before you find out they do not even carry it! Last time I was in there, I went for two items, it took forty-five minutes & I was not able to get either one of them! One of the items [Scotchgard] they did not even know what it was! Then I lost money in the soda machine, but the line for customer service was wrapped all the way around to the corner of the store, filled with people wanting to make returns. I asked a manager if they could help me & they said waiting in that line was the only way to get my money back. They only had one of three counters open, but there were several employees just standing around gossiping. The manager could have at least sent people over to open the two other counters so people did not have to wait so long. I have had several similar instances when the employees are unhelpful. I work in customer service & it just makes me so mad that I bend over backwards to help my customers but that it is extremely difficult to get good service when I go somewhere. Like, when you ask their employees if there are any in back---they do not even check. They just say the do not. Or when you ask where something is and they say "If it's not over there I don't know where it is" . \n3) Lack of selection. In most cases they only carry one name brand & their housebrand & the namebrand carried is not the one I use.\n4) Some items (especially the clothes) are low quality. We used to call them "Wal-Mart-fall-a-parts growing up.\n5) I can almost always find stuff cheaper somewhere else. I do not know why everyone thinks they are so cheap!\n\n(Sorry for any typos, spell check was not working.)
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To be honest, most low-income people don't know the whole story about Wal-Mart. However, a lot of them have worked there, along with myself, and most of us will tell you that company is scum. Their low prices are designed to do nothing but monopolize an entire region's shopping. My manager even told us his aim was to eliminate the rival grocery store. This chain should go to court for predatory pricing. The supermarkets Wal-Mart have are extremely basic, and I prefer the local rival Meijer over it anyday. The good news is that there are stores like Sav-A-Lot and Aldi that you can shop at instead of Wal-Mart. I had the worst employment experience ever in my life at Wal-Mart, management did nothing but spy on employees with their billion and one cameras and harass us for even talking with the coworkers in our department and customers! This store has some weird religious agenda too that supercedes profits...they pay $1 extra an hour on Sundays for employees working that day, even though they screw them everywhere else. Weird place, never work or shop there.
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It really depends on the product and website.  \n\nI think online stores are good for places that require high overhead, such as brick and mortar stores for large appliances.  If you know what you want, you don't have to see it in person.  The brick and mortar stores normally charge more because they need to offset rent costs, sales associates' salary, etc.  \n\nHowever, online stores are a ripoff if you pay a lot for shipping.  Shipping is the online store version of tax.  You will get hit with one or the other.  However, etailers like Amazon.com offer free shipping on qualified purchases.  \n\neCommerce sites are also better for information.  Most sales associates know nothing about the product they sell.  Unless you go to Best Buy for the Geek Squad or something to that nature, then you really don't get your money's worth when you drive down to the store.  \n\neCommerce sites may also be a ripoff if you like to touch the product.  This is important when shopping for clothes and accessories.\n\nI think online stores are cheaper overall because they cut out the cost of maintaining a brick and mortar store.
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apple.com & best buy. circuit city has customer reviews