Shop at Best Buy

This post was planned before I hit "publish" on the previous one.

I just read a couple of days ago that Best Buy has canceled its restocking fee policy. For a long time, they have had high restocking fees on things. Walmart and Meijer haven't. So when I've talked to someone thinking of buying something like a laptop and they are considering Best Buy, I've told them to beware, because of the high restocking fee. Things like, yeah the selection is a lot better than Walmart, but if it's a bad laptop, it's a lot easier to take it back to Walmart, because they won't charge you for bringing it back.

But now I won't do that. I won't say that. Best Buy is to be commended for getting rid of this unfriendly sales-discouraging policy. I'll be giving them more consideration again (at least on items that don't cost 1/30th as much from online retailers).

Which actually ties into P.J. Grath's comment on my previous post. One way the "brick and Mortar" stores always have online retailers beat is what to do if you have to return things. Returning things and shipping again with online is such a hassle that many people are probably discouraged from doing so.