[ale] Not so evil empire

[justin caratzas]

Or perhaps unlucky dealing with different salesperson types:

http://gizmodo.com/5311140/the-seven-types-of-employees-you-meet-at-best-buy/
bigjust
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Dylan Northrup <docx at io.com> wrote:

> Or have a serious attitude.  I've offered my advice many times to customers
> in Best Buy (even in contradiction to what a sales associate has said) and
> not once have I had an issue.  Perhaps it's because I don't call them
> dweebs, but it could be something else entirely.
>
> A long time ago, (15.07.09), in a galaxy far, far away, J. D. wrote:
>
> :=If you get ejected from a best buy, you must be a geek.
> :=
> :=On 7/15/09, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> :=> Jim Moore wrote:
> :=>> This was a timely post in that yesterday went looking at Best Buy for
> a
> :=>> new cable modem.  Have been using a Linksys which keeps losing the
> :=>> connection.  Oh well the thing's more than five years old and was a
> hand
> :=>> me down from my brother in law.
> :=>
> :=> I won't darken the doors of Best Buy.  Do a google search on "best buy"
> :=> "bait and switch".
> :=>
> :=> Also, I was once asked to leave because I gave advice contrary to a
> :=> salesperson to a prospective customer.  The customer actually had asked
> :=> my opinion as we had been discussing computers before the sales dweeb
> :=> showed up.
>
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