The Cynic Gazette » best buy http://www.cynicgazette.com Web Design, Skepticism, Photography and Social Comment Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:31:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Faceless mega-corporation, youz my fwiend! http://www.cynicgazette.com/2008/03/20/faceless-mega-corporation-youz-my-fwiend/ http://www.cynicgazette.com/2008/03/20/faceless-mega-corporation-youz-my-fwiend/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:27:46 +0000 Joisey Mike http://www.cynicgazette.com/?p=4 So many of us that look at the goddamned fucking stupid megalodons of the suburban throughway and think of the frustration we’ve learned was the price of admissions at the Best Buy, the Circuit City and the so on.

Well, they’ve gone ahead and done something that’s shockingly good for the consumer. Remember way back a few weeks ago when HD-DVD had a chance? Once Blu-ray became the clear winner and Toshiba backed off HD-DVD development once and for all, Best Buy and Circuit City made their move:

  • Best Buy is giving $50 gift cards to people who bought HD-DVD players before 2/28
  • Circuit City is accepting returns of HD-DVD players 90 days after the date of purchase

Granted Blu-ray players are still in the $400-500 range, so just go buy a PS3 that has one and play me online get more for your money. Or wait 6 months and buy ‘em cheaper. If I were Sony (and surprisingly, I’m not) I’d keep the prices up just a little bit longer, partially to gloat, but mostly because of the bath they took on PS3 sales.

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