Lyndsey says:

August 7th, 2008 at 11:43 am

On valentine’s day I walked into Best Buy to purchase a hand held video recorder in anticipation of my child’s birth. After a short sales pitch about the new sony camcorder I asked the salesman if he had anything that was more within my price range, explaining that I did not want to spend a penny over my budget. He told me that he would sell it to me for cost if I purchased a bag to go with it (which was only about $25). I walked out of the Maple Grove Best Buy with the newest camera on the market but spent well below my budget!

Thanks Best Buy

Eric says:

August 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

CC will haggle, if you’re not just buying a single item with no attachments. For instance, there’s no money to be made on computer hardware these days, but lots to be made on cables, extended warranties, printer cartridges, etc. So, if you’ve got a big ticket with a good amount of items on it, give it a shot. There are certain budgets that each sales person and department needs to reach, and the most important thing is to have a certain percentage of your daily sales be accessories and service plans. TVs still have a decent margin, but not as big as they used to. However there’s huge margin on monster cables (which are the biggest rip off in the store - everyone “in the know” buys their cables online at places like monoprice.com), surge protectors, extended warranties (again).