Best Buy Charging $30 Extra for "Updated" Xbox 360

[Charli]

I bet Gamestop is kicking itself for not thinking of it sooner.

That really is the first thing that popped into mind upon reading this.

Really with what lengths people go to to make an extra buck/pound recently, It doesn't shock me... Good thing I don't shop there I guess...

 

[Dannie]

Sounds pretty stupid. Who are even paying for this "service". :S

 

[Andy Chalk]

My point was primarily focused on the fact that he's whining about how he doesn't like what he does, but how he has chosen to do nothing about it. No, his leaving wouldn't solve anything, but HE would feel better. His conscious would be clear. You haven't really addressed any of that.

I just have a problem with someone saying "I know it's wrong, but I can't do anything about it." Yes you can. You can leave.

And do what for food, rent, etc.? Are you going to pay his bills while he finds something better? What do you do for a living, anyway?

 

[MysticnFm]

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*Shrug* Maybe job's are hard to come by where he lives. Maybe he is under contract. Maybe he is working there, slowly working up the ranks so that one day he can bring down the company from the inside with a conveniently timed blackmail on the CEO which involves a mistress and a baby koala.

 

[Aedrial]

This is a crime! There's actually people who are unaware how easy it is to get the update that would actually pay for this and it's not fair.

But, by all rights, Microsoft should ship new Xbox's (especially Elites) with the newest update already installed. But then again, that would be generous and make their customers a little happier and Microsoft simply isn't capable of that.

Are you seriously blaming Microsoft for what best buy did?

 

[Gariom]

This is a crime! There's actually people who are unaware how easy it is to get the update that would actually pay for this and it's not fair.

But, by all rights, Microsoft should ship new Xbox's (especially Elites) with the newest update already installed. But then again, that would be generous and make their customers a little happier and Microsoft simply isn't capable of that.

Are you seriously blaming Microsoft for what best buy did?

I'm not quite sure how you took that message out of my post.

The update is 100% free, so why should Best Buy be allowed to charge $30 for it? What I said was Microsoft should pre-update their consoles with the latest firmware to save their customers some trouble, like ones that don't play online.

Obviously it would take a little while as all the consoles sold won't be brand new, but it would eventually work after a short period of time.

 

[GonzoGamer]

I bet Gamestop is kicking itself for not thinking of it sooner.

That really is the first thing that popped into mind upon reading this.

Really with what lengths people go to to make an extra buck/pound recently, It doesn't shock me... Good thing I don't shop there I guess...

I know what you mean but this kind of thing is usually only done by ebay scammers.

Isn't it illegal actually, Like when you used to get demos on disk and it would say that it's illegal to sell; the update is something that isn't intended to be sold.

 

[SachielOne]

To paraphrase Lewis Black, this is such a display of greed on the part of the corporate masters that I am surprised that the lower-level employees don't rise up as one and SLAY THEM.

 

[Woodsey]

They're second-hand now, should be sold with a fairly big %age discount, not an increase.

 

[Kenjitsuka]

Best Buy is evil. And not actually true to their name with this obvious ridiculous shake down :0

 

[Andy Chalk]

Hahaha, this is the same gimmick these companies always try to pull. They're going for the people who don't know what they're doing market.

And if you think $30 for a update is bad..

 

[The Bandit]

My point was primarily focused on the fact that he's whining about how he doesn't like what he does, but how he has chosen to do nothing about it. No, his leaving wouldn't solve anything, but HE would feel better. His conscious would be clear. You haven't really addressed any of that.

I just have a problem with someone saying "I know it's wrong, but I can't do anything about it." Yes you can. You can leave.

And do what for food, rent, etc.? Are you going to pay his bills while he finds something better? What do you do for a living, anyway?

Oh my Jesus Christ in heaven. Please read. That'd be terrific.

I didn't say "QUIT YOUR JOB NOW ROAR!" I said, if you have a problem, there's nothing stopping you for looking for a new job WHILE YOU HAVE THAT ONE. If you can't find a new one, then obviously I'm not going to suggest quitting. But, that's the point. He isn't looking. He's crying about how he can't be blamed for anything, about how he can't help anything, boo hoo hoo. Give me a break, please.

 

[Amnestic]

Hahaha, this is the same gimmick these companies always try to pull. They're going for the people who don't know what they're doing market.

And if you think $30 for a update is bad..



I'm starting to think I'm in the wrong business with the profits they're making.[/QUOTE]

$130 bloody dollars!? Thor's Hammer...and I bet people buy it as well.

[QUOTE=The Bandit][QUOTE=Malygris][QUOTE=The Bandit]My point was primarily focused on the fact that he's whining about how he doesn't like what he does, but how he has chosen to do nothing about it. No, his leaving wouldn't solve anything, but HE would feel better. His conscious would be clear. You haven't really addressed any of that.

I just have a problem with someone saying "I know it's wrong, but I can't do anything about it." Yes you can. You can leave.[/QUOTE]
And do what for food, rent, etc.? Are you going to pay his bills while he finds something better? What do you do for a living, anyway?[/quote]

Oh my Jesus Christ in heaven. Please read. That'd be terrific.

I didn't say "QUIT YOUR JOB NOW ROAR!" I said, if you have a problem, there's nothing stopping you for looking for a new job WHILE YOU HAVE THAT ONE. If you can't find a new one, then obviously I'm not going to suggest quitting. But, that's the point. He isn't looking. He's crying about how he can't be blamed for anything, about how he can't help anything, boo hoo hoo. Give me a break, please.[/quote]

And you know for a fact that he wasn't looking? It's not as if the guy is going to go "Yeah, this job's shite. I'm looking for another one," while he was at work now is it?

 

[teutonicman]

That is such a dirty under-handed move. I wonder if EA owns Best Buy?

 

[Crossborder]

i just decided it isn't a big deal that there isn't any of those store where i live.

 

[theultimateend]

These aren't people out to get you, they are people who can't currently get a job that pays as well anywhere near them. I'm the only one of any of my friends to finish college recently that has a job...at all.

I like when folks don't take it out on the employees because it changes nothing. It just ruins some innocent persons day because they were doing their job. Not everyone wants to shovel shit but far be it for me to go around heckling them because that is their job.

BAAAAAAWWWWW

Please, just stop. You're embarrassing yourself. "bawwww don't blame ME! It's not MY fault! I don't LIKE what I do!"

If you don't like what you do, don't do it. There's NOTHING that says you can't look for another job while you have this one. Get out there and do it, and quit whining to us about how moral you are.

Yes because morality is such a cut and dry thing.

Did I say >I< was doing it? No I tell people honestly what any of the services are, I tell them they likely could do it themselves, if they have trouble doing it they can come back and have it done.

I'm not embarrassing myself. You are making assumption after assumption as if you know who or what you are talking about.

Which in all cases you don't. But at least you started off your response with a retarded internet meme.

 

[theultimateend]

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Don't worry mate you are not alone. Even though I do not think Best Buy's exist in Australia, most decent people know that chain stores like Kmart and Big W and such do not give a rats ass about the actual Sales part of a Sales Assistants job. I mean, a while back I worked at Kmart, and was stuck with everything from Home entertainment, to lawnmowers, to manchester and linen. Plus we did not have a cataloging system, and were not told about incoming stock. Even then, they had to balls to tell us to focus on "sales techniques" and selling items to customers. It was bullshit.

BAAAAAAWWWWW

Please, just stop. You're embarrassing yourself. "bawwww don't blame ME! It's not MY fault! I don't LIKE what I do!"

If you don't like what you do, don't do it. There's NOTHING that says you can't look for another job while you have this one. Get out there and do it, and quit whining to us about how moral you are.

You just lit up my "dickhead alert" meter.

Note: Most of this comment is actually towards the "dickhead" and not you . I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out .

Yeah I liked the assumption that I (or anyone else in my department save for one person) wasn't looking for another job. I've only been here 3 weeks .

But really? To make it sound easy, it really isn't. Considering, you know, I'm the only person out of those I know who has gotten a job since finishing college. I applied to two or three dozen places over the months after graduating and the only place that was even hiring was Best Buy .

Sort of like Wal Mart I think. Most people bash it and tell people to get jobs elsewhere but they never link them to someone who is actually hiring. Then you end up finding out they are still living with their parents or working in fast food as if it is any better.

At any rate I enjoy the insight from someone else in retail . I often wonder if the only people bashing haven't worked retail yet, haven't worked, or are just blindly ignorant to reality.

I'm just not a fan of bashing an employee because you hate their company. If you are willing to hire them yourselves that minute then fine, otherwise stop going to the damn store and leave them alone.

 

[The Bandit]

These aren't people out to get you, they are people who can't currently get a job that pays as well anywhere near them. I'm the only one of any of my friends to finish college recently that has a job...at all.

I like when folks don't take it out on the employees because it changes nothing. It just ruins some innocent persons day because they were doing their job. Not everyone wants to shovel shit but far be it for me to go around heckling them because that is their job.

BAAAAAAWWWWW

Please, just stop. You're embarrassing yourself. "bawwww don't blame ME! It's not MY fault! I don't LIKE what I do!"

If you don't like what you do, don't do it. There's NOTHING that says you can't look for another job while you have this one. Get out there and do it, and quit whining to us about how moral you are.

Yes because morality is such a cut and dry thing.

Did I say >I< was doing it? No I tell people honestly what any of the services are, I tell them they likely could do it themselves, if they have trouble doing it they can come back and have it done.

I'm not embarrassing myself. You are making assumption after assumption as if you know who or what you are talking about.

Which in all cases you don't. But at least you started off your response with a retarded internet meme.

Actually, it is. There's right, and then there's wrong. It doesn't get any simpler than that.

EDIT: I actually typed up a response, but since I was just repeating myself (since it's become clear no one on this forum can actually read), whatever. Have fun at Best Buy, champ.