Being a loyal sales associate at RadioShack, I figure that I'd tell you all that you can get these A2DP phones for half off their clearance price of $80 starting today and going through june 3rd I think. It's in store only, so no online buying and you gotta find a store that has them in stock. I bought these a couple of monts back when we sold them for $50 and I love them. They fold up and I got the full 300ft (yes 300, not 30) range away from my 8125.
For those of you with Ipods. We got a device to add A2DP through the dock connector for $25 (half off its clearance price of $50, originally $100) that you can use with the spiders too.
There is also a coupon for $10 off a $30+ purchase. Something they're doing for fathers day. Technically not supposed to be combinable with clearance stuff, but you may be able to do it. They usually keep extras in the store. You could go up to a clerk and say you forgot your coupon at home and ask if they'll give you another one or just ring you up with it. That'd bring the total for the headphones down to $30.
nice info, will check it out when i have time may be today.
Very good deal indeed. I went to check it out, it's available in Palo Alto CA store, it's a little too big for me (I already have an HT820)
I bought a pair of these...and all I can tell you is that they are absolute dogs when it comes to battery life. For the 10 minutes that they work...they sound pretty good...but the battery is total crap...
Fair warning..
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BB will have like 8 different accessories on launch day according to a memo I saw today. A few different kinds of cases, zagg, pouches, and chargers.
This was in a mesa, az store.
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BB will have like 8 different accessories on launch day according to a memo I saw today. A few different kinds of cases, zagg, pouches, and chargers.
This was in a mesa, az store.
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superstition springs or fiesta mall?
either way, if you work there or have connections you need to tell them to open earlier.
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superstition springs or fiesta mall?
either way, if you work there or have connections you need to tell them to open earlier.
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Was the Fiesta location... not an employee, phone guy just showed me the memo cause I asked.
Yeah, 10am sucks... but my appointment isn't until 11 anyways, so not a biggie for me.
Do you have any idea of prices on them?
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Was the Fiesta location... not an employee, phone guy just showed me the memo cause I asked.
Yeah, 10am sucks... but my appointment isn't until 11 anyways, so not a biggie for me.
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they called me today, apparently they are opening at 7:30AM for the phone. which is considerably earlier then the 10AM they told me before, which probably means they have had significantly more preorders then anticipated.
and im numero uno for my 7:30 appointment.
i had chance to look at the case, they had seidio case purple and black and listed at $29, they also had zagg invisible shield.
My store in Miami is opening at 7am. I have a 715 appt. The rep told me they'll only have the BodyGlove case and another item i cant remember now but it was not big deal. No 3rd party cases/docks/screen protectors/etc.
my best buy sucks i preordered the same day they were taking preorders and in my yellow receipt it said pick up in the 5th of june.
I preordered my EVO at the radio shack at arizona mills mall. They are letting people pick them up at 9am. Radio shack will also have accessories available.
Anyone get a call from their Best Buys about accessory bundles being made available and a free bluetooth?
Best buy called me today to confirm my reservation then tried to sell me a Zagg invisishield, by telling me they would install it for me before hand so it would be ready for me when I picked it up. First I was pissed off by the sales pitch...
$20 for the shield and $7 for the installation (bubble free from what they tell me)... worth it?
Chris
i got my invisible shield for my Hero installed at Best Buy, it was worth it, esp for the full body one. They guarantee their work, witch is why i did it.
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Best buy called me today to confirm my reservation then tried to sell me a Zagg invisishield, by telling me they would install it for me before hand so it would be ready for me when I picked it up. First I was pissed off by the sales pitch...
$20 for the shield and $7 for the installation (bubble free from what they tell me)... worth it?
Chris
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idk, i watched a bunch of videos of an install of zagg shield and it seems very easy to do and get right, considering you can re-lay it if you need to, unlike the sticky ones.
I would have them do it for $7...
It's annoying as hell imo...
Every Invisible Shield I've had started to come up after a while... what about that? Does BB fix that or say "that's your problem"...
Yup BB says I'll get a free bluetooth (that i wont use) and if I buy the zagg on launch day they install free.
So Best Buy has the Seidio Innocase for the EVO?
EDIT: Yep, they do. Not called Innocase Surface, but under the name Platinum Series case. Great case!
Not so much of an Evo accessory, but I picked up the Jabra bluetooth speakerphone from BB along with my phone. It does speakerphone and FM transmission. I'm really impressed with that bad boy. The media navigation buttons even worked with Pandora. When you select "FM", it tells you what station to tune to.
It's cool but it's an uncool $99! (seems worth it to so far for anyone without bluetooth already in their car)
I bought a car cahrger that said it worked for HTC evo on Amazon.com and it worked fine. But I bought a wall charger, said it worked for evo but it didn't charge it, it had an led light said it was on but didn't work. Then I decided to buy a difernt one that didn't work either. So I had to come up with some more cash and drive to bestbuy and told them I will buy it if it charges my phone right so they took it out of the box and worked fine. So if you buy online do your research first.
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cool story bro
Never buy anything more expensive than 20 bucks at Besy buy... Worst customer service/return policy/warranty service EVER. i wont buy there again even with deceptively low prices... spent too much in gas going back and forth , time in argueing with them, and not having my laptop, and didnt get anything out of it except a wiped hard drive, lost charger, accessories, restore CD's etc... AND IT WAS A MOTHERBOARD PROBLEM!!! the idiots wiped the OS because it was blue-screening -.-... so ya... avoid bestbuy if you can.
As for chargers, i did basically the same thing... I can charge it with the wall charger IF I turn off wifi and everything else, and make sure that nothing is running but it is really slow.. the car charger will fully charge it in <30 minutes.
when I buy a brand new product WITH WARRANTY I expect to get a free repair/replacement if the product is faulty. thats kinda how a warranty works. I am slightly put off that you chose to take my criticism of Best Buy personally. Maybe you are one of the best workers that Best Buy employs; That still doesn't change the fact that in this area at least (and I've heard similar stories from many MANY people, not just in this area) at this store that I went to, the employees, managers, Geek Squad staff, etc. were all either disrespectful, aloof, or incompetent. Its my choice to deal with my experience with BB and even to share it with others. Go flame war somewhere else. its really immature.
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Never buy anything more expensive than 20 bucks at Besy buy...
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Do they sell anything for less than $20?
Well, besides the candy bars at the front.
A $30.00 charger at Best Buy costs $5.00 on Amazon and $10.00 in Walmart. There is no best buy at Best Buy. Everything is jacked up enormously. nd the best buy employee on this form thats mother ****ing their customers, probably not going to help.
I did not by any stretch plan on turning this thread into a "LETS FLAME BEST BUY" thread... If we want that, then have a Mod rename it and throw it into an off-topic thread. I did notice however that the rude BB employee only has one post and found that amusing...
which is worse? best buy or radioshack?
The title should be changed to "be careful which thread you open up." Garbage.
Just make sure you look at the amperage rating. If it's low (less than 750ma) you will probably not get a decent charge out of it, regardless of the light coming on. I always try to get 2 amp chargers.
BTW not all Best Buy employees are tools, but the bad ones sometimes make me feel ashamed for working here.
Everyone needs to stop hating on Best Buy.
I worked at Radioshack for like..3 months, and it was the worst experience for me. Customers *****ing because i told them not to buy something, and it doesn't work how they want it to. They make their money off of accessories to phones, you can think of it like the movies. Theaters don't make any money off of the tickets, they make money off concessions..which is why they're jacked up. This is why i do all my shopping online. I just bought a ipod shuffle cord off ebay for 3$ shipped, or i can go to walmart and pay 20$ for the same exact thing. You have more mouths to feed when running a store in real life than you do online.
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I did notice however that the rude BB employee only has one post and found that amusing...
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Exactly why I posted here giving my two cents on Best Buy and his rude attitude, but it got deleted by the mods because you can't be an asshole to an asshole.
i have used blackberry chargers since day 1. always worked well for me,
Most Best Buy employees I have worked with have been wonderful. It is not the employees fault or any customer service issue that has driven me away. It is the shear markups and unreasonable costs that has put me off.
Simple example $24.95 for a simple audio cable to hook my wifes iPod up to the AuxIN in the car.
Same brand cable at Walmart was $14, was $9 at TjMax and $5 online.
I prefer any of the 3 options above to Best Buy.
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When will the flame wars stop??
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When will the flame wars stop??
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What flame war? Expressing one's dislike for a retailers jacked up prices or their rude idiotic employee is not flaming.
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Most Best Buy employees I have worked with have been wonderful. It is not the employees fault or any customer service issue that has driven me away. It is the shear markups and unreasonable costs that has put me off.
Simple example $24.95 for a simple audio cable to hook my wifes iPod up to the AuxIN in the car.
Same brand cable at Walmart was $14, was $9 at TjMax and $5 online.
I prefer any of the 3 options above to Best Buy.
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Haha Best buy is ridiculous and they think god made there stuff so we should pay that price.
Example: Laptop power cord Best buy = $79.99 - 89.99
Laptop power cord online (ebay, newegg, amazon) = $25.00 (shipping included)
Also, I fully understand that retail will always cost more than buying online. You have the overhead costs of a physical store, employees, advertising, etc so the product has to cost more in order actually make a profit and cover the costs of operation.
However, clearly if a product costs $5 online and $55 in Best Buy, there is some serious gouging going on. It will never change though because people continue to shop there and pay that price.
Sounds odd, but you can also try an AT&T store. While the chargers are generally $30 you have a one year warranty in store. Even if you're not their customer if you have the receipt you have the warranty.
For those who are on a budget I'd recommend Amazon, but some of those are iffy on the quality side.
I decided to walk into Staples today in Brunswick Me. And noticed the Motorola car chargers with a $5.50 price tag, didn't have one so I grabbed it on the way past. When I got to the register it rang up at $1.58 including tax!
Needless to say I promptly turned around and grabbed the last one they had as well. So for $4.16 I got two, a savings of $58.00 off retail. Sorry Xoom accessory addicts in Brunswick, ME. Try Augusta before they're gone.
Yeah, evidently all of their Xoom accessories are on sale. I grabbed myself the portfolio case, and standard dock for $22.50 today.
2x1.58=3.16.
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Sales tax isn't 31% anywhere in this country, and he said the price included tax. I'm just being an ass, btw.
yea my store cleaned out...nice find though
found this on Amazon last night. Picked it up for 18 bucks. Ive really wanted one but never found them any cheaper than 60. for anyone that doesnt have one or didnt get one because they were too expensive this is great.
http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Transfer-...AUI0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335701399&sr=8-1
Thanks for the info. I just ordered one.
Think this thing'll work with future HTC products?
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Think this thing'll work with future HTC products?
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Probably not, as they'll be different sizes and the microusb port will be in different spots.
Giggity
I figured I have at least another year with this phone as I am a firm believer not to upgrade when under contract due to the exuberant cost. So I figured WTH might as well get it while it's super cheap.
Indeed.
I was explaining it to my wife the other day. In another year my contract is up, and I'll see what's out there in terms of phones. I feel like my days of forking out nearly $300 with contract are over. I'm going to wait until a good phone is nearly free with contract, even if that means spending more time with the bolt.
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I never really used a docking station - plug it into my speakers on my PC instead. But it is a nice little thing. I picked this one up just to try it.
I hesitated to pull the trigger, and now it's back up to 45 bucks.
However, on e-bay:
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/view...cmd=VIDESC&index=3&nav=SEARCH&nid=57516831989
I have never used ebay. It says it has free shipping, but it mentions something about "bulk" packaging and explicitly says it's not "retail." It does, however, claim to be new. I'm also a bit worried that there are no pics of the accompanying cables.
Think it's a safe buy?
Also, has anyone seen that amazon has 10 dollar rezound batteries? They're OEMs, not some aftermarket BS. Unless I'm missing something there too. Did anyone pick one up?
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What's up with the price change? Is there anything justifying the 470% price increase?????
Other than greed, I mean...
Anker battery, sold by 'authorized seller' on eBay; not even ten bucks:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Anker-1900mAh-Battery-Samsung-Galaxy-S2-II-i9100-/220813288199
Same battery sold by same seller, much MUCH more expensive now:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Anker-1900mAh-Battery-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S2-II-i9100-/330747106855
What's up with that? is it because the I9100 will be "phased out" or something? Isn't there an installed customer base huge enough for these guys to continue selling their batteries at an affordable price? I'm flabbergasted.....
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After having looked around a bit, to my great surprise, I was able to find this at $9 on Amazon.ca. I was VERY surprised since we, in Canada, rarely get the same deals as in the US... we always get milked with more expensive products, even of our dollar is at par with the US dollar. But this time, the price was the same.
Now the funny thing is, the Amazon.com and .ca seller is the SAME as on eBay; so he sells these babies $47 on eBay and less than ten bucks on Amazon. I do not understand it one bit....
wanted to buy this battery about a week or 2 ago and saw those prices on ebay, no idea why it increased that much so would like to hear if someone know
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wanted to buy this battery about a week or 2 ago and saw those prices on ebay, no idea why it increased that much so would like to hear if someone know
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Your best bet is now Amazon.com or Amazon.ca... If you are luckily to be in the USA or Canada.
Other than that, the eBay prices are absolutely grotesque... :-\
NEW ROM will arrive people will buy NEW BATTERY instead of changing phone ! (It`s a 2 year old phone so battery will not last as new)
It's back down to $12 now, but I'd say they were low on stock so they jacked up the price for the last one or two units to avoid running out. Many online sellers do this for some reason, I guess selling out looks bad.