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Best Buy Reviews Summary

The company's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, particularly regarding installation services, product returns, and customer support. Many reviews highlight issues with rushed installations and poor communication, leading to repeated service calls. Customers frequently encounter difficulties with returns and refunds, often citing long wait times and inadequate support from customer service representatives. While the company offers a wide selection of products and some positive experiences with online orders, the overarching sentiment suggests a need for substantial improvements in service reliability and customer care to enhance overall customer satisfaction.

This summary is generated by AI, based on text from customer reviews

service
327
value
285
shipping
213
returns
200
quality
248

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Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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BUYER BEWARE
March 4, 2016

Best Buy the worst experience ever. Do not trust Best Buy. Purchased a $2000 TV Screen on February 4th, 2016 ******* Katy fwy, Texas store. While at Best Buy we asked for the Elite program, after all we had a purchase larger than the required amount. Elite customers get to enjoy price match and can return items for 30 days. 7 days after we bought it we say it in special in the same store, and SURPRISE! It turned out the employee never updated our purchase. The manager said he could not help, so we called customer service. After numerous 45 minutes calls, they said they could not honor the price match policy because we bought the TV from a sub store inside Best Buy. So be AWARE, when you go in THEIR employee will walk you to the electronic section without making you aware that the electronics section is really Magnolia Audio Video which DOES NOT honor price-mach. They will accept your best buy credit card but you will end up hearing from best buy representatives that THEY ARE BUT NOT REALLY PART OF BEST BUY Best Buy is dishonest and will find a way to rip you off. For all the trouble, I was offered a $50. Gift card, which implies I would have to purchase from them again, of course I did not accept. PLEASE BEWARE! If you earn your money hard and want honesty, this is not the place for you.

Date of experience: March 4, 2016
Louisiana
9 reviews
25 helpful votes
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Good company
March 4, 2016

Best Buy has always been first class for me. In the store they will even match Amazon! I shop with them often.

Date of experience: March 3, 2016
Florida
4 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Best Buy
March 4, 2016

Prices are competitive but sale products are not available in store. Bait and switch technique is used at these stores.

Date of experience: March 3, 2016
District of Columbia
4 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Fun place
March 3, 2016

They always have great customer service, and I love the products

Date of experience: March 2, 2016
Virginia
6 reviews
22 helpful votes
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Pretty Good
March 3, 2016

Pretty good electronic selections. The staff is very helpful as well.

Date of experience: March 2, 2016
Virginia
6 reviews
22 helpful votes
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I love Best Buy
March 2, 2016

I love best buy, they have a very large selection of useful electronics, and their staff is more often friendly than other electronics stores I have visited.

Date of experience: March 2, 2016
Wisconsin
16 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Great Store
February 29, 2016

Found a steam mop for less at Best Buy, and I could pick it up that night, no waiting! That was great. Like that service. Great quality.

Date of experience: February 29, 2016
New York
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Ordered an expensive refrigirator. Delivery was scheduled with two hour time frame. Delivery came 5hours late. No phone call. Spent most of my day on the phone with horrible customer service giving me run around. When delivery finally arrived, the fridge was damaged and had to be sent back. I cancelled this order. Lots Of frustration. Best buy turned into worst buy experience

Date of experience: February 29, 2016
India
14 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Good
February 27, 2016

Variety of resources are available so serve multiple option to us

Date of experience: February 27, 2016
Canada
5 reviews
1 helpful vote
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New PC
February 26, 2016

Bought a new PC yesterday. They helped with set up. Thank you

Date of experience: February 25, 2016
GB
23 reviews
22 helpful votes
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Awesome
February 26, 2016

I love shopping here, huge selection of electronics. The only downside is the prices are a bit higher than the average.

Date of experience: February 24, 2016
New Jersey
14 reviews
27 helpful votes
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Huge selection
February 26, 2016

Huge selection of electronic needs. I rather like coming here for window shopping, plenty of electronics.

Date of experience: February 24, 2016
Virginia
6 reviews
52 helpful votes
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Excellent electronics
February 24, 2016

The price is a bit high in store, however the employees know their stuff and the place is clean and neat.

Date of experience: February 24, 2016
California
5 reviews
15 helpful votes
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I've ordered items online or had them delivered from Best Buy several times, and generally with good results. However, I had difficulty recently when I tried to buy a washing machine. I carefully selected one from the same manufacturer as my old one that was listed as compatible with my existing pedestal, and confirmed that Best Buy would install it on the pedestal (it says that clearly in their delivery notes). First I ran into problems because they scheduled me for delivery in the only hour of the day I could not be home and did not call me the day before as they had promised. I know they had the number correct because the driver eventually called me. I found out early in the morning of delivery and called as soon as they were open. The delivery people who mostly said (very politely) that they couldn't do anything. When the driver called, he said he couldn't do another time. Then, while waiting for a call back to reschedule, the driver showed up out of the blue. Yay! They took away the old machine no problem, but then wouldn't put the new one onto my pedestal, claiming that it was "missing" hold-down plates. I know it never had hold down plates, but they wouldn't follow through on installing it unless I bought a new pedestal. So, they left with the new washer and Home Depot got my money instead of Best Buy, just because they refused to set the machine onto the same spot where my old machine had worked just fine for 12 years.

So the bottom line is that Best Buy generally works well as long as there is nothing unusual, but you've got to have a LOT of schedule flexibility, and they have rules they don't tell you about up front.

Date of experience: February 23, 2016
Virginia
5 reviews
54 helpful votes
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Awesome Selection
February 23, 2016

I love coming here for all of my electronics needs. Great place and always clean.

Date of experience: February 22, 2016
Michigan
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I bought a Computer program to transfer vcr tapes to disc and decided not to. Never opened (1 week later)and they would only store credit me for another purchase! Beware, I call them fishers!

Date of experience: February 22, 2016
Texas
7 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Electronics
February 23, 2016

I frequently buy my electronics at Best Buy because they carry all brands and they provide free help on all your purchase. Love Best Buy!

Date of experience: February 22, 2016
Canada
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Bought a TV online
February 23, 2016

Bought a TV online with best buy.
Awesome price on a 32 inch LED TV!
They shipped It across Ontario.
Arrived on time and in perfect condition.
Great price, great selection, good product.
What more can you ask for?.

Date of experience: February 21, 2016
New York
8 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Good site
February 23, 2016

Good site. Better than buying from the store who has poor return policy, Better to buy online

Date of experience: February 21, 2016
Switzerland
4 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Black fridays are the best at Best Buy.
They are a good business

Date of experience: February 19, 2016