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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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Kentucky
5 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Best Buy has a lot of selections available for me when I shop for games, electronics, and computer accessories or parts. Their customer service personnel are very friendly and helpful.

Date of experience: January 29, 2015
Florida
5 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Always friendly service!
January 28, 2015

Always friendly service! Only 4 starts because they seem to have less and less DVDs and CDs in stock now.

Date of experience: January 28, 2015
Pennsylvania
6 reviews
6 helpful votes
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They fixed my tablet in minutes. No charge. Great service.

Date of experience: January 28, 2015
Washington
5 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Wonderful Bestbuy, Wonderful service, wonderful products~

Date of experience: January 27, 2015
Illinois
13 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Ease of ordering, great deals, free store pick-up, 24-months free financing.

Date of experience: January 27, 2015
Germany
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great service, on time delivery and perfect shipping.

Date of experience: January 26, 2015
GB
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Bought a phone from bestbuy. Had an awesome experience

Date of experience: January 25, 2015
Massachusetts
11 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I shop their sales, but customer service could be much better than it is.

Date of experience: January 25, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Do not hire Geek Squad to do anything with your computer. They've been found to snoop through your personal files, including pictures, financials and other documents. Additionally, there are numerous complaints out there about them scamming customers by telling them that they have something more wrong with their machine than they actually do. Its complete and flat out fraud. Michelle's suggestion below was a good one, and that's who I'm having fix this mess the "Geeks" created. Find someone you can trust! NOT GEEK SQUAD!

Date of experience: January 23, 2015
California
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I typically have a good shopping experience on Best Buy. However, I was unable to place online orders during the Christmas 2014 season. It was frustrating and I ended up going to Game Stop.

Date of experience: January 23, 2015
Maine
11 reviews
32 helpful votes
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Great selection and prices. Geek squad though is average.

Date of experience: January 23, 2015
Ohio
22 reviews
27 helpful votes
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My dvd would not work
January 23, 2015

My dvd would not work. I had to talk to 3 people before a refund was issued and the problem was resolved. Poor customer service. For sure. I dont know if i will shop here again. Used to be the customer was always right what happened to this idea.it took forever to get assistance at this store no one seemed to know anything. Unknowledgeable. The employes borderline. Incompetent. Just saying.

Date of experience: January 22, 2015
California
9 reviews
2 helpful votes
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They claim some Prices for some items are such an outstanding deal but I have checked out same item other sites and the item is no deal at all. They either jack their prices way up and then claim it's 50% off for example and really the reduced price is other places regular price. Warrenties are backed up as advertised-they are good about backing up items under warreny

Date of experience: January 22, 2015
Minnesota
26 reviews
65 helpful votes
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Crazy high prices when you can shop others sites to find quality prices

Date of experience: January 22, 2015
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Australians Beware
January 18, 2015

Australians Beware
Do not buy any computers from Best Buy they do not honuor warranties.
Bought a laptop brought it back to Oz 9 months latter it popped it self, Asus Au didn't want to know about it had to send it back to best buys USA at my cost who just made up all the stories in the world to avoid their responsibility. At the end had to throw away a 9mth old $800 lap top
BUY AUSTRALIAN.

Date of experience: January 18, 2015
Canada
5088 reviews
4778 helpful votes
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I have bought all kinds of items from them with no problems. Service and quality are good!

Date of experience: January 18, 2015
Massachusetts
3 reviews
16 helpful votes
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When I bought a gaming desktop online, it took them forever to actually ship it to me.

Date of experience: January 17, 2015
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I bought a $300 set of headphones for my husband for Christmas. By the time we got home from out of town Christmas vacation with Family (last weekend) and found a few minutes during the week to try to get them to work with the setup we have at home - only to find out they didn't, in between working full time (both of us), today, Saturday was the very first chance I had to return them. But nothing doing! They were keeping our money! (And everyone else's in the Returns line, I had to stand in line for about 20 minutes). Why can't they give some "grace" within the "grace period" and extend it for at least the Saturday for returns, especially electronics. Just two more days until Saturday so people can get there! But no, all I got from the managers (Levittown, NY) was to "talk to the hand" and "That's our policy". I understand that Returns cost them too, but it costs us working class shoppers, and loyal shoppers until this, so much more... and we can't claim the loss as write offs on our taxes like a big conglomerate like Best Buy could. I say UNFAIR! It shouldn't cost me $300 to find out that what I bought from you doesn't work. And no, store credit isn't anywhere near the same as getting my money back! That is a very expensive lesson, but I can assure you I have learned it well. Why don't you care about your customers while you still have them. There's nothing you carry in your store that can't be bought somewhere else! Next Christmas I, and everyone else in that line by my estimate, will be looking for return policies before they buy anything!

Date of experience: January 17, 2015
New York
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I had a 60 inch sharp tv for over 6 years the tv was working great. And then one day all of sudden stop working. Well i had to shop for a new tv. I am doing all my shopping online because i always know i will get better prices then i get in retail stores. But i shop for 70 inch sharp tv no matter where i looked best buy always had better prices. So i decide to go to best buy to buy the 70 inch sharp. I took it how was working great for 2 days then all of sudden stop working. (not best buy fault) i had to return the tv to best buy and they took it back no problem and refunded my money even that i returned the tv without the box. Amazing service. I actually love the service so much so i decide to buy another tv from bestbuy

Date of experience: January 16, 2015
Nebraska
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I used to be fan of Best Buy because I liked to buy their products and they were friendly. I stopped buying stuffs from them after I was not able to get tax off for a non-profit buy. They didn't help me in that matter. In addition, I started buying online after that.

Date of experience: January 16, 2015