[wplug] Best Buy's insanity ...

[Tom Rhodes]

On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:36:52 -0500
Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:

> In response to gregsim at telerama.com:
> 
> > Lest we all pile on, I have shopped at Best Buy.  I think I have gotten some
> > good deals there.  If I don't, I look elsewhere.  There are usually competitors
> > within walking distance.
> > 
> > I read the article Bill referenced and it strikes me as a bit phoney.  Nobody is
> > being forced to shop at Best Buy.  If you get a better deal elsewhere, go
> > ahead.  No store is obligated to give you any deal.  We (so far) still have a
> > free market.
> 
> I agree with 90% of what you're saying.
> 
> The problem is that BB is aware of the aforementioned free market, and knows
> they can't force you to shop with them.  Instead, they're trying to deceive
> you in to shopping with them.
> 
> When put in perspective, deception isn't as bad coercion, but it's still not
> something I'd like to have to live with.  At the least, I'd like to see it
> investigated and punished so companies understand that it's not acceptable.

Bill Moran is my friend.

I've known him for a long time.

He could smell a conspiracy at a seven year old's lemonade stand.[1]


[1]: Comment stolen from a Law and Order SVU episode.

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Tom Rhodes