Just had to respond to this post.
When that style photo started being used, I must admint, I kinda liked it. However, it is starting to bug me. Mostly though, because it is way over-used !
However I do have a bone to pick with you since you drew a kind of parallel of that with Best Buy.
When Best Buy first came to Canada, I was not amused and had decided to not purchase from there. Well, for different reasons, mostly because I prefer to support Canadian business.
However, a few months ago, I accompanied my brother to a Canadian chain here to pick up a TV he bought.
It was already picked out, we just had to pay and go. What should have been a 5 or 10 minute stop turned into 45 minute B.S. My brother took care of business, while I looked around. 15 minutes later I looked over to find he hadn't even paid yet. I casually walked over to the counter to watch in horror as the 'salesman' fumbled with the cash making mistake after mistake and to my surprise, who picked up the phone when it rang? Not once, but twice!! It was mid - day, very few customers and 8 salespeople. While trying to figure out how to make the charge, he had the gaul to make sales over the phone twice !!
As soon as he picked up the second call, I absolutely flipped out!! The manager didn't even do anything and when the TV finally came out on the trolley, they expected us to carry it out ??
Well, there's more to the story, but I'll leave it at that.
The point is, I ended up going to Best Buy a month ago, and yes there's a guy to greet you and a few more once you enter. You can call that cheesy, fake or whatever you want, and maybe the locations in your city are below par, but these guys were friendly, made me feel welcome and they knew what they were talking about. Extremely helpful!
I'll be back there for sure !
Moral of the story for me?
I'll take that phony attitude over a greedy commissioned salesperson any day of the week
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