I can't believe you guys buy electronics from Amazon I went into CC last summer on a Saturday because they had the Samsung BD-P1200 in stock and I wanted it then so I could play with it. I know Amazon had it on special at about $457.00. I went in stood around looking at the unit for a long time and looked at other BR players, the price of the BD-P1200 at CC was $599.00, I even switched everything around so I could see a picture, even though I was over there looking at the machines, messing with their stuff, no one ever came to help. Finally I practically tackle some guy crossing the sales floor and tell him Amazon's price and what would they do on their price, he says, "management don't allow us to match web prices". I would have been willing to even pay a bit more to get the unit that day but they wouldn't even try. So guess what, I had to be patient and bought the unit from Amazon.

BB in my area has improved over the last couple years, at least now when I go into the store some one always asks if they can help me find something. I don't buy much from them, usually it's a computer part or something. Neither are even a consideration if I can find the item some where else. There's a Radio Shack near by who has a guy that works there who is always really nice and trys to help, so I try to give him business when I can. I try to find accessories there and last year I bought a portable DVD player for my daughter there.

Actually, I have a bit of a grudge against BB over a stupid extended warranty. I paid like $3.00 for an extended warranty on a CD walkman. It was for a child, so I say what the heck. The thing breaks, when I take it in they ask me, "do you have the headphones?". I'm like no one said when I bought this to keep the headphones, do you know how much money I spent on headphones so far for this kid, just give me the player an keep the headphones. "Well we can't do that, we no longer have the EXACT model". Actually this was around the time I was looking for a BR player and they were the only ones who had the Sony S300 in stock, so over a $25.00 walkman they lost a possible $499.00 sale and any potential other sales from me. I told the manager if they can't even bend to honor a warranty on a $25.00 item how and the world would they expect anyone to trust them on a larger ticket item. I think this is an example of bad management for the text books.

You'd think if a large corporation was paying to keep the doors open at these places some one would want to make it worth while.