Id rather buy electronics at somewhere like Best Buy instead of Amazon. You never know what you’re going to get from Amazon (open box/counterfeit).

I’m looking at Best Buy and waiting for a good deal to buy one of the largest OLED 4K monitors they have because I don’t like smart TVs.

I buy some storage cards if it’s a good deal, but I’m still wary that they were returned to Best Buy from an Amazon seller. If it’s not on sale, I get sd cards/USB drives directly from the manufacturer if they have an online store.

I live near a Microcenter so I buy all kinds of stuff there related to computers and 3d printing. The last 4 or 5 computers I have built have been with mostly parts sourced there as well.

I dont.

They ramp up prices, scam their customers, and abuse their underpaid employeea.

I went in there just yesterday for the first time in a year to look at laptops before deciding which to get based on actual weight and size. For whatever reason my brain does not work converting weight or size from text. I just can’t picture it or conceptualize it.

See things in-person, if I am in need of a specific item today, check out what clearance items they have.

I live in a state that has sales tax, right on the border with a state that does not, so for more expensive electronics etc, I’ll drive to a store to pick them up.

I just set up a PO Box today though, so I can ship stuff now too.

Buying electronics and getting them right then and there instead of waiting for delivery. Or at the very least, using them to demo products I am interested in even if I ultimately buy them elsewhere (usually cuz it’s cheaper).

Last time I was there was for headphones. I was looking around online but nothing really looked right, and I also am not sure about the ear cup sizes and wanted to make sure they went around my ears and not on them. Can’t demo shit online, and most of the things in my price range were no-name garbage with dubiously high reviews. But I found some of the best headphones I’ve ever had going to Best Buy and checking out all the different products they have on display to be tried out.

I generally only use Best Buy if I need a thing right now, to complete whatever project/installation I’m doing, and don’t want to wait a day for shipping. (I actually don’t have Amazon Prime so it would really be more like a week.)

I did buy my gaming laptop from Best Buy. It was an open box sale so it was about $300 less than anywhere else. Plus, again, I was able to get it right away.

I bought some thermal paste from best buy a few weeks ago because they had it in stock and I wanted it immediately. other than that I mostly shop online.

Nothing. I got a $50 gift card 6 months ago and have not found anything I’d buy there that wasn’t considerably cheaper somewhere else.

Reference points on the highway

First, things like TVs. Not only can you actually see tvs plugged in and how they look, but you can also get open boxed ones to save a few bucks.

Keyboards and mice. You’re not gonna be able to get a complete, full experience like when you’re sitting down to really use it, but you can get a pretty damn good understanding of how it feels.

More good products from the actual brands, instead of hundreds of scams or cheap Chinese products that will break in a month being drop shipped. I wouldn’t be able to count how many times I’ve seen the same exact product show up multiple times with a different company name. It’s one of the reasons I try to not use the vast majority of online shopping sites. Having an open market sounds awesome. You get to sell your own stuff and reach a wider audience. But people are greedy fucks and ruin it for everyone.

Also, I sometimes like going to stores. It’s an excuse to get out of the house. It doesn’t feel like it fills that need when I’m grocery shopping, but if I’m gonna go buy something I want, then it makes it more exciting. If I got nothing else planned for the weekend, might as well.

The only problem is that I only have BB for electronics. So the options are a bit limited.

Hard drives in a pinch for work. Other than that I only go to buy TVs, which I haven’t done in 6 years

Employment lol