Best Buy.. - Fascist Corporation Arrests Customers

[Xvall]

posted 3:12pm EST Wed Apr 24 2002 - submitted by Rick C. Hodgin
NEWS
A story regarding a Best Buy pricing snafu has been circling the Web for several weeks now. Usually stories like this equate to some irate individuals with a loud voice getting wide attention. However, this time it's different. Some Best Buy managers are now having people arrested when they show up to claim their Internet order. We covered the original story in February, and since that time there have been new developments.

To review, in February a price listed on Best Buy's website and on many in-store price tags read "VisionTek GeForce4 Ti4600 for Special Pre-Order Price of $129.00 ... the savings is a $200.00 Value". More than 2,000 consumers placed orders at that price on Best Buy's website. Originally, the number was estimated to be around 1,400; it is now confirmed that more than 2,000 people have valid orders, some with more than one card per receipt.

Many consumers are showing up at Best Buy these days to inquire about their order and find out why it was never filled and why they never received it. When they do so, some of them are being arrested for criminal fraud. It has come to pass in recent days that several Best Buy managers are having people arrested when they show up to claim their order. Even individuals holding valid receipts with legitimate grievances are being escorted away by police.

(My View - Basically, these people purchased something on the internet, didn't get it, and when they went to best buy to demand they get it, they got arrested!)

[vox]

Tue 04.23.02 -Steve
Best Buy has stooped to an all time low. It seems that if you live in Dekalb County Georgia and you take these receipts in asking why you did not get your videocard while hundreds of other people are, they will HAVE YOU ARRESTED. Abraham Cherian went into the store to ask why he was not given the card while others were....he showed the receipts...they made him stand out front while they hid in the back calling the police. Abraham has suffered the humiliation of being arrested because Best Buy says they have RED FLAGGED these receipts.

Upon my arrival, I spoke with complainant Rod Hill (General Manager) who stated that unknown indian male came in the store with a website generated receipt to purchase a $399 item for the price of $129.99. Mr. Hill advised that the computer generated receipt was false because BestBuy.com receipt for the GeForce4 Ti 4600 is on the internet for price of $399, and has been never listed for $129.99. Mr. Hill also stated that 5 other people have come in with these same receipts for 129.99 and it has been placed in BestBuy system as a red flag.

This is the SAME STORE Managed by Mr. Rod Hill that gave out a pricematch just 10 days earlier. Now they are ARRESTING people for asking why they are being selectively turned down, while others get the original price. The store in Tucker, GA is not only discriminating against people, they are now having people arrested.

I have attempted to call Mr. Hill all morning to ask what criteria must be met to actually have the original price honored. Do you have to be Male? Female? Black? White? Does it matter that the first person to get the correct price at this very same store was a White Male, and the person turned away today happened to be dark skinned of Indian Nationality?? Well, we won't know, because if you go into the store to ask...you will be ARRESTED.

Of course once this was explained to the Detective, no charges were filed and the police believe this is a stunt by Best Buy to "make an example" out of Mr. Cherian.

I am sending this to the Attorney Generals Offices involved as well as to as MANY News and Media outlets as possible, please do the same. Please take the time to link this story and send it to CNN or USA Today who ran a story about Best Buy your favorite news agency, maybe now, with all our voices behind this...we might get the mainstream media to take notice.

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For the history of this repulsive act of corporate arrogance, go to http://hypothermia.gamershardware.com/arti...uy_gf4deal.html (http://hypothermia.gamershardware.com/articles/bestbuy_gf4deal.html)

There's some interesting stuff there about the Better Business Bureau as well. Now, let's see, according to the capitalists, if a company acts like this, people won't go there and the company will go out of business. Anyone here think that this is going to happen?

vox

[Dhul Fiqar]

Oh, man, this is the asbolute pits. I recommend a lifetime boycot and any other action necessary to punish this disgusting corporation.

--- G. Raven

[Vladimir]

who are Best Buy, where are they from?

[deimos]

such stories make me sad.......and crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boycot them!!!!!

[bleed3r]

Is this legitimate? Anyone with first hand on it?? This is horrible, "criminal fraud" my ass...