Just got back from best buy

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

Sorry for venting guys, I had some really annoying customers today and needed an outlet. I am usually an easy going guy so don't get the wrong idea.

comming from the best buy worker who had to replace blown 5 1/4s and blown subs all day

 

[radel2dope 10+ year member]

Best Buy Brands = Sh*tty. even my two Audiobahns in a bandpass box from ebay sounded better.

 

[BassAce 10+ year member]

I'm just curious, if you buy a driver from BB or CC and you purchase the warranty whether it may be 1 year or 4 year, and you "accidently" happen to stick it in the outlet, is it still covered? It doesn't necessarily have to be an outlet, it could be a powerful amplifier purchased from the store that only plays at 60Hz. I'd hate to ask those salesmen, they might refuse to let me return the faulty item. How are they gonna know if it has a burnt/bent coil?

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

I'm just curious, if you buy a driver from BB or CC and you purchase the warranty whether it may be 1 year or 4 year, and you "accidently" happen to stick it in the outlet, is it still covered? It doesn't necessarily have to be an outlet, it could be a powerful amplifier purchased from the store that only plays at 60Hz. I'd hate to ask those salesmen, they might refuse to let me return the faulty item. How are they gonna know if it has a burnt/bent coil?

At CC we'll give you a new one. Don't care how it's blown, you're covered.

 

[Slody4Futbol 10+ year member]

At CC we'll give you a new one. Don't care how it's blown, you're covered.

what department do you work in?

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

what department do you work in?

Home Audio & Roadshop

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

Best Buy Brands = Sh*tty. even my two Audiobahns in a bandpass box from ebay sounded better.

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[vhspowerhouse 10+ year member]

yes, Best Buy will replace blown speakers...period....as many times as necessary the first year...and a few times a year after that...as far as brands we carry...i don't think i have ever heard Rockford Fosgate or Pioneer referred to as shitty...If I am off base here please explain...

 

[mudd 10+ year member]

First off, those Dual woofers are 12's, not 15's. Best Buy doesn't offer anything other than 10's or 12's, bar none (except a year or two ago, when they experimented with some RF stuff that didn't sell, and a powered RF 8" tube that's horribly overpriced and doesn't sell).

For most of you guys, yes, most of what BB and CC sells isn't adequate. You want higher-end, nicer stuff, and are generally willing to pay for quality. For Jim Bob and Betty Sue customer, they just want a CD player for their Neon that plays CDs. Or speakers that don't sound like 2 monkeys humping. I've worked in car audio for a LONG time, including your high-end custom shops, as well as a CC at one time, and a BB now. All of my gear, with the exception of my wiring, came from elsewhere. Excelon, CDT, eD, Xtant, is what I run.

What I'm saying is, if you don't like these places, don't go there. I don't like women's perfume shops, but instead of *****ing on online forums about them, I DON'T GO THERE. These chains have 400-700 stores, and have to hire at least 10 people per store for car audio. Of course you're going to find some morons. And yes, they're going to try and sell you some $20 kits, $100 amp kits, and a warranty on everything. It's their jobs, and you knew it before you went in there. *****ing is useless, unless you have a solution in place that will solve the issue.

 

[Slody4Futbol 10+ year member]

Home Audio & Roadshop

since u work in roadshop... did u hear what brand we get to start carrying next year??

 

[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

yeah, the best thing about Circuit City is that they'll replace it with no questions asked as long as you brought the box and the stuff it came along with it. I returned a Linksys router of the same model type 5 different times and 3 of them were in the same hour.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

since u work in roadshop... did u hear what brand we get to start carrying next year??

Kicker?

I've also heard rumors of Eclipse coming to CC...

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[Slody4Futbol 10+ year member]

kicker it is... i was hopin for eclipse... but hey ... kicker is good too... :-D

 

[somekook 10+ year member]

what?! kicker at cc?! crazy! a new L7 12" will probably be like 500 dollars.

 

[Slody4Futbol 10+ year member]

haha that's what i'm thinkin... but hey... new car... gotta start on a new system... too bad we dont' carry 8's... i wanna do 2.. 3.. or 4 8's in the new ride... thinkin about massive audio... i got a friend that sells massive and can hook me up