03-28-2015, 01:26 PM
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#81
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Now world wide!
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Honestly, I prefer that. I know what I want and what I am looking for. I'd rather be left alone until I need one of them to unlock a door.
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I'm generally with you on that. But at Best Buy I find I have to cross the whole store just to find someone who's either tied up or just knows nothing. On balance I like my service to stand back, give me time, and as soon as enough time has passed to ask if they can help.
The Downtown Abbey approach to service.
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03-28-2015, 01:52 PM
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#82
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Locke
Oh crap, what was his name again? Farzi or something like that?
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It was Feroz.
That guy was a legend. I've purchased so much crap from him back when it was cool to drive a tricked out 12 year old Integra with 19 inch rims and a 1200 amp stereo that could be heard 3 kms away.
Good times.
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03-28-2015, 02:00 PM
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#83
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by _Q_
It was Feroz.
That guy was a legend. I've purchased so much crap from him back when it was cool to drive a tricked out 12 year old Integra with 19 inch rims and a 1200 amp stereo that could be heard 3 kms away.
Good times.
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Feroz! That was it! What a guy.
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03-28-2015, 02:02 PM
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#84
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by _Q_
It was Feroz.
That guy was a legend. I've purchased so much crap from him back when it was cool to drive a tricked out 12 year old Integra with 19 inch rims and a 1200 amp stereo that could be heard 3 kms away.
Good times.
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Feroz works at Staples on Macleod Trail across from Chinook as of a few weeks back. Very helpful salesman. 
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03-28-2015, 02:06 PM
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#85
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by hah
Feroz works at Staples on Macleod Trail across from Chinook as of a few weeks back. Very helpful salesman. |
Really?
"Hey Brother! You need some photocopies man?!?"
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03-28-2015, 02:41 PM
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#86
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Powerplay Quarterback
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FYP
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Originally Posted by locke
really?
"hey brother! You need a new laser printer man?!?"
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Word for word 
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03-28-2015, 02:43 PM
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#87
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hah
FYP
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I believe you.
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The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
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03-28-2015, 02:53 PM
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#88
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hah
Feroz works at Staples on Macleod Trail across from Chinook as of a few weeks back. Very helpful salesman. |
Are you serious???
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03-28-2015, 03:27 PM
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#89
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Best Buy has made a real comeback in the US, I'm not surprised that is the brand that won out in Canada. They've built back a lot of brand equity. Their prices (online and in the store) and shipping now often beat out Amazon. Plus you get the pick up and store option and option of returning to the store. Slowly, they've won me back as a first or second place I'll look, when I thought they were headed down the same road as Circuit City.
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03-28-2015, 03:40 PM
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#90
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by flylock shox
Hopefully Best Buy ups it's game a bit (though I don't know what their motivation would be). I've usually found their in store customer service to be noticeably poorer than future shop.
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Weird, I've always noticed the exact opposite and found it really strange to be getting better service and more knowledge from a non-commission sales guy. I have never found sales people outside of FS that knew as little about their products.
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03-28-2015, 03:45 PM
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#91
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First Line Centre
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RIP, Futureshop. Some weekends going there not buying anything was the only aerobic exercise I got. One less flyer to expect this boxing day and shopping online just isn't as fun as going into the store.
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03-28-2015, 03:47 PM
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#92
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Crazy. First FS I recall in Calgary was in small plaza North of what is now Redwater Grill on MacLeod.
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03-28-2015, 03:58 PM
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#93
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First Line Centre
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^First one I remember was along 32 ave NE. Wasn't it by the Chucky Cheese there somewhere?
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03-28-2015, 04:02 PM
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#94
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Hopefully a lot of their staff migrate into BB locations and actually help when needed. The RD bb location is frustrating beyond belief
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03-28-2015, 06:07 PM
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#95
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by browna
Crazy. First FS I recall in Calgary was in small plaza North of what is now Redwater Grill on MacLeod.
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After that one closed they re-opened one right around there a few years later. I think it was open for a few months or a year and then it closed again
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03-28-2015, 06:36 PM
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#96
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by Locke
Really?
"Hey Brother! You need some photocopies man?!?"
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OMG... I can't believe other people know him too... he stops by my work every once in a while and drives us all nuts!
Kind of funny to hear he is a local sales legend... ahah!
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03-28-2015, 07:51 PM
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#97
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Ahuch
After that one closed they re-opened one right around there a few years later. I think it was open for a few months or a year and then it closed again |
Haha I was thinking of that earlier. It was open a few months, now it's a Marshall's
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03-28-2015, 07:54 PM
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#98
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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That makes three spots along McLeod for that Futureshop the, eh? I didn't know about that first one north of Red Water.
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03-28-2015, 08:00 PM
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#99
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by flameswin
That makes three spots along McLeod for that Futureshop the, eh? I didn't know about that first one north of Red Water.
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Just two I thought? The first one was attached to some Chinese restaurant with liquidation world around the corner.
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03-28-2015, 08:04 PM
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#100
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Self-Suspension
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As a fellow member of this crappy rat race I feel bad for all the people that lost their jobs. Guaranteed there were many of them living paycheck to paycheck that are devastated by this.
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