Archive for October, 2008

Best Buy Sucks – Just Buy it Online

Best Buy had to be the worst experience I’ve ever had. I went there to buy a specific laptop, on sale for $399. I waited 20 minutes before being helped. By the time I was being helped, there were 2 other people waiting for the same laptop. One guy got so fed up that he left… this leaving us with 2 people.

They of course try to do all the upselling (install this, promote this, sell this). Well, I just wanted the advertised priced laptop. So what do the pricks at Best Buy do, they decide to help the guy behind me since he was getting additional services. They had me wait an extra 30 minutes before getting me a laptop that was in box. These “geek” sales pricks then decide to tell me that if you have any issues with the laptop, that the manufacturer is in China. Where I of course tell them not the case for the first 14 days.

Just be careful with best buy. They are incentivized by all the upsell and geek services. If you are new to purchasing computers, go with someone that has some basic knowledge. Otherwise, you will be paying well beyond any listed price.

Overspending Greed Ruins the World

We all knew that the housing prices had no choice but to come down. What no one expected was how this effected the entire system. This downstream effect will linger for YEARS. Yea… years. Its a funny thing about Fear. It has a way of making us act so irrational. Greed turning to Fear is much stronger and quicker than vice versa. Where are all those egocentric show offs now.. oh yea, they’re out scamming at a different level!

The Press is Trying to Sway the Election

Its been known that a majority of the press is democratic. Obama and Biden is definitely a strong ticket, but the coverage they are getting in comparison to McCain is just wrong. It’s too swayed to one side. I would love nothing more than the press to dictate to the world that Obama is in the lead. To only find out in the 2008 Presidential Election, that the voters put McCain and Palin in. Doesn’t this sound a little like Gore and Bush?

Greed Will Drive Us Further Down

Greed has been around for centuries. However, when you have greed at all levels , you have the mess we are in. Every single level, from oversight to consumers, exploited greed. Think about it, you cant find one area in the cycle that was not greedy during this cycle. We are no where near done, and every single entity that uses credit will be crying wolf soon. Presently, its the big financial corporations. We still haven’t discussed ALL corporate companies, actual US States, Counties, Cities, International… this has just started folks.

Always remember, Fear is more powerful than greed!