It would have been a lot more exciting to see Fractal in brick-and-mortar stores, personally. Not many have access to Micro Center unless an hour-long+ drive is tolerable, but there's a whole lot of Best Buys.

I really think Best Buy should be transitioning into general electronics with a section for PC hobbyism and maker stuff. I don't think a lot of people bother going to Best Buy for a home appliance if they can help it—Costco and Home Depot are usually the first stops. As is, they're beginning to dwindle as e-tailers offer better prices and Geek Squad's service is spotty at best.

yfn_ratchetIt would have been a lot more exciting to see Fractal in brick-and-mortar stores, personally. Not many have access to Micro Center unless an hour-long+ drive is tolerable, but there's a whole lot of Best Buys.

I really think Best Buy should be transitioning into general electronics with a section for PC hobbyism and maker stuff. I don't think a lot of people bother going to Best Buy for a home appliance if they can help it—Costco and Home Depot are usually the first stops. As is, they're beginning to dwindle as e-tailers offer better prices and Geek Squad's service is spotty at best.

Agreed! Best Buy does not have good deals on appliances. And if you have dealt with their sales and customer support it isn't great. Home Depot/Lowes and the local appliance shops are all much better at the Appliance game. I would love to see Best Buy transition into more of a Micro Center. I might actually go there...

yfn_ratchetIt would have been a lot more exciting to see Fractal in brick-and-mortar stores, personally. Not many have access to Micro Center unless an hour-long+ drive is tolerable, but there's a whole lot of Best Buys.

I really think Best Buy should be transitioning into general electronics with a section for PC hobbyism and maker stuff. I don't think a lot of people bother going to Best Buy for a home appliance if they can help it—Costco and Home Depot are usually the first stops. As is, they're beginning to dwindle as e-tailers offer better prices and Geek Squad's service is spotty at best.

OMFG, not BustyBuy, anyone but those clowns.....:cry:.:fear:.:eek:...

But at least it will be online, so we don't have to deal with their tweenie-bot, shit-4-brains, less-than-clueless employees that couldn't find their buttholes with a 6 foot long finger !

Yea I realize that B&M computer stores are few & far between, but just sayin :D

But OTOH, I heard that RadioSmack is making a come back at retail, so maybe they can strike up a deal with them, as having Fractal's stuff there would certainly be a draw for more customers.....

I have no love for CotsGo or the HomeDespot either, but I would much rather go there instead of a BustBuy any which way from sunday !

bonehead123But at least it will be online, so we don't have to deal with their tweenie-bot, shit-4-brains, less-than-clueless employees that couldn't find their buttholes with a 6 foot long finger !

That is definitely one way to describe them.

Best Buy opened a store in my area 16 or so years ago. It was a smaller store (when I say it was a smaller store I'd venture to say it was maybe 60% the size of a normal Best Buy store), meant to be more of a focus on home appliance and home entertainment instead of being a bigger store with a gobsmacking bit of everything.

When you first walked when the store was opened at least 1/3 of the store was dedicated to appliances. They had really nice mock kitchens setup and a large selection of products to look over, everything looked really nice. The next 1/3 of the store was dedicated towards home theater entertainment. Speakers, TVs, receivers and so on. The last 1/3 of the store had a sprinkling of the bigger selling things you'd normally get at a Best Buy, such as laptops, cell phones, tablets, consoles and such.

The whole idea was to focus more on making the experience there geared towards home appliances and home theater type experience....but when that didn't work they remodeled it about 6 years ago to bring it into line with the larger stores. The appliance department was greatly reduced and they made room for as much as they could cram into it hoping they could salvage the location, wanting to make it function like a normal Best Buy store. In the end, nearly 2 years ago now, they closed the location. It was a failed attempt to try and refocus Best Buy (at least that location) into a dominate retailer for appliances. With having a Warner Stellian just a few miles away, along with a Home Depot across the road and a Lowe's a few miles away the area already had great spots to shop for appliances. Best Buy was swinging out of their league.

Now, if Best Buy can find a way to focus a little more on PC hardware - more than it does now - I bet it could do wonders for them for foot traffic. Micro Center near me is always busy and I mean always. The problem with Best Buy's current offering for PC hardware is the limited options and the higher cost some of the stuff tends to be. But let's not forget how ineffective most of the Geek Squad people can be. Maybe this is a direction Best Buy is looking to go, guess we see how things turn out for them.

I dont go into BB these days but when I did they had a PC "area" that had some of this, some of that kind of stuff. It mostly focused on complete systems and laptops, nothing extensive. And, omg, the name brands, hardly no major name brands, its like Aliexpress on downers.

Works ok for me.

If I want a Fractal case, I have to travel about an hour to get one, then come back.

There is a BB 5 minutes from me :cool:

Sucks that Fractal isn't the best bang for buck manufacturer like they were back in the day. At least Define R4 was 100EUR at maximum when I bought mine in 2012 or 2013.

Hopefully Canada as well. Be nice to walk into a store and buy a case, and not pay $35 shipping to get a dented up box.

freeagentWorks ok for me.

If I want a Fractal case, I have to travel about an hour to get one, then come back.

There is a BB 5 minutes from me :cool:

I have to drive about 9 hours lol
But BB is about 20 minutes away.

RuruSucks that Fractal isn't the best bang for buck manufacturer like they were back in the day. At least Define R4 was 100EUR at maximum when I bought mine in 2012 or 2013.

I bought my R4 in 2012 for 120 CAD plus 13%.

I think I paid 220 for my Torrent Compact.. plus tax lol.

Best deal was 60 bucks for my Meshify C on kijiji, a used site here.

neatfeatguyBest Buy opened a store in my area 16 or so years ago. It was a smaller store (when I say it was a smaller store I'd venture to say it was maybe 60% the size of a normal Best Buy store), meant to be more of a focus on home appliance and home entertainment instead of being a bigger store with a gobsmacking bit of everything.

When you first walked when the store was opened at least 1/3 of the store was dedicated to appliances. They had really nice mock kitchens setup and a large selection of products to look over, everything looked really nice. The next 1/3 of the store was dedicated towards home theater entertainment. Speakers, TVs, receivers and so on. The last 1/3 of the store had a sprinkling of the bigger selling things you'd normally get at a Best Buy, such as laptops, cell phones, tablets, consoles and such.

The whole idea was to focus more on making the experience there geared towards home appliances and home theater type experience....but when that didn't work they remodeled it about 6 years ago to bring it into line with the larger stores. The appliance department was greatly reduced and they made room for as much as they could cram into it hoping they could salvage the location, wanting to make it function like a normal Best Buy store. In the end, nearly 2 years ago now, they closed the location. It was a failed attempt to try and refocus Best Buy (at least that location) into a dominate retailer for appliances. With having a Warner Stellian just a few miles away, along with a Home Depot across the road and a Lowe's a few miles away the area already had great spots to shop for appliances. Best Buy was swinging out of their league.

Now, if Best Buy can find a way to focus a little more on PC hardware - more than it does now - I bet it could do wonders for them for foot traffic. Micro Center near me is always busy and I mean always. The problem with Best Buy's current offering for PC hardware is the limited options and the higher cost some of the stuff tends to be. But let's not forget how ineffective most of the Geek Squad people can be. Maybe this is a direction Best Buy is looking to go, guess we see how things turn out for them.

I'm not sure about the other Best Buys around the US, but here in Pittsburgh the few stores around me have been providing great service, or at least what I consider competent customer service. 60 day return policy and no-questions-asked returns are all I ask for, really. I don't need any Geek Squad troubleshooting or whatever.

They replaced my ROG Ally when I reported the microSD card reader being fried earlier this year. I also had my LG C1 replaced twice (cracked screen) when it was under warranty. On the 2nd replacement (early 2023) they gave me a LG C2 since they didn't have the C1 in stock anymore. That was when I opted for the 42" version and a $100 Best Buy gift card lol

freeagentI bought my R4 in 2012 for 120 CAD plus 13%.

I think I paid 220 for my Torrent Compact.. plus tax lol.

Best deal was 60 bucks for my Meshify C on kijiji, a used site here.

I always forgot that you guys (and in USA) the prices don't include VAT. :D

RuruI always forgot that you guys (and in USA) the prices don't include VAT. :D

Ya, it really hits home when you need to buy a vehicle, and you realize that the $60k vehicle is not the final cost, and then you have to pay $7,800 tax on top of that. :|

I'm no fan of bestbuy, but they do have good deals on stuff ocasionally (and can get some crazy deals on the returned/open box merchandise sometimes). Sometimes I go in there just for the power trip of watching the geek squad flee from me like Godzilla just walked in.

Easy RhinoAgreed! Best Buy does not have good deals on appliances. And if you have dealt with their sales and customer support it isn't great. Home Depot/Lowes and the local appliance shops are all much better at the Appliance game. I would love to see Best Buy transition into more of a Micro Center. I might actually go there...

The last time anyone I know that bought anything from bestbuy was years ago. I went into one of their local stores last night, it was empty and the selves didnt have much stock. They had lots of phones for sell.

A&P211The last time anyone I know that bought anything from bestbuy was years ago. I went into one of their local stores last night, it was empty and the selves didnt have much stock. They had lots of phones for sell.

Yup. They will match Amazon's price on tech which is nice. But they almost never have those items in store so you end up waiting a week to get the item when you could have it in 1 day from Amazon.

mechtechYa, it really hits home when you need to buy a vehicle, and you realize that the $60k vehicle is not the final cost, and then you have to pay $7,800 tax on top of that. :|

Yep and these new expensive GPUs, MBs SSds are going t.o rot in stores It does effect PC uptake in Canada. Fractal partnering with Best Buy and them Partnering with Radio Shack here could mean another accessible PC store near me but the prices have to be attractive enough to have people not go to Canada Computers or sit at home and order it on Newegg. Which is the place to get the most varied inventory. You can find some truly strange things on Newegg. They even tried a Store Front at one of their Warehouses in the GTA. Does anyone actually go to Memory Express? I find their prices to be a little high and selection wanting.

DirtyDingusMcgeeSometimes I go in there just for the power trip of watching the geek squad flee from me like Godzilla just walked in.

Wow, that's the same costume I wore the last time I went into a BustBuy store, and yea, the GookSwauderz were scattering like scared rodents, hahahaha :D

That was probably due to me telling one of them that unless he could show me how to use the command line to enable "God Mode" then just get/stay the f*ck away from me !

bonehead123Wow, that's the same costume I wore the last time I went into a BustBuy store, and yea, the GookSwauderz were scattering like scared rodents, hahahaha :D

That was probably due to me telling one of them that unless he could show me how to use the command line to enable "God Mode" then just get/stay the f*ck away from me !

Heard a GS guy tell a potential customer that the 4 core computer has 4 cores that are all 2.0GHz so you get 8GHz speed on it over the 2 core that only gives you a total of 4GHz. I started laughing and said that is not how it works and I suggested to the customer to go to Micro Center if they have computer related questions.

neatfeatguyHeard a GS guy tell a potential customer that the 4 core computer has 4 cores that are all 2.0GHz so you get 8GHz speed on it over the 2 core that only gives you a total of 4GHz. I started laughing and said that is not how it works and I suggested to the customer to go to Micro Center if they have computer related questions.

But...

But.....

2 x 4 = 8, right ?, so apparently he made it thru 4th grade math class....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D