Juicy Wizards

I know when I worked retail there was a lot of pressure to try and get people to buy additional items with the laptop to try and actually make money on the sale of a laptop.

TechWiz18 wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 10:49 pm I know when I worked retail there was a lot of pressure to try and get people to buy additional items with the laptop to try and actually make money on the sale of a laptop.

Yes, I worked at Best Buy for a year when I was in college, selling PCs and tablets. It was all about selling accessories, warranties, tech support plans, etc. Oh, and they also absolutely loved it when you sold mobile broadband.

Progrumz wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 3:32 am

TechWiz18 wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 10:49 pm I know when I worked retail there was a lot of pressure to try and get people to buy additional items with the laptop to try and actually make money on the sale of a laptop.

Yes, I worked at Best Buy for a year when I was in college, selling PCs and tablets. It was all about selling accessories, warranties, tech support plans, etc. Oh, and they also absolutely loved it when you sold mobile broadband.

Ugh yeah I worked at Staples for a year during college myself xD so yeah. I hated upselling...probably cause I don't care to be upsold myself xD

I think I would rather have worked at Staples than Best Buy, at least. XD

Yeah I don't know what it would have been like back in the day to work at BestBuy. I'm sure working at both places has changed a bit now, I rarely get asked or countered about warranties but maybe it is cause I don't buy computers from box stores xD

I think the warranties (especially ADH protection plans) are justified for some people and/or some items. I love getting them on my headphones because I have a tendency to break those, and they're generally pretty cheap (a few dollars or so).