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Title: Best Buy: We will charge you $30 extra for an up to date PS3, because we can.
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, October 04, 2010, 09:59:08 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/04/best-buy-charges-30-for-ps3-firmware-update-laughs-all-the-way/

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Title: Re: Best Buy: We will charge you $30 extra for an up to date PS3, because we can.
Post by: iPPi on Monday, October 04, 2010, 10:14:10 PM

That's ridiculous.  I'm kind of on a Best Buy boycott anyway.  Haven't purchased anything from there in many years.

Their Canadian counterpart, Future Shop is a lot better in my experience.

Title: Re: Best Buy: We will charge you $30 extra for an up to date PS3, because we can.
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, October 04, 2010, 10:18:29 PM

Yea I loved Future Shop.

Title: Re: Best Buy: We will charge you $30 extra for an up to date PS3, because we can.
Post by: idolminds on Monday, October 04, 2010, 10:40:26 PM

Buy a PS3, preopened for your convenience!

Title: Re: Best Buy: We will charge you $30 extra for an up to date PS3, because we can
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, October 05, 2010, 03:43:43 AM

haha I didn't realize that....

Title: Re: Best Buy: We will charge you $30 extra for an up to date PS3, because we can.
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, October 05, 2010, 05:10:37 AM

Futureshop did a similar thing with netbooks. When I picked up my netbook the guy working there offered me (I mean really tried to sell me on the idea) for $90 they would "tune" it for performance. When I told him I could do that myself he offered to throw in Norton Internet Security (which would likely slow it down), I said I already had an antivirus solution, so he offered me a $25 bag.. I sarcastically asked him how much sense it made to buy a $25 bag for $90 and the guy just repeated "No, you're not getting it! We'll tune it for you, we'll give you Norton Internet Security, AND I'll throw in the bag!" So I answered semi-aggressively "No, you're not listening. I can tune it myself, I have antivirus, and I don't want to pay $90 for a $25 bag."

I can totally see that working on someone who knows very little about computers, take my parents for example. They'll always find ways of screwing people who just don't know better.