[Elecraft] Kudos to Best Buy (yes, I know, this is very OT)

[Wes Stewart]

After losing my wife, best friend and traveling partner earlier in the year I've been looking to something to occupy my time.  (Ham radio isn't getting it done)  I decided to rekindle an old interest in photography. So I did a lot of online comparisons of DSLRs and narrowed the choice to a couple of options.

I went to my local Best Buy about a month ago to do a hands-on comparison.  This is difficult because they have so much anti-theft crap hanging on them you can't even assess the weight.  I was there twice and both times the clerks were so surly and unhelpful that I left POed both times.

Since then I've spent about three kilobucks with Amazon.  No fuss, no tax and with Prime shipping, I order today, it's here tomorrow, and if I don't like it they take it back with no more hassle than driving to the UPS store.

Wes

--- On Fri, 7/8/11, John Ragle <tpcj1r03 at crocker.com> wrote:
I have the ff 2 comments about our local "Best Buy" in Hadley, MA

(a) They are very well stocked with a wide variety of items, and

(b) I refuse to shop at a store such as the Best Buy in Hadley,MA that 
insists on searching one's possessions when one leaves the store.

I do 95% of this sort of my shopping on the internet. The local Radio 
Shacks (2) supply solder, common ICs, transistors, etc.