đ Now I'm gonna have all kinds of a-holes blowin up my phone, demanding to know why AT&T won't pricematch Best Buy when they've been a customer since before the invention of dirt (like 6 months). đ đ đ
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does anyone know exactly how best buy can do these kind of prices???
its just so hard to believe... great now my sales are gonna suck thanks to best buy giving out free phones just like candy on halloween.
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It's because they can buy the phones at at much lower cost than most authorized retailers can. So they are still able to make some kind of profit off these devices, plus i don't think the mobile employees do not make commission. I'm pretty sure they are hourly.
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oh yeah they dont pay them commission. so they keep most of all profits.... but still how can they have lower prices than a COR AT&T Store?
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MennoSep 28, 2010, 2:05 PM
Because corp stores have to pay commission, and on top of that they need to pay for their stores purely with phone sales.
A best buy sells phones as only PART of their product, and most likely not one that they make a ton of money off of. If you get a free fascinate in best buy, they're hoping you'll buy your next samsung TV there as well.
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or the charger, bluetooth, screen protector, pouch, silicone, and the new Michael Bolton CD all in the same day đ
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Michael Bolton CD's account for 2/3's of Best Buy's Profits. đ
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MICHAEL BOLTON HAS A NEW CD?!?!?! I'm going to best buy now to get that joint!! đ đ¤Ŗ
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LOL, if you wait until Friday you can pick up a free phone too đ¤Ŗ đ¤Ŗ đ¤Ŗ
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Best Buy Mobile associates don't make commission, but we have our own perks [bonuses, employee discount, etc.] :]
The reason we get the phones at such low cost is because we're partnered with Carphone Warehouse.
Super excited to come in and hear about this today, but I'm glad I don't work Fridays It's going to be slammed!
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All the sales are vendor supported. Still if you get a case, screen protector, and a charger. Thats like $60. So $200+ or $60+? Gee... i dont know..
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Bingo. But best buy got most of its profit from mobile the past few quaters. My store gets 32% of the profit from our dept.
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the phone reps at best buy get a monthly bonus if they hit quota for sales. they get hourly on top of that, about 10$ an hour. i started at 9.75 when i got hired on at best buy.
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MennoSep 28, 2010, 1:59 PM
They don't pay commission like carriers do, and on top of that, phone sales are just a SMALL portion of their overall business.
They want people getting their phones there to get some higher ticket items there (computers, music, appliances) where they make the real money.
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This is really cool. I'm assuming you still have to pay the sales tax (at least here in Calif) and your account has to be current (not in arrears). Anybody know what else is slated to be offered? The Fascinate is nice, esp free but just wondering what else is down the road.
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it also looks like (from the article), that it has to be a new 2 year agreement. Gonna have to deal with a lot of ppl complaining that they've been a customer for years, and can't get that deal.
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Uh oh this will drive the prices of phones down all over the place, its called competition.
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