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Best Buy Looking to Expand Mobile Retail Presence

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beemop

Apr 19, 2010, 12:18 AM

No surprise

Yep, the store-within-a-stores have made a ton of money for BBY since they revamped their cell phone depts a few years ago, the plan all along has been to move into malls & strip malls next.

I think the only thing that would really slow their climb would be if 3rd party stores & carrier stores also dropped mail-in rebates, but until then BBY has a huge advantage over mall kiosks and the such.
if there were no mail in rebates across the board, best buy and radio shack wouldn't sell nearly the phones they do.

another obstacle they will face is getting into malls. there are private dealers in most, if not all, of the malls they would wa...
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Well honestly it's an unfair competitive advantage and somebody should sue the balls off of both of them.
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justfinethanku

Apr 20, 2010, 1:12 PM

Named by who?

Did RadioShack or Best Buy confirm this?

Or was it someone "familiar with the matter"

Just curious. I know rumors aren't posted here on PhoneScoop or anything.
ecycled

Apr 19, 2010, 10:44 AM

Best Buy Mobile Cust Service

If I buy a phone at Best Buy and have future questions, do I go back to them or do I call customer service or go to a Corporate store?

I ask because the only way ppl have a bad experience is if a location can't "fix" their problem. If I have to go to a corp store for help then I would just buy the equipment their in the first place to make sure the place that can help stays in business.

Personally I think we will see more device manufacturer stores coming. Apple has done it. Nokia has some, Sony has a few, Motorola has a few. Usually they are in major cities but I like buying equipment from where I will get the help from.
Exactly...

This is the problem with retailers like Best Buy and RadioShack. They buy way more phones then independant dealers or corporate stores, allowing them to sell thee devices at ridiculously low prices without mail in rebates. This is all an...
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I didn't know Motorola had any stores?!!!? I live in Las Vegas. And there is a Sony Style store @ the Forum Shops @ Caesars, and an Apple store @ the Fashon Show Mall. But I've never heard of Motorola having their own stores?
 
 
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