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Larry Downes on Best Buy
[Via Daring Fireball]

Larry Downes, in a piece for Forbes that’s shamelessly split across five “pages”:

But the numbers only scratch the surface. To discover the real reasons behind the company’s decline, just take this simple test. Walk into one of the company’s retail locations or shop online. And try, really try, not to lose your temper.

It really is that simple. I find shopping at Best Buy to be insulting and annoying.

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Seems like all electronics dealers seem to fall eventually. This is a nice article explaining why Best Buy is on the path to irrelevance.

I used to visit almost ever week to check out DVDs and such. I have not been into a store in a year.

Will Amazon be the only ones left? Will there even be a big box distributor of TVs? Will WalMart be it?