
New mobile phone
I'm on a pay-as-you-go mobile phone plan, with no free phones for sticking with a monthly service plan. When the battery on my old phone started dying, and I was going out of town for a week, I went to a couple different stores to find the phone I was looking for, an inexpensive ($15) model. Everywhere was sold out, and they all tried to upsell me. They didn't have the $15 phone... but would I like the $60 model?
Frustrated, I was walking home when I saw the best buy mobile store. They actually were carrying the phone I wanted. Someone offered to help me out immediately, and when I said "I just want this phone", he didn't try to upsell me or anything, and offered to take my old phone and charger as part of a plan they have which would discount the new phone by $15, making it, in effect, free.
I was extremely happy with the service I received at this store.
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Upselling so often does more harm than good. It's shortsighted. If retailers would only resist the urge they would piss less people off and have more return customers as a result.
I like the customer service offered by Best Buy. They don't hassle you and they seem knowledgeable about their products.
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