#85 Bargaining With Best Buy
If you’re interested in an expensive item at Best Buy, ask to see if they have it “open box.” This just means someone has used it and returned it. It’ll work just as well (they make sure it’s good to go) and it costs way less. Then hum and haw over this new, cheaper price like you can’t afford it. They’ll offer you their service warranty in exchange for further reducing the cost of the item. With these big things, the service warranty is the only thing Best Buy makes money on so that makes sense. Go pay.
Then, come back a few days later. Tell the returns clerk that you changed your mind on the warranty. The open box price reduction and the warranty bribe price reduction don’t show up on the receipt, and the warranty is listed separately so it’ll go through.
I got a $500 camera for $300 by doing this.
Credit: Kelter82