Current Events > This cashier at best buy just spent a solid 2 minutes trying to hawk a CC to me

(+) Yeah! (+)

*credit card >_>
I told her like 5 times no. It basically went like this:

"Do you wanna sign up for a best buy credit card?"

No thanks.

"but you get no interest for so and so time"

Nope

"Youll get rewards"

No thanks.

"It'll help out during holiday shopping"

No, i have enough cards. I only have 1 >_>

"Are you sure?"

I'm sure.

Jesus Christ, it was worse than Gamestop. They even wanted my phone number too. What the fuck. Anyone else have this happen to them at Best Buy too? >_>
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Must have been a slow talker.
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I kinda forgot best buy was a thing at all.
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no offense, but if you arent willing to sign up for a credit card with ultra-low 29.49% APR so you can divide your $60 video game purchase over the course of 6 months, you are just beyond help
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thats modern retail: same as gamestop; their margins on products are so small they have to hock this membership crap to make an actual profit.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

Do they get commissions?

I'm assuming so if she was this desperate to get me to sign up
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Romulox28 posted...

no offense, but if you arent willing to sign up for a credit card with ultra-low 29.49% APR so you can divide your $60 video game purchase over the course of 6 months, you are just beyond help

Its such a joke how high their interest rates are lol
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I haven't stepped inside a Best Buy in 4 years.
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not with the cc, but with warrenties. had one condensing prick talk to my wife like she was an idiot. i was a bit away from the desk and overheard it looking at some other shit. she jumped his ass and told him to shut the fuck up about it and just check us out.
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they probably track how many cards she gets people to sign up for, and then use that to determine how hours she gets the following week. it's pretty common in my experience
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If you can't sell the credit cards and extended warranties in retail you'll have problems at work.
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i just tell them i already have 25 credit cards and they shut up.
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Jeez how did that take 2 minutes were you guys signing to each other
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SK8T3R215 posted...

Jeez how did that take 2 minutes were you guys signing to each other

The upsale was real
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the only warranties that are worth it if it's something that is likely to break within that set time frame.
store credit cards are a no tread zone.
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"Do you want our cc"
"No"
*literally any followup attempt*
*stare at them and dont say a word*
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Rika_Furude posted...

"Do you want our cc"
"No"
*literally any followup attempt*
*stare at them and dont say a word*

I really should've done that instead of engaging them >_> I'll try that next time
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TwoDoorPunkCab posted...

they probably track how many cards she gets people to sign up for, and then use that to determine how hours she gets the following week. it's pretty common in my experience

Very common in retail when you hear all the horror stories about managers withholding hours from workers regardless of how good their work performances are. Sometimes I feel bad rejecting their offers knowing I may have screwed them over because they needed at least 1 more account to earn success >___>
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She was probably trying to keep her hours/job.

Best Buy likes to fire people who don't sell a lot of CC's.
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Next time say no hablo ingls repeatedly until she stops
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But don't you want 3% Bestbuy rewards points when you buy gasoline so you can buy quality electronics and games?
Serious though TC you need more than one CC to improve your credit score. Better start applying.

Yeah, I really should get another credit card.

But not from Best Buy >_>
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I used to work during the holiday season at target a decade ago and was let go because I had 0 target credit reward sign ups.
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Fuck the management that forces cashiers to do this sort of thing. Not only are they trying to squeeze money out of people, but once things blows up guess who gets the heat? Yep, the very person who was orderedread: threatened because if you don't play ball you'll suddenly see your hours vanish to do it in the first place.
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I just tell them my credit is so bad they'd never approve me

...it's not a lie.

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metallica846 posted...

Umbreon posted...

Fuck the management that forces cashiers to do this sort of thing. Not only are they trying to squeeze money out of people, but once things blows up guess who gets the heat? Yep, the very person who was orderedread: threatened because if you don't play ball you'll suddenly see your hours vanish to do it in the first place.

There is a reason why every company has their own CC now. It makes the company sooooooooo much money in interest.

It's never going away.

Oh I know.

But fuck them all the same.
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I actually haven't gotten anybody bugging me about credit cards in a few years. It used to be pretty bad. Guess they realized people will just go online or to Amazon if you bug them too much lol.

I honestly value a hard pull at around $300-$500. $200 being the lowest.

If you're not giving me that much, there's no way I'm signing up for your store CC.

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Best Buy doesn't even offer the credit card in Canada anymore, just the financing card.

E: Also the worst part is Best Buy also has all their protection plans so the person may be obligated to hassle you over two different things.
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