Not only do i get paid (not well but enough with a second job haha) but i get a pretty nice discount Core i7 860 http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41316 GA-P55A-UD4P (rev. 1.0) (p55 with Sata 3.0 and USB 3.0) http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=3250 OCZ 4 gig Kit PC3 12800 http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc...12800_obsidian_ultra_low_voltage_dual_channel and a crapy power supply for old computer to give to my sister so i am now rocking Core i7 860 (2.8ghz no need to OC yet) 4 gig of DDR3 Dual Chan Ram (soon to be 8 gig) 9800GTX+ Superclocked Gigabyte board that has every port i can think off needing + it has 2x USB 3.0 and 2x Sata 3.0 next step is SLI another 9800GTX+ if i can find a good deal on one
I heard best buy employees pay what the store pays + tax which is pretty cool but their pay is pretty low too
Am I missing something? You mention nice discounts but don't actually list the prices you got them for.
lets just say for all of that + a 500 watt PSU for my old comp + the if it breaks warranty i can replace for 550 ... 569$ on newegg with out the PSU i also got and all my warranties --- w0oT
yep, BUT anything RocketFish, Dinex we get super discounts and then insigna we get a nice discount. All other stuff its what ever the normal % we get.... like a 8ft rocketfish HDMI thats 69.99 we get for like 5 USD and some odd change. Monster HDMI 8Ft thats 79.99 we get for like 20 USD and some odd change i think or 23 USD. tvs its like between 200-400 i think off depends but theres also these type of rebaits we can get where we get cheap ass tvs. Like our store manager took a 15 min quiz about sony products and walked away paying only 400 USD for a 52in LCD tv thats with the emp discount added.
i almost convinced my manager to let me get this 32" LCD 1080P Sony Bravia for 275 but it didnt work not even some taco bell convinced him but yea everything is cost + tax and we can get warranties on everything that cost say like 150 for a netbook for 2 years is like 22 bucks for us
with us it isnt warranties we offer its black tie protection, yes its sim but has diff benifits. ATM Best buy is the only place that offers accidental on our Ipod/Itouches and not even apple does that
i cant remember what it called but its kinda like a rebate but the company has it running like for 2 weeks on some models then switches to different models that are being offered.
Best buy employees pay what they TELL you the store pays for the product (+10%, +tax). This is because there are a lot of things they don't want to give you a discount on... this includes computers. When I worked there, they told us the store pays $580 for a $599 laptop (ends up at $640 + tax if you do staff purchase). It doesn't add up when you do the math so I know it's BS... especially when they have all these sales with $100 off any laptop. The only thing you get good discounts on are BB brand cables/accessories and TVs (but how often do you buy a new TV?).
That's true. We do get great deals from manufactors for being best buy employees. In regards to the pay there is no commission and little rewards.
Thats better then Home Depot . Associates there get no store discounts, only discounts from other places (like 10% off AT&T cell phone bill, 7% discount off Dell that isnt stackable with coupons, and a couple of other minor discounts). I would trade those in for Best Buy discounts any day of the week you guys have more geek goodies too (computer hardware, video games, anime). No commission is earned either @HD, and the employee bonus is only if the store makes sales plan (usually the bonus for regular associates is anywhere from $30 to $500 every 6 months or so). Department Supervisors get a double bonus, and Assistant Store Managers and Store managers make the big bucks (some ASM's even receive $15,000 bonuses sometimes depending on how much the store sells). Although I heard the pay in Best Buy isnt the best Check out http://www.glassdoor.com/ it lets you see what other people get paid working for what company, and what job title. If you decide to share your salary information with the site (anonymously of coarse) you get unlimited access to the site for a year.