Archive for January, 2009

I’m amazed…

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Over the Christmas holiday, Mark and I received a bottle of Lagavulin… funny thing is, when we tried it, we both hated it.  Now maybe we’re just not sophisticated enough to appreciate its flavors, but, I really think the contents were “off”.

On a recent visit to the BC Liquor store on Alberni, I spoke with the assistant manager, Raquel, and explained to her the issue.  She was very quick to tell me to just bring the bottle back and she’ll give me a new one.  I was amazed.

So, a few days later, I brought the bottle back, opened, no box, and without a receipt.  Raquel was there, and she offered me to exchange my “off” bottle with anything else they have in the store.  I took a Macallan 15 yr (My personal favorite) and proceeded to give me $5 in change.

Now that is service!

Thanks Raquel!!!!

-Rick

Do You Own Best Buy Stock? If so, you need to consider the following…

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Hello and thank you for reading my very first post on my blog.  I got to tell you, I’m a bit of a procrastinator, so setting this up has taken forever as I’ve always seemed to find better things to do with my time.  Unfortunately, following a recent visit to Best Buy (Cambie location in Vancouver), my frustration level boiled and became the catylist in having this blog finally started.

I couldn’t help but see how far this company is going down the drain.  Armed with a $2000 home theatre budget, and ready to buy, no one was willing to help.  In fact, the entire store appeared to only have only 4 - 5 employees working!  Anyway, this is nothing new at Best Buy’s here in Vancouver.  I believe since they are aparantly not on commission, they just don’t care.

So, for all those that own stock in Best Buy… I suggest you take a stroll down to your nearest location and see how they operate.  Then ask yourself if they really deserve to be in your portfolio.

-Rick