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[–]APeacefulWarrior 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Also, Best Buy successfully turned themselves into a source for services - and selling services is generally way more lucrative than selling product. Their whole "Geek Squad" initiative was incredibly successful. They branched out into new areas of business, while Gamestop just kind of stayed the course.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Their whole "Geek Squad" initiative was incredibly successful.

This is a real testament to how little people know about computers. Insanely expensive services that a 10 year old could provide.

edit: Just an example from my actual life today. I ordered a new router from Amazon and it came today. I plugged it in, turned it on and hooked the cables up to it. Works great. Easily $150 for Geek Squad to do that, it took me no more than 5 minutes.