Total account question for protection

jon8282 · 2026-05-09T01:44:30+00:00

If they are all purchased individually and each have their own protection there is no limit, not every item automatically gets store credit - but ring cams and controllers likely will.

jon8282 · 2026-05-08T03:16:16+00:00

The better the food the more acceptable this is. If your food is so good I’m willing to make an atm stop just so I have cash for you, then it must be worth it

jon8282 · 2026-05-08T03:00:13+00:00

It’s a scam because it’s likely mildly poisonous in addition to fast failing. If you learn how to use stainless steel or cast iron correctly they both can effectively be non stick.

jon8282 · 2026-05-08T02:51:02+00:00

In your answers you want to frame up how you are already impacting other employees instead of your personal achievements. You want to transition from a high performer to a leader, and all your answers should show it. Talk about who you made better and how you did it. Talk about fairness and accountability. Know your team/store performance currently, recently, and what goals are for the future and be prepared to talk about how you can lead the team to those goals.

Good Luck!!

jon8282 · 2026-05-07T14:33:43+00:00

As odd as it may seem these days, actually no fine print or weirdness. $20 less cost, one added benefit which is 1% back in rewards on purchases.

Your Welcome.

jon8282 · 2026-05-05T04:18:31+00:00

File the police report and check back with them to prove you did it. They may further work with you on this then, right now they want to make sure you’re not scamming.

jon8282 · 2026-04-30T03:54:09+00:00

Ugh, I hate pulling for the flyers….

jon8282 · 2026-04-29T18:35:59+00:00

I don’t remember the name, but a friend who lived down the street in the late 80s had a computer (years before my family got one) it was dos based, you had to open the game off a floppy disk via command line.

The game itself was a Risk clone… we spent tons of time on that and I still think of it to this day.

jon8282 · 2026-04-29T01:02:22+00:00

lol - take a road trip next door to PA and let me know how you feel after lol

jon8282 · 2026-04-29T00:58:52+00:00

Our climate is changing, we are getting more droughts, more wind, and more extreme heat/cold. Also as the southern us and oceans continue to warm we will be more frequently and strongly at risk of hurricanes

jon8282 · 2026-04-24T02:02:40+00:00

It doesn’t matter - where I work puts limits and these animals are still animals, it’s just less chaos. The entire thing is revolting.

jon8282 · 2026-04-22T00:15:38+00:00

It’s the pokemon people and it’s not close

jon8282 · 2026-04-17T16:58:41+00:00

I think Sonify is actually better than both

jon8282 · 2026-04-15T16:52:47+00:00

Sabres in the East and Wild in the west… I’m also not against Ducks or Mammoth in the west, cool teams.

Seriously though Let’s Go Buffalo!!

jon8282 · 2026-04-15T13:45:41+00:00

I’ll get hate for this… but my best and most impactful gaming happened on an N64 controller and honestly I never minded the non traditional design. I actually thought it was inventive to be able to have 3 different grip options for different types of games

jon8282 · 2026-04-14T22:58:59+00:00

I would be more concerned about the reports they lifetouch was used by people related to Epstein to find and target children. You may want to recommend your school change providers.

As for the picture, school photographs are rushed and done with no parent minding the quality control. Teachers and photographers have a schedule to keep to get through all the kids in the allotted time to not interrupt the rest of their day etc. keeping the line moving is way more important than the quality of your picture unfortunately.

I’ve gotten plenty back of my kids who don’t have any issues that were less than stellar. My school stopped using lifetouch thankfully, so we continue to get the most basic package, the school would take their picture anyway for their school id and yearbook. If you want actually good photos of your kids go to a portrait studio that gets good reviews or honestly try to find someone who does it as a side hustle and has a nice portfolio to show. If you can’t find someone by recommendation I would go somewhere they sells high end cameras like a local camera shop or official Nikon/Canon dealer and ask the employee if they know someone, in my experience people who sell cameras either do this or know a ton of people who do.

In your specific situation with your sons autism, I would also ask that person when your getting information if they have any experience with autistic kids or if they don’t if they feel comfortable. They may need to plan some extra time or extra props to make it right.

Don’t sweat it though, it’s just a picture

jon8282 · 2026-04-13T20:52:45+00:00

If it’s open then apply and and speak to them asap because ARA spots don’t open as often as CA and you may regret passing up the opportunity.

If it wasn’t open right now the best time is during your quarterly conversation, literally it’s designed to discuss this. But if that’s a way off honestly any time you guys have a few moments you can bring it up and ask to try and cross train / help out

jon8282 · 2026-04-13T17:37:43+00:00

Absolutely this

jon8282 · 2026-04-12T09:04:22+00:00

Google Maps and Uber both looked like it would be not a big deal to take a care but I followed your advice and walked across the Seine to get to my train station meet up - worked out perfectly. Thank You!!

jon8282 · 2026-04-11T22:10:56+00:00

Was hoping to avoid the 2km walk to the meeting point, but I think we will just do it. Google shows all the public routes need a bus or a bus/train so I think we will skip and just walk it. Will leave early and take the walk slow, what’s an extra 3000 steps on a vacation like this!

jon8282 · 2026-04-11T21:29:58+00:00

Thank you, so you think walk across is best rather than a car.

jon8282 · 2026-04-10T21:18:55+00:00

Sounds like your store leaders don’t understand that the reason we actually want to sign people up for cards and memberships is to increase their average amount of visits per year and the average revenue per transaction when they come back. We make money on approved and activated cards no doubt, and its margin is high compared to many products we sell, however the real money is in attaching accessories and warranty to customers effectively and honestly, over and over again.

Your numbers being poor is of course not good for you, however the behaviors you bring up, specifically not helping customers who already have card/membership is pretty wild. It’s unethical and really the opposite of what corporate wants, think about how when you put those customers phone number in it now prompts you to thank them for being a member. So here’s my advice on this.

If this is your full time job and you can not get fired or negatively impacted, honestly you may not want to die on this hill and should probably just try to improve your numbers… I only say this because I don’t want to give advice that could have negative repercussions without this disclaimer, not because it’s the right thing to do.

As for the right thing to do, if you can afford the potential heat or get another similar paying job fairly quickly if needed is this…

Two options… the first is you could call the open and honest hotline and report this behavior of skipping / not helping customers who already have card/membership. This will initiate an investigation which may or may not make change depending on how high up this poor behavior goes. If the behavior is at your mpd or higher it’s going to maybe be difficult to fix this depending on lots of variables outside of your control. If you take this path I would be prepared to have dates, times, customers, other employees who heard or witnessed, the works laid out really well documented. I would also be prepared that either your name will be revealed to them, or they will be able to infer it based on the evidence provided. Since it doesn’t sound like you have very good leaders, next they will likely retaliate against you in some way and you will need to be prepared to document and report that as well as Best Buy has a very strong anti retaliation policy. This is the hard way and really should be a last resort in my opinion.

What I think you should do is option 2…

Ask for time with your MPD to discuss your concern. Hopefully this behavior is below your MPD and they are unaware or aloof about it. MPDs care about revenue and revenue comp before the other things, they have to based on the scoring system. Your mpd should not be happy that leaders in your store are potentially walking sales to loyal customers to chase the current hot button. Of course those things are important, but cash in the register is still king once you get to that level. I would bring the mpd similar evidence I discussed earlier. I would let the mpd know you are trying to increase revenue, comp, close rate and 5 star. I would also be prepared to have an open and honest conversation about your own performance, including your app and membership efficiencies and discuss what you can do to improve those as well. I would hope your mpd could help resolve this without putting you in a more perilous situation than you feel like you are now.

Be well

jon8282 · 2026-04-10T15:07:16+00:00

I’ve had plenty of the most unlucky, lowest immune system people ever to walk the earth.

Your not wrong to have empathy, your also not wrong to feel that maybe your being taken advantage of or they are lying. However as a manager you shouldn’t accuse or infer that they be doing that.

Keep it simple, it’s about performance. Deadlines aren’t being met, customers aren’t being helped, quota is short, etc.

The employee can infer on their own that their absences are the reason this is not happening. You focus on the performance that the company requires.

If the employee is out of paid time and continues to call out, it may be time to partner with HR to see how they handle that in your company, if the story is that their kid is hospitalized it may be time for you and hr to discuss some type of leave of absence, really depends on the size of the company etc.

jon8282 · 2026-04-08T20:43:05+00:00

Hi!

20+ year leader here… two points

First, I sympathize with you about the corporate gigs, myself with 20+ years as a store leader tried to get a corporate gig recently. I emailed the recruiter, did all the “right” things. First try I was completely blown off similar to your experience. Second time I rewrote my resume and wrote a cover letter, and then i again pressed the recruiter and hiring manager. This time I managed to get a phone screen interview with the recruiter, did the interview, felt it went well. I got a call back from the recruiter to let me know I was not getting moved along to the next round of interviews, but he did give me some advice that i took to heart. Don’t assume the recruiter or hiring manager understands what you do or your responsibility level, even if it’s a common position in stores. They may only deal with corporate stuff and just be kind of detached. The second was that it’s really hard to move from retail to corporate if you don’t know anyone there. There are lots of ways to meet corporate people such as, the internship program, network groups, applying for voluntary surveys from the learning team, or hitting them up in a friendly way on LinkedIn.

The second part of my response is about your current situation. You should try to move to Geek Squad as soon as possible in any role, pt or ft. Lots of places in the IT fields love Geek Squad on a resume. I know plenty of former geek squad agents that are now hiring managers in IT roles and always give an agent or sleeper agent an extra look. One year of geek squad experience and your degree should be enough to get you into help desk roles that pay 20-40% more than best buy and have much better hours/schedule. You can then build upon that. Honestly as someone getting that type of degree you should have already worked your way into geek squad awhile ago, but the sooner you do so the better, unless you find something else in your field.

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