I Love BestBuy!

I got an invitation in the mail a couple weeks ago from Best Buy. It was sent out to local Reward Zone members. That is the name of BB's purchase rewards program.
They were staying open for two hours past normal closing time Sunday Feb 25, but just for Reward Zone members. With the invitation, there was a coupon that said if I spend more than $100 during those two hours, I'll receive a bonus of 250 reward points on my account. I didn't spend any money, so I didn't get the bonus points.

But, also during those two hours they would draw names and give away prizes and gift cards that you had to be present to win. And, the first 100 members through the door get an $8 set of earbuds for free. I think I was number 102.

So I go there and give my invitation to the guy in the blue polo shirt who looked like a club bouncer, and he ushers me in to the store where a table is set up with a drawing box. Into the box went my invitation.

And to the home theater section we went. You see, our home stereo doesn't play CDs anymore, even though it has a 5 disc changer. We bought it about 7 years ago for a hundred bucks. So we're ready for another one. On the way back there, we lollygag for a few minutes, then we hear the store's PA system come to life: "The next winner of a $50 gift cards is..." Then they actually called out my name!

So back to the front of the store we went, after arriving 5 minutes earlier, I had made $50 of Best Buy money. Cha-ching.

We ended up spending no actual or plastic money, since we didn't find anything we really wanted. The stereo we liked the most did not have an "aux" input for the TV, the multi-function printer I liked can be a business expense, so I'm not going to give my gift card for it, and my next laptop computer will most likely come directly from sonystyle.com. And the new telephones we liked for the house are $55 cheaper at Sam's Club.

So we quit while we were ahead.

On the way out, they had us fill out a one-minute survey regarding our experience there, and then gave us each a $2 gift card. So we were out of the house a total of an hour, and came home with essentially $54 more than we left the house with.

I love Best Buy.