Best Buy Comes To The UK

I do not know if this is old news, or if stores have already started opening up, but I just saw a "BEST BUY, A new way to buy Technology! - Coming Soon" the new stores location will be quite near to me. 
 
I can absolutely say, that I do not want. :( 
 
Anybody else having a Best Buy store opening up near them? Or is it happening anywhere else in Europe? What do you think? Will you welcome them, or does this anger you?

Overpriced where I live...everything is 20-200% more expensive than newegg.com 

Best Buy Stores

Best Buy, a leading global electronics retailer, launched its first store in the UK in Thurrock on April 30th 2010. This is being followed by Hedge End in Southampton on 28th May and Merry Hill in the West Midlands opening in June. Stores in Aintree near Liverpool and Croydon will open later in the year.

Follow the links below for more information, and check back regularly as we announce more news.

• Aintree, Liverpool
• Hedge End, Southampton
• Lakeside, Thurrock
• Merry Hill, West Midlands

Don't care. Unless there cheaper than the rip off that is Currys and the bigger rip off that is PC World I'll continue to shop online for my electronics..where it's at a reasonable price.

You are all doomed.

What the hell kind of multinational corperation opens their first three UK stores in Thurrock, Southampton and the West fucking Midlands?

surely manchester, london and liverpool alone would have been a better opening for best buy.

" What the hell kind of multinational corperation opens their first three UK stores in Thurrock, Southampton and the West fucking Midlands? "

" Don't care. Unless there cheaper than the rip off that is Currys and the bigger rip off that is PC World I'll continue to shop online for my electronics..where it's at a reasonable price. "

" surely manchester, london and liverpool alone would have been a better opening for best buy. "

" @Toms115 said:

" surely manchester, london and liverpool alone would have been a better opening for best buy. "

Absolutely! You have also just proven yourself as a better businessman than whoever the hell is in charge of Best Buy's shabby UK operation. "

" What the hell kind of multinational corperation opens their first three UK stores in Thurrock, Southampton and the West fucking Midlands? "

" What about GAME? I've not been back home in a while, but they haven't gone bankrupt, have they? "

" @Elazul said:

" @Toms115 said:

" surely manchester, london and liverpool alone would have been a better opening for best buy. "

Absolutely! You have also just proven yourself as a better businessman than whoever the hell is in charge of Best Buy's shabby UK operation. "

Except, (I can only speak for Southampton here) opening a store in any of those locations costs a fuckton more than it would to open a store in the areas they have chosen, it is highly likely that they have chosen areas with high student populations (students, especially at my university, tend to be dumb and have quite a bit of money) and low setup costs.  If those stores do well, I suspect the bigger cities will be first on their list for the next set of stores. If it all goes horribly wrong, then they have lost much less than they would have opening a store in London or Manchester. So yeah...  "

" @Elazul said:

" @Toms115 said:

" surely manchester, london and liverpool alone would have been a better opening for best buy. "

Absolutely! You have also just proven yourself as a better businessman than whoever the hell is in charge of Best Buy's shabby UK operation. "

Except, (I can only speak for Southampton here) opening a store in any of those locations costs a fuckton more than it would to open a store in the areas they have chosen, it is highly likely that they have chosen areas with high student populations (students, especially at my university, tend to be dumb and have quite a bit of money) and low setup costs.  If those stores do well, I suspect the bigger cities will be first on their list for the next set of stores. If it all goes horribly wrong, then they have lost much less than they would have opening a store in London or Manchester. So yeah...  "

The one in Merryhill Is on the shopping center complex  
 
that was built from nothing as its out the center and in the middle of dudley and Wolverhampton i guess its cheap rent and easy access

I saw a GameStop once.

Congrats UK, you too can see the epic-ness that us Americans feel every weekend when we walk into a Best Buy.  Now all you need is a Wal-Mart.  :P
 
No but seriously, Best Buy is pretty sweet for deals once a week or so.

" What the hell kind of multinational corperation opens their first three UK stores in Thurrock, Southampton and the West fucking Midlands? "

" What about GAME? I've not been back home in a while, but they haven't gone bankrupt, have they? "

Best Buy is generally overpriced, but it's nice to go look at/demo something there in person before buying it online ^_^

" @Elazul said:

" What the hell kind of multinational corperation opens their first three UK stores in Thurrock, Southampton and the West fucking Midlands? "

Good fucking question. "

" @Furyjoell said:

" @Elazul said:

" What the hell kind of multinational corperation opens their first three UK stores in Thurrock, Southampton and the West fucking Midlands? "

Good fucking question. "

Pretend I'm from the States....what are those areas like compared to cities in the USA? "  

" Congrats UK, you too can see the epic-ness that us Americans feel every weekend when we walk into a Best Buy.  Now all you need is a Wal-Mart.  :P  No but seriously, Best Buy is pretty sweet for deals once a week or so. "

" @KaosAngel said:

" Congrats UK, you too can see the epic-ness that us Americans feel every weekend when we walk into a Best Buy.  Now all you need is a Wal-Mart.  :P  No but seriously, Best Buy is pretty sweet for deals once a week or so. "

We have ASDA, ASDA is Wal-Mart, I have a job there :( "

" @Furyjoell said:

" @KaosAngel said:

" Congrats UK, you too can see the epic-ness that us Americans feel every weekend when we walk into a Best Buy.  Now all you need is a Wal-Mart.  :P  No but seriously, Best Buy is pretty sweet for deals once a week or so. "

We have ASDA, ASDA is Wal-Mart, I have a job there :( "

You should never be ashamed of your job!  Be proud you get paid for a day's work.  Hopefully you can work at the new Best Buy and get those fancy discounts!  "

" @Elazul:  The students that you know don't even equate to a tenth of a percent of all the students in your local area, and trust me, a lot of students can be very very dumb with money.  I know a lot of people who buy stuff online too, but again, it's not the normal for a lot of students. 
 
Commercial suicide? I doubt it, otherwise they would be doing something different, i'm not talking about base rent either, i'm talking about the whole lot, advertising costs, setup, wages, everything is cheaper in a town like Southampton, so they can use it as a trial run to see if the UK even wants a Best Buy. If it goes badly, they will lose a huge amount more money somewhere like London than they would somewhere like Southampton. "

"Pretend I'm from the States....what are those areas like compared to cities in the USA? "

Good luck competing in a foreign market.  Empire building is harder than it looks.

" @KaosAngel:  Asda. It's a supermarket chain set up by walmart. Prefer Tescos/Sainsburys myself.
 
It does seem America is invading though..Just saw this today: 

 http://marketingmagazine.co.uk/News/MostEmailed/1006016/Taco-Bell-plans-fresh-attempt-crack-UK-market/
 

Can't say I've ever had taco bell. Not sure it's worth traveling from Kent to essex to try either. :P "

" @Elazul:  That good is it? :O Perhaps i could find a reason to head to lakeside. :P "

" @KaosAngel said:

" @Furyjoell said:

" @KaosAngel said:

" Congrats UK, you too can see the epic-ness that us Americans feel every weekend when we walk into a Best Buy.  Now all you need is a Wal-Mart.  :P  No but seriously, Best Buy is pretty sweet for deals once a week or so. "

We have ASDA, ASDA is Wal-Mart, I have a job there :( "

You should never be ashamed of your job!  Be proud you get paid for a day's work.  Hopefully you can work at the new Best Buy and get those fancy discounts!  "

Nah thankyou, selling things aint for me, I'm better at doing lazy peoples' shopping at stupid o'clock in the morning. "

I love bestbuy and i'm happy to see it in the uk! I loved coming into bestbuy and having that giddy excitment at all the technology! Hopefully it'll be good

Best Buy does have some nice deals, and they do price matching (they'll match any price you find that is cheaper than their price other than websites).  Employees get a HUGE discount.  They get stuff for what it costs Best Buy to buy the item + 10% if I remember correctly.

" Overpriced where I live...everything is 20-200% more expensive than newegg.com  "

" Best Buy Stores

Best Buy, a leading global electronics retailer, launched its first store in the UK in Thurrock on April 30th 2010. This is being followed by Hedge End in Southampton on 28th May and Merry Hill in the West Midlands opening in June. Stores in Aintree near Liverpool and Croydon will open later in the year.

Follow the links below for more information, and check back regularly as we announce more news.

• Aintree, Liverpool
• Hedge End, Southampton
• Lakeside, Thurrock
• Merry Hill, West Midlands

 
Source: http://www.bestbuy.co.uk/page/custom.aspx?PageName=BestBuy%20Stores "