I went to Best Buy recently on a whim to try and _not_ by something from Amazon. I had found a product on the Best Buy website, a $79 55-65 inch LCD/Plasma cor

I went to Best Buy recently on a whim to try and _not_ by something from Amazon. I had found a product on the Best Buy website, a $79 55-65 inch LCD/Plasma corner wall mount. So I drove to the store and looked for it. This was roughly 2 months after Christmas. The store had about 300 units of a $199.99 version and 0 units of any thing the below $150... I spent about 15 minutes looking for somebody to tell me what I already expected, they only carry the expensive one in store. I bought the same brand (slightly different model number off Amazon.com [likely to prevent price matching]) while in the Best Buy for $69, shipped to my house. It was $10 cheaper, I didn't need to leave my house, I didn't need to talk to anyone... Best Buy completely lost my sale because they didn't have inventory and pushed a more expensive and way higher margin unit ... I was so disappointed because I really, really tried to _not_ buy from Amazon. It's no wonder Amazon is eating the world while only being mediocre... Retailers are simply botching any advantage they have (being local) for the last 15 years... (disclosure: I worked for Sears Electronics department part time for about 3 years while going to college [sears no longer sells electronics like Televisions or radios])