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I’d often wondered who the hell uses the Best Buy vending machines you often see at US airports. Then I found myself in the same situation as you in an airport
by sithadmin 5y ago
I’d often wondered who the hell uses the Best Buy vending machines you often see at US airports.
Then I found myself in the same situation as you in an airport news stand. I think I spent a minute looking at the awful selection of headphones and earbuds before I decided to walk way out of my way to the Best Buy machine.
- reiichiroh 5y agoAre devices pre-charged? That must do a number on the battery lifespan if so
- asdff 5y agoApple ships macs with like 80% charge
- xfitm3 5y agoI once had to buy a macbook in ATL because mine suffered a charge failure. I copied what data I needed over with the remaining battery life and continued my trip. I couldn't return it after without flying to ATL.
- bbarnett 5y agoI wonder if this will be the final fate of Bestbuy retail. A small company, running vending machines in airports, and maybe small towns.
- shrikant 5y agoI did this at the Las Vegas McCarran airport once in 2016 when my headphones broke and I really didn't fancy doing the flight all the way back to London using the terrible earphones they hand out in-flight. Surprisingly got a GREAT deal on a pair of mid-range Sony over-ear headphones for a bit cheaper than what I could see on London in-store prices or even on Amazon :-O I suspect because of some inventory clearance deal? Literally every other SKU in the vending machine was terribly overpriced though, so I was quite happy at this stroke of luck. I'm still using the headphones to this day, so that was shockingly good value for airport vending machine clearance tat! Edit: looked it up and I paid $50 for this, which is/was comparable to it's Amazon price at the time -- so not cheaper, but not ridiculously overpriced either.