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I think they should take them back, don't get me wrong, but who's the sales manager for best buy that decided these would be a good buy, and that they could com

by jneal 15y ago

I think they should take them back, don't get me wrong, but who's the sales manager for best buy that decided these would be a good buy, and that they could compete with the iPad in price when they can't even come close in quality or performance?

danilocampos 15y ago
In retail, these folks are called buyers. Best Buy has plenty of long-term relationships with manufacturers. Any time you see fancy merchandising in the store, say an endcap with fancy graphics pimping the latest Whirlpool front loading washer, it's because the manufacturer has paid for that positioning. So it's entirely possible that HP made a merchandising deal with Best Buy to promote their new product – and that the terms for the deal included some sort of buy back provision to mitigate the store's risk. Even absent such a provision, HP needs retail distribution channels for their business to work. It's in their interest to keep their partners happy and not leave them holding the bag on an experimental flop of a product.