9 Secrets Best Buy Shoppers Need to Know

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Best Buy is the retailer that sits atop the list for many of us when we’re on the hunt for new electronics, especially televisions, sound systems, laptops and yes, for the few primitives still roaming the planet, compact discs and DVDs (though that once humongous section is a mere shadow of itself nowadays).

And for the hail and hearty, Best Buy is the first stop on Black Friday to score an unbelievable deal or two.

But Black Friday is just one day. Bargain hunting is a year-round sport, and you never know when the tech bug may bite you. Since Best Buy is pretty much the lone wolf of national brick-and-mortar electronics retailers, we thought we’d fire off some skills for you to deploy next time you’re roaming the aisles.

Bob Niedt
Contributor

Bob was Senior Editor at Kiplinger.com for seven years and is now a contributor to the website. He has more than 40 years of experience in online, print and visual journalism. Bob has worked as an award-winning writer and editor in the Washington, D.C., market as well as at news organizations in New York, Michigan and California. Bob joined Kiplinger in 2016, bringing a wealth of expertise covering retail, entertainment, and money-saving trends and topics. He was one of the first journalists at a daily news organization to aggressively cover retail as a specialty and has been lauded in the retail industry for his expertise. Bob has also been an adjunct and associate professor of print, online and visual journalism at Syracuse University and Ithaca College. He has a master’s degree from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and a bachelor’s degree in communications and theater from Hope College.