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6 Ways to Save Money at Best Buy

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We all love shiny new electronics and we REALLY love saving money! So the frugal editors at Answer-Wiz set out to find out How to save money at Best Buy – one of our fave stores for electronics and other cool toys. We came up with these….

6 Ways to Save Money at Best Buy:

 



  1. Price Match! Check other stores’ prices online for the item you need then if you find it cheaper, print it out and take it into the store or call Best Buy to request a price match and pay online. The item must be in stock with the other retailer and not all retailers are included. See Best Buy’s Price Match Guarantee details here. We put the Best Buy Price Match Guarantee to the test–click here to find out how it went.
  2. Sign up for the My Best Buy rewards program to earn points, free shipping and longer return periods depending on the level you obtain. Details here.
  3. Check your credit card’s discount programs. For example, Discover Card offers Discover Deals on many retailers. They offer additional cash back or other discounts. Discover also occasionally offers additional cash back at retail stores like Best Buy occasionally throughout the year so check back often. At least with Discover and many other credit cards, you can probably still earn a small amount of cash back any time of the year. Again, be sure check your credit card’s benefits as well as exclusions.
  4. Buy discounted gift cards. Sometimes stores like Meijer offer discounts on the purchase of gift cards, like $5 off the purchase of $50 in gift cards. Also check your credit card’s bonus program. Sometimes you can cash in your points for gift cards, maybe even for reduced rates.
  5. Check coupon sites like Retailmenot for coupon codes. Best Buy coupon codes are hard to come by and when they are found they are usually for a specific item or category like “personal care items.” But it is always worth the quick search if you might save money.
  6. Check the in-store clearance rack. You won’t find these discounted items on their website so keep your eyes peeled next time you’re in store.

Do you have tips to save money at Best Buy? Post them in the comments!

Best Buy Price Match Guarantee to the Test

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Best Buy touts their Price Match Guarantee any time you visit their store to just look around. So we thought we’d put it to the test to see how it really works and if they really do match competitor prices.

To save money on Internet bills, we set out to buy a cable modem (to avoid paying that pesky “modem rental fee.”) So like any other normal person we went online to compare prices. Best Buy had the Netgear Ethernet DOCSIS 3.0 High Speed Cable Modem for $59.99 (and it was available for pickup in our local store the same day), while Wal-Mart had the same model for only $52.50 (but you could only have it shipped and it wouldn’t arrive for at least a week).

Who wants to wait AND pay more money? Not us, so we checked out the Best Buy Price Match Guarantee and found out all we had to do was call to request a price match or print the Wal-Mart price and bring it in store. Best Buy’s rules say the item must be the same model and color and it must be in stock at the competitor’s store (or online). Check and check.

We opted to call Best Buy to request the price match, pay online and have it ready for store pickup the same day. This beats wasting printing paper then trying to find the exact model in store only to wait in line to pay…ugh, how archaic.




The process was very easy and the associate was super friendly. There was some waiting as she looked up the item on the Wal-Mart website and made sure it was in stock, but that would have happened in store anyway. She was also able to process the payment, schedule a free in-store pickup and apply our My Best Buy Rewards card (just by looking up our phone number.)

Overall, price matching at Best Buy was extremely painless and we recommend using it as a way to save money at Best Buy. It does’t hurt to compare prices and only takes one or two extra steps to get some real savings at Best Buy.

Want more ways to save money at Best Buy? Check out our post, 6 Ways to Save Money at Best Buy.