went to best buy to pick up “guero” limited edition cd/dvd. it would be nice if they had the same prices in-store as they do online. online it is $14.99 and in-store it is $19.99. obviously, i’m going to buy it online, but i don’t want to pay shipping, so i choose to pick it up at the nearest store. i got the best of both worlds, or did i?
i went to the online pick-up counter and there was no one around. two geek squad guys were helping some other people, but i didn’t expect them to be of any use anyway. a few minutes go by and two best buy employees come over and start chatting with two people near where i was standing. while this is going on, no one is acknowledging that i’m even there. the one time i don’t want to be invisible is the time when everyone looks the other way. finally, the two employees are done chatting with their friends and then they go through some doors into a backroom (worthless). so, there i am, spinning my folded piece of paper with my confirmation e-mail on it, not getting any service. i decided if they weren’t going to come to me, i would go to them. i went to the returns/exchanges counter. i told the guy i had an online pick-up and gave him my confirmation e-mail. he looked at me like he had no clue what i was talking about. i pointed to the order number on the e-mail, because my printer is impotent, and i thought maybe he was having trouble decyphering the jagged mess of gray inky stains i call a “print out.” i was hoping, so very much, that he would say i was at the wrong counter. nope, he was just new and didn’t know what he was doing. he asked another employee and finally i got my beck. the whole time this is going on, i was eavesdropping on another guy who was complaining about not getting his mail-in rebate. sucker… wait. i lost $20 because of that same deal. don’t ever do mail-in rebates. i don’t care how good the deal seems.
the limited edition beck is sweet. it’s like a book with full color photos, lyrics, and drawings. the dvd has the video for “e-pro,” 5.1 mixes for the album plus visuals to go along with them, and a photo gallery. the cd includes 7 bonus remixes and b-sides. talk about a complete package!
one note about the lyrics. i liked it better when i didn’t know what they were. like in the song, “hell yes.” he says, “my beat is correct,” but i thought he was saying “my beaver’s correct.” it would have been better with the beaver. trust me on this one.