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Best Buy Bans Christmas But Not Eid al-Adha?

Since at least 2006, Best Buy has eschewed any mentions of Christmas from their holiday advertising in favor of "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings" because those messages are "inclusive" and "non-offensive." In other words, those messages are not Christian.

If that's their position for all religious holidays, I accept that. What I don't accept is hypocrisy. Check out their Thanksgiving advertisement today. Notice anything unusual or "offensive" near the bottom?

Best Buy is dead to me. If I could return the 50 inch plasma TV that I purchased earlier this year, I would do it in a heartbeat.

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Best Buy Not Backing Down On Wishing U.S. Muslims a Happy Eid Al-Adha

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From the AdWeek story.
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"The retailer got some flak this week for including, along with its circular advertising Thanksgiving Day sales, a note saying "Happy Eid Al-Adha," which refers to a holiday of sacrifice for followers of Islam on Nov. 27 this year. After TechCrunch ran an item about the circular, some claimed offense and said they'd take their business elsewhere. "I spent about $3,000 with . . . your store. I will be shopping somewhere else," one consumer wrote on Best Buy's Web forum. "BB has the Muslims covered with the 'Happy Eid,' but what about the rest of us Americans?" wrote another. "Do we get a 'Happy Thanksgiving?'"

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Windows 7 sucks ... not as bad as Vista but still sucks

We just bought some new PCs at Best Buy for some incoming employees and I've been getting nice and cozy with Windows 7. It's not the train wreck that Vista was but it's far from good. I'll be "downgrading" these PCs to Windows XP pretty soon, which by the way, was a superb OS. Why can't Microsoft just make an OS with the good UI elements of XP minus all the underlying crap that made it unsecure and unstable? Or maybe Microsoft should just build a theme in Windows 7 for us XP fans...

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Sprint HTC Hero down to $99 at Best Buy

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http://www.wayneschulz.com/2009/11/sprint-htc-hero-down-to-99-at-best-buy/#

 

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Black Friday

Ask Black Friday approaches it's very important to find the deals. Here are a few Black Friday ads. Enjoy!

Best Buy Black Friday Ad

Office Depot Black Friday Ad

Sears Black Friday Ad

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Droid Eris $499 "coming soon" on Bestbuy.com

http://phandroid.com/2009/11/05/droid-eris-lands-on-bestbuy-com-499-99/

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Weezer Lyrics not heard but seen in person

Weezer Lyrics not heard but seen at Best Buy in
Chino Hiils Ca. 11/7 at 7pm. For new music from the band cd called "Raditude"

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Best Buy offers Insignia GPS child tracking solution | SlashGear

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Best Buy has a store brand called Insignia that includes a full line of products that run a wide range of offerings from GPS to home theater gear. A new Insignia product has tipped up that allows parents to keep an eye on children and could be used by employers to keep an eye on workers as well called the Insignia Little Buddy.

More details at link ...

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Real-time digital and Tony Stewart

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sifu jive walker: DJ Hero

Sent from my iPhone

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