Best Buy IdeaX

[#1]

I started a thread in one of the other forums about this topic, and one of the commenters suggested it might be better to bring up this topic here.

Here's the link to the thread:

http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Best-Buy-Geek-Squad-Policies/Preferred-Parking-for-fuel-efficient-vehic...

I hope someone at Best Buy who has an open mind, will actually read my post(s) and respond.  So far, on that other thread, only non-employees have replied with their opinions.  I'd like to see an actual reply from someone at Best Buy.

[#2]

fyi - I have found threads on the best buy forums going back to 2009 about this.

You're creating a needless "class" system among your shoppers by giving preferential treatment to those who happened to be driving a fuel-efficient vehicle THAT DAY.

I may only have a full-size Chevy Avalanche to drive that day, but your sign doesn't know that I work from home (saving 250+ 52-mile round trips, yearly), or that whenever I can, I ride my 42-mpg motorcycle. 

Sure, I could just ignore the sign, but then somebody with a fuel-efficient car will give me the evil eye, and pass judgment on me for being the jerk that parked where I "shouldn't have."

I don't wish to belabor this point, but I honestly feel that BestBuy is unnecessarily alienating a large percentage of customers who don't happen drive "fuel efficient" cars.

[#3]

I can say this isn't the first time I have heard this, and to be honest I understand both sides of this concern. I can say that we do have valid internal reasons as to why these signs are up, and to be honest it is unlikely that we would be taking the signs down.

With that said I would like to hear from other customers/employees as to whether they find value in this signs, and why? I realize that fuel efficiency discussions can be a heated topic, and I would urge everyone to remain as professional as possible in their comments.

[#4]

"both sides?"

Please, Allan - explain to me why it's OK to discriminate against all customers who don't or can't drive a fuel-efficient vehicles?  Who are the people who lobbied FOR these spots?  What is the "for" argument, exactly?

After all, Rosa Parks did get a seat on the bus, right?  Some might even argue that the seats in the back of the bus are better, since you're not getting bumped into by people getting on or off the bus.  By parking the back of the lot, I'll be less likely to have my doors dinged by people parking next to me.

So I shouldn't complain.  I should just take it, and park further away, or if I do park in one of the preferred spots, put up with the dirty looks from smug, holier-than-thou people who drive subcompacts?

Or, maybe, just maybe... I'll park at Sears...

[#5]

Seriously - google "best buy fuel efficient parking" and find at least ten PAGES of links to comments on discussion boards where people who think as I do, expressed their dismay at being discriminated against.

Here are three other threads on your own forums, where people have come to question this policy:

http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Best-Buy-Geek-Squad-P​olicies/Preferencial-Treatment-for-Fuel-Efficient...

http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Best-Buy-Geek-Squad-P​olicies/Preferred-parking-for-quot-fuel-efficient...

http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/BestBuy-Com/Why-anger​-costumers-at-the-door/m-p/238194/highlight/true#...

As I tried to say on my other thread before half of the posts were removed, you can leave up the signs, or take them down.  I really don't care THAT much about it.  But I did care enough to take some time out of my day to let Best Buy know that some people truly ARE offended by such a discriminatory policy.  If you choose to leave them up, just know that there truly ARE a lot of people out here who are put off by what we consider politically correct nonsense.