It is another good morning after what was a pretty good day. I enjoy when I end up with one on one time with the kids and I got a small amount of it yesterday from Windsor.
A few days before I was browsing the deals on the AmEx card and noticed that it listed Best Buy. I had been planning on purchasing the new college football video game but hadn’t done so. With the lure of bonus AmEx points I decided Best Buy would be the location. I also ended up getting $10 off because of Best Buy points I didn’t know I had and a $10 gift card with the purchase. Overall it was pretty nice for a purchase I was going to make anyway.
How I ended up getting some micro one on one time with my boy, Windsor, happened because I ordered a physical copy we had to pick it up, and because of our schedule we did so as a family. However, on the way over their everyone but Windsor fell asleep, and when we parked I asked him if he wanted to go in with me.
I can’t imagine what Best Buy looked like to him. To me it looks like sadness and a reminder of a better time. I remember rows of CDs and DVDs and large video game sections. Now the video games are shoved in the back and they don’t order every new release. There are no big colorful displays of the latest trending album or movie or video game. It is a secondary cellphone store and seller of overpriced TVs.
That is what Windsor was drawn to. One of the televisions. You know the saying, “The price of technology always goes down.” Best Buy didn’t get the memo. The TV that drew Windsor in had a nice picture, must display TVs do, but it sold for over $4,000 and this was on the smaller end. There hasn’t been a meaningful advancement in TV technology since 4K, as 8K TVs have to be 100″ to matter, and last year I bought a 55″ TV that is 4K 120 refresh rate for around $500. I have no idea what makes that TV eight times more money.
It was the same way when I was looking for my unicorn TV. Best Buy was double, triple, or even more than Wal-Mart, Target, and Amazon. Even for the exact same TV. You can walk into Wal-Mart today and buy an 75″ QLED TV for $450. That is crazy, and Best Buy is out here trying to sell TVs for ten times that. Are the TVs at Best Buy better or just bigger brand names?
But like a moth to the flame Windsor lived up to the family name, because I do enjoy figuring out if I truly have the latest and greatest technology, and paid the best price for it.
David Huzzard Writes 