Best Buy Sued for $54 Million

Posted by Mrs. Mecomber

February 25, 2008

It’s been floating around in the blogosphere and media for quite a while now, but it bears constant exposure. It’s about Raelyn Campbell, a woman who left her laptop with Best Buy’s Geek Squad, for repairs. Best Buy “lost” her laptop but falsified reports and did not inform her of the theft/loss of her laptop (and personal information in said laptop) for months. She has a blog, Best Buy vs. Consumer Protection, and it’s wonderful. Best Buy has a long history of abuses and frauds. Here’s hoping they don’t get away with it this time. It’s amazing that in a world where not only do people need life insurance policies, they now need computer insurance, fraud protection policies, identity theft policies, etc– outrageous! Best Buy’s abuse is over the top! In this case, Best Buy tried to buy off Ms. Campbell (with a measly $2500) and force her to sign a non-disclosure agreement (i.e., to promise to keep her mouth shut). The nerve! Thankfully, Ms. Campbell refuses to be pimped off. Here’s an interesting video.

This is one excellent example proving that we need to shop locally. Everything from our food supply to government to electronics to education– we need to stay within our local community. There is no accountability with the bureaucracy– none. Small businesses, on the other hand, operate amongst us; the bosses and workers and repairmen and farmers are our neighbors and fellow workers. There is accountability within small groups. America needs to get back to basics, because the bureaucracy is too large and growing so powerful that we may never have control over our food and consumer goods. And who knows– maybe we’ll even have communities again!