Best Buy suing man who posted advance boxing day flyers on the net

[Aleem]

Wow: Read this

http://www.xanthuos.com/boxingday/bestbuy2004.pdf

Best Buy Tries To Censor Xanthuos for posting Best Buy Flyers.


This guy is simply advertising and showing enthusiasm for Best Buy, and they hit him with this legal B.S

[awestruck]

Owned.

[skanji]

...in before this thread is locked...

[Carnage]

They're not suing him.

They'r saying if he doesn't remove the flyers from his website, then they'll have to sue him.

Seems kind of blown way out of proportion to me.

[Degenerate]

We should sue them for having such a crappy flyer with crappy sales. This whole situation is http://forums.offtopic.com/images/smilies/riaa.gif

[bluetroll]

hahahahaha..... stupid best buy.... i can't wait to see those dum asses line up 2am to save 50 bucks on a tv...

[akito925]

hahahahaha..... stupid best buy.... i can't wait to see those dum asses line up 2am to save 50 bucks on a tv...

you guys line up at 2:00am??? geeezz talkiung about camping out! haha.

I'md going at 6. lol.

wheres this flyer I'd wonder??? eh?? lol.

[Montague]

hahahahaha..... stupid best buy.... i can't wait to see those dum asses line up 2am to save 50 bucks on a tv...
lets do the math.

wait in line at 2am and waste some six hours in the cold.

get a part time job a rotten ronalds at a more REASONABLE time.

work like a lazy dog cause you do not care if you get fired later that day.

six hours after tax pay gives you a good chunk of the money you save on the tv.

what is the point?

[canook]

...in before this thread is locked...

Why would it be locked? There are no flyers on that website or linked to from that website.

[rookie]

I would never wait outside for any sale. IMO you can get boxing day deals anytime of the year if you are a smart shopper. I'll be watching everybody freezing in line on the news while I am nice and warm sippin' on a cocktail relaxing.

[HowEver]

Do lawyers always indent their paragraphs two inches? Must be a paragraph envy issue.

It looks even more idiotic to persecute an American for publishing *anything* short of a hate crime. Good luck with that.

[tkl]

lets do the math.

wait in line at 2am and waste some six hours in the cold.

get a part time job a rotten ronalds at a more REASONABLE time.

work like a lazy dog cause you do not care if you get fired later that day.

six hours after tax pay gives you a good chunk of the money you save on the tv.

what is the point?


I agree. There's no logic in waiting so many hours. It makes less sense the more $$ you make hourly wise.

[Viz79]

I wouldn't wait that (six hours) long in the cold, but I would wait an hour in line for Boxing Day sales... Although, I could justify waiting for six hours in line. I usually save at least $100 at Future Shop on Boxing Day, so $100/6 hours is $16.66/hour. I doubt I will make $16.66/hour after taxes at McDonald's...

~V79~

[Degenerate]

Why wait in the cold if you can park your car in the line and wait in the car. This is only if you're first in line. I did this years ago...

[weedb0y]

Why wait in the cold if you can park your car in the line and wait in the car. This is only if you're first in line. I did this years ago...

elaborate..

[mbg]

lets do the math.

wait in line at 2am and waste some six hours in the cold.

get a part time job a rotten ronalds at a more REASONABLE time.

work like a lazy dog cause you do not care if you get fired later that day.

six hours after tax pay gives you a good chunk of the money you save on the tv.

what is the point?

It's even worse, considering that:

- it's probably a crap TV

- TVs often go on sale throughout the year, so the whole savings amount is not exclusive to the Boxing Day sale (although it might be a little better than what you'd get throughout the rest of the year)

[Degenerate]

elaborate..

Park your car right where the line starts

[CSR]

Park your car right where the line starts
Right beside the building

[robattoronto]

Best buy is not suing the man. The title is misleading.

A cease and desist letter is the usual first shot lawyers take.

[Carnage]

Park your car right where the line starts

Slide on ice 1 minute before opening and take out the line. ;)

[Degenerate]

Slide on ice 1 minute before opening and take out the line. ;)

a la Grand Theft Auto lol....


Right beside the building

Exactly.

[MrDisco]

personally i think boxing day 'sales' is the greatest lie in our market. prime offenders are places like BB/FS. yes they may have that 1 super-hot deal to get people to line up at 2am, but it's limited to maybe 10-25 per store. good luck with that. all the rest of the 'deals' are crappy, year-end clearance items that you could probably find in the coming year at nearly the same price if not a better model (flash mp3 players, dvd writers, blank media come to mind). so no i wont buy into the hype and i will avoid these places unless they can show a real sale, with real items that most people want, and in quantities to satisify most people.

edit - typo

[putty]

personally i think boxing day 'sales' is the greatest lie in our market. prime offenders are places like BB/FS. yes they may have that 1 super-hot deal to get people to line up at 2am, but it's limited to maybe 10-25 per store. good luck with that. all the rest of the 'deals' are crappy, year-end clearance items that you could probably find in the coming year at nearly the same price if not a better model (flash mp3 players, dvd writers, blank media come to mind). so no i wont buy into the hype and i will avoid these places unless they can show a real sale, with real items that most people want, and in quantities to satisify most people.

edit - typo

I agree, boxing day sales at Bestbuy/Futureshop and many others are for suckers. The really good ligit deals on Boxing day are so rare and even if Bestbuy happens to have one, there are 1000 dopes lining up at the door at 6am in -20 degree weather to get them.

[felix]

Why wait in the cold if you can park your car in the line and wait in the car. This is only if you're first in line. I did this years ago...
Seriously? Which store? I don't see how you'd be first in line if you're still in your car ...

[Degenerate]

Seriously? Which store? I don't see how you'd be first in line if you're still in your car ...

Well I parked my car at the front where the line started. A couple other cars did the same once they saw me do it that were directly behind me. About 2 hours before FS opened we parked our cars and stood in line. This was like 6 years ago.

[balou911]

Best way to find boxing day deals with out the wait, go in 2hrs later, and check out the carts behind the cashiers, Ive always found a few of the sales items there.

Some plp always change there mind, or grab too many when its 1/person etc.

[DennyD]

Dammit! Gimmie the frikkin' PDF file and I'll host it! Damn lawyers can go Take Off, eh!

[Carnage]

Dammit! Gimmie the frikkin' PDF file and I'll host it! Damn lawyers can go Take Off, eh!

What's the point? You can't use it for a week anyways.

Are are you one of those people that has to do something just because you're told not to?

[HammerJoe]

I am growing tired of the hyped sales at any store these days.

Boxing day will be no exception.

I am not going to rush to the store to buy an item just because it is on sale.

This consumerism hysteria is behond me...

[oc613]

agreed.

althoug even at FS you can get some decent deals on HDDs on boxing day, with MIR rebate of course.

Funny thing is, every year I manage to convice a rep that the WD MIR is for any retailer, and get them to then pricematch and still give me the MIR. good times ;)

[Degenerate]

I've got my purchases ready to go. It helps when you know someone that works at FS ;)

[Canuck_2005]

That Is a Fake, Trust me I know what Future Shops/best buy legal documents look like and they are in house lawyers

[MrDisco]

What's the point? You can't use it for a week anyways.

Are are you one of those people that has to do something just because you're told not to?

in his defense he may be interested in a particular item and knowing if it will be on sale or not would help in his decision.

[Montague]

That Is a Fake, Trust me I know what Future Shops/best buy legal documents look like and they are in house lawyers
How?

Have they gone after you before?

[Canuck_2005]

LoL Yes

[Derek]

That Is a Fake, Trust me I know what Future Shops/best buy legal documents look like and they are in house lawyers

It's not a fake. I've dealt with these guys myself.

[Canuck_2005]

Derek Can you PM me????

[benf]

LoL Yes

Is that why your website is down?

[D-Sisive]

Edit: Please don't ask for links.

[Headhunter]

You guys are all nuts, I'm gonna head to my local comic store instead of dealing with all this nonsense.

Was at Eaton Centre the last 2 Boxing Days, it's not worth risking life and limb to buy some still overpriced clothing.

[actng]

the good news is... that law firm sucks.
the good news is... that law firm is expensive.
the good news is... best buy / gervais spent at least 1 hour on this issue. that law firm charges $300 per hour.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

xanthuos 1 vs. best buy 0... oh wait... best buy is -$300.




anyway the rates might not be right but you get my point.

[Wildfire]

Well Hellfire has now posted scans of all the flyers in boxing day discussion and it hasn't been removed. I'm totally confused now.

[Ryan]

the good news is... that law firm sucks.
the good news is... that law firm is expensive.
the good news is... best buy / gervais spent at least 1 hour on this issue. that law firm charges $300 per hour.

By BB's logic they saved thousands because people didn't hold off from buying things that might be on sale for boxing day.

Anyway, it's pretty likely that the flyers have been released publicly now. We are looking into it.

[Chookman]

By BB's logic they saved thousands because people didn't hold off from buying things that might be on sale for boxing day.

And their logic might be right to an extent. I noticed an item in today's local newspaper in the 2 page spread that is advertised at double the price of what it will be on boxing day.

[Hellfire]

Well Hellfire has now posted scans of all the flyers in boxing day discussion and it hasn't been removed. I'm totally confused now.

That's cuz they are legit, got em in my mailbox today. Thus they are publicly released, and can be shared.

[ds2chan]

they don't want their flyer posted so early because competitors are going to see them and lower their prices. But I guess you can just price match but BB and FS don't want to price match cuz then they lose out. :confused:

[Wildfire]

That's cuz they are legit, got em in my mailbox today. Thus they are publicly released, and can be shared.
Ah okay, I understand, I was just confused because I got asked not to distribute them a couple days ago. Guess everything's fine now then.
Thanks.

[mahjongmaniac]

owned man!


but doesnt matter now cuz all flyer posted in boxing day deals forum , thx much to Hellfire....!

[Carnage]

xanthuos 1 vs. best buy 0... oh wait... best buy is -$300.


Wow, $300. So that leaves them with what a few billion dollars - $300?

Pocket change to a corporation.

[HughG]

damn corporate america.

[Gee]

Why wait in the cold if you can park your car in the line and wait in the car. This is only if you're first in line. I did this years ago...

I hope it was an original Mini Cooper

[Degenerate]

I hope it was an original Mini Cooper

No it was a Cutlass Oldsmobile

[surreybc]

Research shows that boxing day sales are no better than regular sales. It's for suckers.

[Degenerate]

Research shows that boxing day sales are no better than regular sales. It's for suckers.

for lame RFD'ers :cheesygri

[asim99]

Research shows that boxing day sales are no better than regular sales. It's for suckers.

any references?

[surreybc]

'any references?'


nope. it was quite rigourous is all i remember. they just have to offer a limited qty of loss leaders and people go nuts. it is a lot lke xscargo that sells junk that people buy based solely on price.

[Carnage]

nope. it was quite rigourous is all i remember. they just have to offer a limited qty of loss leaders and people go nuts. it is a lot lke xscargo that sells junk that people buy based solely on price.

Not just loss leaders.

Alot of the deals on boxing day are the stuff they just can't get rid of.

Like people will go crazy over a dvd player selling for $20. Course it ends up beinga pretty crappy player that they couldn't sell and they got a bunch left over. So they give that away as it's taking up space anyways, and then get them on some other item.

That being said you can get some good prices on stuff on boxing day. Just nothing ground shaking, and nothing that would get me into a retail store to fight through the masses for.

[Hellfire]

Hmm... looks like my links were removed to, because BB, FS etc... claim they flyers are not suppose to out yet.

But only the links are gone that were posted... ;)

So if you can read between the lines, and want to see the flyers (assuming you have not already) I'm sure you can figure out what to do without fear of being banned.

[chatbox]

Do lawyers always indent their paragraphs two inches? Must be a paragraph envy issue.

It looks even more idiotic to persecute an American for publishing *anything* short of a hate crime. Good luck with that.

AFAIK, a well-formed parapraph must have an indentation unless the gap between the previous paragraph and the current one is made up of two or more blank lines.

[dreamcatcher]

Link to the flyers are currently posted on the other website. Check the link posted by this dude.

[ynchu]

Well I parked my car at the front where the line started. A couple other cars did the same once they saw me do it that were directly behind me. About 2 hours before FS opened we parked our cars and stood in line. This was like 6 years ago.

Don't they always have those concrete thingy's in front of their doors? Just to prevent someone deciding to back the truck in at 3:00 A.M.... how do you park right in front of the store?

[runamuck]

you all should all boycott FS & BB!!!



*more deals 4me* :cheesygri