anybody use bestbuy?
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Don't go to Best Buy for an alarm install, try Fry's Electronics. The one in San Diego (San Marcos location) i've heard has some pretty good installers working there. I had Fry's install the alarm on my old car, but it was the one in Anaheim, they did a great job though. If you got some extra $$, ask them to solder the connections instead of just splicing and stuff. Also have them hide the "brain" and the wiring of the alarm as best they can. It's worth the extra $$, if they look at you like "0_0" take it to a smaller shop that does alarms...they should do it. Most installers just put the brain and everything behind the dash under the steering wheel. Guess where thieves look first to disable an alarm? lol
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I actually was going to start a thread about this. I just got a 99 es300 and saw bestbuy has the Viper alarm priced at 139 with basic installation.
A couple of local shops offer the alarm a little cheaper, but you also have to pay for install so it works out the same price.
A couple of local shops offer the alarm a little cheaper, but you also have to pay for install so it works out the same price.
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Best Buy can be a hit or a miss in my opinion. Some stores will have bad installers and poor customer service, while others will have excellent installers. My suggestion is to see if there are any other shops that specialize in car audio and alarms. If you can't find any other shops, talk with the installers at Best Buy to see how experienced they are with alarm installs.
I've said this in other threads about BBY - I've had excellent experiences with them and a couple not so good. The not so goods don't outweigh the positives, but I haven't visited in a while. I do see that their customer service has suffered a bit, but when I wanted something last year for Christmas, even with a mass of people, I was able to find someone to help me relatively quickly.
I firmly believe that in any retail operation it is an "attitude at the top" situation. If the manager takes pride and instills that in the workers and accepts nothing less, the store will exude that as a whole with a few bad apples. If the manager never walks the floor, never stops to chat with a customer and see how their experience is, never stoops to pick up a product (or trash) on the floor, or never assesses where a shortcoming might be, the store will flounder.
As suggested, I would know a few things when walking in and if you get the proverbial "deer in headlights" look when asking questions about those things, it's time to vamoose.
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