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Last Edited by Shorted | Staff February 26, 2016 at 01:38 PM
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Just a heads up that CowBoom [cowboom.com] is no more and it will now be Best Buy Outlet.

All items on CowBoom's site is OOS. All items are being consolidated to BBO. Currently the sign in system on CowBoom is not working. If you have any issues contact CowBoom directly here [cowboom.com].

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/elect...CVeRH8sGCQ

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BrianB8597
02-27-2016 at 09:35 AM.
02-27-2016 at 09:35 AM.
Quote from rootbear :
I'm sad, no more jokes about their name anymore. Can't do much with BBO..

Bad Body Odor?
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ten80
02-27-2016 at 09:38 AM.
02-27-2016 at 09:38 AM.
Quote from soylimonada :
I can't see best buy offering cowboom like prices on the outlet. Hoping I'm wrong.
I don't think you are wrong...
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pacp_ec
02-27-2016 at 09:39 AM.
02-27-2016 at 09:39 AM.
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Bad Body Odor?
​Best Butt Onsale?
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K7S5A
02-27-2016 at 09:39 AM.
02-27-2016 at 09:39 AM.
Quote from sarlo100 :
Just took a gander at Best Buy Outlet, their prices are dreadful compared to Cowboom. The party is over. Probably some MBA asshole deciding that forcing everything through this distribution chain would "maximize profit".

I doubt it, what it will really mean is that all that older tech that quickly depreciates will be strictly wholesaled. He'll probably get fired, eventually, but fat lot of good that does us in the meantime.

Right, because no one here is responsible for being idiodic consumers
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jreuschl
02-27-2016 at 09:46 AM.
02-27-2016 at 09:46 AM.
We could probably see this coming based on the fact that Best Buy took down the option to search local store inventory for open box and instead the pricing is set nationally vs. at the store level.
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tivu100
02-27-2016 at 09:49 AM.
02-27-2016 at 09:49 AM.
Quote from edweird_stp :
www.techliquidators.com, it's the Best Buy B2B site.
But no way to buy without owning a business?

Also "Warranties not valid on any TechLiquidators product. All product is sold "AS IS" - cosmetic and operational condition is not guaranteed. Manifest quantities provide a best estimate. Actual quantities may vary." Doesn't this sound too risky?

Anyways, for people thinking none of us know about CowBoom owned by Best Buy: many of us does. The thing is CowBoom price had been polar different from Best Buy outlet. So unless Best Buy outlet chnages their pricing system to resemble of CowBoom now, Bets Buy Outlet =/= CowBoom
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germanpope
02-27-2016 at 09:51 AM.
02-27-2016 at 09:51 AM.
I haven't posted here at FW for awhile. I got some good stuff from cowboom. This sucks.
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hemoglobin
02-27-2016 at 09:54 AM.
02-27-2016 at 09:54 AM.
RIP Cowboom, it has been fun while it lasts
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DiceMoney
02-27-2016 at 10:13 AM.
02-27-2016 at 10:13 AM.
This hurts
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MadPup
02-27-2016 at 10:15 AM.
02-27-2016 at 10:15 AM.
Hot deal! In for 2.
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Corrosive
02-27-2016 at 10:16 AM.
02-27-2016 at 10:16 AM.
I agree with others... this is an end of an era. I remember checking CB just about daily for various price fluxes and new stock. I have had so many great deals and others that have been udder (get it) nightmares. Cowboom will truly be missed.

My last ditch thought is that maybe after bestbuy realizes that they can't sell their open/used items and has no place to store them, etc... then they will reopen... highly unlikely, but who knows. I also agree with others that unless bby does something with their current used/open prices then there is no way that the deals will be remotely the same. The last saving grace may be that they will finally take gift cards seeing as it will be under the best buy entity. Savings can be had that way, but finding that one satisfactory out of a sea of fair deals will not be around and I will truly miss that.
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DiceMoney
02-27-2016 at 10:20 AM.
02-27-2016 at 10:20 AM.
Here is agood example, cowboom had mac mini 379, right now best buy
has open box 429, i was waiting for 20 percent coupon, i have to now start to look for it somewhere else
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Rabble_Rabble_Rabble
02-27-2016 at 10:32 AM.
02-27-2016 at 10:32 AM.
Quote from Corrosive :
I agree with others... this is an end of an era. I remember checking CB just about daily for various price fluxes and new stock. I have had so many great deals and others that have been udder (get it) nightmares. Cowboom will truly be missed.

My last ditch thought is that maybe after bestbuy realizes that they can't sell their open/used items and has no place to store them, etc... then they will reopen... highly unlikely, but who knows. I also agree with others that unless bby does something with their current used/open prices then there is no way that the deals will be remotely the same. The last saving grace may be that they will finally take gift cards seeing as it will be under the best buy entity. Savings can be had that way, but finding that one satisfactory out of a sea of fair deals will not be around and I will truly miss that.
I noticed over the last month a huge amount of Best Buy open-box inventory appearing on eBay. Best Buy never sold open-box/used inventory through eBay in the past so this is clearly a new strategy and it's possible they're going to take this approach for some of the Cowboom inventory.
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besi
02-27-2016 at 10:32 AM.
02-27-2016 at 10:32 AM.
why everybody exited ?pretty much they killed cowboom,those deals are never coming back.
look what happened the bestbuy.com clearence/open box deals they killed that too.
they use to have great local open box deals ,u can just buy it online and pick up in store,since they changed their website u cant even find those deals anymore,you have to go to the store and talk to the manager to find out if they have something on sale.i havent bought anything from bestbuy since then.
idiots
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Vegoose702
02-27-2016 at 10:34 AM.
02-27-2016 at 10:34 AM.
this is complete corporate greed at its finest, I wish the worst for Best Buy and can't say it enough. lost a very valuable customer. GG
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