Best Buy admits to potentially deceptive website
updated 03:50 pm EST, Fri March 2, 2007
Best Buy website exposed
Facing a probe from the Connecticut Attorney General's office, Best Buy has admitted that the site customers see in the store is not the same as the Internet website. The issue has come to the fore due to the Hartford Courant's George Gombossy, who confirmed a tip that Best Buy uses an intranet made to resemble the real website, but with artificially higher prices. The company has allegedly used this intranet to deny discounts to in-store customers, though a representative disputes this, saying the intranet was never meant to deceive people. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has complained about the investigation's progress meanwhile, noting that "their [Best Buy's] responses seem to raise as many questions as they answer."
