Archive for the '05 BestBuy' Category
This customer report is alarming and very revealing. It is consistent with reports since 1994. It also supports charges against HSBC and Household International in Shea vs Household (HSBC). Clearly and without doubt HSBC is lying to this customer. Here is the report:
I feel I am being taken for a […]
June 12th, 2006 | Posted in Best Buy Stores, 05 BestBuy, 2006 HSBC, Predatory Lending, Scams | No Comments
A former Buy Buy executive is now CEO of Circuit City, as Circuit City turns from losses to profitability. That’s one CEO that knows not to align his Circuit City customers with predatory credit cards and predatory lending. The Best Buy credit card is managed by Household Internaitonal but the new name of […]
December 19th, 2005 | Posted in 05 BestBuy, 05 All Articles, 05 Who's Who | No Comments
Best Buy Stores - the largest electronics retailer, finances their in-store credit card with HSBC Finance Corporation. And who is HSBC Finance Corporation? It’s the new name for high rate predatory lender Household International. Are you looking for a military discount? Our staff here at Household - HSBC Watch has 45 […]
December 9th, 2005 | Posted in 05 BestBuy, 05 Lesson Plan, 05 All Articles | No Comments
Best Buy uses HSBC Finance Corporation for the Best Buy credit card. HSBC Finance Corporation is the new name of scandalized predatory lender Household International, responsible for foreclosures nation wide and a $484 million nation wide predatory lending suit.
Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) — Best Buy Co., the largest U.S. electronics retailer, said second-quarter profit rose […]
September 13th, 2005 | Posted in 05 BestBuy, 05 All Articles | No Comments
Who is to blame and who bears the responsibility if a sales person tells you something that is not true? Take this actual consumer report as an example:
“Tom Wheelis told me in no uncertain terms that my total cost of the purchase was $1591.02 and no payments were due until one year from date […]
September 10th, 2005 | Posted in 05 BestBuy, 05 All Articles, 05 Retail Services | No Comments
Best Buy Co. Inc. is now repainting its 150 “Geek Squad” Beetles throughout California to comply with the highway patrol’s request that the vehicles not look so much like their patrol cars, the company said. “If a new driver or an older driver sees this black and white vehicle they might think it’s the […]
September 1st, 2005 | Posted in 05 BestBuy, 05 All Articles | No Comments
Did you even wonder what your HSBC card really means? What is HSBC? What does it stand for? The answer: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. Thought your Best Buy card was backed by loyal Americans, didn’t you? Wrong. The corporate headquarters is in London, the name […]
August 17th, 2005 | Posted in 05 BestBuy, 05 All Articles, 05 HSBC Holdings, 05 Worldwide, 05 School - College | No Comments
Proof that flat-panel TVs is a boon for retailers can be found in their earnings statements. Best Buy Co. saw an 85 percent jump in first-quarter 2005 profits due in part to skyrocketing sales of flat-panel televisions. Consumer advocates at Household - HSBC Watch remind consumers that Best Buy, Good Guys and CompUSA private […]
August 14th, 2005 | Posted in 05 BestBuy, 05 Private Label, 05 All Articles, 05 Retail Services | No Comments
“Balance transfers may not be used to make payments to any Beneficial or HSBC credit card including any GM Card, Corvette MasterCard, Union Plus Credit Card, Household Bank or Orchard Bank credit card, or to pay a loan made by any other HFC, Beneficial or HSBC company.” See their terms here. That […]
August 8th, 2005 | Posted in 05 BestBuy, 05 All Articles, 05 GM Card - GM, 05 How It Works | No Comments
Best Buy Consumer Electronics and the predatory Best Buy credit card, as reported by a customer on 2 August 2005. Please READ CAREFULLY:
“I have had a Best Buy account for at least 5 years, I have not experienced any issues until today. However, what happened today / this month is truly unbelievable.
I had […]
August 2nd, 2005 | Posted in 05 BestBuy, 05 Private Label, 05 HSBC - U.S., 05 All Articles, 05 Retail Services | 1 Comment