# I pit Best Buy for one of the worst and stupidest shopping experiences of my life

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 26, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-best-buy-for-one-of-the-worst-and-stupidest-shopping-experiences-of-my-life/276793 "2004-11-26T21:44:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-best-buy-for-one-of-the-worst-and-stupidest-shopping-experiences-of-my-life/276793/41 "2004-11-29T18:29:05Z")

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> [@haardvark](#):
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> Yeah, that occured to me just after I posted. Makes sense. Still and all, I do wonder if the off-number items are of identical quality?

AFAIK, the Wal-Mart-numbered item is exactly the same as an existing model. Only the numbers are different.

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