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Snopes.com Info on Best Buy's Christmas Greeting Policy Outdated: Continued Boycott Unfair
RFFM.org ^ | December 23, 2009 | Daniel T. Zanoza

Posted on 12/23/2009 3:21:53 PM PST by Daniel T. Zanoza

The other day, my wife and I visited a Best Buy store in the Chicagoland area and were pleasantly surprised. As we were checking out, the young cashier went out of her way to wish us both a very merry Christmas. My wife and I were taken aback by the young lady's obvious enjoyment in extending her greeting, to the point it was a topic of conversation as we left the store.

Shortly afterward, I received an e-mail sent out by an individual who was supporting a boycott of Best Buy. The individual was forwarding an e-mail he had received which, unbeknownst to him, referred to outdated information regarding Best Buy's policy related to Christmas greetings issued by employees (or the lack thereof) to their customers. The e-mail suggested Best Buy was ...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Religion
KEYWORDS: bestbuy; boycott; christmasgreetings; snopescom

1 posted on 12/23/2009 3:21:54 PM PST by Daniel T. Zanoza
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To: Daniel T. Zanoza

I’ve been avoiding them simply because of the “Merry Christmas” issue. But if they’ve changed, then I’ll patronize them once again.

Thanks for letting us know.

(Someone posted here yesterday that Snopes is run by a couple of liberals! It figures their info. would be suspect, IMO!)


2 posted on 12/23/2009 3:56:44 PM PST by Joann37
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To: Joann37

my sister runs everything thru Snopes, and is quick to send u the link with what Snopes says.
I will let her know the liberal connection!


3 posted on 12/23/2009 4:02:59 PM PST by ronniesgal (Merry Christmas early, and a Happy Channukah!)
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To: Daniel T. Zanoza

Don’t believe it. Snopes is run by two lefties. It can’t be trusted for things such as this.

There are good websites that track Christmas friendliness.

http://standforchristmas.com/pages/retailer_ratings/retailer:3

Best Buy gets a very bad rating.


4 posted on 12/23/2009 5:29:29 PM PST by Captain Steve (I'm sick of political correctness and glorifying special interest groups.)
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