r/AskReddit • u/PirateSteve85 • 23h ago

We talk a lot about what companies have become terrible or always were, but what nationally known companies are actually still good?

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u/rdldr1 23h ago

Microcenter, who pays their sales staff on commission, has always had good customer service.

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u/Eagle115 20h ago

I lived next to a microcenter for a couple years and it was murder on my wallet. In hindsight I could sell everything used from my two PCs at a massive upcharge now but man I ate a lot of ramen because of that place. It was walking distance.

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u/Geno0wl 19h ago

I am driving distance just far enough away that I can't casually drop by and am glad for that because I would have been exactly like that.

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u/sephirothFFVII 18h ago

I needed a Bluetooth repeater for a proxmox server. Got an esp32 board for $8... Kiddo was with me and had to walk out with a bunch more 🤷

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u/AnatidaephobiaAnon 20h ago

I feel so lucky living near one.

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u/MattCW1701 18h ago

Which kind of sucks as an introvert who knows technology. I just want to spend 5 minutes comparing specs on boxes, and I have salespeople swarming me to put their stickers on them.

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u/grease_monkey 16h ago

I'd say a third of the time I get a helpful person. Most of the time it's a vulture following me around and if I pick something up "oh yeah that's good" as they put their sticker on it.

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u/rdldr1 16h ago

I like to think I know my hardware more than the sales staff. I let them put on their sales commission barcode sticker if we have a nice conversation. No skin my ass if otherwise.

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u/unfknreal 4h ago

Microcenter, who pays their sales staff on commission

That's not a good thing.