Best Buy # 502
My family and I visited Best Buy yesterday to exchange my son’s headphones. Dakota and Thalia were professional and kind, and they made the exchange effortlessly. I was nervous going in, but left feeling valued. Thank you, Dakota and Thalia, for going above and beyond your job description. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This was my first purchase from this Best Buy location, and unfortunately, based on my experience, I would strongly advise customers to consider avoiding this store. The way my situation was handled by the store manager was extremely disappointing, unprofessional, and unacceptable.
If you purchase anything from this location, I strongly recommend opening the box and verifying that the actual product inside matches what you purchased before leaving the store.
On August 9, 2026, I purchased a Sony camera costing approximately $1,000 from the Smyrna Best Buy location.
15th August I visited my usual Best Buy location in Atlanta to purchase accessories for the camera. An employee examined my camera and immediately pointed out that something did not appear to be correct. After checking the system, the employee informed me that the camera did not match the camera the system is showing I purchased.
I immediately returned to the Smyrna location to have the issue corrected.
What happened next was extremely troubling.
The store manager repeatedly attempted to convince me that the camera inside the box was the correct camera, despite my explaining that it was not the model I purchased. I showed my receipt
An employee brings out a new box, opened it to demonstrate the difference between the two cameras. Even after seeing the difference firsthand, the manager continued insisting that the camera I had received was the correct one. On multiple occasions, he walked away while I was attempting to resolve the issue.
Eventually, the manager instructed me to contact Best Buy Customer Service and stated that if Customer Service approved the transaction, he would process the exchange.
I followed his instructions and contacted Customer Service. I was told that the exchange could be handled and that the product was covered under the manufacturer’s warranty. However, the manager still refused to process the exchange.
I continued contacting Customer Service and was repeatedly given the same response: only the Smyrna store manager could authorize the exchange.
At that point, I asked Best Buy to investigate the situation rather than simply dismissing my complaint. I offered to provide vacation videos and photographs showing the camera I had with me and demonstrating that the camera I left the store with was the same camera that was inside the box when I received it.
I returned to the Smyrna location again 28th August and explained the entire situation to the supervisor and store manager. The supervisor instructed me to contact Customer Service again and request that a note be placed on my account stating that the exchange can be authorized. I did that but customer care said they can’t put a note. Gave her the okay to exchange the item but the store manager refused yet again.
This entire experience has been extremely troubling.
I am being treated as though I am attempting to obtain something that does not belong to me. If there is a discrepancy between the product sold and the product that should have been in the box, the appropriate response should be to investigate the situation not dismiss the customer, refuse to listen, or repeatedly walk away.
If I were managing this store, I would want to determine exactly where the breakdown occurred. I would review the inventory, serial numbers, transaction records, cameras sold at the location, and any available surveillance footage to determine how the wrong camera ended up in my box.
Instead, I have been left with a camera that I did not purchase and do not want, despite making a legitimate purchase and repeatedly attempting to resolve the matter through both the store and Best Buy Customer Service.
I have been a Best Buy customer, and I expected significantly better customer service from a company of this size. I should not have to repeatedly call Customer Service, return to the store multiple times, and defend the fact that the product I received is not the product I purchased.
Avoid this location at all cost and also Best Buy if possible.
Worst service ever total trash. Avoid Acoid Avoid. From computers to geek squad, the service is garbage service. Northlake, Lindbergh, Perimeter, highly recommended.
Response from Best Buy
August 27, 2026
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In-store pickup for online order. I received notice that my item was ready for pickup just 10 minutes after placing the online order. When I arrived at the store, the associate scanned the barcode in my confirmation email, checked my ID, retrieved my package, and sent me on my way. Quick & Easy.