Saving at Best Buy

Yes, Best Buy does offer select discounts. For example, the Best Buy student discount gets you access to special deals when you sign up with a .edu email address. Educators and school administrators may be able to get a discount on bulk orders through cooperative contracts.

Some stores offer a military discount of 10%-20%, but this is at the discretion of each store manager. It’s not a corporate-level policy.

The Best Buy return policy is strict and a bit confusing. You have 15 days to return most items. If you’re a TotalTech member, you’ll get 60 days on most items. But if you purchase an item that needs to be activated, like a cell phone or a smartwatch, you only have 14 days to make your return – TotalTech member or not. The only exception is Verizon products, which you have 30 days to return.

Yes. As long as the store has a location within 25 miles, Best Buy will price match both their in-store and online prices. Best Buy will even price match Amazon as long as you’re not buying from a third-party seller.

Best Buy runs two Black Friday sales: Early Black Friday and then regular Black Friday. Best Buy’s Early Black Friday sale usually runs the next-to-last week of October, and the early Black Friday deals can be just as good as Black Friday itself. 

Regular Best Buy Black Friday sales tend to run the Friday before Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday.

There is also a Best Buy Black Friday in July sale, which they run to stay competitive with Amazon’s Prime Day.