On Sunday night, I attended a Best Buy invitation-only event for Reward Zone members here in Atlanta. This event ran nationwide at select Best Buy locations in various markets. “Samsung LED” was the featured item at the event, which highlighted a promotion of 46″ and 55″ derivative 7100 series models sold exclusively at Best Buy. A Samsung representative was in attendance. However, it should be pointed out that while she characterized herself as a “Samsung Sales Rep,” she was most likely part of a sourced sales support effort-minimally trained-in order to cover all of the storefronts. I note this because I represented myself as a serious customer for the Samsung LED. I first talked to a couple of Best Buy salespeople who pretty much verbalized the Point-of-Purchase highlights attached to the end-cap display, discussed the new LED display (in general terms) and showed me the thin profile.
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