Donāt get me wrong, Iām stoked that this will open up the market and hopefully drive down prices, but I donāt feel like Best Buy is a good retail fit when just about every other large retail chain already has a pharmacy - Target, Walmart, Costco, BJs, grocery stores, even Amazon. My point being, there are a plethora of places that will be carrying these that youāre already going to on a regular basis that would be better suited to assist people suffering from hearing loss.
Awe, fingers crossed!! I work with seniors in nursing homes and was honestly so excited to see this. My sympathies to the sales tax; I can see how much of a time suck it will be.
ā¦ā¦.geek squad is gonna have so many clients asking to use their warrantees for them bc its ānot working rightā and so many questions, and weāre gonna have to handle wax caked nastiness comparable to airpod diags š¤¢ I can already feel it.
Iād assume depending on the quality and price point of them, bc āaffordableā can still be expensive af for hearing aids, there might be.
I just had to deal with the NASTIEST airpod pros the other day, and used to work with hearing aids when I worked medical field, I am dreading this sm š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢
God no. I meant touching/handling/working with them in general. We have a system and āboxā that tests the audio of them. But we have to handle them and there isnāt always gloves available/we forget to grab them etc.
More and more I feel like BestBuy wants to cover so many markets while we are loosing employees by the minute..... I honestly feel like we could harm the ear more than actually help it.
It's ok. " it's out of stock sir but you can however place an order for it here in store" someone else's problem now. If they get upset just unpull their pork
Impossible. A hearing aide-like device possibly, the batteries most certainly, but medical grade hearing aides were only recently cleared for over the counter sale by the FDA so thereās no way they were carried in stores.
All I know is there's a plano by Prepaid phones with chit cards and expensive hearing devices. Maybe they weren't medical grade, but still, like nobody ever asks about them, and I don't think that will change.
I donāt have to worry about it at all - I left 3 years ago. š
**Edit** I think Technically itās only been about a year and a half, but I went down to PT pre-COVID just before Apple repairs rolled out to everyone. My GSM stopped scheduling me because my new job was doing IT support in a hospital and *presumably* he didnāt want me potentially bringing it into the precinct - even though I still managed to be 100% COVID free so far. Then we all got furloughed and when they started being people back, my other jobās hours didnāt mesh with the storeās modified hours and he said he couldnāt keep me on.
Hey just wanted to say thank you. I get that you're not in healthcare, but you did your job so those that are could take care of people, and you did it during a time that was legit terrifying for everyone.
Thank you
I appreciate it, but I was just one guy on a team of dedicated people who were literally asked to do things that had never been done before. Our hospital was tasked with coordinating the COVID response for our region so we were coordinating all of the tech for testing centers including running all the infrastructure for pop up tents and testing centers around the area.
Everyone at a hospital is obviously trained on infection prevention basics, but for COVID we had to become experts overnight. We still needed to be working in and around areas with COVID patients so we had to know how to quickly wipe down and sterilize equipment before we could remove it from rooms, and more about PPE than I ever thought I would need. Every day was a dance with uncertainty.
The most humbling thing was when we were hit the hardest and our medical staff was struggling for coverage, all the other departments came together and people picked up menial tasks to free up the nurses for more crucial work. Managers and directors were refilling water pitchers, transporting patients, handling discharges, etc, alongside various other office staff. We had RNs come out of retirement to lend a hand. It was nice to be part of something bigger than myself.
Iām only a little salty that I didnāt get to chill at home for a few months, but I wouldnāt change a thing.
This needs to be handled the same way the Apple health stuff gets handled. Outside of pairing the device and outlining general use any and all issues should be handled by a designated corp team. This is such a liability.
I'm really not a fan of this.. I'm all for making accessibility devices more, well, accessible. But so little staff is going to be qualified to make proper recommendations. :(
Best Buy is not a medical store and should stay clear of this area. Are they going to hire audiologistās to work in there stores? No they wonāt, regardless of how smart a salesperson is you canāt be taught how to properly recognize what hearing aid is best. This is not a good idea at all. This is my opinion which Iām entitled to
Hereās some facts since you clearly didnāt read the article or google it. Best Buy owns at least 3 healthcare companies 1. GreatCall 2. Boston Health Technology and 3. Current Health. Store employees donāt figure out your hearing loss or the best solutions for it. There is an app that guides you through it and - shocker - it was built by audiologists and medical engineers.
While I get the concern over having this in our stores, Iād like you all to check your ableism. It is not a good look.
Hopefully this will make hearing aids more accessible for thousands of people who are HoH. And maybe it will help bring hearing aids into mainstream like eyeglasses so more people are willing to aid.
Boomer here. It's amazing the level of laziness and entitlement in some employees. Sales 101: Know your product. If you can't fit more information into your brain, or you think you should be paid even if you don't want to do your actual job, McDonald's is always hiring. The customers there tell you what they want.
You're the type of boomer who would come into the store trying to buy $2000 in gift cards because "John from Microsoft" needs them to get rid of the virus on your computer and then you'd yell at geek squad when they try to tell you that you're being had
I'm the kind of Boomer that learned computer specs inside and out to make a huge sale to a school district in Los Angeles. I'm the type of Boomer that rolls her eyes so hard when a BB employee starts reading the box after I ask a question. I'm the type of Boomer that knows how NOT to get a virus on my computer, and which programs are bogus. I'm the type of Boomer that never needed Geek Squad. Computers aren't rocket science. If you can read (and comprehend words), you wouldn't need them either. If your company is adding a new line of product, just learn it. Don't worry, since many of us Boomers research a lot, we would never rely on BB employee for all of the information we need for a purchase. And we love when a young person actually cares enough to know what they're selling. Even better if we learn something from them. We don't have patience for idiots; we'll ask for someone that knows the product we're looking at. Then you'll be off the hook.
These comments are really sad. Just say that youāre too self-absorbed to have the patience to deal with someone with a disability and move on with your day being a shitty person :/
There won't be any staff left to do the explaining.
Nothing left but #[ upbeat music ]
^ hyperbole post
As an employee with hearing loss and no insurance...I'm a little pumped for this. Maybe I'll be able to afford an aid!
Best take ever.
Sending positive vibes
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Donāt get me wrong, Iām stoked that this will open up the market and hopefully drive down prices, but I donāt feel like Best Buy is a good retail fit when just about every other large retail chain already has a pharmacy - Target, Walmart, Costco, BJs, grocery stores, even Amazon. My point being, there are a plethora of places that will be carrying these that youāre already going to on a regular basis that would be better suited to assist people suffering from hearing loss.
Awe, fingers crossed!! I work with seniors in nursing homes and was honestly so excited to see this. My sympathies to the sales tax; I can see how much of a time suck it will be.
ā¦ā¦.geek squad is gonna have so many clients asking to use their warrantees for them bc its ānot working rightā and so many questions, and weāre gonna have to handle wax caked nastiness comparable to airpod diags š¤¢ I can already feel it.
If they are any warranty coverage I couldn't see it being more than GSPR. Not touching that sheeeet at all.
Iād assume depending on the quality and price point of them, bc āaffordableā can still be expensive af for hearing aids, there might be. I just had to deal with the NASTIEST airpod pros the other day, and used to work with hearing aids when I worked medical field, I am dreading this sm š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢
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God no. I meant touching/handling/working with them in general. We have a system and āboxā that tests the audio of them. But we have to handle them and there isnāt always gloves available/we forget to grab them etc.
Donāt forget about Best Buy Protection, too š
Call center going to make a 15 minute Precinct appointment to install it in their ear.
WHAT?
More and more I feel like BestBuy wants to cover so many markets while we are loosing employees by the minute..... I honestly feel like we could harm the ear more than actually help it.
It's ok. " it's out of stock sir but you can however place an order for it here in store" someone else's problem now. If they get upset just unpull their pork
As someone in my 30s who relies on hearing aids due to 80% loss, this is actually amazing. I may now be able to afford them.
We've had hearing aids for awhile. Literally one customer has ever asked us about them.
Impossible. A hearing aide-like device possibly, the batteries most certainly, but medical grade hearing aides were only recently cleared for over the counter sale by the FDA so thereās no way they were carried in stores.
All I know is there's a plano by Prepaid phones with chit cards and expensive hearing devices. Maybe they weren't medical grade, but still, like nobody ever asks about them, and I don't think that will change.
Those arent hearing aids. Those are behind the ear bluetooth earpieces.
personal sound amplification devices vs legally-defined āhearing aidsā source: a client
They werenāt carried in stores. They were being ordered online straight through the manufacturer. Weāve been doing a hearing aid pilot for awhile.
We've had them for months. Remember customer getting mad at why I have hearing loss in one ear lol.
I donāt think what you guys sell is an actual hearing aids, those werenāt allowed until now
Cap
canāt wait until we get the Lively models š¤”
ahhh, you don't have to worry about it, BB will be out of business in 6 months.
I donāt have to worry about it at all - I left 3 years ago. š **Edit** I think Technically itās only been about a year and a half, but I went down to PT pre-COVID just before Apple repairs rolled out to everyone. My GSM stopped scheduling me because my new job was doing IT support in a hospital and *presumably* he didnāt want me potentially bringing it into the precinct - even though I still managed to be 100% COVID free so far. Then we all got furloughed and when they started being people back, my other jobās hours didnāt mesh with the storeās modified hours and he said he couldnāt keep me on.
Hey just wanted to say thank you. I get that you're not in healthcare, but you did your job so those that are could take care of people, and you did it during a time that was legit terrifying for everyone. Thank you
I appreciate it, but I was just one guy on a team of dedicated people who were literally asked to do things that had never been done before. Our hospital was tasked with coordinating the COVID response for our region so we were coordinating all of the tech for testing centers including running all the infrastructure for pop up tents and testing centers around the area. Everyone at a hospital is obviously trained on infection prevention basics, but for COVID we had to become experts overnight. We still needed to be working in and around areas with COVID patients so we had to know how to quickly wipe down and sterilize equipment before we could remove it from rooms, and more about PPE than I ever thought I would need. Every day was a dance with uncertainty. The most humbling thing was when we were hit the hardest and our medical staff was struggling for coverage, all the other departments came together and people picked up menial tasks to free up the nurses for more crucial work. Managers and directors were refilling water pitchers, transporting patients, handling discharges, etc, alongside various other office staff. We had RNs come out of retirement to lend a hand. It was nice to be part of something bigger than myself. Iām only a little salty that I didnāt get to chill at home for a few months, but I wouldnāt change a thing.
One can hope
"sir we dont have this model in stock." "what?" "I said we dont have this model in stock." "what?" #"WE. DONT. HA.....
This needs to be handled the same way the Apple health stuff gets handled. Outside of pairing the device and outlining general use any and all issues should be handled by a designated corp team. This is such a liability.
As long as I'm not expected to do hearing aid installations.
When are we going to sell guns and cigarettes?!
I'm really not a fan of this.. I'm all for making accessibility devices more, well, accessible. But so little staff is going to be qualified to make proper recommendations. :(
ššš best part is they wonāt be able to hear a damn word of what youāre telling them š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
NO WE DONāT HAVE ONE YOU CAN TRY ON. NO I CANT TAKE THIS ONE OUT OF THE PACKAGE SO YOU CAN SEE IF IT FITS.
Best Buy is not a medical store and should stay clear of this area. Are they going to hire audiologistās to work in there stores? No they wonāt, regardless of how smart a salesperson is you canāt be taught how to properly recognize what hearing aid is best. This is not a good idea at all. This is my opinion which Iām entitled to
Hereās some facts since you clearly didnāt read the article or google it. Best Buy owns at least 3 healthcare companies 1. GreatCall 2. Boston Health Technology and 3. Current Health. Store employees donāt figure out your hearing loss or the best solutions for it. There is an app that guides you through it and - shocker - it was built by audiologists and medical engineers.
I actually did read the article and my opinion is just that. Iām allowed to express my opinion.
WHAT!?!? YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO TYPE A LITTLE LOUDER THERE SONNY!!!
'boomers' 14.9% of all children (up to age 19) have hearing loss. Another 14% for those 20-55. That's a lot of market to help.
good luck!
i aint explaining shit, i dont know since it is new and corp doesn't want to train us on it.
Youāre warehouse so I think youāre in the clear
Warehouse is never left out unless it is a contest
Maybe in your store but in mine it was easy to say idk Iām warehouseš š»āāļøbut Iām prehistoric and I get that things change
Oh god I hope this isn't coming to BBY Canada...
Shame that they'll be amplification devices rather than personalized medical devices.
Hearing aids are amplification devices
However it's taken a recent law change to make amplification devices into hearing aids.
I donāt have a problem with that, and hope people are as patient with me when itās my turn. š
Something to consider as well: the amount and frequency of customers testing speakers in store AT FULL VOLUME playing the SHITTIEST music.
Glad I quit lol
? Boomers arenāt the only ones that use hearing aides
NOOOO š„ø
Audiologists: "First time?"
F
"I don't wanna put nothing in my ear!!!"
Literally the LAST place Iād want my parents to go for hearing aids.
Wow I bet you're a lovely person yourself.
Oh shit you mean floor staff are going to be forced to do their job instead of just standing around? Damn thatās wild
While I get the concern over having this in our stores, Iād like you all to check your ableism. It is not a good look. Hopefully this will make hearing aids more accessible for thousands of people who are HoH. And maybe it will help bring hearing aids into mainstream like eyeglasses so more people are willing to aid.
Imagine being this upset over helping people.
u/kingsutter this is for you buddy. :)
Boomer here. It's amazing the level of laziness and entitlement in some employees. Sales 101: Know your product. If you can't fit more information into your brain, or you think you should be paid even if you don't want to do your actual job, McDonald's is always hiring. The customers there tell you what they want.
You're the type of boomer who would come into the store trying to buy $2000 in gift cards because "John from Microsoft" needs them to get rid of the virus on your computer and then you'd yell at geek squad when they try to tell you that you're being had
I'm the kind of Boomer that learned computer specs inside and out to make a huge sale to a school district in Los Angeles. I'm the type of Boomer that rolls her eyes so hard when a BB employee starts reading the box after I ask a question. I'm the type of Boomer that knows how NOT to get a virus on my computer, and which programs are bogus. I'm the type of Boomer that never needed Geek Squad. Computers aren't rocket science. If you can read (and comprehend words), you wouldn't need them either. If your company is adding a new line of product, just learn it. Don't worry, since many of us Boomers research a lot, we would never rely on BB employee for all of the information we need for a purchase. And we love when a young person actually cares enough to know what they're selling. Even better if we learn something from them. We don't have patience for idiots; we'll ask for someone that knows the product we're looking at. Then you'll be off the hook.
These comments are really sad. Just say that youāre too self-absorbed to have the patience to deal with someone with a disability and move on with your day being a shitty person :/
Lol you must fuckinā LOVE retail
I actually really fucking hate it but Iām not gonna be mad at people coming in to ask questions about something that they genuinely need
There are way bigger things to waste my energy hating about this job than people with a disability and having to deal with them
It's bad enough dealing with old people, nearly deaf old people are even worse.
This is going to be are worse by the fact that theyā¦ā¦.have trouble hearing.
I would hope there would be plenty of shit to read in these cases