Best Buy Is Racist!!!!

**blue** · 05-23-2010, 12:28 AM

I just filled out a survey and at the end of it there was an offer from Best Buy for a $1000 gift card, but only if I can prove I was legally in America. Of course I can but what of the Ukrainian family living down the street? Why should they miss out on a $1000 Best Buy gift card because they arent here legally? American Immigration laws are just mean spirited.

**wombat2u2004** · 05-23-2010, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by blue

I just filled out a survey and at the end of it there was an offer from Best Buy for a $1000 gift card, but only if I can prove I was legally in America. Of course I can but what of the Ukrainian family living down the street? Why should they miss out on a $1000 Best Buy gift card because they arent here legally? American Immigration laws are just mean spirited.

Pitiful.....pitiful.
Perhaps that family should go back to their own country and shop at Best Buy there.

**moosmom** · 05-23-2010, 09:01 AM

I'd report them to the Better Business Bureau!!

I got an email yesterday supposedly from Wachovia Bank. It had the Wells Fargo logo on it. It said, "You have a gift in your in box, click here". I immediately called the bank to verify it. They told me to forward the email to their "fradulent email dept" and they would check it out. I did that and deleted it.

I cannot believe the number of scams out there that really look too good to be true (you know the addage, "If it's too good to be true, it is."). They prey on people. In this bad economy alot of people are falling for them and it's sad.

Bottom line is, keep on your toes.

**Freedom** · 05-23-2010, 09:51 AM

You can't blame Best Buy for that. THEY get a huge fine if they award a gift to an illegal. So they are letting you know up front that you will have to show proof of residency.

If the laws don't change, you will see this on more and more freebies.

**Marigold2** · 05-23-2010, 10:19 AM

Blue Best Buy in not racist!!!!
They are following the law.
If they are here illigally the only place they deserve to be is in jail, not being rewarded for breaking our law.
Plan and simple they are criminals, and should be treated as such.

Originally Posted by blue

I just filled out a survey and at the end of it there was an offer from Best Buy for a $1000 gift card, but only if I can prove I was legally in America. Of course I can but what of the Ukrainian family living down the street? Why should they miss out on a $1000 Best Buy gift card because they arent here legally? American Immigration laws are just mean spirited.

**wombat2u2004** · 05-23-2010, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by Marigold2

Blue Best Buy in not racist!!!!
They are following the law.
If they are here illigally the only place they deserve to be is in jail, not being rewarded for breaking our law.
Plan and simple they are criminals, and should be treated as such.

Why jail ??? Then they further burden the taxpayer.
Why not take all of their assets, and then ship them back to their country of origin ??? Put their names on a list that ensures they can't climb up the list of legal immigrant entry submissions to the USA.
I bet they would think twice then about climbing the fence.

**wombat2u2004** · 05-23-2010, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by blue

I just filled out a survey and at the end of it there was an offer from Best Buy for a $1000 gift card, but only if I can prove I was legally in America. Of course I can but what of the Ukrainian family living down the street? Why should they miss out on a $1000 Best Buy gift card because they arent here legally? American Immigration laws are just mean spirited.

Why do you equate illegal immigration with rascism ????

**Lady's Human** · 05-23-2010, 10:29 AM

Ensuring the legal residency of a person is not racist.

Stating that all people who don't look Caucasian are illegal Mexicans, however...........

**Catty1** · 05-23-2010, 10:29 AM

blue, IMO that is legal. The immigrants have a choice - especially if the gov't thought of an amnesty and gave all the illegals a chance to come forward.

Yeah, expensive and time-consuming...but might solve a lot of the problem.

**caseysmom** · 05-23-2010, 10:52 AM

I am pretty sure Blue was joking.

Yeah LH as long as they don't equate them to flies its all good.

**pomtzu** · 05-23-2010, 05:27 PM

I don't do surveys and polls. It's just one more ploy to extract personal info on you, and then you are bombarded with emails with "offers" from every Tom, Dick and Harry! And don't even try to "unsubscribe" from any, because then you'll just end up with 10 times more pieces of junk that you don't want and didn't solicit!

**moosmom** · 05-23-2010, 06:31 PM

Amen Ellie!!!! If anyone other than who I WANT to have my real email address, asks for it, I give them my yahoo email. I hardly ever check it.

**wombat2u2004** · 05-23-2010, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by moosmom

Amen Ellie!!!! If anyone other than who I WANT to have my real email address, asks for it, I give them my yahoo email. I hardly ever check it.

Tut tut now. Just think of all the opportunity you are missing out on Donna.
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