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Best Buy Announces Free Shipping on All BestBuy.com Purchases.


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Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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), North America's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances, today announced the Company is offering free shipping, for a limited time, on all BestBuy.com purchases.

"BestBuy.com has offered free shipping on various product categories in the past which was popular with our customers," said John Thompson John Thompson is the name of:

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    , senior vice president of BestBuy.com. "Expanding free shipping to all products is part of Best Buy's continuing commitment to offer value to our customers - by offering it, we are eliminating a barrier to using the online channel, giving the customer the freedom to choose how to shop."

    Customers already have the option of picking up online purchases in the stores, which saves delivery fees, and free shipping offers customers an additional choice on how to receive their products. BestBuy.com's free shipping offer is easy to use and applies to all products - from CDs and DVDs to notebooks and 50" digital TVs. Online purchases made during the limited-time offer will have standard shipping charges automatically deducted de·duct  
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    1. To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract.

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     during the check-out process, with products delivered by standard ground shipping. Customers may also choose to upgrade to an enhanced shipping option at a reduced cost. If a return or exchange is needed, customers also have the choice of returning to a local Best Buy store.

    About Best Buy Co., Inc.

    Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is North America's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company operates retail stores and commercial Web sites under the names: Best Buy (BestBuy.com), Future Shop (FutureShop.ca), Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States
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     Hi-Fi (MagnoliaHiFi.com), Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody Sam Goody is a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by Musicland, which itself is owned by former rival Trans World Entertainment which also runs Suncoast Motion Picture Company and, until January 2006,  (SamGoody.com), and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,900 retail stores nationwide, in Canada, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla.  and in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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    Date:Jul 2, 2002
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