Shopping at a Best Buy store in 2004

[@ArcadianGenesis]

I remember buying my PSP at Best Buy in March 2005, the day it came out. I was 16, my parents just bought me a new car, a Dodge Neon. I drove to Best Buy in my Neon, picked up a PSP off the shelf with no pre-order along with one game, Untold Legends. I paid with cash I had been saving for months from my allowance. I had $300 cash in $20 bills. Then I drove home in my new car with my new PSP in the passenger seat. That was an incredible device at the time. Good times.

[@ricardocornejo6832]

awesome memory! I get goosebumps just thinking about my first system power on!

[@vinnym6734]

I enjoyed reading that memory of yours. So many great ones I have there too.

[@user-lk6tr7my5k]

you are lucky as hell your parents bought you a car and u had a prime upbringing in a great time probably one of the best upbringings to ever happen and u didnt know😳

[@VT-fg9uo]

lol a dodge neon. I had one and it was a piece of crap. Your parents should have bought you something better.

[@ArcadianGenesis]

@VT-fg9uo Haha mine actually held up pretty well, but I only drove it like 5k miles per year.

[@CaleAdams]

All the PS2 and GameCube games in the cases so nostalgic

[@callanrose]

aw a camera for his 16 year old daughter🥹🥹 lucky girl having her own camera in 2004, so cool

[@hectorlopez1069]

It was for only pictures, no camera phones yet.

[@SeanGOTTIII]

Best buy at Christmas time as a kid in the 90s/2000s was GOLD . We'd sprint to the game section to play all the demos , run to the music aisles and look at CDs and Vinyls , we really had it good man. Its just not the same anymore

[@Religious_man]

RIP Best Buy Thanks for the memories.

[@The1Music2MyEars]

0:24 that man is a great teacher. Doesn't just explain, but offers hands on experience to let him bring up his own questions

[@candy2325]

I’m 34 and I was a freshman in high school in 2004. Such a great era!

[@helloskittysuprise]

bestie ur close to death! imagine being over 30 could not be me

[@carolcity1919]

@@helloskittysupriseyou are seeking attention since when was 30?close to death your mother most be dead then because I know she’s way over 30

[@feenforpink]

@@helloskittysuprise😭😭😭

[@Garebear_91]

I'm on the same boat lol miss going through those game isles at that time...

[@Cripsandbloodsaresellouts]

@@helloskittysuprisewtf does that even mean sir?

[@neilhardie6312]

Now the game shelf is small and usually damn near empty

[@ville666sora]

I feel like one of the few people who still wants to buy a physical copy of everything lol. I miss the giant cd section stores used to have too. As a teen/young adult I made a beeline for the cd section whenever I went into a store that sold them. Then I went to the video game section.

[@Luigi_Mario_1997]

OMG everything looks exactly how I remembered it! No smart phones, and the store felt like you were immediately in the future!!!

[@LinkRocks]

There were smartphones at Best Buy in 2004, that's the department I worked in at the time. It was when smartphones were beginning to take over.

[@aclemons1806]

These videos are awesome. Only problem is now I want that feeling back, the world sucks nowadays.

[@coreybabcock2023]

That's why I'm in tears

[@LinkRocks]

Everyone says this about the time they grew up in, but the reality is no matter what's going on in the world you can make the best of it and enjoy today. It's not that hard to do.

[@metalgrinch]

In the film Elf from 2003 Peter Dinklage's character bragged about having a 70-inch plasma at home being as super rich as he was. I'm now a middle classer and currently own a 70-inch TV as well. Not Plasma but LCD but just as good if not far better. Lol! Man I miss those aisles of stacks and stacks of games and movies!

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too

[@Devillainous]

Grandma looking at backyard wrestling on ps2 lol

[@TheMasterofDisaster48]

Lil Jimmy asked for Smackdown vs Raw not that!

[@coreybabcock2023]

Literally in tears remembering everything about 2004 i was 20 then living in Milwaukee WI

[@nathancruz9172]

I miss the 2000s.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Yes with flip phones, cameras, and Playstation 2 games.

[@artmaknev3738]

Thats a great camera salesman, he made me wanna buy this camera in 2023!

[@MarkMeadows90]

Wow, having a good sized plasma screen TV back then was a luxury. Even if you had the money to pay for digital TV and HD channels.

[@chexcollects]

When I worked at Best Buy in 2002-2004, a 50" plasma was $10,000. My 42" sharp aquos was $3700 I remember and that was in 2007 haha

[@thebatterymill]

I miss the way Best Buy looked before the smartphone era. Too cluttered now

[@Shiroishi_Hajime]

3:31 absolute heaven... tall isles full of product that go as far down as the eye can see. we will never get this again

[@catsandguitars1867]

I'd love to see some footage of guitar center from the 90s/00s

[@phantom193]

this brings back so many memories. i was a sophmore in high school in 04 and remember Best Buy being the promise land for any tech needs and video game shopping. First place i went after i got my license was to best buy to buy video games haha

[@Aurora666_yt]

That was the year my parents bought our first flat panel LCD desktop computer. I was intrigued by how flat it was, considering that most televisions were big boxes back then. The memories.

[@psychedelicfright85]

A very pointless store to shop at now. They had one of the best CD and movie selections.

[@Blackavelli202]

I worked in PC Home Office dept back in 2001. It was fun.. But they were on your ass to sell them performance service plans.

[@hectorlopez1069]

The white computer they had on the top of the register in best buy.

[@daltonbolser5100]

nowadays you walk into best buy and its empty 😂😂

[@49ersfan12]

😂😂😂😂 ikr

[@MIKExVICKx7]

Ong squirt

[@Ilovemetropcsbcmyphone]

Relatable 💀

[@alancampos8906]

@@49ersfan12thanks to Amazon 😅

[@terranceaddison4599]

For real...

[@ultramagnushurts]

I remember it being busy even as a teenager in 2012. And that was 11 years ago.

[@ChatGPT1111]

A camera with a 16Mb card, wow! That would take half a photo in 8K 😂

[@jeremyroskes5391]

Best Buy feels so empty without DVDs

[@TheLatverianYouTuber]

I remember buying my copy of PS2’s Spider-Man 2 at Best Buy that year. So many memories.

[@korraiswaifu6245]

Wonder where i was during this. I was in 4th grade. I was either at school or at home watching Ed Edd & Eddy while playing Pokémon

[@jtrapp651]

such a good year tbh

[@coreybabcock2023]

It was I miss my x gf jenny and jenny and Wendy from that year

[@barrettwilson3459]

Dude he had some footage inside a New Jersey mall from 1996 or 97 that I’d love to see again. I’ve got one clip of it saved but need the whole thing. Work your magic 😂

[@brandonlongwell8093]

Yes! Can you do please Christmas Shopping Buy Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas and Baby Noah DVD at Best Buy in 2004.

[@WaterDog1502]

Cant even walk into a best buy and check out the game section. Its all pieces of paper locked in a antitheft case.

[@chexcollects]

Ahh the nostalgia. I worked there from 2002-2004. My high school years.

[@BatmanvsJesus]

That one salesman was on one that day

[@JRBowling1997]

Wow!!! And no one was afraid to be recorded... no one freaked out over a camera...

[@newatlantisrepublic6844]

Back when the digital camera only held 8 pics 😂😂 Of course, you can get more by swapping larger card

[@linksavetheday]

1:50 budokai 2, good times

[@adamharb9233]

🔥🔥🔥

[@GoldEdgePlaythroughs]

anyone see the grandma looking at Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood for the ps2 lmao 2:20

[@RedDeadCollector]

I hate the world now and how society is... people get offended over the smallest things. This world is a meme now

[@jgg204]

i used to work at best buy. weekends were packed. we would have 4-5 cashiers open at all times and there STILL would be lines. i went into a best buy today (a saturday) at 1pm. i only saw 2 customers

[@DaviePedro-p7n]

I use to work as vendor starting 2007 I rememeber media and games section looking like this sections after sections they use to have so many titles over the years they killed all physical media they condense the stores media section to like a 4ft to 8ft section but I just miss how best buy and many other stores had there media section good old days.

[@JRBowling1997]

Lets be honest. Best buy is a better place to go to buy videogames compared to gamestop.

[@HeroJJ40]

Holy s-t!! Customer service AND employees…..working??

[@jgg204]

i used to work at best buy 25 yrs ago. weekends were packed. we would have 4-5 cashiers open at all times and there STILL would be lines. i went into a best buy today (a saturday) at 1pm. i only saw 2 customers....

[@SyihabZuhri-pj6dx]

Back then the camera quality is dull, but life is colorful, today camera quality is colorful, but life is dull.

[@Xixbalba]

The golden age of video games. Everything was so stocked and full back then. Damn I wish I could buy all those CRT TV’s.

[@jessediaz1293]

Looking back at this, they have like 12 shelves for all the movies on dvds and vhs cassettes! 20 years later, Best Buy is getting rid of all physical media.

[@VegasAceVII]

We will miss this era of physical media. Bet.

[@Ranstone]

The guy at 4:25 is strangely friendly. Was it because he knew he was on camera? I never see people that friendly in retail nowadays. We need more of him.

[@lucatoni98]

that's cause no smartphones and social media. Now all retail employees wanna do is hide from customers and scroll on their phones

[@codycigar6542]

Lol you gotta be a kid or something. Yes, retail employees were very helpful and friendly at one point. No it isn't strange either.

[@joepalomino8944]

Miss these days before the social media brainwashing extermination

[@okjeffy6581]

Was 8 years old back then. Went to Vancouver for a vacation. Those days were the shit.

[@ethangeorge8010]

Back when employees did their job without attitude and actually helped customers because they genuinely wanted to

[@kirbyyasha]

I remember working for Geek Squad around that time. Hated it. I left Best Buy a few years later to go to Circuit City as I thought Circuit City was the promised land. Funny how that ended up working out.

[@newatlantisrepublic6844]

The pc mmo EverQuest was in its heyday City of Heroes was around the corner

[@CineHoarder]

Would you perhaps have any video from inside Borders bookstore.

[@BRipMan13]

Why is grandma buying Backyard Wrestling 2 for ps2?

[@vampirerobot]

⛄🎄🎅🤶🦌🧑‍🎄

[@metalgrinch]

She was a grandma im sure she meant well.

[@Haddley333]

Why not?

[@JC_958]

I think this was the pinnacle of humanity, right before everything started going to shit, and people were more or less happier with life.

[@aunch3]

I’d say up until 9/11

[@hh4826]

Lol, maybe for you!

[@JC_958]

@@hh4826 What do you mean?

[@Plustooner]

I was a year old on that time, right now I’m 21, dang 2004 was 20 years ago I miss the 2000s.

[@coreybabcock2023]

They let her phone number be heard

[@SimonVideo]

So glad you got this video

[@CarolinaRails]

Back when People were Civilized and Not Causing a Scene over some Dumb Sh*t. The world Sucks now, People nowadays will get Offended or Angry over the Smallest thing and People are Attached to their phones so much, you literally can't go anywhere or say anything to anyone without being filmed and Blasted all over Social Media. Now, I was 4 years old back in 2004, So I didn't know JACK SH*T about the Real World, I am 23 Now, and I already see how the World is, and it's just Awful. Thank you for these Videos, It's great to see what the World was really like before things started to Fall Apart.

[@nuttysquirrel8816]

I think you know enough. I was 4 years old in 1973 and you're right, a gradual change in people has taken place. In modern times, more people are emotionally unstable and prone to violent reactions. If you happen to live in the U.S. violent unstable people are likely to be armed.

[@coreybabcock2023]

It's actually a defense mechanism for alot of us who are tired of all the BS but no I wouldn't get mad if someone filmed me in public cause one it's a constitutional right to film in public and 2 I do KZbin myself so I'm used to it

[@nathanbush6781]

I was 18/19 in 2004. Was living in an efficiency apartment in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Don’t ever move there. In relation to this video, the nearest Best Buy was 60 miles away.

[@Mondaris584]

grandma with the icp game 😭😭

[@MrIanWebb]

16 MB card? Wow, so much space! And they have larger cards that will hold 8 pictures?!!

[@jouraveI]

I was born in 2004 . I don't know what month this was though, but man times have changed.

[@LinkRocks]

I worked at Best Buy during this time, not this store mind you. It wasn't a great job, but it paid the bills. lol

[@RockOn-h9h]

When everything was affordable

[@bpcruiser]

I remember how expensive TVs were then

[@GrayDogg93]

I don’t know why I find myself yelling at my phone trying to tell the lady @2:30 to not buy backward wrestling 2

[@adsilaphant]

The beginning of the end of our society. 😊

[@TheMasterofDisaster48]

Wrong kid🙂. Also grrooww up from hipster phase kiddo. The 2000's was the pinnacle.

[@dshers]

I want to hire that bb employee

[@freddyolo]

oh how society has fallen...

[@bend8353]

Can I get you 8 free issues of Sports Illustrated or Entertainment Weekly?

[@pepperj]

2:16 The old bag looking at an ICP wrestling game for PlayStation!

[@michaeltipton1919]

Would you call your mom or grandmother an old bag? Show some respect.

[@admonbrontaraden]

💔

[@crazy8skml]

😂 16mb

[@adamharb9233]

😅😂

[@KobatheASMRbiker]

A whole 8 pictures lol

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

just not as cool nowadays, even 2004 it hit different than today

[@jgg204]

i used to work at best buy. weekends were packed. we would have 4-5 cashiers open at all times and there STILL would be lines. i went into a best buy today (a saturday) at 1pm. i only saw 2 customers...