Ever Worked in an Electronics Department at a Store?

has anyone here ever worked in the electronics department in a store or an electronics store? i've worked in the electronics department at Sears and Toys R Us (currently at TRUS). I'm interested to hear your experiences and what you thought of it.

I have worked at Circuit City, Office Max, both in the computer areas, or generally the guy they send customers to when no one else knows the answer.

I absolutely hated working by sales in the computer dept at Circuit city, I eventually switched to a regular pay without sales, but still worked in the computer section. I was the guy who would tell you what to buy and where online to buy it cheaper and better, people loved me, the stores had no idea. I simply wanted the shopper to know what their choices were.

I am now almost done with my electrical and computer engineering degree. Those two jobs in no way helped me. I learned far more working construction and talking with homeowners. The only thing I liked was the discounts you can get such as on car stereos, etc.

i see. so when you say you started getting regular pay without sales, you mean you were no longer getting commission, for how much you sell? were you making commission there at first?

Way back in the late eighties I worked for a small chain of electronics stores called Sandy's Electronics. I started in the Canoga Park store and quickly developed a "go to guy" reputation--which got me into plenty of trouble. Here are a few stories:

>>>>> Story 1

>>>>> Story 2

>>>>>>> Story 3

yeah, customers can be confused and very wrong sometimes. u dont have to tell me that twice.lol.

i havnt gotten around to reading your other two stories yet, but i will.