That's was too many "b's" in one phrase. Sigh. Consumer retail giant, Best Buy, is apparently now the target of a Civil Suit, brought to the fore by Conneticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. Apparently we're not the only people who've noticed Best Buy's retail locations use their own internal intranet for connectivity in it's stores. The Associated Press reports...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's attorney general announced a lawsuit Thursday against Best Buy Co. Inc., accusing the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer of deceiving customers with in-store computer kiosks and overcharging them.
The lawsuit accuses Best Buy of denying deals found at the company's Web site.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said store employees charged customers higher prices found on a lookalike internal Web site.

"Best Buy gave consumers the worst deal - a bait-and-switch-plus scheme luring consumers into stores with promised online discounts, only to charge higher in-store prices," Blumenthal said.

The complaint was dated May 18 to be served on the company, which must respond by June 13. The lawsuit, which seeks refunds for consumers, civil penalties, court costs, a ban on the practice and other remedies, would then be filed in Hartford Superior Court.

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