Best Buy: item arrived damaged or defective
Inspect major appliances at delivery and refuse a damaged one; after acceptance, call 1-888-BEST BUY, not the store.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 20 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- photos of the item and packaging
- order number
- delivery date
Steps
Inspect a major appliance before you accept delivery. Refuse delivery if there is a problem.
If you find a problem after you accepted delivery, call customer service at once.
For other items, return or exchange within your return window.
After the return window, use the protection plan or the manufacturer warranty.
More contacts for this issue
Facts you can cite
- Process
Best Buy's terms (last updated September 25, 2026) require a signed notice of dispute and 60 days of informal resolution before arbitration; claims within small claims limits must be heard in small claims court.
Source: bestbuy.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Deadline
You can reject a future change to Best Buy's arbitration agreement within 30 days of the change by a signed notice to the CT Corporation address.
Source: bestbuy.com, verified 2026-10-12
Rules in force
- Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act15 U.S.C. 2302, 2310; FTC Disclosure and Pre-Sale Availability Rules
Federal law for written warranties on consumer products. Warrantors must disclose warranty terms in simple language, may not void a warranty because the consumer used another brand of parts or service (unless those are free or the FTC grants a waiver), and may not disclaim implied warranties when they give a written warranty. Consumers can sue for breach and may recover attorneys' fees.
Source: ftc.gov, verified 2026-10-12
1 citable point
- Policy
Under a "full" warranty, service must be free, available to anyone who owns the product during the warranty period, and the warrantor must replace or refund if it cannot repair the product after a reasonable number of tries. It may not limit the duration of implied warranties or impose unreasonable duties, such as requiring return of a registration card.
Source: ftc.gov, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Supervisor
Written complaint
MailNotice of dispute and arbitration opt-out (Best Buy registered agent) Best Buy, CT Corporation System, Inc., 1010 Dale Street North, St. Paul, MN 55117-5603Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Public complaint
RegulatorBetter Business Bureau
Watch out
- Membership and protection plan management need the customer's Best Buy sign-in.
- Online chat price match requests must be made by the purchaser.
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