First found on CrunchGear.com, Best Buy likes to wish everyone a happy Thanks Giving, we’ll, except for the Christians.
Best Buy stands by its decision to wish U.S. Muslims a Happy Eid Al-Adha, a rep for the company said, and though some Best Buy customers took offense, a Muslim advocacy group praised the move. However, some are still pretty upset about the move.
“Among my major purchases from BB over the years were a plasma big screen, a fridge and a laptop. No more. In 2006 you discontinued the use of ‘ Merry Christmas’ in your “holiday” messages. Yet one of your ad inserts wishes your customers a happy “Eid al-Adha” ( a Muslim goat throat slitting festivity) . Clearly the liberal/ PC culture in your corporate offices is biased against Christians and traditional American values. So, in 2009 I discontinue Best Buy. Good riddance.”
Hello A m a z o n
- A proud patriotic Christian American.
The retailer got some flak this week for including, along with its circular advertising Thanksgiving Day sales, a note saying “Happy Eid Al-Adha,” which refers to a holiday of sacrifice for followers of Islam on Nov. 27 this year. After TechCrunch ran an item about the circular, some claimed offense and said they’d take their business elsewhere. “I spent about $3,000 with . . . your store. I will be shopping somewhere else,” one consumer wrote on Best Buy’s Web forum. “BB has the Muslims covered with the ‘Happy Eid,’ but what about the rest of us Americans?” wrote another. “Do we get a ‘Happy Thanksgiving’?”
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