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Posted by AlexW on Tue Dec 27th at 9:02pm 2005

I have a whole week off from school right now, and want to put the time to good use instead of moping around with nothing to do. I'm going to be mapping everyone's *cough* favorite electronics store, Best Buy.

The trouble is, I don't remember the interior of a Best Buy well enough. Last time I visited a BB was in early September. I'll have to make loads of textures for the signs that hang everywhere, and perhaps a few models (*shudder* finally a reason to learn to model, hmm?).

This may seem a bit far-fetched, but if anybody is near or in a Best Buy, could you perhaps take a few shots of the store interior. Mainly the front counters, the front doors, customer service, the signs, and a general picture of where everything is positioned in the store. I'd try to do it myself, but I'm in upstate New York for the vacation. There's not a Best Buy here within 60 miles from where I am. I'll give you credit in the map once I'm (hopefully) done with it.

For those of you wondering, I have started the map (yesterday, in fact). Mainly the front of the exterior. I'd post a screenshot, but it's so early in the project that I'd rather not show it unless someone specifically asks for it.



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Posted by Myrk- on Wed Dec 28th at 10:50am 2005

Why don't you just search on google images? I'm sure there are pictures, or even floor plans (for generic super stores) on the net. I doubt anyone is gunna walk into Best Buy for you and take pictures of the store...

Heres just 3 images from the first page of searching google for "Best Buy"

A huge Best Buy site plan

Inside best buy

Outside best buy

Seriously, just lazyness not searching...




-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-



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Posted by AlexW on Wed Dec 28th at 4:13pm 2005

Yeah, I've already seen those pictures. I did a google image search before I started mapping... I only found that one interior picture, and many exterior. I searched for blue prints of a store similar to Best Buy - no luck.

I know the general overview of where everything is in my store, but I would just like to get a sense of how the architecture looks. The checkout line, the doors, signs, display cases, etc. I don't have a camera readily available to take these pictures.

I'm not lazy.



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Posted by ReNo on Wed Dec 28th at 6:19pm 2005

You could consider picking up a disposable camera for a small sum and using that to take some reference pics if you don't have a camera. As far as I know there are no Best Buys in the UK so that cuts me out of potential helpers I'm afraid.




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