When I lived in Rochester, this Best Buy was less than a five-minute drive from my home. Back then,…read moreI had opened a Best Buy credit card, which helped finance a desktop computer. Before the pandemic, I had been using Roam Mobility, which provided convenient talk, text, and data services aimed at Canadians who travel to the States. When the border between the two countries was shut down to travellers, Roam Mobility folded. During this trip, I needed to get a SIM to get talk, text, and data services. While in Rochester, I decided to check out my old local Best Buy and see if I could find something that fit my needs. Luckily, there are a number of cell phone providers that don't lock you into plans. I found a SIM with a provider that I liked and decided to purchase it. I did some browsing around while I was here. The store's exterior looks the same. As expected, I didn't recognize a thing inside. I loved that there were accessories from my Google Pixel 4a 5G phone at this store. It also had a rower that looked so fancy with a screen and tons of workout routine options. The checkout is off to the left when you first walk into the store. I had a nice man help me pay for my SIM. It was straightforward tapping with my credit card to complete my purchase. Later on that evening, I activated my SIM online. It was easy with the provider that I went with. Some US portals are difficult for Canadians to enter credit card information with a Canadian address. I do have a workaround. You can register your credit card, but need to enter the numbers in your postal code as the first three digits in the ZIP code field, followed by two zeroes. It has worked for me on a few US-based apps, such as BPme for gas. However, if the portal is a stickler for selecting a state from the dropdown options, this workaround may not work well. I am pleased that I can stay connected with my new SIM and prepaid plan that's flexible and suits my needs. It was definitely easier to compare and contrast what SIMs were available at this Best Buy. (447)

Let me start off by saying that I would give this store ZERO starts if it was an option. Every…read moresingle employee i encountered was useless. I went in to set up an appointment to get some speakers installed. Upon arrival the first time I was instructed to go to the back of the store where the speakers were and someone would be right there to help, I waited and waited and waited for someone to come help and about 20 minutes later I believe HIS/HIM/THEY ( SAGE) was able to begin the process of setting up an appointment to come get the speakers installed. I told them the speakers I wanted installed but they would have to order them as they did not have any at the moment. I set up the appointment for today at 6. I specifically asked if there was anything I needed to do before then and Sage told me no. So I arrived today about 45 minutes early to make sure I was not late. Upon arrival i walked up to a young man I believe his name was Mohammed and he told me to pull around back and he would open the door so I could pull my car in. I sat and sat and sat and the door never opened grrrrrr. I park my car and go back inside and approach him and he was "can i help you." I was like "yea man you were supposed to open the door I have been sitting outside waiting for you and his was response was "my bad". (absolutely useless individual) I sit down and the guy who is going to install the speakers comes up to me and asks if I have the speakers which my reply was "No, i was told they would be here with everything I need to get these installed" Well my friends guess what none of the parts i needed were there of course! I took off work, rescheduled my life, to be jerked around by a bunch of incompetent idiots! I obviously will NEVER EVER do business with this store again and I am telling everyone I know in Rochester to not do business here either and my friends I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE! The sheer level of apathy that comes from the employees here is overwhelming.

My boyfriend and I were traveling from Arizona and were interesting in switching from Sprint to…read moreVerizon. 3 years ago when we initially got our iphones, we had gone through Best Buy in Rochester as well, and had a very pleasant, easy experience. Given the fact that we had tried to do this transition in Arizona and the employees at the Best Buy in Arizona were complete idiots and not helpful at all, we figured we would have better luck in our home state, which, for starters, doesn't rank at the bottom of the educational scale. What a difference in customer service, product know-how, and plan in's and out's. We worked with Cody during the time that we were trying to figure all of this out, and he was amazing. He explained everything in a manner that was clear and concise, and he did everything he could to get us a new plan and some new phones. Alas, Verizon just rolled out a very SkyNet-esque fraud policy that locks down applications that are from people who are out of state. This policy is new and apparently cannot be overridden by supervisors. The minute one person unlocked it, the computer automatically relocked it. It was very frustrating for us and for the people trying to help us. What was most frustrating is knowing that we would have to do this transaction back in Arizona, where printing shopping cart lists off of BestBuy.com seems to be about the extent of the experience their employees have. However, Cody did everything right, and spent a significant amount of time trying to help us. We appreciated that so much, and truly wish that things would have worked out for us to have given him our business. All of you in the Rochester area, go see Cody at Best Buy Mobile...he'll get you all set up...as long as you're not from another state. ;)

Yes, like the other review they are not very service oriented here. I needed a cell powere adapter…read moreand no one seemed interested in helping me, finally a girl showed up and got me served. Their prices seemed a little high too, but I'm sure its because they are at the mall. I didn't have time to shop online.

The service was great! The technicians were friendly and honest. The Job was completed when…read morepromised.

Excellent customer service! My older laptop's power cord needed to be replaced when the 3rd prong…read morefell off. (Argh!) So I stopped in earlier this week and Steven was very helpful and professional; he had a different power cord for me within just a few minutes! I then stopped by a day or two later with a question and Kyle was great too. Thanks much!

Needing a key fob? Battery Plus is not where to go. Been waiting 5 weeks after paying for a key…read morefob. Company took my money then ghosted me. Even store employee says they cant do anything to refund or take care of situation.

I went to buy a crimp to wiring for my new trailer lights, since one of them failed and they gave a…read morenew crimp and they installed it for free! Made my day

Very pleased with her service. We were in town going to the mayo clinic and our laptop got a virus…read more She cleaned it up and delivered it to our hotel the next day. So afraid we were going to be without a computer for the whole trip.

Having survived a few catastrophic hard drive failures I have come to be a bit of a pessimist about…read moresaving valuable data and files. I contacted ELinor and after describing my situation, she had my computer in the shop and back to me within three days. Not only that, she saved ALL of my files, including some data I had truly written off as lost. Not only that, she installed a new high-performance SDD all for less than it would have cost to purchase a comparable computer. Happy? DELIGHTED! Elior is a miracle worker! Highest recommendation!

I stopped in here because my cell was acting up, they were extremely busy and seemed understaffed…read more The store has everythng you would need from computer parts to cell phones. I get my rechargable batteries here. When I finally got someone to help me, he was very friendly and solved my problem.

Only place in town where you can find a coaxial end connector or obscure radio parts. If its not in…read morestock you can probably order it off their website. The guys are very knowledgeable and helpful. They could use a bigger store for sure.

Rochester Pro Music is your typical local music store…read more They have a good number of electric, acoustic and bass guitars from common brands like Fender, Ibanez, Les Paul, etc... As well as a good selection of pedals and amps. As would be expected, they also sell PA equipment, drums and mixers, as well as a pretty hefty selection of used gear. The store also has six (I believe) teaching rooms, and a number of guitar and bass teachers. My former guitar teacher is now working there. As expected, they do repairs on musical equipment. There are a couple of reasons I am giving them four stars instead of five: 1)Their pricing isn't too competitive. 2)The owner does not like "random jamming" on the guitars, because they wear on them a bit. While this is a perfectly valid point, every other music shop I've been to will let anybody borrow a cable and pick and play with their guitars whenever they want. Why? Because they'll buy sooner or later. 3)The brother of one of my neighbors bought a Les Paul guitar there, and brought it in for service on something that was under warranty, and they would not honor the warranty. While I certainly don't know the whole situation, it's still something to consider.

Just like Dollar General... they don't charge what it says on the shelf... watch out when you check…read moreout!

I remember when this Super Target first opened. I lived in Rochester and it was exciting that the…read morecity was going to get its first Target store, let alone a Super one (say Target in French to make it sound fancy). It has been well over a decade since I last visited it. I broke that streak recently when I returned to my old neighbourhood. I did a pitstop here from Eden Prairie. I then did a quick browse around the store. This store still has a Starbucks, which is likely where my love for the cafe started. A number of us back in the day (we were coincidentally all Canadians living here, employed by the same company) would often come here to get a drink and browse around Target afterwards. The women's washroom was clean. I don't recall ever using it before, so that was cool. The clothing section still makes me happy. It's bright and organized well. I did a brief tour of the produce section. It still looks the same as I had remembered it. Veggies look fresh. Fruits look yummy. No complaints on my end! The checkout area seems to have grown. I could be wrong. I don't remember so many cashiers! It was nice to reminisce. Rochester now has two Target stores. This one is in the north part of the city, which is five minutes away from where I used to live. (13)

What a charming little quilt shop! I am visiting from out of state and am a sewist, but not (yet?)…read morea quilter, but I was really impressed by this lovely shop. I think if I had a shop like this in my area, I would probably more seriously consider taking up quilting! The shop is laid out in a pleasing way, with a good variety of fabrics and many beautiful samples of quilts hanging on the walls and also smaller samples at eye level near the fabrics. They had a bunch of books and patterns to peruse (including some regular sewing patterns for like little bags and things), and most impressively, there were banks of quilting machines that I am guessing may be used by the shop customers, including a couple of really large quilting machines! There were customers using the big machines while I was there, which was really cool. The shop ladies seemed really nice as well, and thankfully not hover-y. I will definitely try to stop by again next time I'm in Rochester! Hopefully I will have some projects in mind that I don't yet have a fabric for by then.

I love this store! Great fabric, notion, and pattern selection. Quality products. Bernina…read moremachines and service onsite. Classes are very well done and informative. Their Wednesday live broadcast is fun. Most importantly, the staff is absolutely fantastic! Friendly, professional, knowledgeable -- the best! Family owned and operated. I shop here often and always have a great time. Highly recommend!

Randy, Danielle and the team at Appliance Village are great!! I love buying local and the customer…read moreservice is great. They also service all appliances purchased from them. We bought our stove from Appliance Village, they know their products and are easy to talk to.

They fixed my oven, they did a good job but was hoping it wouldn't have been so expensive. I should…read morejust use the microwave more!