Best Buy limits its financial responsibility to you for problems arising from using their website. You generally cannot recover consequential or punitive damages even if they were negligent.
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This limitation restricts the categories of damages recoverable in disputes with Best Buy to direct damages only, establishing a defined scope of financial exposure in the company's liability framework.
Interpretive note: Enforceability varies by jurisdiction; certain states and the EU limit the scope of liability waivers in consumer contracts, particularly for gross negligence or statutory violations.
The updated terms establish that using any Best Buy Property constitutes acceptance of the terms. Best Buy reserves the right to modify the terms at any time and without advance notice to users. The terms state that it is the user's responsibility to review the terms for updates or changes. This means continued use of Best Buy Properties after any unilateral amendment will constitute acceptance of the modified terms. You can review the full updated terms at any time by visiting a Best Buy Property, but Best Buy is not obligated to notify you of changes.
View change record →This clause caps Best Buy's exposure for harms caused by their site's failure or errors, meaning consumers may be unable to recover the full extent of losses they suffer as a direct result of Best Buy's negligence or system failures.
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This limitation restricts the categories of damages recoverable in disputes with Best Buy to direct damages only, establishing a defined scope of financial exposure in the company's liability framework.
This clause caps Best Buy's exposure for harms caused by their site's failure or errors, meaning consumers may be unable to recover the full extent of losses they suffer as a direct result of Best Buy's negligence or system failures.
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