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Circuit City Closes Its Doors For Good
bsharma is amongst the hordes of people wanting us to share the news that long beleaguered retailer Circuit City has finally decided to close for good, asking for court approval to close the remaining 567 US stores. "Whalin said management mistakes over the past few years combined with the recession brought down Circuit City. 'This company made massive mistakes,' he said, citing a decision to get rid of sales people and other mismanagement. What's more, given the credit market freeze, Whalin added that no manufacturer wants to sell to any retailer who doesn't have money to pay for the merchandise. At the same time, Whalin said there's still a very slim chance that one or more firms that have expressed an interest in buying Circuit City could still buy it out of bankruptcy over the next few days."
I guess the business model of high prices, unfriendly sales staff and poor quality merchandise didn't pan out for them.
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But the management was the worst of the worst. I think there was a factory in Argentina where the union kept the shop going after the owners went bust. Too bad the 30,000 employees of Circut City that still have their souls couldn't do the same thing.
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That pretty much sums it up. The only reason to go to a Circuit City was to avoid crowds.
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My only question is, why is only the right half of the sign lit up when its a tech store?
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Yes, I remember it well. Radio Shack used to be a chain of small stores where everything was overpriced and the employees knew nothing about what they were stocking. Now it's a chain of small stores where everything is overpriced and the employees know nothing about what they're stocking, but it's called The Source. Good game guys.
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Huh, I find that my CC has smarter and more helpful people than the local BB.
Now that I've typed that, we need a competitive electronics store that can be abbreviated DD. Dick's Digitals? Digital Dungeon?
Then we can say "Let's go to double D" and have a good laugh.
Buckle your ROFL belt, we're in for some LOLs.
What kind of place do you live where there's any "Mom and Pop" television stores? Maybe you have that choice but besides a small hardware store or two, you can't find any independent electronics retailers in all of New England.
1965 called, they want their main street back.
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The only time I'd consider going to the higher priced store would be if they gave me a price LOWER than their competitor.
The only time I'd consider going to a higher priced store is when the lower priced store is Walmart.
Don't you know? After BB and CC comes CC++++!
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Huh, I find that my CC has smarter and more helpful people than the local BB.
You gotta admit that's setting the bar pretty low.
Not till I've used up my Christmas Best Buy Gift Cards!
Someone please mod parent down for reading the article.
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My wife and I had almost the same experience. Our fridge died. We went to Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowes.. Everybody said that it would take four of five days to get one delivered. We decided to check out a local place. They had a great fridge for a great price. Then came the delivery, the answer was how about tomorrow?
Ugh. I hate it when people answer a question with a question. Bastards.
WalMart is a dangerous company. They can put other business out of business because they can sell for lower prices than anyone else could ever afford to do, because WalMart is so huge and is the only choice of shopping places in many parts of the country.
There's no place like
It's unfortunate that Circuit City didn't survive long enough to see the historic occasion of Obama being sworn in as president.
The second half of the sign was above the 4GB addressable memory size.
Don't you know? After BB and CC comes CC++++!
Will they sell HHD DVVDD BVDs there?
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Linens'N'Shit is closing...
The worst part of Linens'n'Things closing is that I won't get to say Linens'n'Shit anymore. Now I have to come up with new ways to annoy my wife.
Maybe Wal-Mart customers aren't so bad where you live, but here in Arizona, going to a Wal-Mart is not a fun experience, unless you like tripping over countless undisciplined children running amok and throngs of non-English speaking customers who walk very slowly and always insist on taking up the entire aisle, instead of staying to one side so you can get by.
There's a reason I'll only shop at Wal-Mart after 11pm.
Isn't that when all the parents take their kids there?
My Walmart horror story:
I have a vivid memory of going to pick up baby formula (something that couldn't wait) at 0730 on a Sunday morning and passing a streetwalker near the food section who'd apparently just gotten off her shift.
I'm hoping she was a working girl, given the scariest leopard print dress and tallest heels I've ever seen.
Scary, scary stuff, that early on a Sunday.
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Well there's still Blood Bath and Beyond.
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we have Blank Stares . . .
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So your suggestion is to move to bum-fuck USA? One where most cars have wacko bumper stickers, are secretly afraid of "dem immigrants", and just crappy?
No thanks.
I don't go to BB or CC. I go directly to AA. Can't find what I'm looking for there, but I end up solving some problems that I didn't know I had.
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Your opinion doesn't matter. They are a business, going out of business. That's absurd, especially in America! Why aren't our legislators fixing this?
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...and $25 USB cables.
walkie-talkies anyone???
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