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01-16-2009, 09:10 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Crook Custom Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wheeling WV | | | Circuit City to be liquidated!
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It has just been announced that Circuit City will be liquidated, closing all (over 500) stores, approximately 35000 to lose jobs. 
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01-16-2009, 09:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | Damn! I heard rumblings about this yesterday...I mean, I have no love for the chain, but that just really sucks.
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01-16-2009, 09:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida | | | I remember someone telling me a couple months ago that CC had overhauled it's sales strategy some time ago in order to cut costs.
They [allegedly] basically got rid of their trained and commissioned sales staff and went with less trained and lower paid employees. The new people didn't know much and sales dropped. That's what I heard at least.
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01-16-2009, 09:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Palm Bay, Florida | | | This is old news, Circuit City had announced this 2 months ago.
They closed the one by me around then.
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01-16-2009, 09:55 AM
|  | Resident Packer Fanatic | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Madison, Wisconsin | | | That's too bad. I much prefer CC over BB. The general knowledge of product was higher. Returns and servicing was a breeze - no lines, no convulted return policy. Most of my pocket and medium size electronics were purchased there - laptop, Wii, portable DVD, games, cameras, DVD player, computer accesories. I guess the lack of noticeable traffic when I went there in the last 6 months spelled their ultimate demise. Wonder what will happen to any of my outstanding warranties? |
01-16-2009, 10:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | Woo, time to pick up cheap stuff.
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01-16-2009, 10:10 AM
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Builder/owner Redeemer Basses | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Waco Tx | | Quote:
Originally Posted by iamlowsound Woo, time to pick up cheap stuff.
lowsound | THat would be a first for Circuit CIty, I guess a last too.. 
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01-16-2009, 10:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | Quote:
Originally Posted by scottyd THat would be a first for Circuit CIty, I guess a last too.. | I wouldn't know, there aren't any CCs in Canada.
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01-16-2009, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound I wouldn't know, there aren't any CCs in Canada.
lowsound | Yea, we have their lame step-brother The Source ( By Circuit City).
Still, didn't these guys file for Chapter 11 months ago? |
01-16-2009, 10:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Joey3313 Yea, we have their lame step-brother The Source (By Circuit City).
Still, didn't these guys file for Chapter 11 months ago? | Yeah they did, but now they are closing. Big difference.
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01-16-2009, 10:22 AM
|  | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mrpackerguy That's too bad. I much prefer CC over BB. | I stopped going to CC years ago due to the sales staff's lack of product knowledge (at least at the Tulsa store). I started going to Ultimate Electronics, and it was a much better experience overall. |
01-16-2009, 10:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | A guy I know works there. He found out about a week ago he was one of the ones being let go. Now EVERYONE is. Doesn't really make it any better.
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01-16-2009, 10:28 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | Now the demon spawn known as Best Buy can wreck havok indefinitely |
01-16-2009, 10:33 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | The CC around here is like a ghost town. I loved shopping there for the easy in and easy out. Both BB's up here are zoo's from the moment they open until the doors close each night.
Too bad, I am going to miss them.
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01-16-2009, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by jazzy grille This is old news, Circuit City had announced this 2 months ago.
They closed the one by me around then. |
Yes but recently they said they might have found a buyer, but I guess that fell through.
Their scam of a going out of business sale did nothing to save anyone some money.
There were no huge deals I saw. Its as bad as Linen & Things where they marked the prices up! |
01-16-2009, 10:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia | | | iPods at liquidation prices?
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01-16-2009, 10:44 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Crook Custom Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wheeling WV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jazzy grille This is old news, Circuit City had announced this 2 months ago.
They closed the one by me around then. | Not old news, the liquidation hearing was this morning. 2 months ago or so they closed around 155 stores. As of today, they will be closing ALL the stores, about 560 more. |
01-16-2009, 10:49 AM
|  | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | | My CC experiences were rather lame in recent years--pushy salespeople, limited selection--and I'd heard similar stories from others. It was understandable to me that BB was eating their lunch. But lately, yeah, BB has become so successful/busy that going in is a chore, and it's harder to get quality assistance.
Fortunately, the Chicago area has a really good local store with just as many choices as the big guys, sometimes more (Abt Electronics). I make all my major purchases there.
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01-16-2009, 10:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | That sucks. Omaha had one for a while that closed several years back. Decent store, although they put theirs a block from Nebraska Furniture Mart, which is a local powerhouse. I kinda liked 'em. |
01-16-2009, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Thunderscreech iPods at liquidation prices? | good thinking | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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