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    Circuit City Stores to Close Forever on March 8th

    Circuit City's Headquarters Liquidation Is As Depressing and Expensive As Its Stores

    Their Final Words as The Grunts of Circuit City

    Circuit City Liquidation FAQ: Gift Cards, Warranties and Repairs

    Liquidation Overlords, Utter Chaos Have Taken Over Circuit City

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    Circuit City Severance Package About As Crappy As Its Service

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/06/09

    In reply to Circuit City Stores to Close Forever on March 8th
    There's a huge liquidation sale going on this weekend at the Meadowlands. They've been advertising for it all week. Based on products they mention in the ad I'm wondering if it's remaining CC merchandise...
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    Image of SrsRevo17 SrsRevo17
    03/06/09

    In reply to Circuit City Stores to Close Forever on March 8th
    I actually liked the store near where I live. Their store employees were fairly non-existent so I wouldn't get hassled when I went in there. It was nice and quiet with it's lack of customers.

    Though truthfully, I did get a few price-match deals through both Best Buy and CC everyonce in a while
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/06/09

    @SrsRevo17: It sucks when you actually need the employees for something though. The last time I was at Circuit City, I wanted to buy a blue tooth head set that was in the glass case. There were two more people who wanted to buy the same thing. We asked an employee to get it out of the case, but he disappeared and never came back. Wtf? That was a bunch of lost sales right there. This sort of service is unacceptable. I never went back.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/06/09

    In reply to Circuit City Stores to Close Forever on March 8th
    Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/06/09

    @strider_mt2k: Or where the dog should have bit ya...
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/06/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®:


    -or where Levis try to fit ya.

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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    03/06/09

    In reply to Circuit City Stores to Close Forever on March 8th
    waiting for the 1-for-the-price-of-2 sale to begin.
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    Image of D0rk D0rk
    03/06/09

    In reply to Circuit City Stores to Close Forever on March 8th
    My local store is pretty much toast. I stopped by yesterday and aside from the 20 million USB-A to USB-B for still way too high of a price, there was 3 LCD TV's and a couple hundred spanish music CD's. I did manage to pick up a "For Dummies" book on DSLR's/Digital Photography for 3 bucks though.
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    Image of DeepFriar DeepFriar
    03/06/09

    @D0rk: they were selling the shelves when I dropped into my local store. Unsuprinsingly, over 5 dozen copies of I Am Legend were still for sale.
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    Image of SegamanXero SegamanXero
    03/06/09

    In reply to Circuit City Stores to Close Forever on March 8th
    I hated Circuit City for their poor service, and terrible prices...


    But I feel sorry for those who are now going to be out of a job, as some of them I am quite sure tried their best. Especially since this economy is getting real bad, I hope they find a new job shortly...


    I'm kinda worried now that Best Buy no longer has a direct competitor, now they can be free to jack up prices if they so choose. I know alot of people would take their business online, but there are those of us that would still rather shop locally... I personally love to shop online, but I also love having a choice to shop locally to...

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    03/06/09

    @SegamanXero: I agree with your sentiment. I hate to see anyone lose their job, but I had to chuckle that your assessment of Circuit City's employees is that "some of them I am quite sure tried their best."


    Backhanded compliment?

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    Image of Blake380 Blake380
    03/06/09

    @SegamanXero: "Best Buy no longer has a direct competitor, now they can be free to jack up prices if they so choose." Ever heard of Ultimate Electronics?
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    Image of SrsRevo17 SrsRevo17
    03/06/09

    @Blake380: No. Not everyone lives in or around a big city. Not everyone has a Fry's or J&R, or whatever.
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    Image of SegamanXero SegamanXero
    03/06/09

    @Blake380: no I never heard of that place...


    @SrsRevo17: Ive heard good things of frys, but I havent seen a frys localy


    @elementary: yea, some of the people who worked their tried their best with the little knowledge they had. Its the execs fault for firing people who where knowledgeable and hired lower paid replacements which didn't know jack shyte.... I think that was the first nail in CC's coffin actually...

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    03/06/09

    @SrsRevo17: I live in a big city, specifically Boston MA, pretty big city... not as big as NYC though...


    but yea here we don't have Fry's, J&R, or Ultimate Electronics.


    We had CompUSA at one point (in a far off location in Cambridge, and we have BestBuy, CEX (landmark store of this British second hand electronics store was here), and we HAD Circuit City...

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    Image of elementary elementary
    03/06/09

    In reply to Circuit City Stores to Close Forever on March 8th
    Hmm.. I wonder if the Liquidation company will actually decide to sell somthing at a discount before then?
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    Image of baltwade baltwade
    03/06/09

    @elementary: The one by me always has a full parking lot. Makes me wonder what their buying.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/06/09

    @baltwade: "Makes me wonder what their buying."


    Parking spaces.

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    Image of EBone EBone
    03/04/09

    In reply to Circuit City's Headquarters Liquidation Is As Depressing and Expensive As Its Stores
    Isn't Henrico the same place where people trampled each other when the school district sold off used iBooks a few years ago?
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    Image of PynkFloydd PynkFloydd
    03/04/09

    In reply to Circuit City's Headquarters Liquidation Is As Depressing and Expensive As Its Stores
    Why not just buy up all their surveillance/security system stuff and come back afterhours for the "real" sale?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    03/04/09

    @PynkFloydd: The rent-a-cop the liquidation company hired? The one who watches "Roadhouse" everynight.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    03/04/09

    In reply to Circuit City's Headquarters Liquidation Is As Depressing and Expensive As Its Stores
    Bastards still haven't sent me my rebate for the last JerseyCam I bought there. $50 I'm owed!
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    Image of getz76 getz76
    03/04/09

    @McNugget911_GitEmSteveDave: You're hosed.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    03/04/09

    @getz76: They even sent me an email saying they mailed the check. But I haven't seen it yet.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/04/09

    @McNugget911_GitEmSteveDave: They mailed the check, just not to you.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/04/09

    In reply to Circuit City's Headquarters Liquidation Is As Depressing and Expensive As Its Stores
    Just give me a bat and a couple of hours alone in there.
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    Image of Thats Dr Bear to You Thats Dr Bear to You
    03/04/09

    @bpapa9013: Office Space comes to mind
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    03/04/09

    @Thats Dr Bear to You: Really?
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    Image of Thats Dr Bear to You Thats Dr Bear to You
    03/04/09

    @bpapa9013: No just kidding
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    03/04/09

    @Thats Dr Bear to You: okay.
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    02/05/09

    In reply to Their Final Words as The Grunts of Circuit City
    One side of coin: You didn't see this coming? You work for dirt? What did you expect, to become a director? Your work for a greedy, electronics reseller that only cares about profit margins and selling profitable junk to ill-informed masses.


    Other side of coin: It does suck to lose a job, especially one that you actually worked hard at, followed the rules, and truly wanted to help customers. Worse, you feel indignant and raped. Why? Why did this happen?

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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    02/05/09

    In reply to Their Final Words as The Grunts of Circuit City
    And the new Weekday Writer is.... this guy.


    Great but sad story.

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    02/05/09

    In reply to Their Final Words as The Grunts of Circuit City
    Do you think any of the highest echelon execs did ANY of that blubbering?
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    Image of Joe Flynn Joe Flynn
    02/04/09

    In reply to Their Final Words as The Grunts of Circuit City
    I work at Circuit City. I think the author's biggest problem, as well as mine is; people wouldn't shop with us a month or two ago when we needed it. But, people can't seem to hand their money over fast enough to the liquidator's jacked up prices. We have been so busy at my store since we announced we were going under and the prices SUCK! But, stupid people still come in droves to buy DVDs at 20% off. WOW, Brilliant!


    And don't even get me started on how many TVs we sell. We had people all over us when we had 10% off signs hanging on all the TVs. Our prices were typically 25%-35% off during our normal, weekly sales, but nobody came to buy then. This is why most Circuit City employees are mad. People wouldn't shop a month ago for good prices, but now they come for terrible prices.


    People are stupid. End of story.

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    Image of icy_one icy_one
    02/05/09

    @Joe Flynn: A month ago your prices were still higher than your competition. Not your fault personally.


    As for this: "people wouldn't shop with us a month or two ago when we needed it." Well, that's a laugh. Retail is not a charity. I don't shop at a store because they need the money. I shop at a store because they have the items I want at a price I find desirable. I am not doing a service for you, you are providing a service to me (goods at a reasonable price).


    This is all besides the point - I've not seen a Circuit City in the last 3 years that has more than one cashier at a time. Why should I wait 30 minutes in line at CC when I can get in and get out at Best Buy?

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