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What a shame! I hope Best Buy isn't next.
 
they took over radio shack here and turned them into the source. I don't know how they will fare, but I can guess.
 
I went into the Circuit City here looking for a television. My TV service provides HD and analog. A lot of what I want to watch is only provided in analog, so I wanted to see what it looked on a LCD screen. Now I know it is not as good as a CRT, but I still wanted to see it. The sales guy said it look terrible and walked away. Had he not done that, he probably could have made a sale. Another time I was looking for a battery. Gave it to the clerk and asked if they had one. He looked at and said nope and walked away. I then examined the battery section, and there it was. Had I not needed it, I would have walked away.

Now I don't know if this is normal for this chain, but in the cut throat electronics business, customer service and sales knowledge is one of the most important assets you have to distinguish your business from the others.
 
Even scarier, in my opinion, is Smurfit-Stone going bankrupt. If you think that that is not a significant event, look around your home, workspace and everywhere you go. Everything, and I do mean everything is shipped, moved, stored, sold, etc. in a box. Smurfit-Stone is akin to GM, Ford or Chrysler in the packaging industry. May seem like a non-issue, try to ship something in a paper bag!
 
A big Healey owner in our local club here and whose car is in the photo section on this site is an executive at Circuit City. Difficult situation and no doubt will have an impact on the local economy here.
 
I hate to see any of these business going out, but this one is not a surprise if their other stores are as bad as the one we have here. We have been there twice...once when we were shopping for our first "big screen" TV. They had the one we wanted, price was reasonable, but all they had was the floor model and they had lost the remote..so we asked if they would provide a universal from their stock...yes, for $39.95. We didn't ask for a price reduction for the floor model, just a remote and they were going to charge us an outrageous price! We went somewhere else to get the same set.
The second time I went in was to buy a laptop for my son to take to college. I knew what I wanted, found it and couldn't get the sales guys off of the computer game to help me. Again I walked out and ordered it on-line.
Both times a pretty significant sale was lost. I wrote letters both times to the corporate offices and never even received a canned apology response.
In these times....customer satisfaction and service just might be the difference for which business makes it through and which one doesn't. Maybe these huge mega-conglomerate corporate companies will finally figure that out. Time will tell.
 
Well, I'm looking for a flat screen TV for the studio apartment over the garage....time to start watching Circuit City sales flyers.
 
Could be a waste of your time Tony. When they recently closed the store near me, they had those "marketing guys" out on the street corners with signs advertising 10-20% off most merchandise. That got them down to the Best Buy regular price. By the time they got serious about discounting, everything was gone except for a few really big screens, broken stuff and the display shelves. Wasted my time even goin to check it out. Based on that and some of the other stories above, maybe some businesses really deserve to go belly up.
 
Same thing happened when Good Guys pulled outta California. They called it a sale, but there weren't really any deals.
 
GregW said:
Same thing happened when Good Guys pulled outta California. They called it a sale, but there weren't really any deals.
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Same with Linens and Things
 
Last year I went to Linens and things to replace my shower curtain. Found one I loved, but wasn't about to pay $50 for a shower curtain, so I left it.
When they announced they were closing, I went back to see if I could get the curtain at a more reasonable price...it was marked down 40% and now cost $60 WITH THE DISCOUNT! They had doubled its original price from $50 to $100 and then marked it down to $60 on close out!
What killed me was the people snatching up those discounts. It will be interesting to see what prices they put on their stock at Circuit City!
 
I'd bet if you go check out their sales you'll still do better at amazon or newegg.
 
I hadn't heard of newegg! Cool. They have some great items! Thanks for the heads up....I now have another site to surf before I shop! (My husband of course may not be so excited)
 
tony barnhill said:
Well, I'm looking for a flat screen TV for the studio apartment over the garage....time to start watching Circuit City sales flyers.
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<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">Good Luck, but don't look for bargains AFTER a bankrupcy enters the liquidation phase.</span></span> At that point an agent is appointed to handle the disposal sales of all remaining store stock and inventory and they work on a base fee plus commission basis. Your best bet is to search for a sale amongst those companies that are still in business. Amazon continues to be a very good source for HDTV bargains.
 
A lot of closeout sales tend to have a lot of oddball merchandise that was sitting in warehouses anyway. I mean, you might be able to score some interesting DVDs, CDs or games, maybe some accessories. But big ticket items won't be much of a bargain. Lots of interesting CDs when our Circuit City closed. Same ting at CompUSA-I got a couple of older video game titles for cheep.

-Wm.
 
Out curiosity ... when a liquidator comes in and puts on those "Final Sale" sales ... where does the really good stuff actually go?

You never see it at the sale, other than the marked up marked down pseudo-bargains. Is it pre-sold to other retailers?

Tom
 
I had a quick look at our local Circuit City today. Most items were only 10% off this early. I normally use Newegg or TigerDirect nowadays and have been very pleased with the service.
 
& Best Buy matches competitor's prices on like items anyway!
 
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