Circuit City Files for Bankruptcy Protection
 

It just gets weirder and weirder....

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I haven't been into a Circuit City since Fry's opened a store on this side of Houston a couple of years ago, but I always found that CC's prices were higher than Best Buy, Comp USA and anything online.

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We go between Circuit City, Best Buy and Costco out here - no Fry's in our immediate area - we'd have to trek on down to San Diego to find the closest one I think. Less than a city block away from each other in both Palm Desert and La Quinta, I think they are in competition with themselves. Maybe shutting down a few stores, re-grouping and a BK will help. Everyone thought Starbucks was gonna go bye-bye when they started shutting down stores, but it seems to have helped.

Good luck CC! :okthumb:

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Around here they closed every store that has a Best Buy nearby, which was almost all of them.

Once again, the American public says they want one thing, but they vote for something different with their wallet and their feet. They bitch about bad or complete lack of customer service, support, etc. Circuit City actually provides that. Try to return something you've already used or something really big to Circuit City, then try same thing at Best Buy. There IS a difference.

But you pay a few bucks more for it. But we're Americans, we shop on price and simply bitch about the service or lack there of.

Same reason you have all of the airlines scaling back to operate like Southwest and AirTran to stay in business. We bitch, but when given the opportunity we dont pay for something better.

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However, Americans also seem expect to get paid much more for similar work that is done all over the world for less.


Odd, isn't it?

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What about all those "The Source by Circuit City" stores that are all over the place here in Canada? The old Radio Shacks aren't they?

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I loved radio shacks. In my past life in tv news, they saved my ass sooooo many times. I have a Gemini award...chris will know this...because Radio Shack had a beta tape that worked in my beta cam when we ran out. I hate this source shit. Beginning of the end.

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No, we have to be paid more so we can afford the payments on the SUV we drive to work from 30 miles out into the suburbs.

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yeah, but you want that SUV on a $199 a month lease with zero down and a guaranteed buyback price that is 8k higher than the market will support.

mathee no workee.

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Radio Shack! Good old Tandy and Realistic products!

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My first "real stereo".....Tandy

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Yeah, but that's so we can afford the $10K set of rims.

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Circuit City was a poor man's Best Buy with much higher prices. No big surprise to see em in trouble.

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We still have radio shack store in my area.

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Circuit City bought Radio Shack here in Canada, but couldn't keep using the name due to a dispute with the US based Radio Shack. They changed the name to "The Source" up here.

I had a Tandy 8K Extended computer back in 1980 and my first cassette player for my car was a Realistic from 1977 ;)

I was always into electronics, and loved buying all my parts at Radio Shack. Back in the day, they had just about anything you needed. I built a short wave radio back in the early 1970's from a Radio Shack kit.

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Radio Shack is such a useful store - quick and easy when you need that one component or connection...it's amazing what you find in there...

The talking financial heads say CC won't emerge from bankruptcy, and Walmart is making such a Big Name push into electronics...

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Memories...
When my brother and I were kids we'd get electronic gadgets from Radio Shack.
Always something fun. :)

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I was reading in a recent Businessweek that WalMart in the US was selling upwards to 15% of all flat screen TVs in the market. Considering that TV purchases are likely to be and continue to be a major purchase in the US in the next while with the digital changeover, they are positioned well.

When Walmart ends up with that much of the bread and butter of the electronics stores, you know someone will have to give in.

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sad...I love that store :(
it's just so sad how it's happening to everyone....like Mrs. Fields