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circuit city files bankruptcy. asset liquidation starts on satuday
deal time at circuit city until the end of march. i'll be out shopping tomorrow.
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01-16-2009, 12:47 PM | #2 |
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I stopped shopping there after their little stunt a couple of years ago - firing all their senior sales staff and allowing them to reapply for entry level jobs at entry level pay. This was back when the economy was fine, but CC was having trouble competing with Best Buy and, instead of lowering prices or improving service, decided it would be easier and more profitable to screw their workers. To see that sort of high handed treatment of their most loyal employees rewarded with total destruction of the business seems like justice to me.
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01-16-2009, 01:38 PM | #7 |
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haha me too that's why I was asking. But i dont think there are gonna be huge sales for at least a good month or too. Just some bullshit to get people in the store.
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01-16-2009, 01:39 PM | #8 |
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Damn, I always prefered to shop at circuit city over best buy. Their return policy was so much better, and you could pricematch within 30 days with them. Oh well.
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![]() Speaking of CC, this is a short story told by a friend in NYC. He worked near the old WTC towers and a circuit city store nearby was a regular stop during his lunch break. Going there so many times, he got to know one of the sales guys quite well. He was from Egypt and his name was Osama! My friend said during his visit after 9/11, he noticed the guy's name tag was changed to "SAM" ![]() Thread jack over/ ![]() |
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What's more sad was that since they took off the commission, the folks who stayed got a raise based on how much commission they were getting...and that was the primary reason why they stayed. And like you mentioned, they got axed so they can reapply at the starting wage. Ever since I quit, I've always been thinking that Circuit City wouldn't last until 2010. Most of the customers we had on Black Friday were the ones who didn't wake up early enough to line up at Best Buy, lol. |
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01-16-2009, 03:07 PM | #16 |
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do you guys think they will sell any of their goods online? I hate shopping around during these liquidations because you can't find the item you want and the store won't tell you if it's available.
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01-16-2009, 03:13 PM | #17 |
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Same Thing Thats Happened To So Many Electronics Stores In The Past Year. . . CompUSA, GoodGuys, Etc. First Sales Will Be Everything In The Store 10 - 30% Off. Most Good Stuff Will Go. Especially Since They Aren't Buying Or Selling Any New Merch. Then It'll Go Up To 40-50% Off. By The Time Discounts Hit 60 - 80% It'll Be Shit. . . Either Way, This Economy Fucking Sucks. Whether They Were A Shit Store That Treated Their Employees Poorly Or Not, They Were One Of The Biggest Electronics Stores And Even They Couldn't Survive This Recession.
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