Buh-Bye Circuit City

ALL Circuit Cities? HOT DAMN, I need to get down there tomorrow!

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I am unclear why one would be at Best Buy early tomorrow?

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LOLZ. Besties buysies. Do the Circuit! Do it now!

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oops, thanks Namo...corrected

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Is Goody's as in "Sam Goody's"? If so, every one of those at the malls in Illinois got replaced with FYE in 2004. I thought they all went out of business then.

I went today to the store in NYC on 80th/Bway. What a mess. So crowded, not even that great of deals yet. Only 10% off most things, a few things were 20-30%. Still cheaper to find stuff online.

>>I went today to the store in NYC on 80th/Bway. What a mess. So crowded, not even that great of deals yet. Only 10% off most things, a few things were 20-30%. Still cheaper to find stuff online. <<

I went to that store too and yeah, the line was like the one at Trader's Joe to pay! I had a computer program in hand and said screw it, I'll go again later.

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oh chrys, thats awful


so sorry to hear it

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They didn't have what I was looking for at regular price. All movies and CDs were 20% off, but they are marked up from what you can usually get elsewhere anyway. Furniture was 30% off and cameras were 10% off. I ended up buying my girlfriend's nephew a Pokemon stylus for his DS. There were no prices marked. The SOB was $10. I didn't want to tell them I didn't want it at check out. I was thinking more along the lines of $5. Bastards.

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I have to disagree Cait, at least where I live. Circuit City has always been my first stop.....the selection is great and the employees here have always been helpful, and they know me, so they don't waste my time, nor I theirs.

Yes, most things were only 10% yesterday but at least here their prices were always better than Best Buy. I bought a camera yesterday that was $329 at Best Buy. The normal price at CC was $299, and with the 10% I saved (off the Best Buy price) $60.
Movies at my store were as low as competing stores before the discount.

Anytime a chain closes is sad. People lose their jobs, and in a resort area like here there just aren't many to be found to begin with.
It also hurts th local economy, and the city it's in.

I am not sure if even the consumer wins as it's happening so frequently now.

Chrys, sorry you are losing your job. The only comfort I can say is whenever I have lost a job, for whatever reason I have always ended up in a better one.

And Cait, I went to Best Buy right after CC, and went back to CC to buy as (I have previously mentioned) they were cheaper even before the 10%.

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I liked Circuit City when I first shopped in one, probably about seven years ago...down near Poughkeepsie. I had a pretty good experience buying a desktop PC that time. Next time, though, I recall having a bad time with customer service in-store when I had to return a defective camcorder.

Still, I was glad when they opened one up here in Albany. But once they did, I never liked shopping there. I invariably got better prices elsewhere (including the Best Buy across the road), had a hard time getting any sort of service, and just felt like I was browsing in some sort of morgue whenever I stopped in...after a while, I pretty much forgot they existed unless I was grabbing lunch or coffee next door.

When I had to replace a laptop a few months ago, I never even considered Circuit City...did a little research on-line, then got a good sale price (and decent, though not excellent service) at Best Buy.