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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
I don't know...but stories like these don't really help their image:
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| Circuit City Stores apologized for temporarily banishing the irreverent MAD Magazine from its store's shelves for poking fun at the consumer electronics retailer. "Some overly sensitive souls at our corporate headquarters" had the August issue removed from the 40 Circuit City stores that sell magazines after seeing the four-page spoof of "Sucker City," spokesman Jim Babb said in an e-mail yesterday. "We apologize for the knee-jerk reaction." John Ficarra, the magazine's editor, said in a statement: "We at MAD were shocked and confused by this entire incident - mainly because we had no idea that Circuit City even sells magazines." |
IN BRIEF -- Newsday.com
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
They've been trying to fail for years, but somehow continue to stay open.
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
I don't even bother going in there anymore. Even when they advertise a price that is better than the competition, you've got about a 1:100,000 chance of it actually being in stock.
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
And I don't like the way that when they have major items on sale, like receivers or external hard drives, they remove the price information from the shelves so people won't know they're on sale (unless they've read the circular).
At least that's what the one near me does.
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
They also take forever to mail CC Rewards, instead of offering electronic delivery; won't let you apply them to preorders or backorders if they've run out of stock; and seldom have catalog Blu-rays available for store pickup so you HAVE to order them online.
Finally gave up waiting for my pending rewards and tried to order a bunch of discs ony to find they'd run out of most of them. I ordered the 2 I could and arranged to pick up The Mummy at Best Buy for a buck cheaper (it was on sale there).
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
I've been hearing rumors lately of CC being on the edge of extinction. Of course, this is not the first time I've heard this over the past several years. I also wonder how they stay in business. The local store rarely has more than 2 customers in it. Meanwhile, Best Buy, which is only slightly less wretched, had to expand their parking lot.
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
Quite often they have the cheapest price for new releases at "Mike's List".
But the store here has NEVER - not one time - had one of these cheapies in stock on release date or soon thereafter.
Many years ago when CC invaded the western US people thought they were bringing low prices with them. But then things happened. Several years ago they dropped major appliances (e.g. washers and dryers). IIRC I purchased a microwave and a refer from them. No more.
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
I think this might explain how they've managed to stay afloat...
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
Hmm. Maybe "The City" is doing better than the typical big CC stores. The City is basically a stripped down half size version of CC, but when I went there the only and one time, reps asked me if I needed help several times, and it was somewhat well laid out.
Here's the Wikipedia section on it:
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| "The City" is a new venture being taken on by Circuit City Stores, Inc. These new concept stores originated in Norfolk, Virginia and also opened one store in the Richmond Virginia market have proven to be very effective in helping Circuit City sales. Circuit City plans to open approximately 55 new stores by 2009, most of them being The City. The stores give customers a more hands-on experience with the products they plan to buy and assist the associates in giving the customers the best experience possible. Associate uniforms differ from those of traditional stores, associates wear black shirts with jeans rather than red uniform shirts with slacks at traditional locations. Associates are also equipped with Tablet PCs to assist customer's in making their purchase. |
Circuit City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
CC has been trying to die since they came up with that cursed, competing format to DVD called DIVX, which failed brilliantly and cost them tons of cash and my thanks by not ever setting foot in one of their stores again. Oh wait, I did go in there to check on a repeater for an XM antenna and I was floored by what everybody else sees: dark stores, salespeople who do not know their azz from their face, and a set-up that is stark and unfriendly to anyone walking in to audition audio or video products.
Did I mention I didn't like CC?
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
Last time I was in CC, even though there were 4! employees hanging around the front door, they didn't have a cash register open. You had to go to Customer Service to pay. I put the item back and walked out, going
around the employees by the door. I didn't want to interrupt their "what did you do last night?" conversation.
I did try ordering some outdoor speakers from their on-line store last week. You know, the one's that look like frogs? Regularly $149 on closeout for $18! Ya, baby! Got the next day e-mail conformation. You know, the one thanking me for the order and such. Not! All it said was "We have cancelled your order. Thank you." That was it. No reason, no apology.
Best Buy does look like it has some life to it, but it's so "#@%*!" noisy inside I can't take it for more than 5 minutes. Must be getting old. And they don't open 'till 11 a.m. on Sunday. 11 AM!! I'm already planning my afternoon nap by then. Must be that "getting old" thing again.
Even though I know it's not good for the local economy, I much prefer ordering things on-line at 5 a.m. Sunday morning while drinking a cup of coffee (decaf
) and listening to Cured by Steve Hackett
). I bet the UPS driver shows up before CC opens a cash register.
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| Best Buy, in contrast, has the most efficient high-traffic shopping system of the retailers I've seen. |
Fry's is pretty good, also. The line is long but they usually have a ton of cash registers open so it goes quickly. They do stop you at the front door to check your receipt, though.
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
Maybe they will go back to being "Dixie Hi-Fi" as in the good old days.
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Re: Is Circuit City trying to fail?
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That article was posted on May 20. The CC-Blockbuster deal has since fallen apart.
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