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10-08-2005, 12:13 AM
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I unfortunately read last night that CompUSA has decided to close all remaining Good Guys locations. This leaves my area with only Best Buy and Circuit City stores and neither one carries the same type of high end electronics that The Good Guys stores do. I have been a customer of the local Good Guys store since it opened in the early 1990's and will miss the place once it's gone.
The stores that are still open are supposed to be liquidating their inventories over the next 60 days so I would assume that there are bargains to be found.
Anyway, here are the details:
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Attention All Good Guys Customers
All California Good Guys stores close, while home entertainment products and expertise expand within CompUSA locations.
In response to consumer buying preferences and demands, Good Guys is closing the doors to its 46 locations.
But don’t worry. The same home entertainment products and experienced staff you know and trust will soon be found exclusively inside California & Hawaii CompUSA stores.
Store closings mean huge savings!
These store closings mean huge savings for customers in Good Guys locations, where you’ll find the best in high-end entertainment products, including televisions, video, home audio, cameras and car stereos -- all available with steep discounts.
Click here to see a list of stores with these Special Sales
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Here are a few articles about the stores closing:
It's bad news for Good Guys workers
Good Guys to close stores
Good Guys Closing: What You Should Know |
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10-08-2005, 12:07 PM
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The one in my town abruptly shut down a couple months ago. I heard people were waiting outside and everything, oblivious to the fact. I for one will not miss it. It had horrible service and management. Unfortunately its abrupt closure meant no liquidation sales.
Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. - Edward R. Murrow
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10-08-2005, 04:01 PM
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I had much better luck with the Good Guys store near me (Montclair, CA). The sales staff that I encountered were always very polite and quite knowledgeable about the products that they sold. There was (probably still is for now) a salesman in the audio department that really knew his stuff and seemed to be an enthusiast himself. I'll have to go check out the store at least one more time and see if there might be any worthwhile bargains to be had.
I found another article about the demise of The Good Guys that was interesting:
Changing Consumer Habits Spurred Demise of Good Guys
Particularly this paragraph:
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Good Guys, for instance, was known for peddling sophisticated tabletop receivers and large, expensive speakers. But "that business has completely dried up because young people don't sit in a chair with two speakers blasting at them much anymore," said William Armstrong, an analyst at investment firm C.L. King & Associates Inc.
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Is it really true that young people don't sit around listening to stereos anymore? When I was in high school back in the 80's, my friends and I would spend hours listening to records and then later CDs on our stereo systems. I was quite pleased with myself being able to build an impressive component stereo system piece by piece using each Christmas and birthday for about 3 years to add something new. I don't see how an iPod or other mp3 player could give someone the same experience. I guess things change. |
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10-08-2005, 04:54 PM
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Checked out the GG in Torrence and I'd describe their steep discounts as a non-event.
The alleged retail prices marked on items were grotesquely high. (A Sony HDTV that retails now for $1800 was marked $2499!) and the markdowns were only in the 10-30% range (so that Sony HDTV was $1699. Big deal. I can do better at --ugh -- Best Buy.)
Perhaps in a few days the deals will be better, but at that store, at least, they thought they were going to get us to play the boob's game.
In the event, it was another chance for The Good Guys to remind us why we aren't going to be sorry to see them go.
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10-08-2005, 05:02 PM
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Is it really true that young people don't sit around listening to stereos anymore?
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You're not much older than I am and I don't really recall doing that when I was a teenager. Music was an important thing, but it seemed like we mostly listened to it in cars and with walkmans.
Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. - Edward R. Murrow
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10-08-2005, 06:34 PM
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In terms of 'mass-market' electronics stores, Good Guys was the best. You simply couldn't find products of the quality of Parasound Halo seperates and Monitor Audio Gold Reference speakers at your neighborhood Circuit City or Best Buy. Like Todd, I also frequented the Montclair GG, bought many products from them and those guys were knowledgeable about audio in a way that you'd never get from BB or CC. The deals weren't so great, but they offered a great financing program. Too bad.  |
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10-08-2005, 08:39 PM
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I was in GG once (just across from tweeter) in San Diego. Asked the salesperson what price he could sell a T.V. for, and after pausing for a moment he just pointed to the listed price. Thats all I needed to know, I went to tweeter and got a much better deal.
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10-09-2005, 12:12 AM
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Perhaps in a few days the deals will be better, but at that store, at least, they thought they were going to get us to play the boob's game.
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I am willing to bet that they will gradually increase the discounts over the next several weeks. I was working at Builders Emporium in Rancho Cucamonga in 1993 when that chain closed down. The discounts started at 10% and increased about once a week by an additional 10% until it was all the way up to 80% off at the end. Of course most of the merchandise started to disappear at the 30%-40% mark so there was very little left the last couple of weeks. |
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10-09-2005, 12:47 AM
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Good Guys carried DIVX, and in fact threatened to fire any employees who said a single bad thing about it. Other than that they were still a better store than BB or CC, but that ain't saying much. At least the other 2 stores have movies and music to get you into the store even if you're not looking to buy electronics.
CompUSA the last place I'd think of going to buy a new TV though! It's a computer store!
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10-09-2005, 01:27 AM
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I only used GG for speaker cable and connectors. I didn't like the store and it was always empty. I got the impression the staff only worked there so they could get employee discounts to trick out their cars.
There'd be no one in the store yet all the parking stalls closest to the door were taken by cars taking up multiple spaces and parked at an angle like it was being shown off.
There's no GG where I now live and when I went looking for ribbon/flat speaker cable all I got were stares -- even at the A/V stores.
-paul
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