Circuit City Closing all US operations

Originally Posted by shilala

Who else?

Come on your smarter than that

A bumbling idiot (considered by those that don't like him) Cant be smart enough to bring down the whole world economy

If oil is the reason place the blame where it belongs:
Asia's demand for natural resources grew at an unheard of rate that drove the world into this crisis.
Add the greed of OPEC
The failed economic policy's of a decade ago where "Everyone should own their own home"
(Why should the fry guy at the burger house qualify for a home ???)

Fast forward 10 years and bam here we are.

Chas

[shilala]

Originally Posted by ChasDen

Come on your smarter than that

A bumbling idiot (considered by those that don't like him) Cant be smart enough to bring down the whole world economy

Chas

Turns out you're right, Chas.
I looked into it a little further and turns out it was Francis.

[Genetic Defect]

Originally Posted by ChasDen

Just curious since its a world wide recession, who's fault is it and where should the blame go?

Chas

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/428397..._blame_canada/

[MTB996]

Originally Posted by ChasDen

Just curious since its a world wide recession, who's fault is it and where should the blame go?

Chas

Come on Chas, you know who's fault it is. Same person to blame for the 20F weather here in NC, the plane going into the hudson, the same person responsible for the dent on my wife's car and my son's 102 fever this morning....its all Bush's fault. Don't you watch the news! Thank god we're saved now!

Sorry for the political BS, back on topic.

Sorry for the CC employees who will lose their jobs, but the company was terrible. Poor sales tactics, ugly stores, etc. I always felt CC looked like a Best Buy from the hood (rude & people, dark & disorderly stores, less stuff available).

I don't know if anyone else has an HHGregg near them, but they make CC look like the best store on earth. Trust me, stay FAR away from HH Gregg (Unsatisfactory rating on BBB is for a reason), as they are much worse in customer service, fraudulent sales practices and improper denials of refunds, etc. They will NOT be far behind CC in getting what they deserve.

[Studebaker]

Originally Posted by MTB996

I don't know if anyone else has an HHGregg near them, but they make CC look like the best store on earth. Trust me, stay FAR away from HH Gregg (Unsatisfactory rating on BBB is for a reason), as they are much worse in customer service, fraudulent sales practices and improper denials of refunds, etc. They will NOT be far behind CC in getting what they deserve.

+1

HHGregg opened a store here a while back and I went in during their grand opening period, looking forward to a good experience. Wrong! I think they opened the doors before they were ready. Advertised items weren't available, so-called sales folks on the floor were CLUELESS and made no effort to find what I was looking for OR offer to let me know when it was in.

After about 10 minutes of futility I walked out and have never gone back. They may have gotten their act together by now for all I know, but they lost a sale that day (I probably went straight to BB and bought what I wanted) and they lost me as a customer for good.

If that's indicative of how they operate I won't be surprised to see them go the way of CC.

[Tenor CS]

Can't say I will miss Circuit City. I had one close to me in Miami, and I was always perplexed as to why the line for returns was always 10x longer than the line for purchases.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Tenor CS

Can't say I will miss Circuit City. I had one close to me in Miami, and I was always perplexed as to why the line for returns was always 10x longer than the line for purchases.

Hehehehe.
I went to CC to see a laptop that I wanted to buy. It wasn't on display for some reason, but they had two boxed on the shelf. I wanted to physically see one to make sure I was okay with it (never saw one in person).
I was told I needed to purchase it in order to see it. I could do it right there and return it at the next counter if I didn't like it. Store policy.
At that moment Circuit City and I parted company and I've never been in one since. That was 6 or 7 years ago. I never did get to see that laptop.

[tchariya]

About 15 years ago I interviewed for a CC job selling computers at one of their new stores. Well, they put me through 4-5 interviews even with the district manager and I was given a verbal of 'we would love to have you on the team'. Two days later, I get a call telling me I was 'over-qualified' to sell their computers. I was desperate for a job to help make ends meet.

Oh well...glad I didn't join up.

I'm sorry for those who lost their jobs without notice...without severance.

[jitzy]

it's funny but if you go on the website now it directs you to something about the history of the store and you know what to me it looks like it had nothing to do with the economy but it started to become poorly run, in 1999 they made 12 billion dollars I really think the big problems for them started in 2003 when they converted to a single hourly pay structure in all stores, eliminating commissioned sales, by doing that you completely take the customer service out of the store and only need to hire less qualified people to do the job.

Heres the link to the history: http://investor.circuitcity.com/history.cfm

[hotreds]

HH Gregg is hanging on here, but now they sell mostly appliances and TVs. They've gotten rid of all their computer stuff. One of the office supply stores here is also going under. Then again, we just got a new Petsmart with hotel! Go figure!

[BigFrank]

Support China Shop at WalMart

[Genetic Defect]

I never go to the big box stores for some nitwits advice cars electronics etc 95% I know more then the idiot trying to sell that and some retarded warranty.

[macpappy]

When you don't know the answer to a question just blame Bush. It's the leftist politically correct thing to do. I mean it is his fault all the dinosaurs are extinct...